Sound

Paul J. Smith

Profession
Sound
Born
October 30, 1906 · Calumet, Michigan, USA
Died
January 25, 1985

Biography

Upon graduating high school, Smith studied music at The College of Idaho from 1923 to 1925 before he was accepted into the Bush Conservatory of Music in Chicago, Illinois. His musical genius in theory and composition earned him a scholarship in music theory to study at Julliard. However, it is unclear if he ever pursued this invitation. Smith spent much of his life working at Disney as composer for many of its films' scores, animated and live-action alike, movie and television alike (from 1962 to 1963, he also composed music for Leave It to Beaver). In Fantasia, he is one of the studio employees in the orchestra. He also composed the scores for several of the True-Life Adventures episodes. His addition to this series would be his most influential mark in music and become a fundamental part of the education for generations of American students.[2] His main collaborator and partner was Hazel "Gil" George. She wrote the song title for The Light in the Forest with him and Lawrence Edward Watkin. Smith also did the stock music for the Blondie series of the late 1940s and early 1950s. He won an Academy Award for Best Original Score with Leigh Harline and Ned Washington for Pinocchio as his first and only Oscar win. -Wikipedia

Known for

Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs poster
Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs
Film · 1938 · ★ 7.1
Cinderella poster
Cinderella
Film · 1950 · ★ 7.1
Pinocchio poster
Pinocchio
Film · 1940 · ★ 7.1
Bambi poster
Bambi
Film · 1942 · ★ 7.0
20,000 Leagues Under the Sea poster
20,000 Leagues Under the Sea
Film · 1954 · ★ 7.1
The Three Caballeros poster
The Three Caballeros
Film · 1944 · ★ 6.3
Fun and Fancy Free poster
Fun and Fancy Free
Film · 1947 · ★ 6.3
Saludos Amigos poster
Saludos Amigos
Film · 1942 · ★ 5.8
The Parent Trap poster
The Parent Trap
Film · 1961 · ★ 7.0
Song of the South poster
Song of the South
Film · 1946 · ★ 6.5
Pollyanna poster
Pollyanna
Film · 1960 · ★ 6.9
Thru the Mirror poster
Thru the Mirror
Film · 1936 · ★ 7.2

Filmography