{{short description|American film composer}} {{for|the Australian composer|Don Harper}} {{BLP sources|date=March 2011}} {{Infobox musical artist | honorific_prefix = | name = Don L. Harper | honorific_suffix = | image = | image_upright = | image_size = | landscape = <!-- yes, if wide image, otherwise leave blank --> | alt = | caption = | native_name = | native_name_lang = | birth_name = <!-- leave empty if the same "name" --> | alias = | birth_date = <!-- {{Birth date and age|YYYY|MM|DD}} for living people supply only the year unless the exact date is already WIDELY published, as per [[WP:DOB]] --> | birth_place = [[Los Angeles]] | origin = [[United States]] | death_date = <!-- {{Death date and age|YYYY|MM|DD|YYYY|MM|DD}} (death date first) --> | death_place = | genre = | occupation = Film composer, [[Songwriter]], [[Conducting|Conductor]], and Arranger | instrument = | years_active = <!-- YYYY–YYYY (or –present) --> | label = | associated_acts = | website = <!-- {{URL|example.com}} or {{Official URL}} --> | module = | module2 = | module3 = }}
'''Don Loren Harper''' is an American film [[composer]], [[songwriter]], [[Conducting|conductor]], and arranger whose credits include films such as ''[[The Guardian (2006 film)|The Guardian]]'', ''[[National Treasure (film)|National Treasure]]'', ''[[Training Day]]'', ''[[Armageddon (1998 film)|Armageddon]]'', ''[[The Rock (film)|The Rock]]'', ''[[Twister (1996 film)|Twister]]'', ''[[Broken Arrow (1996 film)|Broken Arrow]]'', ''[[Assassins (1995 film)|Assassins]]'', and ''[[Speed (1994 film)|Speed]]''.<ref>{{cite journal |date=4 April 2012 |title=Sight & Sound Theatres Debuts 'Joseph' in Branson |url=http://www.highbeam.com/doc/1G1-285145800.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150924153644/http://www.highbeam.com/doc/1G1-285145800.html |url-status=dead |archive-date=24 September 2015 |journal=Entertainment Close-up |publisher=Close-Up Media |access-date=2015-04-25 |via=HighBeam Research |quote=13 original songs by composer Don Harper whose credits include National Treasure, National Treasure 2, Disney's Lion King 1 1/2}}</ref> Harper composed and conducted the music for [[Walt Disney Pictures|Disney's]] direct-to-video releases ''[[The Lion King 1½]]'', ''[[Tarzan & Jane]]'', and ''[[Atlantis: Milo's Return]]''. He also created the scores for the television series' ''[[The Magnificent Seven (TV series)|The Magnificent Seven]]'' and ''[[The Twilight Zone]]'', and the TV movie ''Houdini''.
Harper's first CD, ''Dream and Variations'', is a hybrid of [[Jazz music|jazz]], [[Americana music|Americana]], [[Rock music|rock]], spirituals, [[Blues music|blues]], and [[Bluegrass music|bluegrass]]. It is a sweeping assemblage of vignettes, recorded with a 70-piece orchestra live on the Eastwood Stage at [[Warner Bros.]] in the Fall of 2006. The production included a 32-member choir, session musician [[Dan Higgins]] on [[soprano saxophone]], jazz pianist [[Russell Ferrante]] of [[The Yellowjackets]], notable string players [[Dave Stone (musician)|Dave Stone]] (upright bass), [[Sid Page]] (violin), and [[Steve Erdody]] (cello). [[Trevor Rabin]], composer and former member of [[Yes (band)|Yes]], played guitar. ''Dream and Variations'' includes the song "End of Days", featuring vocals by [[Lisbeth Scott]], which Harper and lyricist [[Tom Child]] wrote in response to the devastation of [[Hurricane Katrina]]. He has also recorded the soundtrack for [[Tokyo DisneySea]]'s version of [[Fantasmic]], [[Epcot Forever]], as well as a song for ''[[Rivers of Light]]''.<ref name="Rivers of Light Composers & Designers">{{cite web|title=Rivers of Light debuts April 22 at Disney's Animal Kingdom|url=http://attractionsmagazine.com/rivers-light-debuts-april-22-disneys-animal-kingdom-video-gives-peek/|website=[[Attractions Magazine]]|date=2 March 2016 |accessdate=9 April 2016|language=en-US}}</ref>
==Discography== * ''Dream and Variations''
==References== {{reflist}}
==External links== * {{Official website}} * {{discogs artist|artist=Don Harper}} * {{IMDb name|id=0363849|name=Don Harper}}
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