John Morris (composer)
John Leonard Morris (born October 18, 1926 in Elizabeth , New Jersey , † January 25, 2018 in Red Hook , New York ) was an American composer .
Life
John Leonard Morris grew up in the small town of Independence , Kansas . He started playing the piano at the age of three and was taught by various music teachers before studying music at the Juilliard School . He first met Mel Brooks during the television program Your Show Of Shows , in which Brooks was supposed to rework the script and Morris the music for the film. Then they worked for the first time on the song Springtime For Hitler. together. Brooks was looking for a composer to write the music for his song and was brought to the attention of Morris by Alan Johnson . Although the resulting long-term collaboration was accompanied by tension, Morris composed films for Brooks such as Spring for Hitler , Life Stinks and Mel Brooks' Spaceballs . He also received two Academy Award nominations for the two films The Elephant Man and The Wild Wild West .
Filmography (selection)
- 1968: Spring for Hitler (The Producers)
- 1970: The Twelve Chairs (The twelve Chairs)
- 1974: The Wild Wild West (Blazing Saddles)
- 1974: Frankenstein Junior (Young Frankenstein)
- 1974: Let's steal the whole bank (The Bank Shot)
- 1975: Sherlock Holmes 'Smarter Brother (The Adventure of Sherlock Holmes' Smarter Brother)
- 1976: Mel Brooks' Final Madness: Silent Movie (Silent Movie)
- 1977: The World's Greatest Lover
- 1977: Three Foreign Legionnaires (The Last Remake of Beau Geste)
- 1977: Mel Brooks' high anxiety
- 1979: Two in the Devil's Kitchen (The In-Laws)
- 1980: The Elephant Man (The Elephant Man)
- 1980: Brazen and God-fearing (In God We Tru $ t)
- 1981: Mel Brooks - History of the World, Part I
- 1981: Dreams melt away like sand (Splendor in the Grass)
- 1983: Dotterbart (Yellowbeard)
- 1983: Sarah Bowman's Lone Fight (Ghost Dancing)
- 1983: A Table For Five
- 1983: To be or not (To Be or Not to Be)
- 1984: The Woman in Red (The Woman in Red)
- 1984: Johnny G. - Unwilling gangster (Johnny Dangerously)
- 1985: All the murderers are already there (Clue: The Movie)
- 1986: Wedding night in the Haunted Honeymoon
- 1987: Dirty Dancing
- 1987: Mel Brooks' Spaceballs (Spaceballs)
- 1987: Spurge (Ironweed)
- 1988: At Any Price (Favorite Son)
- 1989: My match with the second view (Second Sight)
- 1991: The End of Silence (Carolina Skeletons)
- 1991: don't leave me alone, mother! (Our Sons)
- 1991: Life Stinks (Life Stinks)
- 1994: Scarlett
- 1998: Only love lasts forever (Only Love)
- 2004: The Blackwater Lightship
Awards
- 1975 : Nomination for the best song with "Blazing Saddles" from Der wilde wilde Westen
- 1981 : Nomination for the best film music by The Elephant Man
Web links
- John Morris in the Internet Movie Database (English)
Individual evidence
- ^ John Morris, 'Blazing Saddles' and 'Young Frankenstein' Composer, Dies at 91
- ↑ Jeffrey K. Howard: Lost Issue Wednesday: John Morris Interview (1997) on filmscoremonthly.com of August 22, 2001 (English), accessed January 1, 2012
- ↑ Jeffrey K. Howard: Lost Issue Wednesday: Mel Brooks Interview (1997) on filmscoremonthly.com, August 15, 2001, accessed January 1, 2012
- ↑ Jeffrey K. Howard: John Morris Interview (1997) Conclusion on filmscoremonthly.com of August 29, 2001 (English), accessed January 1, 2012
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Morris, John |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Morris, John Leonard (full name) |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | American film composer |
| DATE OF BIRTH | October 18, 1926 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Elizabeth , New Jersey, United States |
| DATE OF DEATH | January 25, 2018 |
| Place of death | Red Hook , New York |