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Evan Lurie (born 1954 in Minneapolis, Minnesota, United States)[1] is an American composer and musician. Playing piano and occasionally organ, Evan was a founding member of the band the Lounge Lizards, along with his saxophonist brother John Lurie.[2]
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 Lurie in 2014 | |
| Born | 1954 (age 69–70) Minneapolis, Minnesota, U.S. |
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| Years active | 1978–present |
| Known for | The Lounge Lizards |
| Relatives | John Lurie |
Lurie began studying composition with Julius Eastman in the early 1980’s. Eastman had approached him saying, "Don’t you play with the Lounge Lizards? I want to meet their keyboard player".[3]
In 1985 he formed a quintet to perform his compositions for bandoneon. The quintet (including Jill Jaffe - violin, Marc Ribot - guitar and Alfredo Pedernera - bandoneon) released two recordings: Pieces for Bandoneon in 1987 and Selling Water by the Side of the River in 1990.[4]
Lurie started producing music for Nickelodeon in 2001, as the composer for their show Oswald. He was later the music director for all four seasons of the Nick Jr. series The Backyardigans, which features a different musical genre in every episode.[5] In 2011, Lurie composed an unused song for Nickelodeon's Winx Club[6] (a show that many other Backyardigans crew members worked on, including creator Janice Burgess).
Other notable productions he has written music for include Joe Gould's Secret (2000) and Steve Buscemi's Trees Lounge (1996).
Discography
edit- Happy? Here? Now? (1985, solo)
- Pieces for Bandoneon (1987)
- Selling Water by the Side of the River (1990)
- How I Spent My Vacation (1998, with Greg Cohen, Ben Perowsky, Marc Ribot, Steven Bernstein, Bryan Carrott, Jane Scarpantoni)
Filmography
edit- Stanley Tucci: Searching for Italy (2021–present TV series)
- Final Portrait (2017)
- Silver Linings Playbook (2012, "Popeye's Clog" and "Devil Tango" only)
- Winx Club (2011, Nickelodeon version)[6]
- Jack Goes Boating (2010)
- Interview (2007)
- Face Addict (2005 documentary)
- Lonesome Jim (2005)
- The Backyardigans (2004 TV series)[5]
- The Whole Shebang (2001)
- Oswald (2001 TV series)
- Fear of Fiction (2000)
- Lisa Picard is Famous (2000)
- Happy Accidents (2000)
- Joe Gould's Secret (2000)
- Side Streets (1998)
- OK Garage (1998)
- Homo Heights (1998)
- Inferno (1997)
- Office Killer (1997)
- Trees Lounge (1996)
- Phinehas (1996 short)
- Death Game (1996)
- Layin' Low (1996)
- The Salesman and Other Adventures (1995 short)
- The Monster (1994)
- The Night We Never Met (1993)
- Under Cover of Darkness (1992)
- Johnny Stecchino (1991)
- The Kill-Off (1989)
- Kizu (1988)
- Il piccolo diavolo (1988)
- Chôchin (1987)
- The Kitchen Presents Two Moon July (1986 documentary)
- Subway Riders (1981)
References
edit- ^ "Evan Lurie". Music.metason.net. Retrieved September 26, 2021.
- ^ Colin Larkin, ed. (1992). The Guinness Encyclopedia of Popular Music (First ed.). Guinness Publishing. p. 1535. ISBN 0-85112-939-0.
- ^ Male, Andrew (September 14, 2016). "Julius Eastman: the groundbreaking composer America almost forgot". The Guardian.
- ^ Gross, Terry (December 26, 1990). "Evan Lurie's Bandoneon Compositions". Fresh Air NPR.
- ^ a b ""The Backyardigans'" musical tour guide is a Lounge Lizard". Variety. September 19, 2007. Archived from the original on November 13, 2011.
Twenty-five years ago, Evan Lurie was a Lounge Lizard who haunted New York City night spots and European jazz festivals. Today he's the musical tour guide for Pablo the penguin, Tasha the hippo, Tyrone the moose and the other stars of Nickelodeon's hit animated skein The Backyardigans.
- ^ a b "Dubway Studios: September 2011". October 6, 2011. Archived from the original on May 17, 2020.
Speaking of Nickelodeon, Dubway provided ADR for the LA-based Winx Club production... Winx Club tapped Evan Lurie (The Backyardigans, Oswald the Octopus) to compose a new song for their Christmas special. Evan brought the song to Dubway, producing it with the help of Dubway's Keith Rigling.
External links
edit- "The Backyardigans'" musical tour guide is a Lounge Lizard (Variety)
- Evan Lurie at AllMusic
- Evan Lurie; Internet Movie Database entry