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Les Hooper (born 27 February 1940 in Baton Rouge, Louisiana)^[1] 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.^[2]^[3]^[4]

Filmography edit

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) edit

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 edit

Les Hooper Big Band (Chicago Band) edit

Look what they've done^[5]
Dorian Blue ^[5]

Les Hooper Big Band (L.A. Band) edit

Raisin' the Roof^[5]
Anything Goes ^[5]
Out of the Woods (Released December 5, 2006)^[6]
Live at Typhoon

Hoopla edit

Hoopla 1
Hoopla 2
Hoopla 3

Other edit

Mirage
Afrikka
Crossing the Line
For the Children
Winterscapes
Hoopla 3

Awards and nominations edit

Emmy "The Newperformers" NBC
Clio "United Airlines Commercial"
Grammy "Look What They've Done" Album (nomination)
Grammy "Raisin the Roof" Album (nomination)
Grammy "The Four of Us" Album (nomination)
Grammy "Easy to Love" Album (nomination)
Grammy "Anything Goes" Album (nomination)

References edit

^ "Les Hooper - Biography & History -AllMusic". AllMusic. Retrieved 2016-05-08.
^ "KJAZZ 88.1 FM - Les Hooper". www.jazzandblues.org. Retrieved 2016-05-07.
^ STEWART, ZAN (1994-07-22). "A Free Spirit : Les Hooper likes to mix things up when he composes. 'I don't want to bore myself,' he says". Los Angeles Times. ISSN 0458-3035. Retrieved 2016-05-08.
^ Jazz vol 3-4 page 15. Stites-Oakey Incorporated. 1978-01-01.
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d Jazz, All About (October 2001). "The Les Hooper Big Band: Look What They've Done / Dorian Blue / Raisin' the Roof / Anything Goes". www.allaboutjazz.com. Retrieved 2016-05-07.
^ Jazz, All About (27 January 2007). "The Les Hooper Band: Out of the Woods". www.allaboutjazz.com. Retrieved 2016-05-07.