Joseph J. Lilley

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Joseph J. Lilley (born August 16, 1913 in Providence , Rhode Island , † January 1, 1971 in North Hollywood , California ) was an American composer , arranger and conductor . He created some well-known musical works for the cinema of the 1950s and 1960s, including compositions for films such as Wedding Parade , The Shopkeeper , Acapulco , King of Hot Rhythms or Sailor, ahoy! .

life and career

Joseph J. Lilley was born in Providence, Rhode Island in 1913. He studied music at the renowned Juilliard School and in Nice in France. From the end of the 1930s he worked in Hollywood mainly as musical director, orchestrator and conductor at Paramount Pictures , at the beginning of his career only sporadically as an independent composer and songwriter, later the work in this area of ​​activity increased. Since 1947 he was a member of the ASCAP .

In the early 1940s, Lilley wrote the song (I've Got Spurs That) Jingle Jangle Jingle, which also earned him a certain popularity as a songwriter.

Since 1944 he has also composed the music for cinema productions himself, initially for a few short films without his own credits, and since the feature film Girls for Hollywood in 1947 under his own name. The music for films such as The Great Lover , Wedding Parade , Horror of the Division , Comedy Children , One Shot and 50 Dead , Café Europe , Blue Hawaii , Girls! Girls! Girls! or South Seas paradise . He has worked several times for films with stars such as Bob Hope , Jerry Lewis and Elvis Presley . In 1960, he and Nelson Riddle were honored with an Oscar nomination for their work on the musical Li'l Abner by director Melvin Frank .

In his career, Lilley composed the music for over 25 feature films, orchestrated the music for over 80 films, and also contributed additional music to the film in over 15 productions without being mentioned in the credits. Together with the composer and arranger Johnny Green and Conrad Salinger , he was one of the most sought-after representatives of his field in Hollywood in the 1950s. Lilley died on January 1, 1971 after a long illness at the age of 57.

Awards

Filmography (selection)

literature

  • Joseph J. Lilley. In: Jay Robert Nash, Stanley Ralph Ross: The motion picture guide. , Cinebooks, 1988, p. 1904

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Joseph J. Lilley. In: Joseph Murrells: The book of golden discs. , Barrie & Jenkins, 1974, p. 493.
  2. ^ Joseph J. Lilley. In: Gary Marmorstein : Hollywood rhapsody: movie music and its makers, 1900 to 1975. , Schirmer Books, 1997, p. 298.
personal data
SURNAME Lilley, Joseph J.
BRIEF DESCRIPTION American composer, arranger and conductor
DATE OF BIRTH August 16, 1913
PLACE OF BIRTH Providence , Rhode Island , USA
DATE OF DEATH 1st January 1971
Place of death North Hollywood , California , USA