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best known for his film and television scoring, and for writing hit songs for a variety of artists. He has composed musical scores for dozens of TV
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Robbie Thompson). Within 24 hours after the episode aired, one of the songs, "The Road So Far", was #3 on the
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Co-songwriter with Paul Gordon. #1 on AC charts. #2 on pop charts. 900,000 singles sold.
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Gruska is the father of Barbara and Ethan Gruska, the members of the pop music duo
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Gruska started his career as a singer/songwriter. He was briefly a member of
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1987: ASCAP Country Award - "Friends & Lovers (Both to Each Other)"
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1987: ASCAP Pop Award - "Friends & Lovers (Both to Each Other)"
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1988: ASCAP Pop Award - "Friends & Lovers (Both to Each Other)"
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1994: Emmy Award Nomination - Best Main Title Theme Music,
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awards. Some of his best-known scores are for the TV shows
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soundtrack chart and #57 among all songs on iTunes.
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