Ray Heindorf
- Known for
- Sound
- Born
- August 25, 1908
- Died
- February 3, 1980 (aged 71)
- Birthplace
- Haverstraw, New York, USA
Biography
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Ray Heindorf (August 25, 1908 – February 3, 1980) was an American songwriter, composer, conductor, and arranger. Born in Haverstraw, New York, Heindorf worked as a pianist in a movie house in Mechanicville in his early teens. In 1928, he moved to New York City, where he worked as a musical arranger before heading to Hollywood. He gained his first job as an orchestrator at MGM, where he worked on Hollywood Revue of 1929, and subsequently went on the road playing piano for Lupe Vélez. After completing this engagement, he joined Warner Bros., composing and/or arranging and conducting music exclusively for the studio for nearly forty years. Heindorf, along with Georgie Stoll at MGM, were jazz aficionados well known in the black entertainment community for employing minority musicians in their studio music departments. He undertook the musical direction of Judy Garland's comeback film A Star is Born (1954) and made a cameo appearance as himself in the premiere party sequence where Jack Carson's character congratulates him on a great score. Among Heindorf's other screen credits are 42nd Street, Gold Diggers of 1935, The Great Lie, Knute Rockne All American, Kings Row, Night and Day, Tea for Two, A Streetcar Named Desire, The Jazz Singer, No Time for Sergeants, The Helen Morgan Story, Marjorie Morningstar, Damn Yankees, Auntie Mame, Finian's Rainbow, and his final musical for Jack L. Warner, 1776. Between 1943 and 1969 he was nominated for eighteen Academy Awards, 17 nominations for Best Score and 1 nomination for Best Song. Heindorf won three, in the category of Best Score of a Musical, for Yankee Doodle Dandy, This is the Army, and The Music Man. His wins for the former two films made him the first to accomplish consecutive wins in a musical category. Heindorf died in Tarzana, California, aged 71, and reputedly was buried with his favorite conducting baton.
Known For
Filmography
1776
Movie · Music Supervisor, Conductor
O'Hara, United States Treasury: Operation Cobra
Movie · Original Music Composer
Finian's Rainbow
Movie · Original Music Composer
Adam-12
TV · Music Supervisor · 3 eps
Up Periscope
Movie · Music Supervisor
-30-
Movie · Original Music Composer
The Young Philadelphians
Movie · Music Supervisor
No Time for Sergeants
Movie · Original Music Composer
The Helen Morgan Story
Movie · Original Music Composer
Miracle in the Rain
Movie · Music
Serenade
Movie · Original Music Composer, Music Director
Pete Kelly's Blues
Movie · Original Music Composer
Sincerely Yours
Movie · Original Music Composer
Lucky Me
Movie · Music Director
Young at Heart
Movie · Original Music Composer
A Star Is Born
Movie · Music Director
By the Light of the Silvery Moon
Movie · Music Director
Blowing Wild
Movie · Music Director
I Confess
Movie · Music Director
Three Sailors and a Girl
Movie · Original Music Composer
Calamity Jane
Movie · Music Director
April in Paris
Movie · Music Director
The Big Trees
Movie · Music Director
Where's Charley?
Movie · Music
I'll See You in My Dreams
Movie · Music Director
Come Fill the Cup
Movie · Original Music Composer, Music Director
A Streetcar Named Desire
Movie · Music Director
Strangers on a Train
Movie · Music Director
Lullaby of Broadway
Movie · Music Director
Storm Warning
Movie · Music Director
Goodbye, My Fancy
Movie · Music Director
The Daughter of Rosie O'Grady
Movie · Music Director
The West Point Story
Movie · Music Director, Original Music Composer
Backfire
Movie · Music Director
Young Man with a Horn
Movie · Music
The Damned Don't Cry
Movie · Music Director
Tea for Two
Movie · Music Director
It's a Great Feeling
Movie · Music, Original Music Composer
April Showers
Movie · Original Music Composer
Romance on the High Seas
Movie · Orchestrator, Conductor
Adventures of Don Juan
Movie · Music Supervisor
Love and Learn
Movie · Music Arranger
My Wild Irish Rose
Movie · Original Music Composer
Cinderella Jones
Movie · Orchestrator
The Man I Love
Movie · Music Arranger
Wonder Man
Movie · Orchestrator, Conductor
Rhapsody in Blue
Movie · Original Music Composer
Up in Arms
Movie · Music Arranger, Conductor
Thank Your Lucky Stars
Movie · Orchestrator
The Hard Way
Movie · Music Arranger
The Male Animal
Movie · Orchestrator
Yankee Doodle Dandy
Movie · Original Music Composer
Gentleman Jim
Movie · Orchestrator
The Sea Wolf
Movie · Music Arranger
The Great Lie
Movie · Orchestrator
The Strawberry Blonde
Movie · Orchestrator
Honeymoon for Three
Movie · Orchestrator
Four Mothers
Movie · Orchestrator
Flight from Destiny
Movie · Music Arranger
Affectionately Yours
Movie · Orchestrator
Blues in the Night
Movie · Orchestrator
My Love Came Back
Movie · Music
Castle on the Hudson
Movie · Music Arranger
Knute Rockne All American
Movie · Orchestrator
The Man Who Talked Too Much
Movie · Orchestrator
The Roaring Twenties
Movie · Original Music Composer
Angels Wash Their Faces
Movie · Orchestrator
Four Wives
Movie · Orchestrator
Daughters Courageous
Movie · Orchestrator
Invisible Stripes
Movie · Orchestrator
Hollywood Hotel
Movie · Music
Men Are Such Fools
Movie · Orchestrator
Boy Meets Girl
Movie · Music
Gold Diggers in Paris
Movie · Original Music Composer
Ready, Willing and Able
Movie · Music Arranger
Stage Struck
Movie · Music Arranger
Colleen
Movie · Music Arranger
The Singing Kid
Movie · Music Arranger
Dangerous
Movie · Original Music Composer
Alibi Ike
Movie · Orchestrator
Sweet Music
Movie · Music Arranger
Gold Diggers of 1935
Movie · Music Arranger
Broadway Gondolier
Movie · Music Arranger
Go Into Your Dance
Movie · Orchestrator
A Lost Lady
Movie · Original Music Composer
Desirable
Movie · Original Music Composer
Flirtation Walk
Movie · Music Arranger
Fashions of 1934
Movie · Music Arranger
Murder in the Clouds
Movie · Original Music Composer
Bulldog Drummond Strikes Back
Movie · Orchestrator
Hallelujah, I'm a Bum
Movie · Orchestrator
Footlight Parade
Movie · Music Arranger
Secrets
Movie · Orchestrator
The Kennel Murder Case
Movie · Orchestrator
Gold Diggers of 1933
Movie · Music Arranger
42nd Street
Movie · Music Arranger
Big City Blues
Movie · Original Music Composer
Crooner
Movie · Original Music Composer
The Greeks Had a Word for Them
Movie · Orchestrator
Three on a Match
Movie · Music Arranger
Central Park
Movie · Music
Arrowsmith
Movie · Orchestrator