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Dimitri Tiomkin
Composer, Producer, Additional Credits
Born May 10, 1894Died November 11, 1979 (85 years)
Dimitri Zinovievich Tiomkin (May 10, 1894 – November 11, 1979) was a Russian-born American film composer and conductor. Classically trained in St. Petersburg, Russia before the Bolshevik Revolution, he moved to Berlin and then New York City after the Russian Revolution. In 1929, after the stock market crash, he moved to Hollywood, where he became best known for his scores for Western films, including Duel in the Sun, Red River, High Noon, The Big Sky, 55 Days at Peking, Gunfight at the O.K. Corral, and Last Train from Gun Hill, as well as his work with director Frank Capra.
Tiomkin received 22 Academy Award nominations and won four Oscars, three for Best Original Score for High Noon, The High and the Mighty, and The Old Man and the Sea, and one for Best Original Song for "The Ballad of High Noon" from the former film.
Tiomkin received 22 Academy Award nominations and won four Oscars, three for Best Original Score for High Noon, The High and the Mighty, and The Old Man and the Sea, and one for Best Original Song for "The Ballad of High Noon" from the former film.
Known For
Filmography
| 1997 | Merry Christmas, George Bailey · as Original Music Composer |
| 1980 | Let There Be Light · as Original Music Composer |
| 1968 | Great Catherine · as Original Music Composer |
| 1967 | The War Wagon · as Original Music Composer |
| 1964 | 36 Hours · as Original Music Composer |
| 1964 | Circus World · as Original Music Composer |
| 1963 | 55 Days at Peking · as Original Music Composer |
| 1961 | Town Without Pity · as Original Music Composer |
| 1961 | The Guns of Navarone · as Original Music Composer |
| 1960 | The Alamo · as Original Music Composer |
| 1960 | The Unforgiven · as Original Music Composer |
| 1959 | Last Train from Gun Hill · as Original Music Composer |
| 1959 | Hotel de Paree (TV Series) · as Composer |
| 1959 | The Young Land · as Original Music Composer |
| 1959 | Rio Bravo · as Original Music Composer |
| 1958 | The Old Man and the Sea · as Original Music Composer |
| 1957 | Wild Is the Wind · as Original Music Composer |
| 1957 | Search for Paradise · as Original Music Composer |
| 1957 | Night Passage · as Original Music Composer |
| 1957 | Gunfight at the O.K. Corral · as Original Music Composer |
| 1956 | Friendly Persuasion · as Original Music Composer |
| 1956 | Giant · as Original Music Composer |
| 1955 | Land of the Pharaohs · as Original Music Composer |
| 1955 | Strange Lady in Town · as Original Music Composer |
| 1954 | The Adventures of Hajji Baba · as Original Music Composer |
| 1954 | A Bullet Is Waiting · as Original Music Composer |
| 1954 | The High and the Mighty · as Original Music Composer |
| 1954 | Dial M for Murder · as Original Music Composer |
| 1954 | The Command · as Original Music Composer |
| 1954 | His Majesty O'Keefe · as Original Music Composer |
| 1953 | Cease Fire! · as Original Music Composer |
| 1953 | Take the High Ground! · as Original Music Composer |
| 1953 | Return to Paradise · as Original Music Composer |
| 1953 | Jeopardy · as Original Music Composer |
| 1953 | I Confess · as Original Music Composer |
| 1952 | Angel Face · as Original Music Composer |
| 1952 | The Happy Time · as Original Music Composer |
| 1952 | The Steel Trap · as Original Music Composer |
| 1952 | The Big Sky · as Original Music Composer |
| 1952 | The Four Poster · as Original Music Composer |
| 1952 | Lady in the Iron Mask · as Original Music Composer |
| 1952 | High Noon · as Original Music Composer |
| 1952 | Bugles in the Afternoon · as Original Music Composer |
| 1952 | Mutiny · as Original Music Composer |
| 1951 | Peking Express · as Original Music Composer |
| 1951 | Drums in the Deep South · as Original Music Composer |
| 1951 | The Well · as Original Music Composer |
| 1951 | Strangers on a Train · as Original Music Composer |
| 1951 | The Thing from Another World · as Original Music Composer |
| 1951 | Mister Universe · as Original Music Composer |
| 1950 | Cyrano de Bergerac · as Original Music Composer |
| 1950 | |
| 1950 | The Men · as Original Music Composer |
| 1950 | Champagne for Caesar · as Original Music Composer |
| 1950 | Guilty Bystander · as Original Music Composer |
| 1950 | Dakota Lil · as Original Music Composer |
| 1949 | D.O.A. · as Original Music Composer |
| 1949 | Canadian Pacific · as Original Music Composer |
| 1949 | Red Light · as Original Music Composer |
| 1949 | Home of the Brave · as Original Music Composer |
| 1949 | Champion · as Original Music Composer |
| 1948 | Portrait of Jennie · as Original Music Composer |
| 1948 | Red River · as Original Music Composer |
| 1948 | So This Is New York · as Original Music Composer |
| 1948 | The Dude Goes West · as Original Music Composer |
| 1948 | Tarzan and the Mermaids · as Original Music Composer |
| 1947 | The Long Night · as Original Music Composer |
| 1946 | Duel in the Sun · as Original Music Composer |
| 1946 | It's a Wonderful Life · as Original Music Composer |
| 1946 | The Dark Mirror · as Original Music Composer |
| 1946 | Angel on My Shoulder · as Original Music Composer |
| 1946 | Black Beauty · as Original Music Composer |
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| 1946 | Whistle Stop · as Original Music Composer |
| 1945 | Here Is Germany · as Composer |
| 1945 | Pardon My Past · as Original Music Composer |
| 1945 | Dillinger · as Original Music Composer |
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| 1945 | |
| 1945 | War Comes to America · as Original Music Composer |
| 1945 | China's Little Devils · as Original Music Composer |
| 1945 | San Pietro · as Composer |
| 1944 | |
| 1944 | The Battle of China · as Original Music Composer |
| 1944 | When Strangers Marry · as Original Music Composer |
| 1944 | Attack! Battle of New Britain · as Original Music Composer |
| 1944 | |
| 1944 | The Bridge of San Luis Rey · as Original Music Composer |
| 1944 | Strange Confession · as Original Music Composer |
| 1944 | Ladies Courageous · as Original Music Composer |
| 1943 | The Battle of Russia · as Original Music Composer |
| 1943 | The Unknown Guest · as Original Music Composer |
| 1943 | Report from the Aleutians · as Original Music Composer |
| 1943 | |
| 1943 | The Nazis Strike · as Composer |
| 1942 | The Moon and Sixpence · as Original Music Composer |
| 1942 | Twin Beds · as Original Music Composer |
| 1942 | A Gentleman After Dark · as Original Music Composer |
| 1941 | The Corsican Brothers · as Original Music Composer |
| 1941 | Flying Blind · as Original Music Composer |
| 1941 | Scattergood Meets Broadway · as Original Music Composer |
| 1941 | Forced Landing · as Original Music Composer |
| 1941 | Meet John Doe · as Original Music Composer |
| 1940 | The Westerner · as Original Music Composer |
| 1940 | Lucky Partners · as Original Music Composer |
| 1940 | Men Without Souls · as Original Music Composer |
| 1939 | Mr. Smith Goes to Washington · as Original Music Composer |
| 1939 | Only Angels Have Wings · as Original Music Composer |
| 1938 | You Can't Take It with You · as Original Music Composer |
| 1938 | Spawn of the North · as Original Music Composer |
| 1937 | The Road Back · as Original Music Composer |
| 1937 | Lost Horizon · as Original Music Composer |
| 1935 | I Live My Life · as Original Music Composer |
| 1935 | Mad Love · as Original Music Composer |
| 1935 | The Casino Murder Case · as Original Music Composer |
| 1933 | Alice in Wonderland · as Original Music Composer |