In 1986, Scott Harper and co-writer Lyn Murray were awarded an Emmy Award for Outstanding Achievement in Music Composition for the National Geographic Special: Miraculous Machines.[1] Harper was awarded a second Emmy in the Music Categories for "Amazon, Land of The Flooded Forest", a National Geographic Special on PBS.[2]
In 1980, he changed his name from Gleckler to Harper.
Harper married Susan Picking Harper in 1994. They have a daughter named Lauralee.
Original motion picture soundtracks
[edit]Performances with the Hollywood Studio Symphony Orchestra
- 2018: Commando (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack) – bass player
- 2008: Indiana Jones: The Complete Soundtracks Collection (Original Motion Picture Soundtracks) – bass player
- 1987: Harry and the Hendersons (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack) – bass player
- 1984: Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack) – bass player
- 1983: The Right Stuff (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack) – bass player
- 1983: E.T., the Extraterrestrial (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack) – Double bass player
Film and TV music compositions
[edit]- 1999: The Free Willy Story – Keiko's Journey Home (TV movie) – composer
- 1998: To Hell With Love (feature film) – composer[3]
- 1994: Roseanne: An Unauthorized Biography (TV movie) – composer
- 1993: Phenom (TV series) – composer, 2 episodes
- "Crazy for You" (1993)
- "Answered Prayers" (1993) – composer
- 1992: Hearts Are Wild (TV series) – composer
- 1991: Night Games (film) – composer
- 1991: The Point! (film) – composer[4]
- 1990: A Woman's Heart (film short) – composer
- 1989: Serengeti Diary (TV film) – composer of "a lovely, subdued score"[5]
- 1987: Eat & Run (feature film)
- 2008: Proof of Propaganda (documentary) – composer
- 2008: Food Fight (documentary) – composer[6]
- 1993: Wilderness: The Last Stand (documentary) – 3 episodes
- 1990–1992: World of Discovery (documentary TV series) – composer; 2 episodes:
- "Realm of the Serpent" (1992)
- "Inventors: Out Of Their Minds" (1990)
- 1992: Survive Siberia (documentary TV film) – composer
- 1990: The Urban Gorilla (documentary TV film) – composer
- 1990: Amazon: Land of the Flooded Forest (documentary TV film) – Emmy Award for Outstanding Achievement in Music & Composition [2]
- 1985–1989: National Geographic Specials (documentary feature film TV series):
- "Those Wonderful Dogs" (1989) – composer [7]
- "Mysteries of Mankind" (1988) – composer[8]
- "The Grizzlies" (1987) – composer
- "Miraculous Machines" (1985) – composer; Emmy Award for Outstanding Achievement in Music & Composition[9]
- 1987: The Grizzlies (documentary TV film)
- 2008: Three Graces, Three Graces – orchestration, string arrangements
- 2005: Chronicles, Cher -album arrangements
- 2003: A Time for the Soul, Winard Harper – percussion
- 2002: Memphis Rockabillies: Hillbillies and Honky Tonkers – composer
- 2002: The Slash Recordings, The Blasters – composer
- 2002: The Colour of My Love, Celine Dion – conductor, string arrangements, string conductor
- 1999: Say Man!, Bill Stuve – composer
- 1998: Backtracking: The Duke Recordings, Vol. 2, Junior Parker – composer
- 1997: Ricky Jones, Ricky Jones – conductor, orchestral arrangements
- 1997: Ultimatum, Ultimatum – engineer
- 1996: Chapters, Steve Chapman – guitar (bass)
- 1996: Kissing Rain, Roch Voisine – conductor, string arrangements
- 1994: Federico Mompou: Music for Piano, Michel Wagemans – audio engineer
- 1993: The Colour of My Love, Celine Dion – string arrangements, string conductor
- 1992: Deeper Than A River, Back to Basics
- 1991: Love Hurts, Cher – album arrangements
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