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Herbert Stothart
Composer, Additional Credits
Born September 11, 1885Died February 1, 1949 (63 years)
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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.
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.
Herbert Stothart Filmography
| 1949 | Big Jack · as Original Music Composer |
| 1948 | Hills of Home · as Original Music Composer |
| 1948 | The Three Musketeers · as Original Music Composer |
| 1948 | Three Daring Daughters · as Original Music Composer |
| 1947 | If Winter Comes · as Composer |
| 1947 | Desire Me · as Original Music Composer |
| 1947 | |
| 1947 | High Barbaree · as Original Music Composer |
| 1947 | The Sea of Grass · as Original Music Composer |
| 1946 | The Yearling · as Original Music Composer |
| 1946 | Undercurrent · as Original Music Composer |
| 1946 | The Green Years · as Original Music Composer |
| 1945 | They Were Expendable · as Original Music Composer |
| 1945 | Adventure · as Composer |
| 1945 | The Valley of Decision · as Original Music Composer |
| 1945 | |
| 1945 | The Picture of Dorian Gray · as Original Music Composer |
| 1944 | National Velvet · as Original Music Composer |
| 1944 | Thirty Seconds Over Tokyo · as Original Music Composer |
| 1944 | Kismet · as Original Music Composer |
| 1944 | |
| 1944 | The White Cliffs of Dover · as Original Music Composer |
| 1943 | A Guy Named Joe · as Original Music Composer |
| 1943 | |
| 1943 | Three Hearts for Julia · as Composer |
| 1943 | Thousands Cheer · as Original Music Composer |
| 1943 | |
| 1943 | Combat America · as Composer |
| 1942 | |
| 1942 | Tennessee Johnson · as Original Music Composer |
| 1942 | |
| 1942 | Mrs. Miniver · as Original Music Composer |
| 1942 | I Married an Angel · as Original Music Composer |
| 1942 | |
| 1941 | The Chocolate Soldier · as Original Music Composer |
| 1941 | Smilin' Through · as Original Music Composer |
| 1941 | Blossoms in the Dust · as Original Music Composer |
| 1941 | They Met in Bombay · as Composer |
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| 1941 | |
| 1940 | Bitter Sweet · as Composer |
| 1940 | Pride and Prejudice · as Original Music Composer |
| 1940 | New Moon · as Composer |
| 1940 | |
| 1940 | Waterloo Bridge · as Original Music Composer |
| 1940 | |
| 1940 | Northwest Passage · as Original Music Composer |
| 1939 | Balalaika · as Original Music Composer |
| 1939 | The Wizard of Oz · as Composer |
| 1939 | |
| 1938 | Sweethearts · as Original Music Composer |
| 1938 | Marie Antoinette · as Original Music Composer |
| 1938 | The Girl of the Golden West · as Composer |
| 1938 | |
| 1937 | Conquest · as Original Music Composer |
| 1937 | The Good Earth · as Original Music Composer |
| 1936 | Camille · as Original Music Composer |
| 1936 | After the Thin Man · as Original Music Composer |
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| 1936 | |
| 1936 | Small Town Girl · as Composer |
| 1936 | Moonlight Murder · as Original Music Composer |
| 1936 | Robin Hood of El Dorado · as Original Music Composer |
| 1936 | Wife vs. Secretary · as Original Music Composer |
| 1936 | Rose-Marie · as Original Music Composer |
| 1935 | A Tale of Two Cities · as Original Music Composer |
| 1935 | Ah Wilderness! · as Original Music Composer |
| 1935 | Mutiny on the Bounty · as Original Music Composer |
| 1935 | |
| 1935 | Anna Karenina · as Original Music Composer |
| 1935 | China Seas · as Original Music Composer |
| 1935 | Pursuit · as Composer |
| 1935 | David Copperfield · as Original Music Composer |
| 1935 | Vanessa, Her Love Story · as Composer |
| 1935 | The Merry Widow · as Composer |
| 1935 | |
| 1934 | Sequoia · as Original Music Composer |
| 1934 | The Painted Veil · as Original Music Composer |
| 1934 | What Every Woman Knows · as Original Music Composer |
| 1934 | |
| 1934 | Chained · as Original Music Composer |
| 1934 | Treasure Island · as Original Music Composer |
| 1934 | Viva Villa! · as Original Music Composer |
| 1934 | Laughing Boy · as Original Music Composer |
| 1934 | |
| 1934 | The Cat and the Fiddle · as Original Music Composer |
| 1933 | |
| 1933 | Going Hollywood · as Composer |
| 1933 | Christopher Bean · as Composer |
| 1933 | |
| 1933 | Turn Back the Clock · as Composer |
| 1933 | Peg o' My Heart · as Composer |
| 1933 | The Barbarian · as Composer |
| 1933 | |
| 1932 | |
| 1932 | The Son-Daughter · as Music Score Producer |
| 1931 | The Cuban Love Song · as Music Score Producer |
| 1931 | |
| 1931 | The Prodigal · as Composer |
| 1929 | Devil-May-Care · as Composer |
| 1927 | The End of St. Petersburg · as Composer |
| 1990 |
| 1954 | Rose Marie · as Songs |
| 1941 | Andy Hardy's Private Secretary · as Music Director |
| 1939 | Broadway Serenade · as Music Director |
| 1937 | The Firefly · as Songs |
| 1937 | Maytime · as Songs |
| 1935 | The Night Is Young · as Conductor |
| 1934 | The Flame Song · as Based On "the Song Of The Flame" By |
| 1931 | The Cuban Love Song · as Musical |
| 1930 | New Moon · as Songs |
| 1930 | The Lottery Bride · as Original Story |
| 1930 | A Lady's Morals · as Songs |
| 1930 | Madam Satan · as Songs |
| 1930 | Call of the Flesh · as Songs |
| 1930 | Golden Dawn · as Songs |
| 1930 | The Florodora Girl · as Songs |
| 1930 | The Song of the Flame · as Songs |
| 1930 | In Gay Madrid · as Songs |