Dimitri Tiomkin

Dimitri Zinovich Tiomkin (May 10, 1894 - November 11, 1979) was a film composer and conductor. Along with Max Steiner, Miklos Rozsa and Franz Waxman, Tiomkin was one of the most productive and decorated film music writers of Hollywood.

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May 10 - 1894 - November 11 - 1979 - Max Steiner - Miklos Rozsa - Franz Waxman - Hollywood

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Tiomkin was born in Kremenchuk, Ukraine and educated at the St. Petersburg Conservatory in Russia. He emigrated in 1925 to the United States and became an American citizen in 1937. Although influenced by Eastern European music traditions, he was able to score typical American movies like Frank Capra's famous Lost Horizon (1937) or It's a Wonderful Life (1946) and also Mr. Smith Goes to Washington (1939), both with James Stewart.

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Kremenchuk - Ukraine - Russia - United States - Frank Capra - Lost Horizon - It's a Wonderful Life - Mr. Smith Goes to Washington - James Stewart

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But the score he will be ever associated with is that of Fred Zinnemann's High Noon (1952), which also won him a "Best Song" Oscar for "Do Not Forsake Me, Oh My Darlin'". In 1954, he won the Academy Award for best song of the John Wayne film The High and the Mighty.

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Fred Zinnemann - High Noon - Oscar - John Wayne - The High and the Mighty

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Many classic scores followed, many of which were also in Western movies, like The High and the Mighty (1954), Giant (1956), Friendly Persuasion (1956), Gunfight at the O.K. Corral (1957), Rio Bravo (1959), The Alamo (1960), Town Without Pity (1961) or 55 Days at Peking (1963), The Fall of the Roman Empire (1964) and many more.

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The High and the Mighty - Giant - Friendly Persuasion - Gunfight at the O.K. Corral - Rio Bravo - The Alamo - Town Without Pity - 55 Days at Peking - The Fall of the Roman Empire

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Besides cinema he was also active in writing for the small screen, writing some memorable television theme-songs, as for Rawhide (1959), Gunslinger (1961) or The Wild Wild West (1965).

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Rawhide - Gunslinger - The Wild Wild West

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Dimitri Tiomkin died in London, England in 1979 and was interred in Forest Lawn Memorial Park Cemetery in Glendale, California.

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London - England - Forest Lawn Memorial Park Cemetery - Glendale, California

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