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 (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.

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