Scott Harper (composer) explained

Scott Elder Harper
Image Upright:yes
Birth Name:Scott Gleckler
Birth Date:22 December 1952
Birth Place:Pasadena, California, US
Resides:Los Angeles, California, US -->
Education:Royal College of Music, Double Bass, Performance, Honors Graduate, 1977 -->
Occupation:Composer, orchestrator, arranger, conductor, musician
Years Active:1975–present
Module:
Child:yes
Education:Royal College of Music, Double Bass, Performing, Honors Graduate, 1977
Awards:Emmy Awards for Outstanding Achievement in Music Composition (1986), Emmy Awards for Individual Achievement in Music Composition (1990)
Organization:Hollywood Studio Symphony Orchestra

Scott Elder Harper (born Scott Gleckler; December 22, 1952) is an American composer, arranger and musician for motion picture and television scores and orchestra, as well as a multi-instrumentalist, conductor, and session-player for pop music. With a background in popular music, Harper has composed theater pieces, oratorios, orchestral chamber works, and dynamic and diverse ensemble arrangements with various instrumental combinations for popular recording artists and film scores alike. His work includes conducting and album arrangements for Celine Dion, Cher, and Olivia Newton-John. He has performed on multiple original motion picture soundtracks, such as E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial (1983), Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom (1984) — scored by John Williams — and The Right Stuff (1983), by Bill Conti, as a double bass player in the Hollywood Studio Symphony Orchestra. He has also composed several original scores for documentary feature films.

Biography

Scott E. Harper was born in Pasadena, California, to David Gleckler and Sarah Lee. He has two brothers, Steve and Jim, and a sister, Milly. In 1975, Scott attended the Royal College of Music in London for composition, cello, and piano, before majoring in double bass. He graduated with honors in 1977 in only two years. The Royal College of Music awarded him the Cobbett Prize for "Freer Thou", his composition with clarinet, violoncello, and piano.

His feature film compositions include Eat and Run, Orion's Belt, Rendez-vous, Reborn, To Hell With Love. A film critic states in Variety magazine that "Movies benefit greatly from Scott Harper's jazz-inflected scores because the score infectiously adds wily, contrapuntal undertones and smart upbeat riffs to the action".[1] Harper wrote the original underscores to numerous feature-length documentary specials during the mid-1980s. From adventurous National Geographic Specials to comedy prime-time TV series, Harper composed music with variety in style to a wide-range audience. In 1986, Scott Harper and co-writer Lyn Murray were awarded an Emmy Award for Outstanding Achievement in Music Composition for the National Geographic Special: Miraculous Machines.[2] Then in 1990, Special BMI Awards were honoring Composers work in film and prime-time television. Harper was awarded a second Emmy in the Music Categories for "Amazon, Land of The Flooded Forest", a National Geographic Special on PBS.[3]

Harper's compositions won the Sunny Awards (GTE) competition, including 1st Place in the Campaign category and 1st place in the Music category.

In 1980, he changed his name from Gleckler to Harper.

Harper married Susan Picking Harper on May 1, 1994. They have daughter named Lauralee. He is also the father of American actor and singer, Shane Harper.[4]

Discography

Original motion picture soundtracks

Performances with the Hollywood Studio Symphony Orchestra

Film and TV music compositions

Documentary scores

Popular music

[11]

Performances

Awards

|-| 1977| "Freer Thou"| Cobbett Prize, Royal College of Music| | Clarinet, violoncello, piano|-| 1986| Miraculous Machines| 20th Primetime Emmy Awards
Outstanding Achievement in Musical Composition| | with Lyn Murray|-| 1990| Amazon, Land of the Flooded Forest| 23rd Primetime Emmy Awards
Individual Achievement in Musical Composition| |

External links

Notes and References

  1. Loewenstein . Lael. August 3, 1998. To Hell With Love (Comedy) . Review . Variety. Los Angeles . 37. May 29, 2017.
  2. May 15, 1987. Winners Are . . . Miraculous Machine. Variety . Los Angeles. 3.
  3. September 12, 1991. ABC Top News And Docu Emmys . Variety. Los Angeles. 12.
  4. Web site: Dancing until he's a star-PAGE 2. The Orange County Register. May 21, 2008. March 12, 2015.
  5. Meeks . Christopher . December 13, 1991 . The Point!. Legit Reviews . Daily Variety. Los Angeles.
  6. Tone. June 14–20, 1989. Serengeti Diary. Television Reviews. Variety . Los Angeles . 63 .
  7. John. Anderson. December 22, 2008. Food Fight (Docu). Film Reviews. Variety. Los Angeles. 26.
  8. Tone. April 5, 1989. Those Wonderful Dogs. Television Reviews . Variety . Los Angeles . 56.
  9. April 20, 1988. Mysteries of Mankind. Telefilm Reviews . Daily Variety . Los Angeles . 14.
  10. October 29, 1986 . Congratulations from WQED to WQED. Variety . Los Angeles . 171 .
  11. Web site: Scott Harper-Credits. AllMusic. January 26, 2018.
  12. Tush. November 15, 1983. Karen Akers. Nitery Review. Daily Variety . Los Angeles. 12.

This article is licensed under the GNU Free Documentation License. It uses material from the Wikipedia article "Scott Harper (composer)".

Except where otherwise indicated, Everything.Explained.Today is © Copyright 2009-2024, A B Cryer, All Rights Reserved. Cookie policy.