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Dimitri Zinovievich Tiomkin (Russian: Дмитрий Зиновьевич Тёмкин, Dmitrij Zinov’evič Tëmkin, somtimes translated as Dmitri Tiomkin) (May 10, 1894 – November 11, 1979) was a film composer and conductor. Along with Max Steiner, Miklós Rózsa and Franz Waxman, Tiomkin was one of the most productive and decorated film music writers of Hollywood.
Tiomkin was born in Kremenchug, Ukraine and educated at the St. Petersburg Conservatory in Russia. He emigrated in 1925 to the United States and became an American citizen in 1937. Although influenced by Eastern European music traditions, he was able to score typical American movies like Frank Capra’s famous Lost Horizon (1937) or It’s a Wonderful Life (1946) and also Mr. Smith Goes to Washington (1939), both with James Stewart. He also worked on Fred Zinnemann’s High Noon (1952), which also won him a “Best Song” Oscar for “Do Not Forsake Me, Oh My Darlin’(The Ballad of High Noon)”. In 1954, he won the Academy Award for best song of the John Wayne film The High and the Mighty.
Many classic scores followed, many of which were also in Western movies, like The High and the Mighty (1954), Giant (1956), Friendly Persuasion (1956), Gunfight at the O.K. Corral (1957), Rio Bravo (1959), The Alamo (1960), Town Without Pity (1961) or 55 Days at Peking (1963), The Fall of the Roman Empire (1964) and many more.
Tiomkin was born in Kremenchug, Ukraine and educated at the St. Petersburg Conservatory in Russia. He emigrated in 1925 to the United States and became an American citizen in 1937. Although influenced by Eastern European music traditions, he was able to score typical American movies like Frank Capra’s famous Lost Horizon (1937) or It’s a Wonderful Life (1946) and also Mr. Smith Goes to Washington (1939), both with James Stewart. He also worked on Fred Zinnemann’s High Noon (1952), which also won him a “Best Song” Oscar for “Do Not Forsake Me, Oh My Darlin’(The Ballad of High Noon)”. In 1954, he won the Academy Award for best song of the John Wayne film The High and the Mighty.
Many classic scores followed, many of which were also in Western movies, like The High and the Mighty (1954), Giant (1956), Friendly Persuasion (1956), Gunfight at the O.K. Corral (1957), Rio Bravo (1959), The Alamo (1960), Town Without Pity (1961) or 55 Days at Peking (1963), The Fall of the Roman Empire (1964) and many more.
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Tiomkin: Red River
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The Alamo
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Giant
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The Alamo (Soundtrack)
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IamFlood The man, the man behind the monkey.
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Clackers Land of the Pharaohs score is awesome too, but too short. Regarding The Alamo, it may be a good film, but I was not impressed with the score.
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Sryntham I never saw the film The Alamo but it has to be great, because the soundtrack is breathtaking.
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Terrasidius Fall of the Roman Empire! Awesome movie, awesome score. :)
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am0kzy Fall of the Roman Empire is his best IMHO
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Skoroszyt new foto ->
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yabba im listening to the soundtrack of Lost Horizon
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