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Dimitri Tiomkin

Profession
Sound
Born
May 10, 1894 · Kremenchug, Poltava governorate, Russian Empire
Died
November 11, 1979

Biography

Dimitri Zinovievich Tiomkin (May 10, 1894 – November 11, 1979) was a Ukrainian-born American film composer and conductor. Classically trained in St. Petersburg, Russia before the Bolshevik Revolution, he moved to Berlin and then New York City after the Russian Revolution. In 1929, after the stock market crash, he moved to Hollywood, where he became best known for his scores for Western films, including Duel in the Sun, Red River, High Noon, The Big Sky, 55 Days at Peking, Gunfight at the O.K. Corral, and Last Train from Gun Hill, as well as his work with director Frank Capra. Tiomkin received 22 Academy Award nominations and won four Oscars, three for Best Original Score for High Noon, The High and the Mighty, and The Old Man and the Sea, and one for Best Original Song for "The Ballad of High Noon" from the former film.

Known for

It's a Wonderful Life poster
It's a Wonderful Life
Film · 1946 · ★ 8.3
Dial M for Murder poster
Dial M for Murder
Film · 1954 · ★ 8.0
Strangers on a Train poster
Strangers on a Train
Film · 1951 · ★ 7.7
High Noon poster
High Noon
Film · 1952 · ★ 7.7
Rio Bravo poster
Rio Bravo
Film · 1959 · ★ 7.8
Mr. Smith Goes to Washington poster
Mr. Smith Goes to Washington
Film · 1939 · ★ 7.8
Shadow of a Doubt poster
Shadow of a Doubt
Film · 1943 · ★ 7.5
The Guns of Navarone poster
The Guns of Navarone
Film · 1961 · ★ 7.3
Giant poster
Giant
Film · 1956 · ★ 7.6
The Thing from Another World poster
The Thing from Another World
Film · 1951 · ★ 6.7
Red River poster
Red River
Film · 1948 · ★ 7.3
I Confess poster
I Confess
Film · 1953 · ★ 7.1

Filmography