Composer Larry Groupé on Morricone Youth, Sun 3/25 @ 2p ET

On Morricone Youth this weekend, host Devon E. Levins will welcome acclaimed film and television soundtrack composer Larry Groupé for an exclusive interview and in-depth listen to his music. Larry Groupé might be most known for his collaborations with writer-director Rod Lurie, notably his latest 2011 score for the remake of the 1971 cult classic Straw Dogs (starring James Marsden, Kate Bosworth and Alexander Skarsgård), sports docu-drama Resurrecting the Champ (Samuel L. Jackson and Josh Hartnett), doomsday thriller Deterrence (Kevin Pollack and Timothy Hutton), political dramas Nothing but the Truth (Kate Beckinsale, Matt Dillon and Alan Alda) and The Contender (Joan Allen, Gary Oldman and Jeff Bridges), the latter of which received multiple Academy Award nominations, and ABC TV's drama series Commander in Chief and Line of Fire, nominated for Emmy and Grammy awards as composer of best original score.



A graduate of the Conservatory of Music at the University of the Pacific, Larry earned his Masters of Music in Composition at theUniversity of California San Diego where he studied with Toru Takemitsu, John Cage, Roger Reynolds and Pauline Oliveros. His composing, orchestrating and conducting skills subsequently lead him to the world of film scoring where he won the New York Film Awardfor "Best Score” for The Encounter and two Emmy awards for best documentary score for Jonas Salk: Personally Speaking and Residue. Other notable projects include Ed Wood's last script I Woke Up Early the Day I Died produced as a silent film by and starring Billy Zane, Mike Binder's HBO comedy series The Mind of the Married Man and comedy Man About Town (Ben Affleck), and docudrama Missionsperformed by the London Philharmonic Orchestra at Abbey Road Studios.



Larry has composed, conducted and produced over eighty CD recordings and enjoyed special recognition when he teamed up with the Classic Rock legends YES co-composing ten original songs on the 2001 "Magnification" album, as well as writing overtures, arrangements and conducting the orchestra on the YESsymphonic Tour of the World. He will be revisiting this collaboration this summer when he and original YES vocalist Jon Anderson perform selected works from this album along with others at the EarthDay Festival in Matto Grosso, Brazil on September 8, 9 and 10, 2012. Larry's latest film projects in 2012 include Rocky Capella's Sleeping with the Lion and Jordan Alan's Cats Dancing on Jupiter and Deconstruction Red.

Larry Groupé's distinguished career will be the subject of this Sunday's edition of Morricone Youth. Listen live starting at 2pm ET this Sunday.

Also please visit Larry Groupe's site at http://www.larrygroupe.com/