Legend Of Navarone - Music

Dimitri Zinovievich Tiomkin Russian Дмитрий Зиновьевич Тёмкин Dmitrij Zinov'evič Tëmkin Somtimes Translated As Dmitri Tiomkin May 10 1894 – November 11 1979 Was A Film Composer And Conductor. Along With Max Steiner Miklós Rózsa And Franz Waxman Tiomkin Was One Of The Most Productive And Decorated Film Music Writers Of Hollywood. Tiomkin Was Born In Kremenchug 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. He Also Worked On Fred Zinnemann's High Noon 1952 Which Also Won Him A "Best Song" Oscar For "Do Not Forsake Me Oh My Darlin' The Ballad Of High Noon ". In 1954 He Won The Academy Award For Best Song Of The John Wayne Film The High And The Mighty. 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. Besides Cinema He Was Also Active In Writing For The Small Screen Writing Some Memorable Television Theme-Songs As For Rawhide 1959 And Gunslinger. He Was Also Hired To Write The Theme For TV's The Wild Wild West 1965 But The Producers Rejected His Themes And Hired Richard Markowitz. Dimitri Tiomkin Died In London England In 1979 And Was Interred In Forest Lawn Memorial Park Cemetery In Glendale California. Http //en.Wikipedia.Org/wiki/Dimitri_Tiomkin read less