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Dimitri Tiomkin

Known for: Sound

Biography: 1894-05-22

Deathday: 1979-11-11 (85 years old)

Biography

Dimitri Zinovievich Tiomkin (May 10, 1894 – November 11, 1979) was a Russian-born American film composer and conductor. Classically trained in St. Petersburg, Russia before the Bolshevik Revolution, he moved to Berlin and then New York City after the Russian Revolution. In 1929, after the stock market crash, he moved to Hollywood, where he became best known for his scores for Western films, including Duel in the Sun, Red River, High Noon, The Big Sky, 55 Days at Peking, Gunfight at the O.K. Corral, and Last Train from Gun Hill, as well as his work with director Frank Capra.

Tiomkin received 22 Academy Award nominations and won four Oscars, three for Best Original Score for High Noon, The High and the Mighty, and The Old Man and the Sea, and one for Best Original Song for "The Ballad of High Noon" from the former film.

Filmography

all 130

Movies 127

self 5

Director 4

TV Shows 3

Producer 1

Self (archive footage)

Dimitri Tiomkin

Biography

Filmography

all 130

Movies 127

self 5

Director 4

TV Shows 3

Producer 1

And the Oscar Goes To... (2014)

Hitchcock's Confession: A Look at I Confess (2004)

Merry Christmas, George Bailey! (1997)

Music for the Movies: The Hollywood Sound (1995)

Friendly Persuasion (1975)

Tchaikovsky (1970)

Mackenna's Gold (1969)

Great Catherine (1968)

The War Wagon (1967)

36 Hours (1964)

Circus World (1964)

The Fall of the Roman Empire (1964)

55 Days at Peking (1963)

Town Without Pity (1961)

The Guns of Navarone (1961)

The Sundowners (1960)

The Alamo (1960)

The Unforgiven (1960)

Rhapsody of Steel (1959)

Last Train from Gun Hill (1959)

The Young Land (1959)

Rio Bravo (1959)

The Old Man and the Sea (1958)

Wild Is the Wind (1957)

Search for Paradise (1957)

Art Ford's Greenwich Village Party (1957)

Tonight Starring Jack Paar (1957)

Night Passage (1957)

Gunfight at the O.K. Corral (1957)

Friendly Persuasion (1956)

Giant (1956)

Tension at Table Rock (1956)

The Court-Martial of Billy Mitchell (1955)

Land of the Pharaohs (1955)

Strange Lady in Town (1955)

The Adventures of Hajji Baba (1954)

A Bullet Is Waiting (1954)

The High and the Mighty (1954)

Dial M for Murder (1954)

The Command (1954)

His Majesty O'Keefe (1954)

Cease Fire! (1953)

Take the High Ground! (1953)

Blowing Wild (1953)

Return to Paradise (1953)

A Tale of Two Cities (1953)

Jeopardy (1953)

The Oscars (1953)

I Confess (1953)

Angel Face (1953)

The Steel Trap (1952)

The Happy Time (1952)

The Four Poster (1952)

The Big Sky (1952)

Lady In The Iron Mask (1952)

High Noon (1952)

My Six Convicts (1952)

Mutiny (1952)

Bugles in the Afternoon (1952)

The Well (1951)

Drums in the Deep South (1951)

Peking Express (1951)

Strangers on a Train (1951)

The Thing from Another World (1951)

Mister Universe (1951)

Cyrano de Bergerac (1950)

Undercover Girl (1950)

The Men (1950)

Champagne for Caesar (1950)

Guilty Bystander (1950)

Dakota Lil (1950)

Known For
Sound

Gender
Male

Birthday
1894-05-22

Deathday
1979-11-11 (85 years old)

Birth Place
Kremenchuk, Ukraine

Relationships
Albertina Rasch (1927 - 1967)

Spouse
Olivia Cynthia Mary Patch

Father
Zinovij Ionovič Tjomkin

Citizenships
Russian Empire, Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic, United States

Awards
Officer of the Legion of Honour, Academy Award for Best Original Dramatic or Comedy Score, Chevalier des Arts et des Lettres, Golden Globe Award for Best Original Song, Golden Globe Award for Best Original Score, Order of Isabella the Catholic