Dimitri Tiomkin
- Known for
- Sound
- Born
- May 10, 1894
- Died
- November 11, 1979 (aged 85)
- Birthplace
- Kremenchug, Poltava governorate, Russian Empire
Biography
Dimitri Zinovievich Tiomkin (May 10, 1894 – November 11, 1979) was a Ukrainian-born American film composer and conductor. Classically trained in St. Petersburg, Russia before the Bolshevik Revolution, he moved to Berlin and then New York City after the Russian Revolution. In 1929, after the stock market crash, he moved to Hollywood, where he became best known for his scores for Western films, including Duel in the Sun, Red River, High Noon, The Big Sky, 55 Days at Peking, Gunfight at the O.K. Corral, and Last Train from Gun Hill, as well as his work with director Frank Capra. Tiomkin received 22 Academy Award nominations and won four Oscars, three for Best Original Score for High Noon, The High and the Mighty, and The Old Man and the Sea, and one for Best Original Song for "The Ballad of High Noon" from the former film.
Known For
Filmography
Hitchcock's Confession: A Look at I Confess
Movie · Music
Merry Christmas, George Bailey
Movie · Original Music Composer
Friendly Persuasion
Movie · Music
Tchaikovsky
Movie · Music Arranger, Original Music Composer
Great Catherine
Movie · Original Music Composer
The War Wagon
Movie · Original Music Composer, Conductor
Circus World
Movie · Original Music Composer
36 Hours
Movie · Original Music Composer
The Fall of the Roman Empire
Movie · Conductor, Original Music Composer
55 Days at Peking
Movie · Original Music Composer
The Guns of Navarone
Movie · Original Music Composer, Songs, Conductor
Town Without Pity
Movie · Original Music Composer
The Alamo
Movie · Original Music Composer
The Unforgiven
Movie · Original Music Composer
The Sundowners
Movie · Conductor, Original Music Composer
Rio Bravo
Movie · Original Music Composer, Songs, Conductor
Last Train from Gun Hill
Movie · Original Music Composer
The Young Land
Movie · Original Music Composer
Rhapsody of Steel
Movie · Music
The Old Man and the Sea
Movie · Original Music Composer
Night Passage
Movie · Original Music Composer, Conductor
Wild Is the Wind
Movie · Original Music Composer
Gunfight at the O.K. Corral
Movie · Original Music Composer, Conductor, Songs
Search for Paradise
Movie · Original Music Composer
Tension at Table Rock
Movie · Conductor, Original Music Composer
Friendly Persuasion
Movie · Original Music Composer
Giant
Movie · Original Music Composer
Land of the Pharaohs
Movie · Original Music Composer
The Court-Martial of Billy Mitchell
Movie · Conductor, Original Music Composer
Strange Lady in Town
Movie · Original Music Composer
Dial M for Murder
Movie · Original Music Composer, Conductor
A Bullet Is Waiting
Movie · Original Music Composer, Conductor
The High and the Mighty
Movie · Original Music Composer
The Command
Movie · Original Music Composer
His Majesty O'Keefe
Movie · Original Music Composer
The Adventures of Hajji Baba
Movie · Original Music Composer
Angel Face
Movie · Original Music Composer, Conductor
I Confess
Movie · Original Music Composer, Conductor
Jeopardy
Movie · Original Music Composer
Return to Paradise
Movie · Original Music Composer
Take the High Ground!
Movie · Original Music Composer
Blowing Wild
Movie · Conductor, Original Music Composer
A Tale of Two Cities
Movie · Music
Cease Fire!
Movie · Original Music Composer
High Noon
Movie · Original Music Composer, Music Director
The Steel Trap
Movie · Original Music Composer
The Big Sky
Movie · Original Music Composer
Bugles in the Afternoon
Movie · Original Music Composer
Mutiny
Movie · Original Music Composer
The Four Poster
Movie · Original Music Composer
The Happy Time
Movie · Original Music Composer
My Six Convicts
Movie · Music Director, Original Music Composer
Lady in the Iron Mask
Movie · Original Music Composer
Strangers on a Train
Movie · Original Music Composer
The Thing from Another World
Movie · Original Music Composer, Music Director
The Well
Movie · Original Music Composer
Drums in the Deep South
Movie · Original Music Composer
Peking Express
Movie · Original Music Composer
Mister Universe
Movie · Original Music Composer
The Men
Movie · Original Music Composer, Music Director
Guilty Bystander
Movie · Original Music Composer, Music Director
Cyrano de Bergerac
Movie · Music Director, Original Music Composer
Undercover Girl
Movie · Music
Champagne for Caesar
Movie · Original Music Composer, Music Director
Dakota Lil
Movie · Original Music Composer
Red Light
Movie · Original Music Composer, Music Director
D.O.A.
Movie · Original Music Composer, Music Director
Home of the Brave
Movie · Original Music Composer
Champion
Movie · Songs, Original Music Composer
Canadian Pacific
Movie · Original Music Composer
Portrait of Jennie
Movie · Original Music Composer
Tarzan and the Mermaids
Movie · Original Music Composer
So This Is New York
Movie · Original Music Composer
The Dude Goes West
Movie · Original Music Composer
Red River
Movie · Original Music Composer, Music Director
The Long Night
Movie · Original Music Composer
It's a Wonderful Life
Movie · Original Music Composer
The Dark Mirror
Movie · Original Music Composer
Whistle Stop
Movie · Original Music Composer
Let There Be Light
Movie · Original Music Composer
Black Beauty
Movie · Original Music Composer
Angel on My Shoulder
Movie · Original Music Composer, Music Director
The Cat Creeps
Movie · Music
Duel in the Sun
Movie · Original Music Composer, Conductor
Dillinger
Movie · Original Music Composer
Know Your Enemy: Japan
Movie · Music
Pardon My Past
Movie · Original Music Composer
The Jungle Captive
Movie · Music
China's Little Devils
Movie · Original Music Composer
Forever Yours
Movie · Original Music Composer
War Comes to America
Movie · Original Music Composer
The Mummy's Curse
Movie · Music
When Strangers Marry
Movie · Original Music Composer, Music Director
The Negro Soldier
Movie · Music
The Bridge of San Luis Rey
Movie · Original Music Composer
The Impostor
Movie · Original Music Composer
Ladies Courageous
Movie · Original Music Composer
Attack! The Battle for New Britain
Movie · Original Music Composer
Why We Fight: The Battle of China
Movie · Original Music Composer
Report from the Aleutians
Movie · Original Music Composer
Shadow of a Doubt
Movie · Original Music Composer
Why We Fight: The Battle of Russia
Movie · Original Music Composer
The Unknown Guest
Movie · Original Music Composer
The Moon and Sixpence
Movie · Original Music Composer
The Corsican Brothers
Movie · Original Music Composer
A Gentleman After Dark
Movie · Original Music Composer
Twin Beds
Movie · Original Music Composer
Meet John Doe
Movie · Original Music Composer
Scattergood Meets Broadway
Movie · Original Music Composer
Forced Landing
Movie · Original Music Composer
Flying Blind
Movie · Original Music Composer
Men Without Souls
Movie · Original Music Composer
The Westerner
Movie · Original Music Composer
Lucky Partners
Movie · Original Music Composer
Mr. Smith Goes to Washington
Movie · Original Music Composer
Only Angels Have Wings
Movie · Original Music Composer
You Can't Take It with You
Movie · Original Music Composer
Spawn of the North
Movie · Original Music Composer
Lost Horizon
Movie · Original Music Composer
The Road Back
Movie · Original Music Composer
The Casino Murder Case
Movie · Original Music Composer
Mad Love
Movie · Original Music Composer
I Live My Life
Movie · Original Music Composer
Roast-Beef and Movies
Movie · Music
Alice in Wonderland
Movie · Original Music Composer
Lord Byron of Broadway
Movie · Songs