Ray Heindorf
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- 25. August 1908 · Haverstraw, New York, USA
- 3. Februar 1980
Biografie
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Ray Heindorf (August 25, 1908 – February 3, 1980) was an American songwriter, composer, conductor, and arranger. Born in Haverstraw, New York, Heindorf worked as a pianist in a movie house in Mechanicville in his early teens. In 1928, he moved to New York City, where he worked as a musical arranger before heading to Hollywood. He gained his first job as an orchestrator at MGM, where he worked on Hollywood Revue of 1929, and subsequently went on the road playing piano for Lupe Vélez. After completing this engagement, he joined Warner Bros., composing and/or arranging and conducting music exclusively for the studio for nearly forty years. Heindorf, along with Georgie Stoll at MGM, were jazz aficionados well known in the black entertainment community for employing minority musicians in their studio music departments. He undertook the musical direction of Judy Garland's comeback film A Star is Born (1954) and made a cameo appearance as himself in the premiere party sequence where Jack Carson's character congratulates him on a great score. Among Heindorf's other screen credits are 42nd Street, Gold Diggers of 1935, The Great Lie, Knute Rockne All American, Kings Row, Night and Day, Tea for Two, A Streetcar Named Desire, The Jazz Singer, No Time for Sergeants, The Helen Morgan Story, Marjorie Morningstar, Damn Yankees, Auntie Mame, Finian's Rainbow, and his final musical for Jack L. Warner, 1776. Between 1943 and 1969 he was nominated for eighteen Academy Awards, 17 nominations for Best Score and 1 nomination for Best Song. Heindorf won three, in the category of Best Score of a Musical, for Yankee Doodle Dandy, This is the Army, and The Music Man. His wins for the former two films made him the first to accomplish consecutive wins in a musical category. Heindorf died in Tarzana, California, aged 71, and reputedly was buried with his favorite conducting baton.
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Filmografie
- 1776 · Music Supervisor, Conductor
- O'Hara, United States Treasury: Operation Cobra · Musik
- Der goldene Regenbogen · Musik
- Adam-12 · Music Supervisor
- -30- · Musik
- Der Mann aus Philadelphia · Music Supervisor
- Geheimkommando · Music Supervisor
- No Time for Sergeants · Musik
- Ein Leben im Rausch · Musik
- Miracle in the Rain · Musik
- Serenade · Musik, Music Director
- Ihr sehr ergebener... · Musik
- Es geschah in einer Nacht · Musik
- Man soll nicht mit der Liebe spielen · Musik
- Ein neuer Stern am Himmel · Movie Premiere Attendee (uncredited), Music Director
- Das blonde Glück · Music Director
- Three Sailors and a Girl · Musik
- Schwere Colts in zarter Hand · Music Director
- Wilde Glut · Music Director
- Heiratet Marjorie? · Music Director
- Ich beichte · Music Director
- April in Paris · Music Director, Musik
- Where's Charley? · Musik
- Für eine Handvoll Geld · Music Director
- In all meinen Träumen bist du · Orchestra Leader at Kahn Benefit (uncredited), Music Director
- Come Fill the Cup · Musik, Music Director
- Endstation Sehnsucht · Music Director
- Verschwörung im Nordexpreß · Music Director
- Goodbye, My Fancy · Music Director
- Das Wiegenlied vom Broadway · Music Director
- The Screen Director · Selbst
- Der Gefangene des Ku-Klux-Klan · Music Director
- The West Point Story · Music Director, Musik
- Bezaubernde Frau · Music Director
- Im Solde des Satans · Music Director
- The Daughter of Rosie O'Grady · Music Director
- Der Mann ihrer Träume · Musik
- Backfire · Music Director
- Judy erobert Hollywood · Ray Heindorf (uncredited), Musik
- Die Liebesabenteuer des Don Juan · Music Supervisor
- Zaubernächte in Rio · Orchestrator, Conductor
- April Showers · Musik
- My Wild Irish Rose · Musik
- Love and Learn · Music Arranger
- Besuch in Kalifornien · Music Arranger
- Cinderella Jones · Orchestrator
- Rhapsodie in Blau · Musik
- Mein zauberhafter Bruder · Orchestrator, Conductor
- Up in Arms · Music Arranger, Conductor
- Thank Your Lucky Stars · Orchestrator
- The Hard Way · Music Arranger
- Der freche Kavalier · Orchestrator
- Yankee Doodle Dandy · Musik
- Thema: Der Mann · Orchestrator
- Der Herzensbrecher · Orchestrator
- Vertauschtes Glück · Orchestrator
- Der Seewolf · Music Arranger
- Schönste der Stadt · Orchestrator
- Flight from Destiny · Music Arranger
- Honeymoon for Three · Orchestrator
- Four Mothers · Orchestrator
- Knute Rockne All American · Orchestrator
- The Man Who Talked Too Much · Orchestrator
- My Love Came Back · Musik
- Castle on the Hudson · Music Arranger
- 12 Monate Bewährungsfrist · Orchestrator
- Four Wives · Orchestrator
- Die wilden Zwanziger · Musik
- Angels Wash Their Faces · Orchestrator
- Vier Töchter räumen auf · Orchestrator
- Der kleine Star · Musik
- Men Are Such Fools · Orchestrator
- Gold Diggers in Paris · Musik
- Hollywood Hotel · Musik
- Ready, Willing and Able · Music Arranger
- Stage Struck · Music Arranger
- The Singing Kid · Music Arranger
- Colleen · Music Arranger
- Dangerous · Musik
- Broadway Gondolier · Music Arranger