C. Bakaleinikoff
- Known for
- Sound
- Born
- April 25, 1896
- Died
- September 3, 1966 (aged 70)
- Birthplace
- Moscow, Russia
Biography
Constantin Romanovich Bakaleinikov (also spelled “Bakaleynikov” and “Bakaleinikoff”) was a Russian-born composer. Bakaleinikoff was from a large musical family. His brothers were Nikolai Bakaleinikov (flautist, composer and conductor), Vladimir Bakaleinikov (violist, composer and conductor), and Mikhail (Mischa) Bakaleinikoff (composer). He studied at the Moscow Conservatory. Following the Russian revolution he migrated to the United States with his brother Mischa. He worked as a conductor for the Los Angeles Philharmonic before beginning his Hollywood career as a freelance composer. At the 1927 premiere of director Cecil B. DeMille's The King of Kings at Hollywood's famed Grauman's Chinese Theater, the audience was treated to a concert of film music classics conducted by him. With the arrival of sound, the Bakaleinikoff brothers became studio maestros. Mischa joined Columbia Pictures, while Constantin became a musical director at Paramount Pictures, followed by MGM. Constantin also worked briefly at Columbia, and later for independent Grand National Pictures. In 1935, Bakaleinikoff participated in making the earliest dance film, Spring Night. He conducted Joseph Achron's score for this first experimental ballet film, which featured the choreography and dancing of David Lichine, who had danced with Colonel de Basil's Ballet Russe de Monte Carlo. Nana Gollner, the Texas-born ballerina, was his partner. This pioneering film, which emerged from the Diaghilev sphere of influence, was produced by Adolf Zuckor. Bakaleinikoff received his first Academy Award nomination for scoring the James Cagney feature Something to Sing About (1937). Later, he became the senior music director at RKO Radio Pictures, where he spent most of his motion picture career. He earned Academy Award nominations for his work on The Fallen Sparrow (1943), Higher and Higher (1943), and None But the Lonely Heart (1944). For Alfred Hitchcock's Notorious (1946), starring Cary Grant and Ingrid Bergman, he conducted the original score by composer Roy Webb, one that complements the director's elements of suspense and danger throughout the film. Bakaleinikoff, who was always billed as “C. Bakaleinikoff”, appeared on camera as himself in RKO's backstage musical Ding Dong Williams (filmed 1945, released in April 1946). He remained at RKO until the studio folded in 1956. He donated his time and talent in the late 1950s in mentoring and conducting the Burbank Youth Symphony. Constantin Bakaleinikoff was married to silent film actress Fritzi Ridgeway. He died in 1966 and is buried at Forest Lawn Memorial Park in Glendale, California.
Known For
Filmography
Jet Pilot
Movie · Conductor
The Bachelor Party
Movie · Conductor
The Conqueror
Movie · Music Supervisor
Great Day in the Morning
Movie · Music Director
Underwater!
Movie · Music Director
Susan Slept Here
Movie · Music Director
The French Line
Movie · Music Supervisor
The Hitch-Hiker
Movie · Music Director
Angel Face
Movie · Music Coordinator
Trail Guide
Movie · Music Director
Target
Movie · Music Director
The Lusty Men
Movie · Music Director
Macao
Movie · Music Director
Beware, My Lovely
Movie · Music Director
Blackbeard, the Pirate
Movie · Music Director
Law of the Badlands
Movie · Music Director
Double Dynamite
Movie · Music Director
Saddle Legion
Movie · Music Director
His Kind of Woman
Movie · Music Director
Flying Leathernecks
Movie · Music Director
Pistol Harvest
Movie · Music Director
Best of the Badmen
Movie · Music Director
Overland Telegraph
Movie · Music Director
Roadblock
Movie · Music Director
On Dangerous Ground
Movie · Music Director
The Blue Veil
Movie · Music Director
The Company She Keeps
Movie · Music Director
The Racket
Movie · Music Director
Border Treasure
Movie · Music Director
Riders of the Range
Movie · Music Director
Dynamite Pass
Movie · Music Director
Storm Over Wyoming
Movie · Music Director
Rider from Tucson
Movie · Music Director
Rio Grande Patrol
Movie · Music Director
Vendetta
Movie · Music Director
Armored Car Robbery
Movie · Music Director
Born to Be Bad
Movie · Music Director
The Secret Fury
Movie · Music Director
Bunco Squad
Movie · Music Director
Never a Dull Moment
Movie · Music Director
Where Danger Lives
Movie · Music Director
Stromboli
Movie · Orchestrator
The Clay Pigeon
Movie · Music Director
The Big Steal
Movie · Music Director
The Window
Movie · Music Director
Holiday Affair
Movie · Music Director
Rustlers
Movie · Music Director
Caught
Movie · Conductor
Stagecoach Kid
Movie · Music Director
Follow Me Quietly
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Savage Splendor
Movie · Music Director
The Threat
Movie · Music Director
Bride for Sale
Movie · Music Director
Strange Bargain
Movie · Music Director
Roughshod
Movie · Music Director
A Woman's Secret
Movie · Music Director
Easy Living
Movie · Music Director
Mighty Joe Young
Movie · Music Director
She Wore a Yellow Ribbon
Movie · Conductor
The Velvet Touch
Movie · Music Director
The Boy with Green Hair
Movie · Music Director
Indian Agent
Movie · Music Director
The Arizona Ranger
Movie · Music Director
Rachel and the Stranger
Movie · Music Director
Blood on the Moon
Movie · Music Director
Gun Smugglers
Movie · Music Director
Every Girl Should Be Married
Movie · Music Director
Mr. Blandings Builds His Dream House
Movie · Music Director
Mystery in Mexico
Movie · Music Director
The Miracle of the Bells
Movie · Music Director
Station West
Movie · Music Director
Return of the Bad Men
Movie · Music Director
I Remember Mama
Movie · Music Director
Berlin Express
Movie · Music Director
They Won't Believe Me
Movie · Music Director
A Likely Story
Movie · Music Director
Desperate
Movie · Music Director
The Farmer's Daughter
Movie · Music Director
Crossfire
Movie · Music Director
Banjo
Movie · Music Director
Out of the Past
Movie · Music Director
The Woman on the Beach
Movie · Music Director
Mourning Becomes Electra
Movie · Music Director
The Bachelor and the Bobby-Soxer
Movie · Music Director
Trail Street
Movie · Music Director
Riff-Raff
Movie · Music Director
Criminal Court
Movie · Music Director
The Falcon's Adventure
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The Spiral Staircase
Movie · Music Director
Badman's Territory
Movie · Music Director
Notorious
Movie · Music Director
Heartbeat
Movie · Music Director
The Falcon's Alibi
Movie · Music Director
San Quentin
Movie · Music Director
The Truth About Murder
Movie · Music Director
Vacation in Reno
Movie · Music Director
From This Day Forward
Movie · Music Director
Bedlam
Movie · Music Director
Deadline at Dawn
Movie · Music Director
The Locket
Movie · Music Director
Nocturne
Movie · Music Director
Man Alive
Movie · Music Director
Having Wonderful Crime
Movie · Music Director
China Sky
Movie · Music Director
The Body Snatcher
Movie · Music Director
The Spanish Main
Movie · Music Director
The Falcon in San Francisco
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George White's Scandals
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The Brighton Strangler
Movie · Music Director
What a Blonde
Movie · Music Director
Johnny Angel
Movie · Music Director
Zombies on Broadway
Movie · Music Director
Youth Runs Wild
Movie · Music Director
The Falcon Out West
Movie · Music Director
None But the Lonely Heart
Movie · Music Director
My Pal, Wolf
Movie · Music Director
Tender Comrade
Movie · Music Director
A Night of Adventure
Movie · Music Director
Mademoiselle Fifi
Movie · Music Director
The Falcon in Hollywood
Movie · Music Director
The Falcon in Mexico
Movie · Music Director
Days of Glory
Movie · Music Director
Experiment Perilous
Movie · Music Director
Murder, My Sweet
Movie · Music Director
The Curse of the Cat People
Movie · Music Director
Bride by Mistake
Movie · Music Director
Tall in the Saddle
Movie · Music Director
Music in Manhattan
Movie · Music Director
Stage Door Canteen
Movie · Music Director
The Falcon Strikes Back
Movie · Music Director
The Falcon in Danger
Movie · Music Director
The Falcon and the Co-Eds
Movie · Music Director
Mexican Spitfire's Blessed Event
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Petticoat Larceny
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Tarzan Triumphs
Movie · Music Director
Tarzan's Desert Mystery
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Gangway for Tomorrow
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This Land Is Mine
Movie · Music Director
Mr. Lucky
Movie · Music Director
I Walked with a Zombie
Movie · Music Director
Higher and Higher
Movie · Original Music Composer
The Fallen Sparrow
Movie · Music Director
The Seventh Victim
Movie · Music Director
The Ghost Ship
Movie · Music Director
The Leopard Man
Movie · Music Director
Flight for Freedom
Movie · Music Director
Hitler's Children
Movie · Music Director
The Falcon's Brother
Movie · Music Director
A Date with the Falcon
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The Big Street
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Cat People
Movie · Music Director
The Falcon Takes Over
Movie · Music Director
The Great Gildersleeve
Movie · Music Director
Valley of the Sun
Movie · Music Director
Look Who's Laughing
Movie · Music Director
More About Nostradamus
Movie · Music
Weekend for Three
Movie · Music Director
Haiti: 'Land of Dark Majesty'
Movie · Music
Glimpses of Florida
Movie · Music
Adam Had Four Sons
Movie · Music Director
Melody for Three
Movie · Original Music Composer
Night Descends on Treasure Island
Movie · Music Score Producer
The Capital City: Washington, D.C.
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A Failure at Fifty
Movie · Original Music Composer
Modern New Orleans
Movie · Music
Sitka and Juneau: 'A Tale of Two Cities'
Movie · Original Music Composer
Cavalcade of San Francisco
Movie · Music
Suva: 'Pride of Fiji'
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Let's Talk Turkey
Movie · Original Music Composer
Mendelssohn's Wedding March
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One Against the World
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Land of Alaska Nellie
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Rural Hungary
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Fast and Furious
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The Forgotten Step
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Swing It Professor
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Flash Gordon
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East of Java
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Bride of Frankenstein
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Man's Castle
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My Woman
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Ten Cents a Dance
Movie · Music Director
Rain or Shine
Movie · Music Director
Ladies of Leisure
Movie · Music Director
Welcome Danger
Movie · Music Arranger
The Younger Generation
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Father and Son
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