Larry Groupé

Lawrence Nash Groupé, born April 1957, best known as Larry Groupé, is an American film score composer who has composed, orchestrated and conducted music for dozens of films and television programs. His most popular works include scores for Rod Lurie's movies The Contender, The Outpost, Nothing But the Truth and Straw Dogs, as well as the ABC television series Commander in Chief, which starred Geena Davis as the United States' first female President, and The Mind of the Married Man for HBO. Groupé has been nominated four times for an Emmy award, and won three. In 2004, he was nominated for a Primetime Emmy for the best original score for the ABC TV series Line of Fire. He later won Emmys for the score of the documentary film Jonas Salk: Personally Speaking; for the short subject film Residue, about the US early involvement in Cambodia; and for Under the Boardwalk: The Monopoly Story.