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Paul Riser

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Paul Riser is known for Bad Times at the El Royale (2018), Coach Carter (2005) and Fried Green Tomatoes (1991).
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      • 1 win & 1 nomination total

    Known for

    Jeff Bridges, Jon Hamm, Dakota Johnson, Chris Hemsworth, Lewis Pullman, Cynthia Erivo, and Cailee Spaeny in Bad Times at the El Royale (2018)
    Bad Times at the El Royale
    7.1
    • Soundtrack
    • 2018
    Samuel L. Jackson and Clyde Goins in Coach Carter (2005)
    Coach Carter
    7.4
    • Soundtrack("Why I Love You")
    • 2005
    Fried Green Tomatoes (1991)
    Fried Green Tomatoes
    7.7
    • Soundtrack
    • 1991
    Car Wash (1976)
    Car Wash
    6.2
    • Music Department
    • 1976

    Credits

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    Music Department



    • Standing in the Shadows of Motown (2002)
      Standing in the Shadows of Motown
      7.8
      • arrangements: original Motown
      • consultant: string and horn arranging
      • 2002
    • Car Wash (1976)
      Car Wash
      6.2
      • music arranger: songs
      • 1976
    • Deliver Us from Evil (1975)
      Deliver Us from Evil
      5.7
      • music arranger
      • 1975
    • Diana!
      8.1
      TV Special
      • additional arrangements
      • 1971

    Composer



    • Wyclef Jean: Industry
      Music Video
      • Composer
      • 2003
    • Joe Cocker: What Becomes of the Broken-Hearted (1999)
      Joe Cocker: What Becomes of the Broken-Hearted
      Music Video
      • Composer
      • 1999
    • Richard Pryor in Which Way Is Up? (1977)
      Which Way Is Up?
      6.2
      • music by
      • 1977
    • Elliott Gould, Roddy McDowall, Fred Williamson, and Stuart Whitman in Mean Johnny Barrows (1975)
      Mean Johnny Barrows
      5.1
      • Composer
      • 1975

    Soundtrack



    • Heartbreakers at the BBC: Volume 2 (2024)
      Heartbreakers at the BBC: Volume 2
      TV Special
      • writer: "What Becomes of the Brokenhearted"
      • 2024
    • Nicola Coughlan, Louisa Harland, and Saoirse-Monica Jackson in Derry Girls (2018)
      Derry Girls
      8.5
      TV Series
      • writer: "What Becomes of the Brokenhearted"
      • 2022
    • For All Mankind (2019)
      For All Mankind
      8.1
      TV Series
      • writer: "What Becomes of the Brokenhearted"
      • 2019
    • Hitsville: The Making of Motown (2019)
      Hitsville: The Making of Motown
      7.9
      • performer: "The Motown Company Song (Hitsville USA)"
      • 2019
    • Elisabeth Moss, Melissa McCarthy, and Tiffany Haddish in The Kitchen (2019)
      The Kitchen
      5.6
      • writer: "Let Love Live (A Little Bit Longer)"
      • 2019
    • Nicole Kidman, Laura Dern, Meryl Streep, Reese Witherspoon, Shailene Woodley, and Zoë Kravitz in Big Little Lies (2017)
      Big Little Lies
      8.4
      TV Series
      • writer: "What Becomes of the Brokenhearted"
      • 2019
    • Jeff Bridges, Jon Hamm, Dakota Johnson, Chris Hemsworth, Lewis Pullman, Cynthia Erivo, and Cailee Spaeny in Bad Times at the El Royale (2018)
      Bad Times at the El Royale
      7.1
      • writer: "What Becomes of the Brokenhearted"
      • 2018
    • The Cosmopolitans (2014)
      The Cosmopolitans
      7.5
      TV Mini Series
      • writer: "What Becomes of the Brokenhearted"
      • 2014
    • The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon (2014)
      The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon
      7.0
      TV Series
      • writer: "What Becomes of the Brokenhearted" (uncredited)
      • 2014
    • Boy George, Kelly Rowland, Seal, and Delta Goodrem in The Voice (2012)
      The Voice
      5.3
      TV Series
      • writer: "What Becomes of the Brokenhearted"
      • 2013
    • My Mad Fat Diary (2013)
      My Mad Fat Diary
      8.4
      TV Series
      • writer: "What Becomes of the Brokenhearted" (uncredited)
      • 2013
    • Kerry Washington in Scandal (2012)
      Scandal
      7.7
      TV Series
      • writer: "I Don't Know Why" (uncredited)
      • 2013
    • Michael Jackson in Michael Jackson: The Life of an Icon (2011)
      Michael Jackson: The Life of an Icon
      7.2
      • writer: "What Becomes of the Brokenhearted"
      • 2011
    • Femme Fatales (2011)
      Femme Fatales
      5.9
      TV Series
      • writer: "What Becomes of the Brokenhearted" (edited version)
      • 2011
    • Rock & Chips (2010)
      Rock & Chips
      7.1
      TV Series
      • writer: "Don't Know Why I Love You"
      • 2011

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      Began his Motown career as a session trombonist and then began arranging. Arranged the majority of Motown's top hits from the '60s through the '80s. Biggest hits as an arranger include "My Girl" and "Papa Was A Rollin' Stone" by The Temptations, "I Heard It Through The Grapevine" by Marvin Gaye, "If I Were Your Woman" by Gladys Knight & The Pips and "The Tears Of A Clown" by Smokey Robinson & The Miracles.

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