Deborah Ruth Lurie (born March 9, 1974) is an American composer, arranger, and music producer. She has scored several films such as Sleepover (2004), 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.
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Filmography
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