Arthur Morton
- Known for
- Sound
- Born
- August 8, 1908
- Died
- April 15, 2000 (aged 91)
- Birthplace
- Duluth, Minnesota, USA
Biography
Arthur Morton was an American music composer and orchestrator for film and television productions. Arthur Morton, aka Arthur Goldberg, was born on 8th August 1908 in Duluth at the southern end of Lake Superior, 150 miles from Minneapolis. He was educated at West High School , 2808 Hennepin Ave, Minneapolis. The school closed in 1982. He continued his education at the University of Minnesota, on the east bank of the Mississippi River, where he also played in jazz bands. He graduated in 1929 and after a year studying law and undertaking further graduate work in philosophy he moved to Los Angeles. Surprisingly, there is no mention of him receiving an advanced musical education. In 1935 he married Emmy Lou Hellman, the daughter of screenwriter Sam Hellman and the sister of Verna Fields, the Academy Award winning film editor of “Jaws”. His 65-year career in Hollywood began in the music departments of the Hal Roach Studios - of Laurel and Hardy fame - and at Columbia Pictures, composing and orchestrating uncredited stock music. His first credited film score was for Night Life of the Gods (1935). While at Columbia he began collaborating with George Duning, aka George Dunning, composing additional music for films such as the 1949 film Lust for Gold and eventually becoming Duning’s orchestrator. During the period, he composed and orchestrated music for over fifty films including: From Here To Eternity (1953), The Man From Laramie (1955), Kismet (1955), and the cult film Oceans Eleven (1960) staring The Rat Pack. In 1955, he orchestrated perhaps the most famous of George Duning’s scores for the film Picnic, which included the hit song Theme from Picnic, which in the film, was blended with the 1930’s standard Moonglow. The score was nominated in 1956 for an Academy Award for Best Music, Scoring of a Dramatic or Comedy Picture. Jerry Goldsmith Online
Known For
Filmography
L.A. Confidential
Movie · Orchestrator
Chain Reaction
Movie · Orchestrator
Star Trek: First Contact
Movie · Orchestrator
The Shadow
Movie · Orchestrator
The River Wild
Movie · Orchestrator
Total Recall
Movie · Orchestrator
Gremlins 2: The New Batch
Movie · Orchestrator
The Russia House
Movie · Orchestrator
Leviathan
Movie · Orchestrator
Extreme Prejudice
Movie · Orchestrator
Link
Movie · Orchestrator
Poltergeist II: The Other Side
Movie · Orchestrator
Explorers
Movie · Orchestrator
Baby: Secret of the Lost Legend
Movie · Orchestrator
Rambo: First Blood Part II
Movie · Orchestrator
Gremlins
Movie · Orchestrator
First Blood
Movie · Orchestrator
The Secret of NIMH
Movie · Orchestrator
Charlie Chan and the Curse of the Dragon Queen
Movie · Orchestrator
Superman
Movie · Orchestrator
The Boys from Brazil
Movie · Orchestrator
MacArthur
Movie · Orchestrator
Islands in the Stream
Movie · Orchestrator
Damnation Alley
Movie · Orchestrator
Twilight's Last Gleaming
Movie · Orchestrator
The Omen
Movie · Orchestrator
Chinatown
Movie · Orchestrator
Papillon
Movie · Orchestrator
Hawkins
TV · Orchestrator · 1 ep
The Other
Movie · Orchestrator
The Waltons
TV · Music · 1 ep
The Mephisto Waltz
Movie · Orchestrator
Patton
Movie · Orchestrator
Tora! Tora! Tora!
Movie · Orchestrator, Music Arranger
Rio Lobo
Movie · Orchestrator
Justine
Movie · Orchestrator
In Like Flint
Movie · Original Music Composer
Von Ryan's Express
Movie · Orchestrator
Morituri
Movie · Orchestrator
Dear Brigitte
Movie · Orchestrator
John Goldfarb, Please Come Home!
Movie · Orchestrator
Paris When It Sizzles
Movie · Orchestrator
What a Way to Go!
Movie · Orchestrator
Rio Conchos
Movie · Orchestrator
Critic's Choice
Movie · Orchestrator
Move Over, Darling
Movie · Orchestrator
Who's Been Sleeping in My Bed?
Movie · Orchestrator
13 West Street
Movie · Orchestrator
Who's Got the Action?
Movie · Orchestrator
Swingin' Along
Movie · Original Music Composer
A Raisin in the Sun
Movie · Orchestrator
Two Rode Together
Movie · Orchestrator
Cry for Happy
Movie · Orchestrator
Ocean's Eleven
Movie · Orchestrator
The Wackiest Ship in the Army
Movie · Orchestrator
Let No Man Write My Epitaph
Movie · Orchestrator
The Last Angry Man
Movie · Orchestrator
Gidget
Movie · Original Music Composer
The High Cost of Loving
Movie · Orchestrator
Gunman's Walk
Movie · Orchestrator
The Shadow on the Window
Movie · Orchestrator
The Tijuana Story
Movie · Music
3:10 to Yuma
Movie · Orchestrator
Jeanne Eagels
Movie · Orchestrator
Pal Joey
Movie · Orchestrator
No Down Payment
Movie · Orchestrator
Miami Exposé
Movie · Music
He Laughed Last
Movie · Original Music Composer
Nightfall
Movie · Orchestrator
The Man from Laramie
Movie · Orchestrator
Picnic
Movie · Orchestrator
Inside Detroit
Movie · Music
The Last Frontier
Movie · Orchestrator
Kismet
Movie · Music Arranger
Three Stripes in the Sun
Movie · Original Music Composer
Tight Spot
Movie · Orchestrator
Queen Bee
Movie · Orchestrator
Chicago Syndicate
Movie · Original Music Composer
It Should Happen to You
Movie · Orchestrator
Pushover
Movie · Original Music Composer
Phffft
Movie · Orchestrator
From Here to Eternity
Movie · Orchestrator
The Big Heat
Movie · Original Music Composer
Gun Fury
Movie · Original Music Composer
Let's Do It Again
Movie · Orchestrator
The Juggler
Movie · Orchestrator
Affair in Trinidad
Movie · Orchestrator
The Harlem Globetrotters
Movie · Original Music Composer
The Lady and the Bandit
Movie · Orchestrator
The Nevadan
Movie · Original Music Composer
Father Is a Bachelor
Movie · Original Music Composer
Harriet Craig
Movie · Orchestrator
No Sad Songs for Me
Movie · Orchestrator
Shockproof
Movie · Orchestrator
The Walking Hills
Movie · Original Music Composer
Millie's Daughter
Movie · Music
Johnny O'Clock
Movie · Orchestrator
Gilda
Movie · Orchestrator
Home Sweet Homicide
Movie · Orchestrator
Fallen Angel
Movie · Orchestrator
Laura
Movie · Orchestrator
The Lady and the Monster
Movie · Orchestrator
Strange Affair
Movie · Original Music Composer
London Blackout Murders
Movie · Orchestrator
Quiet Please, Murder
Movie · Orchestrator
Inflation
Movie · Orchestrator
The Day the Bookies Wept
Movie · Music Director
Merrily We Live
Movie · Orchestrator
Night Key
Movie · Music
Theodora Goes Wild
Movie · Original Music Composer
She Gets Her Man
Movie · Original Music Composer
Princess O'Hara
Movie · Original Music Composer
Night Life of the Gods
Movie · Original Music Composer