- Older brother of composer Don Grusin.
- Dave Grusin composed the fantastic music score of the film "The fabulous Baker Boys" (1989), directed by Steve Kloves and starred by Jeff Bridges, Michelle Pfeiffer and Beau Bridges.
- He has composed many scores for feature films and television, and has won numerous awards for his soundtrack and record work, including an Academy Award and ten Grammy Awards.
- He is the co-founder of GRP Records.
- He is an American composer, arranger, producer, and pianist.
- Six of the fourteen cuts on the soundtrack from The Graduate are his.
- Grusin received honorary doctorates from Berklee College of Music in 1988 and University of Colorado, College of Music in 1989.
- Grusin wrote the music for the This Is America, Charlie Brown episode "The Smithsonian and the Presidency", and two of the cues from the episode "History Lesson" and "Breadline Blues" (the latter covered by Kenny G) appear on the tribute album Happy Anniversary, Charlie Brown.
- His teachers included Cecil Effinger and Wayne Scott, pianist, arranger and professor of jazz.
- His many awards include an Oscar for best original score for The Milagro Beanfield War, as well as Oscar nominations for The Champ, The Fabulous Baker Boys, The Firm, Havana, Heaven Can Wait, and On Golden Pond.
- Grusin composed theme music for the TV programs Good Morning World (American TV series) (1967), It Takes a Thief (1968), The Name of the Game (1968), Dan August (1970), The Sandy Duncan Show (1971-72), Maude (1972), Good Times (1974), Baretta (1975), Alice (1976), St. Elsewhere (1982), and, for Televisa in Mexico, Tres Generaciones (1987).
- From 2000-11, Grusin concentrated on composing classical and jazz compositions, touring and recording with collaborators, including jazz singer and lyricist Lorraine Feather and guitarist Lee Ritenour. Their album Harlequin won a Grammy Award in 1985. Their classical crossover albums, Two Worlds and Amparo, were nominated for Grammys.
- During 1998 Grusin ranked No. 5 and No. 8 on Billboard's Top 10 Jazz Artists, at mid-year and at year's end, respectively, based on sales of his album, "Dave Grusin Presents West Side Story.
- His mother was a pianist and his father was a violinist from Riga, Latvia.
- In 1994, GRP was in charge of MCA's jazz operations. Founders Grusin and Rosen left in 1995 and were replaced by Tommy LiPuma. In 1997, Grusin and Rosen founded N2K Encoded Music, which was renamed N-Coded Music.
- He received a Best Original Song nomination for "It Might Be You" from the film Tootsie.
- Grusin was initiated into the Beta Chi Chapter of Phi Mu Alpha Sinfonia at the University of Colorado in 1991.
- He composed the musical signatures for the 1984 TriStar Pictures logo and the 1993 Columbia Pictures Television logo.
- Grusin is the subject of a 2018 feature-length documentary entitled "Dave Grusin: Not Enough Time.".
- He composed and performed the theme song for One Life to Live (1968) during the 1984/1985 seasons.
- Grusin has a filmography of about 100 titles.
- He studied music at the University of Colorado at Boulder and was awarded his degree in 1956.
- Welknown film-scores of him include The Graduate (1967), Winning (1969), The Friends of Eddie Coyle (1973), The Midnight Man (1974), and Three Days of the Condor (1975).
- He was the composer for On Golden Pond (1981), Tootsie (1982), and The Goonies (1985). In 1988, he won the Oscar for best original score, for The Milagro Beanfield War.
- Grusin produced his first single in 1962, "Subways Are for Sleeping", and his first film score, for Divorce American Style, in 1967.
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