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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.

Scott Elder Harper
Birth nameScott Gleckler
Born (1952-12-22) December 22, 1952 (age 69)
Pasadena, California, US
Genres
Film score
  • contemporary classical music
  • post-romanticism
  • jazz
  • pop/rock
Occupation(s)Composer, orchestrator, arranger, conductor, musician
Instruments
  • Double Bass, Piano, Violin, Saxophone, Cello, Electric Bass
Years active1975–present
Websitewww.fullscore.com
EducationRoyal College of Music, Double Bass, Performing, Honors Graduate, 1977
OrganizationHollywood Studio Symphony Orchestra
AwardsEmmy Awards for Outstanding Achievement in Music Composition (1986), Emmy Awards for Individual Achievement in Music Composition (1990)

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.


Discography



Original motion picture soundtracks


Performances with the Hollywood Studio Symphony Orchestra


Film and TV music compositions



Documentary scores




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Performances



Awards


Year Nominated work Category ResultNotes
1977 "Freer Thou" Cobbett Prize, Royal College of Music Won Clarinet, violoncello, piano
1986 Miraculous Machines 20th Primetime Emmy Awards
Outstanding Achievement in Musical Composition[2]		 Won with Lyn Murray
1990 Amazon, Land of the Flooded Forest 23rd Primetime Emmy Awards
Individual Achievement in Musical Composition[9]		 Won

References


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





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