Biography - Larry Hopkins While at Kurzweil Music Systems, Larry quickly became involved with many successful Kurzweil sound projects and instruments such as the K2600 and the PC2. He also demonstrated Kurzweil instruments for trade shows, conventions and music store clinics. Late in 2002, Kurzweil Music Systems became financially unstable and basically let almost all of it's staff go. So larry had to make a decision as to his next move in his career. Since he was already working for so many composers. He decided to try his hand at composing full time. About this same time, one of Larry's best friends from Universal Studios (Robb Navrides) became the sound supervisor on ABC's "Desperate Housewives". Robb asked Larry to compose music for the pilot episode. Executives at ABC loved the pilot episode and decided to pump a large budget into the show which would include a famous composer. While Larry didn't get the series, he did get practical experience and insight into the business end of being a full time composer. Click the arrow to continue to the next biography page Click here to return to the home page.
During his tenure at Kurzweil, he became responsible for the Kurzweil artist program. His duties included working with many composers and recording artists who all used Kurzweil instruments. In reality, Larry would also work for these people as an independent contractor as well. This led Larry to work in the studio with such artists as the Rolling Stones, Ray Charles, Alf Clasen (on the "Simpsons"), John Williams, Harry Connick Jr., Stevie Wonder, Brooks & Dunn, Kenny Rodgers, Cirque Du Soleil, Al Jarreau, BoyzIIMen, Loggins & Messina, to name just a few. Larry also became known as a top arranger for many composers at Universal and Warner Bros. working on many television and film scores.