Lucy Nicole Schwartz (born December 7, 1989) is an American singer and songwriter from Los Angeles, California. She has become well known for writing and performing original songs for film and TV, including songs for '' The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn – Part 1'', ''

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'', '' Parenthood'', ''

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''.

Career

In 2010, Schwartz released her second album, ''Life in Letters''. In 2011, she had a duet with Aqualung on '' The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn'' and released the EP, ''Keep Me''. Schwartz has toured with

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, with

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, and opened for

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, A Fine Frenzy,

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. Her songs have been used in over a dozen television programs, including ''

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''. Schwartz wrote the international theme song for

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's show, ''Parenthood'', and she has written original songs for numerous films, including ''

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'', ''Shrek Forever After'', ''

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comedy, '' The Women''. Her single, "Boomerang", appeared in the closing credits of the fourth season finale of the television series ''

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'', for which her father,

David Schwartz David Schwartz is an American composer, known for his scoring of the music for several television series. He composed most of the songs for ''Arrested Development'', and he returned as the series composer for the fourth season, which debuted on ...

, composed the soundtrack. She had previously performed the vocal recordings "Mr. F" and "For British Eyes Only" in a faux-English accent for the series. Schwartz guest starred in the second season premiere of ''

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'', playing the role of a waitress dressed as a bumblebee and singing

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's song, " Close to You". " Black Roses", a song written by Schwartz, is sung by the character of Scarlett O'Connor (portrayed by Clare Bowen) in the TV show ''Nashville''. It peaked at number 29 on the US Country chart. She has worked with the charities Heifer International, CHOC Children's Hospital, Rock 'n' Roll Camp for Girls, Songs of Love for Japan, and Symphony of Hope: The Haiti Project.

Discography

Albums and EPs

* ''Winter in June'' (2007) * ''Help Me! Help Me!'' EP (2010) * ''Life in Letters'' (2010) * ''Keep Me'' EP (2011) * ''Timekeeper'' (2013)

Original songs in movie soundtracks

*"Beautiful" — '' The Women'' (opening song) (2008) *"Count On Me" — ''The Women'' (end title song) (2008) *'"Paper Plane" — ''Center Stage 2: Turn it Up'' (2008) *"Little One" — '' Mother & Child'' (end title song) (2009) *"Turn Back Around" — ''

'' (2009) *"Gone Away" — ''

'' (2009) *"Darling I Do" (with Landon Pigg) — ''

'' (2010) *"I Want The Sky" — ''Monte Carlo'' (2011) *"Cold" (with Aqualung) — '' The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn'' (2011) *"Feeling of Being" — ''

'' (2012) *"I Don't Know a Thing" — '' Remember Sunday'' (2013) *"Blue Sky" — ''Remember Sunday'' (2013)

TV theme songs

*"When We Were Young" — '' Parenthood'' (international theme song) (2010) *''

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'' (with

and the Halluci Nation) (2021)

References

External links

Lucy Schwartz website
{{DEFAULTSORT:Schwartz, Lucy 1989 births Living people American women singer-songwriters Musicians from Los Angeles Occidental College alumni Singer-songwriters from California 21st-century American singers 21st-century American women singers