Les Hooper
{{short description|American classical composer}}
Les Hooper (born 27 February 1940 in Baton Rouge, Louisiana){{Cite web|url=http://www.allmusic.com/artist/les-hooper-mn0002283004/biography|title=Les Hooper - Biography & History -AllMusic|website=AllMusic|access-date=2016-05-08}} 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.{{Cite web|url=http://www.jazzandblues.org/features/2012/05/hhJazz12/popup/lesHooper.html|title=KJAZZ 88.1 FM - Les Hooper|website=www.jazzandblues.org|access-date=2016-05-07}}{{Cite news|url=https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1994-07-22-va-18705-story.html|title=A Free Spirit : Les Hooper likes to mix things up when he composes. 'I don't want to bore myself,' he says.|last=STEWART|first=ZAN|date=1994-07-22|newspaper=Los Angeles Times|language=en-US|issn=0458-3035|access-date=2016-05-08}}{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=4HsJAQAAMAAJ&q=%22Les+Hooper%22|title=Jazz vol 3-4 page 15|date=1978-01-01|publisher=Stites-Oakey Incorporated|language=en}}
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)
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! Year !! Title !! Info !! Limited? !! Label !! OOP / SOLD OUT | ||||||
| 1979 | Lou Grant | Incomplete episodes: "Denial" (season 2) "Sweep" (season 2) | ----- | ----- | NO CD | |
| 1979 | Rhoda | last season | ||||
| 1979-80 | Man Called Sloane | various episodes | ||||
| 1982 | The Master | season | ||||
| 1979-81 | Charlies Angels | various episodes |
Discography
= Les Hooper Big Band (Chicago Band) =
- Look what they've done{{Cite web|url=http://www.allaboutjazz.com/look-what-theyve-done-dorian-blue-raisin-the-roof-anything-goes-les-hooper-review-by-jack-bowers.php?width=768|title=The Les Hooper Big Band: Look What They've Done / Dorian Blue / Raisin' the Roof / Anything Goes|last=Jazz|first=All About|website=www.allaboutjazz.com|date=October 2001 |access-date=2016-05-07}}
- Dorian Blue
= Les Hooper Big Band (L.A. Band) =
- Raisin' the Roof
- Anything Goes
- Out of the Woods (Released December 5, 2006){{Cite web|url=http://www.allaboutjazz.com/out-of-the-woods-les-hooper-hooperman-records-review-by-jack-bowers.php?width=768|title=The Les Hooper Band: Out of the Woods|last=Jazz|first=All About|website=www.allaboutjazz.com|date=27 January 2007 |access-date=2016-05-07}}
- 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
References
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External links
- {{usurped|1=[https://web.archive.org/web/20020802105035/http://www.leshooper.com/ - personal website]}}
- {{IMDb name|id=0393772|name=Les Hooper}}
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Category:Musicians from Baton Rouge, Louisiana
Category:American male classical composers
Category:American classical composers
Category:American film score composers
Category:American television composers
Category:American jazz bandleaders
Category:American big band bandleaders
Category:Pausa Records artists
Category:Jazz musicians from Louisiana