Death of an Oscar-winning composer, 72

Death of an Oscar-winning composer, 72

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norman lebrecht

November 02, 2016

You may not have heard of Ron Grant.

The Oscar he won in 1986 was for inventing a piece of software, the Auricle Time Processor – ‘a computer system that enables a music composer to score a program with speed and accuracy previously unattainable’.

The music he wrote was mostly for TV series and animation.

Ron Grant died in Santa Monica at the weekend. Obit here.

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His was the first Oscar ever to be awarded for an app. Put that in your fact-checker.

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