David Grusin ( born June 26, 1934 in Littleton, Colorado) is a jazz pianist, composer, and arranger whose works in films and TV have garnered him numerous awards.
Grusin has a filmography of about 100 credits with many awards including an Oscar for best original score for The Milagro Beanfield War, and Oscar nominations for The Champ, The Fabulous Baker Boys , The Firm, Havana, Heaven Can Wait, and On Golden Pond. He also received a best original song nomination for "It Might Be You" from the film Tootsie . Six of the fourteen cuts on the Sound track from movie The Graduate are his. He was the conductor for The Andy Williams Show (1963-1965) and other TV credits include Baretta (1975), Columbo - Perscription:Murder (1968), It Takes a Thief (1968), and Wild Wild West (1965).
About thirty-five Dave Grusin CD titles are currently available including soundtracks, originals, collections, and homages to jazz greats George Gershwin, Duke Ellington, and Henry Mancini.