Deborah Lurie

Deborah Ruth Lurie (born March 9, 1974) is an American composer, arranger, and music producer. She has scored several films such as Sleepover, An Unfinished Life, Mozart and the Whale, (both 2005), Sydney White (2007), Dear John (2010), One for the Money (2012), Safe Haven (2013), and Poms (2019). She has been a string arranger for musicians such as Brandi Carlile, Kelly Clarkson, Allison Iraheta, Adam Lambert, and Katy Perry. Lurie has also been a string arranger for several rock bands such as 3 Doors Down, Bon Jovi, Creed, Halestorm, Papa Roach, Simple Plan, The All-American Rejects, and Three Days Grace, though her best known collaborations have been with Hoobastank and Theory of a Deadman.

In 2015, the American Society of Composers, Authors and Publishers awarded Lurie the Shirley Walker Award for her contributions to the diversity of film and television music. She was one of the composers interviewed in Score: A Film Music Documentary. The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences extended membership to Lurie in 2016 for her contributions to motion pictures.

Filmography

Composer Year Title Director Studio(s) Notes 1997 The Promise Matthew Barry Short film 1998 Hercules: The Animated Series Phil Weinstein Walt Disney Television AnimationBuena Vista Television Additional music 1999 Evil Hill Ryan Schifrin Short film George Lucas in Love Joe Nussbaum MediaTrip.com Best Man in Grass Creek John Newcombe 2001 Bubble Boy Blair Hayes Buena Vista PicturesTouchstone Pictures Additional music 2003 View from the Top Bruno Barreto Brad Grey PicturesMiramax Films Additional musicUncredited 2004 My Baby's Daddy Cheryl Dunye MiramaxBrillstein-Grey EntertainmentImmortal Entertainment Additional music My Name Is Modesty Scott Spiegel Miramax Films Sleepover Joe Nussbaum Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Imaginary Heroes Dan Harris Sony Pictures Classics 2005 Drop Dead Sexy Michael Philip Lionsgate Charlie and the Chocolate Factory Tim Burton Warner Bros. PicturesThe Zanuck CompanyPlan B EntertainmentVillage Roadshow Pictures Additional music An Unfinished Life Lasse Hallström Miramax FilmsRevolution Studios Mozart and the Whale Petter Næss Millennium FilmsNu Image 2006 Deep Sea 3D Howard Hall Warner Bros. PicturesIMAX Corporation Composed with Danny ElfmanIMAX film Whirlygirl Jim Wilson All the Way Round Inc. The Year Without a Santa Claus Ron Underwood Television film Charlotte's Web Gary Winick Paramount PicturesKerner Entertainment CompanyWalden MediaNickelodeon Movies Additional music Dreamgirls Bill Condon Laurence Mark ProductionsDreamWorks PicturesParamount Pictures 2007 Sydney White Joe Nussbaum Universal PicturesMorgan Creek Productions The Little Traitor Lynn Roth Westchester Films Inc. Spider-Man 3 Sam Raimi Columbia PicturesMarvel EntertainmentLaura Ziskin Productions Additional music 2008 Wanted Timur Bekmambetov Universal PicturesSpyglass EntertainmentRelativity MediaMarc Platt ProductionsKickstart ProductionsTop Cow Productions Hellboy II: The Golden Army Guillermo del Toro Universal StudiosRelativity MediaLawrence Gordon ProductionsDark Horse Entertainment The Betrayed Amanda Gusack Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer 2009 Dance Flick Damien Dante Wayans Paramount PicturesMTV FilmsWayans Brothers Additional music Spring Breakdown Ryan Shiraki Warner Premiere 9 Shane AckerProd: Tim Burton Focus FeaturesRelativity MediaStarz AnimationTim Burton Productions Themes by Danny Elfman More Than a Game Kristopher Belman Lionsgate Additional music 2010 Dear John Lasse Hallström Screen GemsRelativity Media Alice in Wonderland Tim Burton Walt Disney PicturesRoth FilmsThe Zanuck CompanyTeam Todd Additional music 2011 Justin Bieber: Never Say Never Jon M. Chu Paramount PicturesMTV FilmsScooter Braun FilmsL.A. Reid MediaAEG LiveIsland Def Jam Music Group Prom Joe Nussbaum Walt Disney PicturesRickshaw Productions Footloose Craig Brewer Paramount PicturesSpyglass EntertainmentMTV Films 2012 One for the Money Julie Anne Robinson LionsgateLakeshore EntertainmentSidney Kimmel Entertainment The Dictator Larry Charles Paramount PicturesFour By Two Films Additional music Katy Perry: Part of Me Dan CutforthJane Lipsitz Paramount PicturesNickelodeon MoviesPerry ProductionsAEG LiveEMI MusicColumbia PicturesImagine Entertainment Fun Size Josh Schwartz Paramount PicturesNickelodeon MoviesAnonymous ContentFake Empire 2013 Safe Haven Lasse Hallström Relativity MediaTemple Hill Entertainment 2014 Murder of a Cat Gillian GreeneProd: Sam Raimi Seine Pictures 2015 Naomi and Ely's No Kiss List Kristin Hanggi Quiver The Astronaut Wives Club Prod: Stephanie Savage ABC StudiosFake EmpireGroundswell Productions 10 episodes Invisible Sister Paul Hoen Disney Channel Television film 2016 Urban Cowboy Craig Brewer 20th Century Fox Television The Deal Daniel S. KaminskyProd: Joss Whedon Circadian Pictures Short film Just Add Magic Joe Nussbaum Amazon StudiosPictures in a RowGrasshopper Lane Entertainment Season 1: 13 episodes, with Zack RyanSeason 2: 26 episodes, with Zack Ryan Newtown Kim A. Snyder Additional music 2017 Speech & Debate Dan Harris Sycamore Pictures 2019 Poms Zara Hayes Entertainment OneSTX Entertainment

Arranger/Producer

The SpongeBob Movie: Sponge Out of Water (song arranger) Annie (additional arranger) Mystic Manor (arranger, music by Danny Elfman) Much Ado About Nothing (arranger/producer, score by Joss Whedon) Fame (song arranger) Bad Santa (song arranger) Charlie's Angels: Full Throttle (song arranger)

Orchestrations

Men in Black 3 (score by Danny Elfman) The X-Files: I Want to Believe (score by Mark Snow) The Curse of El Charro (score by Rich Ragsdale) X2 (score by John Ottman) Urban Legends: Final Cut (score by John Ottman) Crazy in Alabama (score by Mark Snow) Halloween H20: 20 Years Later (score by John Ottman) The X-Files (score by Mark Snow) Dexter's Laboratory (add. orch., score by Thomas Chase and Steve Rucker) The Day Lincoln Was Shot (score by Mark Snow) Barney's Great Adventure (add. orch., score by Van Dyke Parks)

String Arranger

2002 Gabriel Mann, Tug of War The Buzzhorn, Disconnected

2003 Hoobastank, The Reason Adema, Unstable Cold, Year of the Spider

2005 The All-American Rejects, Move Along Vendetta Red, Sisters of the Red Death

2006 Daughtry, Daughtry Hoobastank, Every Man for Himself Hoobastank, DVD - Live at La Cigale Papa Roach, The Paramour Sessions Caleb Kane, Go Mad Three Days Grace, One-X Peter Bradley Adams, Gather Up

2008 Paul Freeman, You and I The All-American Rejects, When the World Comes Down Third Day, Revelation Theory of a Deadman, Scars & Souvenirs

2009 Adam Lambert, For Your Entertainment All American Rejects, Soundtrack 90210 Allison Iraheta, Just Like You Kelly Clarkson, All I Ever Wanted Daughtry, Leave This Town Creed, Full Circle The Red Jumpsuit Apparatus, Lonely Road Katy Perry,Thinking of You live on Ellen and MTV Unplugged Halestorm, Halestorm

2010 Bon Jovi, "What Do You Got?" Hawthorne Heights, Skeletons

2011 3 Doors Down, Time of My Life Theory of a Deadman, The Truth Is... Kelly Clarkson, Stronger Christina Perri, The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn Soundtrack

2013 Brandi Carlile, Safe Haven Original Motion Picture Soundtrack

2014 Theory of a Deadman, Savages

2015 Theory of a Deadman

2016 Simple Plan, Taking One for the Team