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Dimitri Tiomkin
From HitStory, the pop encyclopedia of School of Rock · Artist
Dimitri Tiomkin was born in 1894 in the Russian Empire and studied at the St Petersburg conservatoire, with Alexander Glazunov among others. He appeared as a concert pianist in Europe and came to Hollywood by way of Broadway. For Frank Capra he wrote Lost Horizon (1937) and It's a Wonderful Life (1946). He made his greatest mark on the western. In High Noon (1952) he used a simple song, sung by Tex Ritter, as a thread running through the whole film. That song became a hit and won an Oscar, as did the score. After that, a title song in westerns became almost a matter of course, as in Rio Bravo (1959) and The Alamo (1960). Tiomkin won four Oscars in total.
Listening
Lost Horizon: Symphonic Suite · National Philharmonic Orchestra & Charles Gerhardt, 1937
High Noon (Do Not Forsake Me, Oh My Darlin') · Tex Ritter, 1952
The Green Leaves of Summer · The Brothers Four, 1960
Discography
Studio albums
- 1956Friendly Persuasion: Original Music From the Soundtrack of the Motion Picture (soundtrack)
- 1957Wild Is the Wind (soundtrack)
- 1958The Old Man and the Sea (soundtrack)
- 1960The Alamo (soundtrack)
- 1960The Unforgiven (Original Music From The Motion Picture Sound Track) (soundtrack)
- 1961The Guns of Navarone (soundtrack)
- 1964Circus World (soundtrack)
- 1985Digital Premiere Recordings from the films of Alfred Hitchcock
- 198955 Days at Peking (soundtrack)
- 1989Giant (soundtrack)
- 1991The Fall of the Roman Empire (soundtrack)
- 1995High Noon (Original Motion Picture Scores) (soundtrack)
- 1997It's a Wonderful Life
- 1997Lost Horizon (soundtrack)
- 2001The Court-Martial of Billy Mitchell (soundtrack)
- 200236 Hours (soundtrack)
- 2003Red River (soundtrack)
- 2003The Big Sky (1952 Film Score) (soundtrack)
- 2005The Thing from Another World / Take the High Ground! (soundtrack)
- 2005The World War II Documentary Music of Dimitri Tiomkin (soundtrack)
- 2007D.O.A. (soundtrack)
- 2008Angel on My Shoulder (soundtrack)
- 2008Land of the Pharaohs (soundtrack)
- 2010Champion (soundtrack)
- 2010Cyrano de Bergerac (soundtrack)
- 2010Rhapsody of Steel (soundtrack)
- 2010The Alamo (soundtrack)
- 2010The Long Night (soundtrack)
- 2010The Unforgiven / The Way West (soundtrack)
- 2010The War Wagon (soundtrack)
- 2011Last Train from Gun Hill (soundtrack)
- 2011The Fall of the Roman Empire (soundtrack)
- 2012The Four Poster (soundtrack)
- 2013Gunfight at the O.K. Corral (soundtrack)
- 2014It's a Wonderful Life (soundtrack)
- 2014Search for Paradise (soundtrack)
- 2015Rio Bravo (soundtrack)
- 2017Duel in the Sun (soundtrack)
- 2017Duel in the Sun (2016 recording) (soundtrack)
- 2019Dial M for Murder (soundtrack)
- 2019Paris Under the Stars - Ballet Music for Albertina Rasch (soundtrack)
- 2022Albertina Rasch & The Great American Ballet, Piano Music For Concert And Stage (soundtrack)
- 2024Night Passage (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack)
Other work
- 1952High Noon
In School of Rock
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- Film Music MapNL Map
- The Dream Factory: Film Reel 2NL Reader
Mentioned in other articles
- Hollywood Western Genre
In High Noon (1952), Dimitri Tiomkin, a Russian émigré, had a ballad return again and again, sung by Tex Ritter.