David Snell
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David L. Snell (10 September 1897, Milwaukee, Wisconsin – 27 March 1967, Glendale, California) was a pianist, conductor, composer and music director. He composed the music for over 170 shorts, series or feature films.
Snell studied at the Wisconsin Conservatory of Music, Wisconsin College and the Meyer Conservatory of Music. He formed his own orchestra, and was the musical director for several stage productions.
He joined Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer's music department in 1937, turning out music for a range of films from low-cost "B" movies to expensive features. He would spend his entire film career with MGM. He was conductor, composer, and music director for MGM for twenty-one years. The work could be high pressure. In November 1938 Franz Waxman had just five days to put together the fifty-minute score for A Christmas Carol so it could be released in time for the holiday season. Snell helped out, writing the opening and closing credit cues and half a dozen other cues based on themes provided by Waxman.
Snell wrote music for many full-length films, shorts and B-movie series such as Dr. Kildare, Maisie and The Thin Man. His songs include Under The Stars, Downstream Drifter, Come Back Little Girl Of Mine and Once Over Lightly. His scores often showed first-rate craftsmanship, but his work has generally been ignored, perhaps because in most cases he chose to simply underscore the dialog as opposed to contributing complementary musical ideas. However, for the 1947 Lady in the Lake, based on the Raymond Chandler novel and set around Christmas time, Snell chose to use a choir singing a cappella, providing an austere and effective "black and white" score to accompany the stark black and white cinematography. The moody music echoed Christmas carols.
David L. Snell died in 1967.
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Mr. Wakefield's Crusade
1992 · Conductor
Q
1982 · Attorney
Hanky Panky
1982 · Clerk in Club
Accident
1967 · Musician
My Old Town
1948 · Music, Music Director
Alias a Gentleman
1948 · Music
Killer McCoy
1947 · Original Music Composer
Song of the Thin Man
1947 · Music
Dark Delusion
1947 · Music
Undercover Maisie
1947 · Original Music Composer
Love Laughs at Andy Hardy
1946 · Music
Lady in the Lake
1946 · Original Music Composer
Bad Bascomb
1946 · Music
Up Goes Maisie
1946 · Original Music Composer
The Hidden Eye
1945 · Music
Dangerous Partners
1945 · Original Music Composer
Twice Blessed
1945 · Music Director
Between Two Women
1945 · Original Music Composer
The Thin Man Goes Home
1944 · Music
Gentle Annie
1944 · Music
Maisie Goes to Reno
1944 · Original Music Composer
Andy Hardy's Blonde Trouble
1944 · Music
Rationing
1944 · Music
See Here, Private Hargrove
1944 · Music
Twenty Years After
1944 · Music
Swing Fever
1943 · Music Director
The Man from Down Under
1943 · Original Music Composer
The War Against Mrs. Hadley
1942 · Music
Jackass Mail
1942 · Music
Sunday Punch
1942 · Original Music Composer
Grand Central Murder
1942 · Original Music Composer
Tarzan's New York Adventure
1942 · Original Music Composer
Kid Glove Killer
1942 · Original Music Composer
Acro-Batty
1942 · Music
The Courtship of Andy Hardy
1942 · Music
Nazi Agent
1942 · Music
The Vanishing Virginian
1942 · Music Score Producer
Flag of Mercy
1942 · Music
We Must Have Music
1942 · Music
Tarzan's Secret Treasure
1941 · Music
Shadow of the Thin Man
1941 · Music
Football Thrills of 1940
1941 · Original Music Composer
Ringside Maisie
1941 · Original Music Composer
Billy the Kid
1941 · Original Music Composer
Love Crazy
1941 · Original Music Composer
The People Vs. Dr. Kildare
1941 · Music
Washington Melodrama
1941 · Music
Third Dimensional Murder
1941 · Original Music Composer
The Wild Man of Borneo
1941 · Original Music Composer
Maisie Was a Lady
1941 · Original Music Composer
Dr. Kildare's Crisis
1940 · Original Music Composer
Gallant Sons
1940 · Music
Third Finger, Left Hand
1940 · Music
Sky Murder
1940 · Original Music Composer
Wyoming
1940 · Music
Dr. Kildare Goes Home
1940 · Music
The Golden Fleecing
1940 · Music
Gold Rush Maisie
1940 · Original Music Composer
Andy Hardy Meets Debutante
1940 · Music
A Way in the Wilderness
1940 · Music
Phantom Raiders
1940 · Music
Hollywood: Style Center of the World
1940 · Music
20 Mule Team
1940 · Music
Dr. Kildare's Strange Case
1940 · Music
The Ghost Comes Home
1940 · Original Music Composer
Judge Hardy and Son
1939 · Original Music Composer
Henry Goes Arizona
1939 · Music
Joe and Ethel Turp Call on the President
1939 · Original Music Composer
The Secret of Dr. Kildare
1939 · Music
Thunder Afloat
1939 · Music
Blackmail
1939 · Music
Captain Spanky's Show Boat
1939 · Music Arranger
The Women
1939 · Original Music Composer
These Glamour Girls
1939 · Original Music Composer
Andy Hardy Gets Spring Fever
1939 · Music
Stronger Than Desire
1939 · Music
The Giant of Norway
1939 · Music
Yankee Doodle Goes to Town
1939 · Music
Angel of Mercy
1939 · Original Music Composer
Prophet Without Honor
1939 · Music
Radio Hams
1939 · Music
Calling Dr. Kildare
1939 · Music
The Hardys Ride High
1939 · Music
Somewhat Secret
1939 · Music
The Story of Dr. Jenner
1939 · Original Music Composer
The Story of Alfred Nobel
1939 · Music
Heroes at Leisure
1939 · Music
Another Romance of Celluloid: Electrical Power
1938 · Music
The Great Heart
1938 · Music
Once Over Lightly
1938 · Music
Out West with the Hardys
1938 · Music
Grid Rules
1938 · Music
Young Dr. Kildare
1938 · Music
Nostradamus
1938 · Music
Football Thrills of 1937
1938 · Music
The Man on the Rock
1938 · Music
Party Fever
1938 · Music
It's in the Stars
1938 · Music
Bravest of the Brave
1938 · Original Music Composer
Love Finds Andy Hardy
1938 · Original Music Composer
The Magician's Daughter
1938 · Original Music Composer
Anaesthesia
1938 · Music
Hollywood Goes to Town
1938 · Sound Director
What Do You Think? Tupapaoo
1938 · Music
Joaquin Murrieta
1938 · Music
The Forgotten Step
1938 · Music
Snow Gets in Your Eyes
1938 · Original Music Composer
That Mothers Might Live
1938 · Original Music Composer
Billy Rose's Casa Mañana Revue
1938 · Music
Judge Hardy's Children
1938 · Original Music Composer
The Canary Comes Across
1938 · Music
What Do You Think? (Number Three)
1938 · Music
You're Only Young Once
1937 · Original Music Composer
Madame X
1937 · Original Music Composer
My Dear Miss Aldrich
1937 · Music
Married Before Breakfast
1937 · Music
Carnival in Paris
1937 · Music
Song of Revolt
1937 · Music
A Family Affair
1937 · Original Music Composer
Mad Love
1935 · Original Music Composer
The Thin Man
1934 · Orchestrator
Hold Your Man
1933 · Additional Music
Faithless
1932 · Original Music Composer
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