Composer
Dimitri Tiomkin
Ukrainian and American composer
1894–1979
50 works and musical collections
- Born
- 1894
- Died
- 1979
- Birthplace
- Kremenchuk
- Place of death
- London
- Citizenship / historical state
- United States; Russian Empire; Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic
- Period (estimated from birth year)
- Modern
Biography
Dimitri Zinovievich Tiomkin (May 10, 1894 – November 11, 1979) was a Russian and American film composer and conductor. Classically trained in Saint Petersburg 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, Rio Bravo, The Alamo, and Last Train from Gun Hill.
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 High Noon.
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Life and musical career
- Occupations
- pianist; composer; conductor; film score composer; film producer; music arranger; musician; bandleader
- Education
- Saint Petersburg Conservatory
- Teachers
- Felix Mikhailovich Blumenfeld; Isabelle Vengerova; Alexander Glazounov; Ferruccio Busoni; Egon Petri
- Instruments played
- piano
- Genres
- film score
- Awards
- Academy Award for Best Original Dramatic or Comedy Score; Golden Globe Award for Best Original Score; Golden Globe Award for Best Original Song; Officer of the Legion of Honour; Order of Isabella the Catholic; Chevalier des Arts et des Lettres; Academy Award for Best Original Song
- Official website
- https://dimitritiomkin.com
- Languages used
- Ukrainian
- VIAF ID
- 100251573
- ISNI
- 0000000119641412
- GND ID
- 103848290
- Library of Congress ID
- n2006010255
- MusicBrainz ID
- 0ed6e209-dd4d-4c47-b6d0-c3a1ae06fef5
Recorded in Wikidata. Affiliations may refer to earlier stages of the composer's career.
In this catalogue
- Common listed instruments
- Piano, Guitar, Vocal, Voice
- Genres represented
- Country
- Source entries with composition dates
- 0
These details describe the indexed sheet music, including arrangements.
Catalogue
Sheet music catalogue page 2 of 2
Instruments describe listed editions, including arrangements. Composition dates and keys appear where recorded; collection pages show their individual contents.
| Title | Work details | Listed instruments | Sheet music |
|---|---|---|---|
| Work & excerpts The Sundowners | See work details | Check individual editions | View sheet music |
| Last Train From Gun Hill | See work details |
| View sheet music |
Biographical record: Wikidata, matched on name and checked against dates held in the catalogue. The period label is an estimate from birth year. Authority record: VIAF 100251573. Portrait: Cinerama Corp., Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons.