George Duning
- Known for
- Sound
- Born
- February 25, 1908
- Died
- February 27, 2000 (aged 92)
- Birthplace
- Richmond, Indiana, USA
Biography
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia 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).
Known For
Filmography
Beyond Witch Mountain
Movie · Original Music Composer
Goliath Awaits
TV · Original Music Composer · 2 eps
The Man with Bogart's Face
Movie · Original Music Composer
The Dream Merchants
TV · Music · 3 eps
Top of the Hill
TV · Original Music Composer · 2 eps
Child of Glass
Movie · Original Music Composer
The Father Knows Best Reunion
Movie · Music
Father Knows Best: Home for Christmas
Movie · Music
The Love Boat
TV · Music · 1 ep
The Sky's the Limit
Movie · Original Music Composer
The Abduction of Saint Anne
Movie · Original Music Composer
Arnold
Movie · Original Music Composer, Songs
Terror in the Wax Museum
Movie · Original Music Composer
Honor Thy Father
Movie · Original Music Composer
A Great American Tragedy
Movie · Original Music Composer
The Woman Hunter
Movie · Original Music Composer
Climb an Angry Mountain
Movie · Original Music Composer
Yuma
Movie · Original Music Composer
Black Noon
Movie · Original Music Composer
Quarantined
Movie · Original Music Composer
The House That Would Not Die
Movie · Music Supervisor
Crowhaven Farm
Movie · Music Supervisor
But I Don't Want to Get Married!
Movie · Original Music Composer
Then Came Bronson
Movie · Original Music Composer
Land's End
TV · Music · 1 ep
The Second Hundred Years
TV · Original Music Composer · 26 eps
Any Wednesday
Movie · Original Music Composer
Star Trek
TV · Music · 3 eps
Brainstorm
Movie · Original Music Composer
My Blood Runs Cold
Movie · Original Music Composer
Dear Brigitte
Movie · Original Music Composer
Ensign Pulver
Movie · Original Music Composer
Toys in the Attic
Movie · Music, Original Music Composer
Who's Been Sleeping in My Bed?
Movie · Music
Island of Love
Movie · Original Music Composer
Critic's Choice
Movie · Original Music Composer
The Three Stooges Scrapbook
Movie · Original Music Composer
That Touch of Mink
Movie · Original Music Composer
The Notorious Landlady
Movie · Original Music Composer
Who's Got the Action?
Movie · Original Music Composer
13 West Street
Movie · Music
Cry for Happy
Movie · Original Music Composer
Two Rode Together
Movie · Music
Let No Man Write My Epitaph
Movie · Original Music Composer
Strangers When We Meet
Movie · Original Music Composer
The Wackiest Ship in the Army
Movie · Original Music Composer
All the Young Men
Movie · Original Music Composer
The World of Suzie Wong
Movie · Original Music Composer
Man on a String
Movie · Original Music Composer
The Last Angry Man
Movie · Original Music Composer
The Wreck of the Mary Deare
Movie · Music
1001 Arabian Nights
Movie · Songs, Original Music Composer
The Silent Kill
Movie · Music Score Producer
It Happened to Jane
Movie · Music
Houseboat
Movie · Original Music Composer
Bell, Book and Candle
Movie · Original Music Composer
Gunman's Walk
Movie · Original Music Composer
Cowboy
Movie · Original Music Composer
Me and the Colonel
Movie · Original Music Composer
The Brothers Rico
Movie · Original Music Composer
3:10 to Yuma
Movie · Original Music Composer
The Shadow on the Window
Movie · Original Music Composer
The Tijuana Story
Movie · Music
The Giant Claw
Movie · Music
Jeanne Eagels
Movie · Original Music Composer
Pal Joey
Movie · Other
Operation Mad Ball
Movie · Original Music Composer
Miami Exposé
Movie · Music
Nightfall
Movie · Original Music Composer
Storm Center
Movie · Original Music Composer
Full of Life
Movie · Music
The Werewolf
Movie · Music
The Solid Gold Cadillac
Movie · Original Music Composer
The Eddy Duchin Story
Movie · Original Music Composer
Queen Bee
Movie · Original Music Composer
Women's Prison
Movie · Music
The Man from Laramie
Movie · Original Music Composer
Count Three and Pray
Movie · Original Music Composer
Three Stripes in the Sun
Movie · Original Music Composer
Tight Spot
Movie · Original Music Composer
Three for the Show
Movie · Original Music Composer
Picnic
Movie · Original Music Composer
Inside Detroit
Movie · Music
Bring Your Smile Along
Movie · Original Music Composer
The Long Gray Line
Movie · Music
Chicago Syndicate
Movie · Original Music Composer
My Sister Eileen
Movie · Music Arranger, Original Music Composer
5 Against the House
Movie · Original Music Composer
Drive a Crooked Road
Movie · Original Music Composer
From Here to Eternity
Movie · Original Music Composer
Last of the Comanches
Movie · Original Music Composer
Salome
Movie · Original Music Composer
Scandal Sheet
Movie · Original Music Composer
Assignment: Paris
Movie · Original Music Composer
Paula
Movie · Original Music Composer
Captain Pirate
Movie · Original Music Composer
Affair in Trinidad
Movie · Music, Music Director
Rainbow 'Round My Shoulder
Movie · Original Music Composer
The Mob
Movie · Original Music Composer
Two of a Kind
Movie · Original Music Composer
The Barefoot Mailman
Movie · Music
The Family Secret
Movie · Original Music Composer
Man in the Saddle
Movie · Original Music Composer
The Lady and the Bandit
Movie · Original Music Composer
Lorna Doone
Movie · Original Music Composer
Convicted
Movie · Original Music Composer
Between Midnight and Dawn
Movie · Original Music Composer
Cargo to Capetown
Movie · Original Music Composer
Harriet Craig
Movie · Original Music Composer
The Flying Missile
Movie · Original Music Composer
No Sad Songs for Me
Movie · Original Music Composer
Shockproof
Movie · Original Music Composer
Johnny Allegro
Movie · Original Music Composer
The Doolins of Oklahoma
Movie · Original Music Composer
The Undercover Man
Movie · Music, Music Director
Lust for Gold
Movie · Original Music Composer
Jolson Sings Again
Movie · Original Music Composer
And Baby Makes Three
Movie · Original Music Composer
Slightly French
Movie · Music Score Producer
The Man from Colorado
Movie · Original Music Composer
The Dark Past
Movie · Original Music Composer
I Love Trouble
Movie · Original Music Composer
To the Ends of the Earth
Movie · Original Music Composer
The Untamed Breed
Movie · Music
The Return of October
Movie · Original Music Composer
Ladies of the Chorus
Movie · Original Music Composer
The Gallant Blade
Movie · Music
The Woman from Tangier
Movie · Original Music Composer
The Guilt of Janet Ames
Movie · Original Music Composer
Her Husband's Affairs
Movie · Original Music Composer
Johnny O'Clock
Movie · Original Music Composer
The Man Who Dared
Movie · Music
The Notorious Lone Wolf
Movie · Original Music Composer
The Return of Rusty
Movie · Original Music Composer
Mysterious Intruder
Movie · Original Music Composer
Leave It to Blondie
Movie · Original Music Composer
Let's Go Steady
Movie · Original Music Composer
Tonight and Every Night
Movie · Original Music Composer
Eadie Was a Lady
Movie · Original Music Composer
She's a Sweetheart
Movie · Original Music Composer
Strange Affair
Movie · Original Music Composer
Swing Fever
Movie · Orchestrator
That's Right – You're Wrong
Movie · Music Arranger