[Thor Joachim Haga]

We talked a little bit about him in the “Composers that you disliked, but now like” thread, and that’s really my angle into this.

To copy/paste what I said there, in the last post (after Dr. Jacoby suggested him):

“Dave Grusin is an interesting choice, and echoes mine.

Didn’t care for him back when. Simplistic, I thought. But I’ve come to appreciate his skill, and simple can be great. Love scores like AND JUSTICE FOR ALL, AUTHOR! AUTHOR!, BOBBY DEERFIELD, DIVORCE AMERICAN STYLE, FALLING IN LOVE, SELENA, THE CHAMP, THE CURE, THE FRIENDS OF EDDIE COYLE, THE GOONIES (obviously, I was born in ’77), THE HEART IS A LONELY HUNTER, THREE DAYS OF THE CONDOR and TOOTSIE.

Never really explored his non-film work, though, other than having noticed — in the corner of my eye — that he did a lot of albums with Lee Ritenour.”