Lloyd B. Norlin

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Lloyd B. Norlin (born March 23, 1918 in South Dakota , † May 11, 2000 in Barrington , Illinois ) was an American musician , composer and songwriter . In 1942 he received an Oscar nomination in the "Best Song" category for his song Out of the Silence , which he composed and wrote for the musical film All-American Co-Ed .

Life

Norlin spent his youth in Minnehaha , South Dakota . In 1941 he graduated from Northwestern University with a degree in music. The song Wish you were here , composed by him and written by Audree Milgram , was nominated for the "Waa-Mu Show", an annual musical revue of Northwestern University. Well-known people like Cloris Leachman , Warren Beatty , Karen Black , Ann-Margret and Megan Mullally studied at Northwestern . The rules of the establishment stipulated that any studio or production company, in the case of Norlin it was Hal Roach Studios, could nominate a candidate. Norlin was unable to establish himself in Hollywood and instead returned to Northwestern after the end of World War II , where he was involved in the music department. He also worked as music director for a manufacturer of commercial films and built a lucrative career in the field of "industrial musicals", a genre that no longer exists today . In this respect, he created shows for Marshall Field , Standard Oil , Pepsi , Hamm's Beer and Ford, among others .

grades

  • Here's Your Party: Musical Selections . Text: Charles Nelson, music: Lloyd B. Norlin. Northwestern University, Chicago 1940 (excerpts from a musical performed by students at Northwestern University)

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Norlin on SSDI
  2. ↑ Norlin on ancestry.com
  3. ↑ a b Lloyd B. Norlin ( Memento from February 1, 2014 in the Internet Archive ) at oscaratoz.blotspot.de (English). Retrieved January 19, 2014.
  4. ↑ All-American Co-ed (1941) (Movie Clip) Out Of The Silence , sung by Frances Langford at TCM - Turner Classic Movies (English)
  5. ^ Catalog of Copyright Entries - Lloyd B. Norlin . Retrieved January 19, 2014.
personal data
SURNAME Norlin, Lloyd B.
BRIEF DESCRIPTION American musician, composer, and lyricist
DATE OF BIRTH March 23, 1918
PLACE OF BIRTH South Dakota
DATE OF DEATH May 11, 2000
Place of death Barrington , Illinois