Robert Armbruster

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John Robert Armbruster (born October 9, 1896 in Philadelphia , Pennsylvania , † June 20, 1994 in Los Angeles , California ) was an American composer , conductor and arranger .

Life

John Robert Armbruster began performing as a concert pianist at the age of eight. After graduating from West Philadelphia High School , he studied music with Constantin von Sternberg . He then moved to California, where he founded the "Robert Armbruster Orchestra" and played in the background on NBC radio shows such as the "Chase & Sanborn Hour" . A few years later he began to compose film music for MGM , where he was often hired as a replacement and for the additional music, whereby he was often not mentioned in the credits. His biggest success was an Oscar nomination in 1965 for Best Film Music by Goldgräber-Molly .

Filmography (selection)

  • 1947: The Balalaika plays quietly (Northwest Outpost)
  • 1952: I Dream of Jeanie
  • 1955: City of Shadows
  • 1962: The Rascals of Mexico (Dime with a Halo)
  • 1964: Goldgräber-Molly (The Unsinkable Molly Brown)
  • 1965: Clarence, the Cross-Eyed Lion (Clarence, the Cross-Eyed Lion)
  • 1967: Solo for ONCEL (The Man from UNCLE) (TV series, 1 episode)

Award (selection)

Oscar

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Robert Armbruster; Conductor, Composer on latimes.com, June 25, 1994, accessed January 14, 2012
personal data
SURNAME Armbruster, Robert
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Armbruster, John Robert (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION American composer
DATE OF BIRTH October 9, 1896
PLACE OF BIRTH Philadelphia , Pennsylvania, United States
DATE OF DEATH June 20, 1994
Place of death Los Angeles , California, United States