Biografía y filmografía

George Duning

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George Duning (February 25, 1908 – February 27, 2000) was an American musicial and film composer. He was born in Richmond, Indiana and educated in Cincinnati, Ohio at the Cincinnati Conservatory of Music, where his mentor was Mario Castelnuovo-Tedesco.

In his early 20s Duning played trumpet and piano for the Kay Kyser band, later arranging most of the music for Kyser's radio program, Kollege of Musical Knowledge. It was during the Kyser band's appearance in Carolina Blues (1944) that Duning's work was noticed, leading to a Columbia contract. Duning joined the Navy in 1942 and served as a conductor and arranger with Armed Forces Radio.

Film and TV career

Morris Stoloff signed Duning to Columbia Pictures in 1946, where he worked almost exclusively through the early 1960s, collaborating most often with director Richard Quine.

Prominent Duning scores are two of the best examples of western genre – the original 3:10 to Yuma, and Cowboy – and those he composed for films as diverse as Picnic, The World of Suzie Wong, The Devil at Four O'Clock, Bell, Book, and Candle and Toys in the Attic.

Duning shared music adaptation credit with Nelson Riddle for the highly successful 1957 film adaptation of the Rodgers and Hart musical Pal Joey starring Frank Sinatra and Rita Hayworth.

During his career, Duning worked on more than 300 film and television scores. His notable television work includes Tightrope, Star Trek, The Big Valley and Naked City, and TV miniseries, such as Top of the Hill (1980), The Dream Merchants (1980) and Goliath Awaits (1981).

The quality of his work remained consistently and remarkably high in any medium. His last feature film was The Man with Bogart's Face (1980), and he retired in 1981. Nominated five times for an Academy Award, Duning never won.

Duning was an active citizen of the music industry, serving on the ASCAP Board of Directors from 1972 to 1985, and as ASCAP Vice President from 1978 to 1979. He also served on the Board of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences and was active in numerous other music industry organizations. In addition to his Academy Award nominations, Duning was also honored with awards from the Society for the Preservation of Film Music, Downbeat Magazine, the Hollywood Foreign Press Association and his home state of Indiana (1993 Indiana Composer of the Year).

Fotos

Películas (140)

Beyond Witch Mountain

1982 · Original Music Composer

The Man with Bogart's Face

1980 · Original Music Composer

Child of Glass

1978 · Original Music Composer

Father Knows Best: Home for Christmas

1977 · Music

The Father Knows Best Reunion

1977 · Music

The Abduction of Saint Anne

1975 · Original Music Composer

The Sky's the Limit

1975 · Original Music Composer

Arnold

1973 · Original Music Composer, Songs

Terror in the Wax Museum

1973 · Original Music Composer

Honor Thy Father

1973 · Original Music Composer

Climb an Angry Mountain

1972 · Original Music Composer

A Great American Tragedy

1972 · Original Music Composer

The Woman Hunter

1972 · Original Music Composer

Black Noon

1971 · Original Music Composer

Yuma

1971 · Original Music Composer

Crowhaven Farm

1970 · Music Supervisor

The House That Would Not Die

1970 · Music Supervisor

But I Don't Want to Get Married!

1970 · Original Music Composer

Quarantined

1970 · Original Music Composer

Then Came Bronson

1969 · Original Music Composer

Any Wednesday

1966 · Original Music Composer

Brainstorm

1965 · Original Music Composer

My Blood Runs Cold

1965 · Original Music Composer

Dear Brigitte

1965 · Original Music Composer

Ensign Pulver

1964 · Original Music Composer

Who's Been Sleeping in My Bed?

1963 · Music

The Three Stooges Scrapbook

1963 · Original Music Composer

Toys in the Attic

1963 · Music, Original Music Composer

Island of Love

1963 · Original Music Composer

Critic's Choice

1963 · Original Music Composer

Who's Got the Action?

1962 · Original Music Composer

That Touch of Mink

1962 · Original Music Composer

The Notorious Landlady

1962 · Original Music Composer

13 West Street

1962 · Music

Two Rode Together

1961 · Music

Cry for Happy

1961 · Original Music Composer

The Wackiest Ship in the Army

1960 · Original Music Composer

Let No Man Write My Epitaph

1960 · Original Music Composer

The World of Suzie Wong

1960 · Original Music Composer

All the Young Men

1960 · Original Music Composer

Strangers When We Meet

1960 · Original Music Composer

Man on a String

1960 · Original Music Composer

1001 Arabian Nights

1959 · Songs, Original Music Composer

The Wreck of the Mary Deare

1959 · Music

The Last Angry Man

1959 · Original Music Composer

The Silent Kill

1959 · Music Score Producer

It Happened to Jane

1959 · Music

Bell, Book and Candle

1958 · Original Music Composer

Houseboat

1958 · Original Music Composer, Music Director

Me and the Colonel

1958 · Original Music Composer

Gunman's Walk

1958 · Original Music Composer

Cowboy

1958 · Original Music Composer

Pal Joey

1957 · Other

The Tijuana Story

1957 · Music

The Brothers Rico

1957 · Original Music Composer

Operation Mad Ball

1957 · Original Music Composer

3:10 to Yuma

1957 · Original Music Composer

Jeanne Eagels

1957 · Original Music Composer

The Giant Claw

1957 · Music

The Shadow on the Window

1957 · Original Music Composer

Full of Life

1956 · Music

Nightfall

1956 · Original Music Composer

Miami Exposé

1956 · Music

The Solid Gold Cadillac

1956 · Original Music Composer

Storm Center

1956 · Original Music Composer

The Werewolf

1956 · Music

The Eddy Duchin Story

1956 · Original Music Composer

Inside Detroit

1955 · Music