Dimitri Tiomkin
Born: 10th May 1894, Kremenchuk, Ukraine
Died: 11th November 1979, London, UK
Nationality: Ukrainian-born American
Dimitri Zinovievich Tiomkin 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, 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 the film High Noon.
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The American Ballad Book
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Unforgettable
Nat King Cole Trio, Joe Comfort (bass), Irving Ashby (guitar), Nat King Cole (piano), Johnny Miller (bass), Oscar Moore (guitar), Pete Rugolo (celesta), Jack Costanzo (bongos) Nelson Riddle, Carlyle Hall, Les Baxter
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Ben Webster, Osie Johnson (drums), Richard Davis (upright bass), Hank Jones (piano) Oliver Nelson
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Here's To Life
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Grammy Awards, 36th Awards (1993), Nominee: Best Jazz Vocal Performance
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Jazz 100, Top 100 Jazz Albums, Top 100 (Post-1980)
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