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Les Hooper
American composer

Les Hooper

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Les Hooper (born 27 February 1940 in Baton Rouge, Louisiana) is a composer in Los Angeles, US. His music ranges from classical to blues and jazz; from commercials to concert commissions. His credits include films, television, commercials, live performances, orchestral commissions, and many published pieces of music. He has won an Emmy Award and has had seven Grammy nominations, as well as Clio and film festival awards.

Filmography

  • Finney (1969)
  • A Man Called Sloane (1979)
  • Foxfire Light - Composer, Conductor (1982)
  • State of the Union (1984)
  • Hostages (1984)
  • Out-of-Time Step (1984)
  • Solar Crisis (1990)
  • The Player (1992)
  • Back in the USSR (1992)
  • The Road Killers (1994)
  • At the Hands of Another (1997)
  • New American Heroes: The 1999 Senior Olympics (1999)
  • Rocket's Red Glare (2000)
  • Killing Christian (2003)
  • Damaged - Composer (2003)

Television credits (partial)

YearTitleInfoLimited?LabelOOP / SOLD OUT
1979Lou GrantIncomplete episodes:
"Denial" (season 2)
"Sweep" (season 2)
----------NO CD
1979Rhodalast season
1979-80Man Called Sloanevarious episodes
1982The Masterseason
1979-81Charlies Angelsvarious episodes

Discography

Les Hooper Big Band (Chicago Band)

  • Look what they've done
  • Dorian Blue

Les Hooper Big Band (L.A. Band)

  • Raisin' the Roof
  • Anything Goes
  • Out of the Woods (Released December 5, 2006)
  • Live at Typhoon

Hoopla

  • Hoopla 1
  • Hoopla 2
  • Hoopla 3

Other

  • Mirage
  • Afrikka
  • Crossing the Line
  • For the Children
  • Winterscapes
  • Hoopla 3

Awards and nominations

  • Emmy "The Newperformers" NBC
  • Clio "United Airlines Commercial"
  • Grammy "Look What They've Done" Album (nomination)
  • Grammy "Raisin the Roof" Album (nomination)
  • Grammy "The Four of Us" Album (nomination)
  • Grammy "Easy to Love" Album (nomination)
  • Grammy "Anything Goes" Album (nomination)

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