Herbert Stothart
- Known for
- Sound
- Born
- September 11, 1885
- Died
- February 1, 1949 (aged 63)
- Birthplace
- Milwaukee, Wisconsin, USA
Biography
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Herbert P. Stothart (September 11, 1885 – February 1, 1949) was an American songwriter, arranger, conductor, and composer. He was also nominated for twelve Academy Awards, winning Best Original Score for The Wizard of Oz. Stothart was widely acknowledged as a member of the top tier of Hollywood composers during the 1930s and 1940s. Life and career Herbert Stothart was born in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. He studied music in Europe and at the University of Wisconsin–Madison, where he later taught. Stothart was first hired by producer Arthur Hammerstein to be a musical director for touring companies of Broadway shows, and was soon writing music for the producer's nephew Oscar Hammerstein II. He composed music for the famous operetta, Rose-Marie. Stothart soon joined with many famous composers including Vincent Youmans, George Gershwin and Franz Lehár. Stothart achieved pop-chart success with standards like “Cute Little Two by Four”, “Wildflower”, “Bambalina”, “The Mounties”, “Totem Tom-Tom”, “Why Shouldn’t We?”, “Fly Away”, “Song of the Flame”, “The Cossack Love Song”, “Dawn”, “I Wanna Be Loved by You”, “Cuban Love Song”, “The Rogue Song” and “The Donkey Serenade.” The year 1929 marked the end of the era of silent films. Shortly after completing his latest musical “Golden Dawn” with Oscar Hammerstein, Stothart received an invitation from Louis B. Mayer to move to Hollywood, which he accepted. In 1929, Stothart was signed to a large MGM contract. The next twenty years of his life were spent at MGM Studios, where he was part of elite group of Hollywood composers. Among the many films that he worked on was the famous 1936 version of Rose-Marie, starring Jeanette MacDonald and Nelson Eddy. He conducted and wrote songs and scores for the films The Cuban Love Song, The Good Earth, Romeo and Juliet, Mutiny on the Bounty, Mrs. Miniver, The Green Years and The Picture of Dorian Gray. His output included the Marx Brothers' Night at the Opera, the Leo Tolstoy romantic drama Anna Karenina, two Charles Dickens dramas (A Tale of Two Cities and David Copperfield), and Mutiny on the Bounty, which earned him his first Academy Award nomination. He won an Oscar for his musical score for the 1939 film The Wizard of Oz. Herbert Stothart spent his entire Hollywood career at MGM. In 1947, he suffered a heart attack while visiting Scotland, and afterwards, composed an orchestral piece (Heart Attack: A Symphonic Poem), based on his tribulations. He worked on another (Voices of Liberation), commissioned by Roger Wagner Chorale, when he died two years later at the age of 63.
Known For
Filmography
Rose Marie
Movie · Songs
Big Jack
Movie · Original Music Composer
The Three Musketeers
Movie · Original Music Composer
Three Daring Daughters
Movie · Original Music Composer
Hills of Home
Movie · Original Music Composer
The Unfinished Dance
Movie · Music
The Sea of Grass
Movie · Original Music Composer
Desire Me
Movie · Original Music Composer
High Barbaree
Movie · Original Music Composer
Undercurrent
Movie · Original Music Composer, Conductor
The Green Years
Movie · Original Music Composer
The Yearling
Movie · Original Music Composer
The Valley of Decision
Movie · Original Music Composer
The Picture of Dorian Gray
Movie · Original Music Composer
Son of Lassie
Movie · Music
National Velvet
Movie · Original Music Composer
They Were Expendable
Movie · Original Music Composer
Kismet
Movie · Original Music Composer
Thirty Seconds Over Tokyo
Movie · Original Music Composer
A Guy Named Joe
Movie · Original Music Composer
Dragon Seed
Movie · Music
The White Cliffs of Dover
Movie · Original Music Composer
The Human Comedy
Movie · Music
Thousands Cheer
Movie · Original Music Composer
Madame Curie
Movie · Music
Cairo
Movie · Music
I Married an Angel
Movie · Original Music Composer, Songs
Rio Rita
Movie · Music
Mrs. Miniver
Movie · Original Music Composer
Tennessee Johnson
Movie · Original Music Composer
Random Harvest
Movie · Music
Men of Boys Town
Movie · Music
Andy Hardy's Private Secretary
Movie · Music Director
Blossoms in the Dust
Movie · Original Music Composer
Smilin' Through
Movie · Original Music Composer
The Chocolate Soldier
Movie · Original Music Composer
Ziegfeld Girl
Movie · Music
Come Live with Me
Movie · Original Music Composer
Pride and Prejudice
Movie · Original Music Composer
Waterloo Bridge
Movie · Original Music Composer
Edison, the Man
Movie · Music
Northwest Passage
Movie · Original Music Composer
Susan and God
Movie · Music
Balalaika
Movie · Original Music Composer
Broadway Serenade
Movie · Music Director
Idiot's Delight
Movie · Music
Of Human Hearts
Movie · Music
Sweethearts
Movie · Original Music Composer
Marie Antoinette
Movie · Original Music Composer
The Firefly
Movie · Songs
Maytime
Movie · Songs, Original Music Composer
The Good Earth
Movie · Original Music Composer
Conquest
Movie · Original Music Composer
Romeo and Juliet
Movie · Music
The Devil Is a Sissy
Movie · Music
Camille
Movie · Original Music Composer
After the Thin Man
Movie · Original Music Composer
San Francisco
Movie · Music
The Gorgeous Hussy
Movie · Music
Rose Marie
Movie · Original Music Composer
Moonlight Murder
Movie · Original Music Composer
Robin Hood of El Dorado
Movie · Original Music Composer
Wife vs. Secretary
Movie · Original Music Composer
Mutiny on the Bounty
Movie · Original Music Composer
Ah, Wilderness!
Movie · Original Music Composer
A Tale of Two Cities
Movie · Original Music Composer
Biography of a Bachelor Girl
Movie · Music
A Night at the Opera
Movie · Music
China Seas
Movie · Original Music Composer
The Night Is Young
Movie · Conductor
Sequoia
Movie · Original Music Composer
David Copperfield
Movie · Original Music Composer
Anna Karenina
Movie · Original Music Composer
La Veuve joyeuse
Movie · Original Music Composer
Queen Christina
Movie · Music, Music Director
Riptide
Movie · Music
The Barretts of Wimpole Street
Movie · Music
Viva Villa!
Movie · Original Music Composer
Chained
Movie · Original Music Composer
What Every Woman Knows
Movie · Original Music Composer
Treasure Island
Movie · Original Music Composer
Laughing Boy
Movie · Original Music Composer
The Painted Veil
Movie · Original Music Composer
The Cat and the Fiddle
Movie · Original Music Composer
The White Sister
Movie · Music
Night Flight
Movie · Music
Rasputin and the Empress
Movie · Music
The Son-Daughter
Movie · Music Score Producer, Original Music Composer
Grand Hotel
Movie · Music Director
The Squaw Man
Movie · Music
The Cuban Love Song
Movie · Music Score Producer, Songs
Golden Dawn
Movie · Songs
The Song of the Flame
Movie · Songs
The Florodora Girl
Movie · Songs, Original Music Composer
Madam Satan
Movie · Songs, Music
New Moon
Movie · Songs
In Gay Madrid
Movie · Songs
A Lady's Morals
Movie · Songs
Call of the Flesh
Movie · Songs