Morris Stoloff
Komponist, Skuespiller
30. juli 1898 — 16. april 1980 (81 år)
Morris W. Stoloff was a musical composer. Stoloff worked with Sammy Davis Jr., Dinah Shore and Frank Sinatra. Stoloff worked as music director at Columbia Pictures from 1936 to 1962. Among space age pop fans, he is best remembered for his 1956 Top 10 hit that paired the swing era tune "Moonglow" with the love theme from the movie Picnic, the medley called "Moonglow and Theme from Picnic". It sold over one million copies, and was awarded a gold disc by the RIAA. Stoloff was born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. A child prodigy on the violin, Stoloff was taken under the wing of W. A. Clark. After studying with Leopold Auer for several years, Stoloff was touring the U.S. as a featured soloist at the age of 16, and joined the Los Angeles Philharmonic a year later as its youngest member ever. When sound came to motion pictures, studios came looking for musicians to provide it, and Stoloff was one of the first to cross over from classical music to movies. He was the first concertmaster on Paramount Pictures' payroll, and he worked with setting up the mechanics of a system that had to provide a steady stream of music for everything from epic dramas to serials and comedy shorts. In 1936, Stoloff moved over to Columbia Pictures, where he took the title of music director, a new position unique to the studio system. As music director, he was the chief executive responsible for providing musical production support to every film the studio released. This meant matching up composers, orchestrators, conductors, musicians and recording facilities to meet the creative scope of each project as well as its schedule and budget. Stoloff often took partial credit for a picture's score when he worked closely with a particular composer to work out a theme, motifs, and melodies. As a result, he ranks among some of the most-nominated individuals in the history of the Academy Awards. He won three Oscars for best scores, including those for Cover Girl (1944), The Jolson Story (1946), and Song Without End (1960), and was nominated 14 other times. By the late 1940s, film music was beginning to be recognized on its own, and Stoloff began recording some of the more popular numbers as singles for Decca Records. When long-play albums were perfected, the studios saw the opportunity to market more than just singles to the listening audience, and soundtrack albums became a hot commodity. Stoloff exercised his privilege as musical director to record these soundtrack albums himself, working with material from the actual scores. When Frank Sinatra founded Reprise Records in the early 1960s, he hired Stoloff as musical director; the two having worked successfully before on Pal Joey (1957). One of Stoloff's most noteworthy achievements while at Reprise was the release of a set of re-recordings of great Broadway musicals, including Kiss Me, Kate with a studio cast. Stoloff died in Los Angeles, California, aged 81.
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| 1949 | Jolson Sings Again · as Original Music Composer |
| 1946 | The Jolson Story · as Original Music Composer |
| 1946 | Meet Me on Broadway · as Original Music Composer |
| 1944 | |
| 1943 | Footlight Glamour · as Original Music Composer |
| 1943 | It's a Great Life · as Original Music Composer |
| 1943 | Something to Shout About · as Original Music Composer |
| 1941 | Blondie Goes Latin · as Original Music Composer |
| 1941 | The Devil Commands · as Original Music Composer |
| 1940 | Blondie Plays Cupid · as Original Music Composer |
| 1940 | Blondie Has Servant Trouble · as Original Music Composer |
| 1940 | Blondie on a Budget · as Original Music Composer |
| 1939 | Blondie Takes a Vacation · as Original Music Composer |
| 1939 | |
| 1938 | Girls' School · as Original Music Composer |
| 2024 | Music by John Williams · as Self - Composer |
| 1958 | The 30th Annual Academy Awards · as Self - Accepting The Award For Best Scoring |
| 1950 | This Is Your Life (US) · as Self - Musical Director At Columbia Pictures |
| 1949 | Jolson Sings Again · as Orchestra Leader |
| 1962 | Lawrence of Arabia · as Music Coordinator |
| 1960 | Song Without End · as Music Supervisor |
| 1959 | The Last Angry Man · as Conductor |
| 1958 | Gunman's Walk · as Conductor |
| 1957 | Pal Joey · as Conductor |
| 1957 | 3:10 to Yuma · as Music Director |
| 1957 | Jeanne Eagels · as Conductor |
| 1957 | The Shadow on the Window · as Conductor |
| 1956 | Full of Life · as Conductor |
| 1956 | Nightfall · as Conductor |
| 1956 | Autumn Leaves · as Conductor |
| 1955 | The Last Frontier · as Conductor |
| 1955 | Three Stripes in the Sun · as Conductor |
| 1955 | Picnic · as Conductor |
| 1955 | Queen Bee · as Conductor |
| 1955 | The Man from Laramie · as Conductor |
| 1955 | Tight Spot · as Conductor |
| 1955 | 5 Against the House · as Conductor |
| 1955 | The Violent Men · as Conductor |
| 1955 | The Long Gray Line · as Music Supervisor |
| 1954 | Human Desire · as Conductor |
| 1954 | Phffft · as Conductor |
| 1954 | It Should Happen to You · as Music Director |
| 1953 | From Here to Eternity · as Music Director |
| 1953 | Let's Do It Again · as Music Director |
| 1953 | The 5,000 Fingers of Dr. T. · as Music Director |
| 1953 | The Juggler · as Music Director |
| 1952 | Eight Iron Men · as Music Director |
| 1952 | The Brigand · as Music Director |
| 1952 | Assignment: Paris · as Music Director |
| 1952 | Captain Pirate · as Music Director |
| 1952 | Affair in Trinidad · as Music Director |
| 1952 | Paula · as Music Director |
| 1952 | Scandal Sheet · as Music Director |
| 1951 | Death of a Salesman · as Music Director |
| 1951 | Man in the Saddle · as Music Director |
| 1951 | The Son of Dr. Jekyll · as Music Director |
| 1951 | The Lady and the Bandit · as Music Director |
| 1951 | Lorna Doone · as Music Director |
| 1951 | The Harlem Globetrotters · as Music Director |
| 1951 | Santa Fe · as Music Director |
| 1950 | Born Yesterday · as Music Director |
| 1950 | The Flying Missile · as Music Director |
| 1950 | The Killer That Stalked New York · as Music Director |
| 1950 | Stage to Tucson · as Music Director |
| 1950 | Harriet Craig · as Music Director |
| 1950 | The Fuller Brush Girl · as Music Director |
| 1950 | Convicted · as Music Director |
| 1950 | In a Lonely Place · as Music Director |
| 1950 | Fortunes of Captain Blood · as Music Director |
| 1950 | Kill the Umpire · as Music Director |
| 1950 | A Woman of Distinction · as Music Director |
| 1950 | The Nevadan · as Music Director |
| 1949 | The Reckless Moment · as Music Director |
| 1949 | And Baby Makes Three · as Music Director |
| 1949 | Tell It to the Judge · as Music Director |
| 1949 | All the King's Men · as Music Director |
| 1949 | Tokyo Joe · as Music Director |
| 1949 | Miss Grant Takes Richmond · as Music Director |
| 1949 | Mr. Soft Touch · as Music Director |
| 1949 | Knock on Any Door · as Music Director |
| 1949 | Slightly French · as Music Director |
| 1949 | Shockproof · as Music Director |
| 1948 | The Return of October · as Music Director |
| 1948 | The Untamed Breed · as Music Director |
| 1948 | The Sign of the Ram · as Music Director |
| 1948 | I Love Trouble · as Music Director |
| 1947 | It Had to Be You · as Music Director |
| 1947 | Her Husband's Affairs · as Music Director |
| 1947 | Framed · as Music Director |
| 1947 | Johnny O'Clock · as Music Director |
| 1947 | Mr. District Attorney · as Music Director |
| 1946 | Dead Reckoning · as Music Director |
| 1946 | Gallant Journey · as Music Director |
| 1946 | Gilda · as Music Director |
| 1945 | Over 21 · as Music Director |
| 1944 | Together Again · as Music Director |
| 1944 | Strange Affair · as Music Director |
| 1944 | Address Unknown · as Music Director |
| 1944 | Cover Girl · as Music Director |
| 1944 | The Ghost That Walks Alone · as Music Director |
| 1944 | None Shall Escape · as Music Director |
| 1943 | The Chance of a Lifetime · as Music Director |
| 1943 | Dangerous Blondes · as Music Director |
| 1943 | Sahara · as Music Director |
| 1943 | Destroyer · as Music Director |
| 1943 | Passport to Suez · as Music Director |
| 1943 | First Comes Courage · as Music Director |
| 1943 | Appointment in Berlin · as Music Director |
| 1943 | The Desperadoes · as Music Director |
| 1943 | The More the Merrier · as Music Director |
| 1943 | Murder in Times Square · as Music Director |
| 1942 | A Night to Remember · as Music Director |
| 1942 | Meet the Stewarts · as Music Director |
| 1942 | The Boogie Man Will Get You · as Music Director |
| 1942 | My Sister Eileen · as Other |
| 1942 | Counter-Espionage · as Music Director |
| 1942 | The Talk of the Town · as Music Director |
| 1942 | Atlantic Convoy · as Music Director |
| 1942 | Submarine Raider · as Music Director |
| 1942 | Blondie's Blessed Event · as Music Director |
| 1942 | Alias Boston Blackie · as Music Director |
| 1942 | Blondie Goes to College · as Music Director |
| 1941 | Honolulu Lu · as Music Director |
| 1941 | Confessions of Boston Blackie · as Music Director |
| 1941 | Secrets of the Lone Wolf · as Music Director |
| 1941 | Three Girls About Town · as Music Director |
| 1941 | You'll Never Get Rich · as Music Director |
| 1941 | Ladies in Retirement · as Music Director |
| 1941 | Here Comes Mr. Jordan · as Music Director |
| 1941 | Time Out for Rhythm · as Music Director |
| 1941 | Penny Serenade · as Music DirectorPå Plex |
| 1941 | The Lone Wolf Takes a Chance · as Music Director |
| 1941 | The Face Behind the Mask · as Music Director |
| 1940 | The Lone Wolf Keeps a Date · as Music Director |
| 1940 | Before I Hang · as Music DirectorPå Plex |
| 1940 | Girls of the Road · as Music Director |
| 1940 | The Doctor Takes a Wife · as Music Director |
| 1940 | The Lone Wolf Meets a Lady · as Music Director |
| 1940 | Island of Doomed Men · as Music Director |
| 1940 | Men Without Souls · as Music Director |
| 1940 | The Man with Nine Lives · as Music Director |
| 1940 | Convicted Woman · as Music Director |
| 1940 | The Lone Wolf Strikes · as Music Director |
| 1940 | His Girl Friday · as Music DirectorPå Plex |
| 1939 | The Amazing Mr. Williams · as Music Director |
| 1939 | Mr. Smith Goes to Washington · as Music Director |
| 1939 | Golden Boy · as Music Director |
| 1939 | The Man They Could Not Hang · as Music Director |
| 1939 | Let Us Live · as Music Director |
| 1939 | Only Angels Have Wings · as Music Director |
| 1939 | Mandrake, the Magician · as Music Director |
| 1939 | The Lady and the Mob · as Music Director |
| 1938 | Blondie · as Music Director |
| 1938 | You Can't Take It with You · as Music Director |
| 1938 | Holiday · as Music Director |
| 1937 | Murder in Greenwich Village · as Music Director |
| 1937 | The Awful Truth · as Music Director |
| 1937 | It Happened in Hollywood · as Music Director |
| 1937 | Criminals of the Air · as Music Director |
| 1936 | Theodora Goes Wild · as Music Director |
| 1936 | Craig's Wife · as Music Director |