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David Blok
Composer, Additional Credits
Born December 12, 1888Died October 4, 1948 (59 years)
Soviet composer, sound engineer and conductor. Organizer (1941) and first head of the State Orchestra of the USSR Ministry of Cinematography. Honored Artist of the Tajik SSR (1940). He began his creative career in 1905 as a conductor of an orchestra accompanying silent films. Studied at the Rostov Conservatory (1913-1918). During the silent film period, he led orchestras in major cinemas, scoring silent films and composing music for them. Since 1930, he began working in sound films (in 1931-1947 - sound designer and sound engineer). Since 1938, he was also a conductor at the Soyuzdetfilm film studio, in 1948 - Mosfilm. Conducted the premiere of the Second Suite by S.S. Prokofiev from Romeo and Juliet. David Blok wrote and edited music for more than 200 films. He was a member of the Jewish Anti-Fascist Committee. He was buried at the Vostryakovsky cemetery.
David Blok Filmography
| 1945 | A Propos of the Truce with Finland · as Composer |
| 1945 | Dark Is the Night · as Original Music Composer |
| 1944 | Liberated France · as Original Music Composer |
| 1941 | In the Rear of the Enemy · as Original Music Composer |
| 1941 | Gibel Orla · as Original Music Composer |
| 1940 | Yakov Sverdlov · as Original Music Composer |
| 1937 | Without Dowry · as Composer |
| 1933 | Broken Shoes · as Original Music Composer |
| 1926 | Mother · as Composer |
| 1948 | Private Aleksandr Matrosov · as Conductor |
| 1946 | The White Fang · as Conductor |
| 1946 | Slon i veryovochka · as Conductor |
| 1946 | Pyatnadtsatiletniy kapitan · as Conductor |
| 1945 | The Taras Family · as Conductor |
| 1945 | Kashchei the Immortal · as Conductor |
| 1945 | Military Secret · as Conductor |
| 1944 | Zhila-byla devochka · as Conductor |
| 1944 | Zoya · as Conductor |
| 1943 | A Family · as Conductor |
| 1941 | The Humpbacked Horse · as Conductor |
| 1941 | Zemlya molodosti · as Conductor |
| 1938 | Treasure Island · as Foley |
| 1935 | Loss of Feeling · as Sound |
| 1932 | House of Death · as Sound Director |
| 1930 | Holiday of St. Jorgen · as Sound Director |