Dimitri Tiomkin

Born in the Russian Empire, in today's Ukraine, he studied piano at the St Petersburg Conservatory. After the revolution he worked as a concert pianist in Berlin and Paris and reached Hollywood in the late twenties. He worked with Frank Capra on It's a Wonderful Life, and High Noon won him two Oscars: for the score and for the song, the ballad that runs through the whole film. He was nominated 22 times.

Style

Big orchestra, cowboy songs turned into main themes and melodies with Russian roots.

Awards

4 Oscars: score and song for High Noon, The High and the Mighty and The Old Man and the Sea. 22 nominations.

Discography

• It's a Wonderful Life (1946) Spotify · Apple Music
• Cyrano de Bergerac (1950) Spotify
• The Thing from Another World (1951) Spotify
• Friendly Persuasion (1956) Spotify
• Giant (1956) Spotify
• Night Passage (1957) Spotify · Apple Music
• The Old Man and the Sea (1958) Spotify
• The Alamo (1960) Spotify
• The Fall of the Roman Empire (1964) Spotify

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Listen

• Do Not Forsake Me, Oh My Darlin' · High NoonSpotifyApple MusicYouTube
• The Green Leaves of Summer · The AlamoSpotifyApple MusicYouTube

Full biography on Wikipedia