George Duning
George Duning (born February 25, 1908 in Richmond , Indiana , † February 27, 2000 in San Diego , California ) was an American film composer .
Life
Duning was born to a saleswoman and a piano teacher in Richmond. The family moved to Ohio when he was a child . In Cincinnati he learned to play the trumpet as a teenager and trained as a musician and composer at the local conservatory. From the early 1920s he was a trumpeter and pianist in the Kay Kyser Band, which was followed by several years as an arranger and composer for the radio in the 1930s . In 1942 he joined the United States Navy and then served as a conductor and arranger for military radio. When the Kay Kyser Band appeared in the 1944 film Carolina Moon , Duning was discovered as a composer by Morris Stoloff , the musical director of Columbia Pictures . In 1945 he received a contract with Columbia, where he was henceforth almost exclusively used as a film composer.
His best-known works include the two Glenn-Ford - Western Count to Three and Pray (1957) and Cowboy (1958) as well as Fred Zinnemann's classic Damned in All Eternity (1953) and Richard Quine's My Bride is Psychic (1958). His collaboration with Nelson Riddle for the musical adaptation of the Broadway musical Pal Joey by Richard Rodgers and Lorenz Hart for the film of the same name also attracted attention.
From the 1950s on, Duning also composed music for American television productions, such as B. for Raumschiff Enterprise in 1967 and 1968. In the course of his career he was nominated five times for the Oscar and twice for the Golden Globe in the category of best film music, but always got nothing. In 1983 he retired from show business.
Filmography (selection)
- 1945: Tonight and Every Night - Directed by Victor Saville
- 1946: The Jazz Singer ( The Jolson Story ) - Director: Alfred E. Green
- 1947: A Goddess on Earth ( Down to Earth ) - Director: Alexander Hall
- 1948: The Man from Colorado ( The Man from Colorado ) - Director: Henry Levin
- 1948: The Return of October - Directed by Joseph H. Lewis
- 1948: The Dark Past - Directed by Rudolph Maté
- 1949: Unshakable Love ( Shockproof ) - Director: Douglas Sirk
- 1949: Slightly French - Director: Douglas Sirk
- 1949: Alarm in der Unterwelt ( The Undercover Man ) - Directed by Joseph H. Lewis
- 1949: Der Berg des Schreckens ( Lust for Gold ) - Director: S. Sylvan Simon
- 1949: Jolson Sings Again - directed by Henry Levin
- 1949: The man who wanted to rule ( All the King's Men ) - Director: Robert Rossen
- 1950: The Gray Gate to Hell ( Convicted ) - Director: Henry Levin
- 1950: My luck in your hands ( No Sad Songs for Me ) - Director: Rudolph Maté
- 1950: The Liar (1950) ( Harriet Craig ) - directed by Vincent Sherman
- 1951: The trail leads to the harbor ( The Mob ) - Director: Robert Parrish
- 1952: Affair in Trinidad ( Affair in Trinidad ) - Directed by Vincent Sherman
- 1952: Budapest does not answer ( Assignment: Paris ) - Director: Robert Parrish
- 1953: Thirsting Lips ( Last of the Comanches ) - Director: André De Toth
- 1953: Salome - Director: William Dieterle
- 1953: Damn in All Eternity ( From Here to Eternity ) - Director: Fred Zinnemann
- 1953: Purgatory ( Miss Sadie Thompson ) - directed by Curtis Bernhardt
- 1955: The Man from Laramie ( The Man from Laramie ) - Director: Anthony Mann
- 1955: Marriage in Shackles ( Queen Bee ) - Director: Ranald MacDougall
- 1955: Picnic ( Picnic ) - Director: Joshua Logan
- 1956: The Eddy Duchin Story ( The Eddy Duchin Story ) - Director: George Sidney
- 1956: Storm Center - Director: Daniel Taradash
- 1957: Count to three and pray ( 3:10 to Yuma ) - Directed by Delmer Daves
- 1957: Seldom Laughed Like This ( Operation Mad Ball ) - Director: Richard Quine
- 1957: Pal Joey - Directed by George Sidney
- 1958: Cowboy - Directed by Delmer Daves
- 1958: Duel at Dawn ( Gunman's Walk ) - Director: Phil Karlson
- 1958: Houseboat ( Houseboat ) - Director: Melville Shavelson
- 1958: My Bride Is Psychic ( Bell, Book and Candle ) - Directed by Richard Quine
- 1958: Jakobowsky und der Oberst ( Me and the Colonel ) - Director: Peter Glenville
- 1959: Not with me, gentlemen ( It Happened to Jane ) - Director: Richard Quine
- 1959: The wrath of the righteous ( The Last Angry Man ) - Director: Daniel Mann
- 1959: The death not fear ( The Wreck of the Mary Deare ) - Director: Michael Anderson
- 1960: strangers when we meet ( Strangers When We Meet ) - Director: Richard Quine
- 1960: Die Welt der Suzie Wong ( The World of Suzie Wong ) - Director: Richard Quine
- 1961: Two Rode Together ( Two Rode Together ) - Director: John Ford
- 1962: The devil comes to four ( The Devil at 4 O'Clock ) - Director: Mervyn LeRoy
- 1962: Still Rooms Free ( The Notorious Landlady ) - Director: Richard Quine
- 1962: That Touch of Mink ( That Touch of Mink ) - Director: Delbert Mann
- 1963: Dolls under the Roof ( Toys in the Attic ) - Director: George Roy Hill
- 1965: Beloved Brigitte ( Dear Brigitte ) - Director: Henry Koster
- 1980: Sam Marlow, private detective ( The Man with Bogart's Face ) - Director: Robert Day
Awards
Oscar
Nominated for the best film music :
- 1950: Jolson Sings Again
- 1951: Your happiness in my hands
- 1954: Damned for all eternity
- 1956: picnic
- 1957: Beloved forever
Golden Globe
Nominated for the best film music :
- 1950: The man who wanted to rule
- 1961: The world of Suzie Wong
Golden Raspberry
Won in the worst song category :
- 1981: The Man with Borgart's Face from Sam Marlow, private detective with Andrew J. Fenady
Web links
- George Duning in the Internet Movie Database (English)
Individual evidence
- ↑ Jon Burlingame: George Duning at 100 on filmmusicsociety.org, February 25, 2008. (English)
personal data | |
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SURNAME | Duning, George |
BRIEF DESCRIPTION | American film composer |
DATE OF BIRTH | February 25, 1908 |
PLACE OF BIRTH | Richmond , Indiana |
DATE OF DEATH | February 27, 2000 |
Place of death | San Diego |