Leigh Harline

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Leigh Harline

Sound March 26, 1907

Salt Lake City, Utah, USA

Academy Award-winning composer (score, Pinocchio (1940), conductor, songwriter ("When You Wish Upon a Star" [Academy award, Best Song, 1940) and arranger Leigh Harline was educate…

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Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs

Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs

7.1 1937 Movie
Pinocchio

Pinocchio

7.1 1940 Movie
Bambi

Bambi

7.0 1942 Movie
River of No Return

River of No Return

6.7 1954 Movie
Pickup on South Street

Pickup on South Street

7.4 1953 Movie
Monkey Business

Monkey Business

6.7 1952 Movie
Man of the West

Man of the West

6.6 1958 Movie
The Enemy Below

The Enemy Below

7.2 1957 Movie
The Old Mill

The Old Mill

7.3 1937 Movie
Mr. Blandings Builds His Dream House

Mr. Blandings Builds His Dream House

7.0 1948 Movie
They Live by Night

They Live by Night

6.8 1949 Movie
The Band Concert

The Band Concert

7.2 1935 Movie

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Academy Award-winning composer (score, Pinocchio (1940), conductor, songwriter ("When You Wish Upon a Star" [Academy award, Best Song, 1940) and arranger Leigh Harline was educated at the University of Utah. He was a music student of J. Spencer Cornwall. He arranged the first transcontinental broadcast from Los Angeles in 1932, and that year joined the Walt Disney Studios. From 1941 he freelanced among various Hollywood studios. He joined ASCAP in 1940. His other popular song compositions include "Hi-Diddle-Dee-Dee", "Give a Little Whistle" and "Jiminy Cricket".

Filmography

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  1. 2001
    Everybody Loves Mickey

    Movie Music

  2. 1965
    Strange Bedfellows

    Movie Original Music Composer

  3. 1964
    Guns of Diablo

    Movie Original Music Composer

  4. 1964
    Man's Search for Happiness

    Movie Music

  5. 1964
    7 Faces of Dr. Lao

    Movie Music

  6. 1962
    The Wonderful World of the Brothers Grimm

    Movie Conductor

  7. 1961
    The Honeymoon Machine

    Movie Original Music Composer

  8. 1961
    All Hands on Deck

    Movie Original Music Composer

  9. 1960
    The Facts of Life

    Movie Conductor

  10. 1960
    Visit to a Small Planet

    Movie Original Music Composer

  11. 1959
    Warlock

    Movie Original Music Composer

  12. 1959
    The Remarkable Mr. Pennypacker

    Movie Original Music Composer

  13. 1958
    Man of the West

    Movie Original Music Composer

  14. 1958
    The Fiend Who Walked the West

    Movie Music

  15. 1958
    Ten North Frederick

    Movie Music

  16. 1957
    The Enemy Below

    Movie Original Music Composer

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  1. 1957
    No Down Payment

    Movie Original Music Composer

  2. 1957
    The Wayward Bus

    Movie Original Music Composer

  3. 1957
    The True Story of Jesse James

    Movie Original Music Composer

  4. 1956
    The Girl Can't Help It

    Movie Original Music Composer

  5. 1956
    Teenage Rebel

    Movie Original Music Composer

  6. 1956
    The Best Things in Life Are Free

    Movie Original Music Composer

  7. 1956
    23 Paces to Baker Street

    Movie Original Music Composer

  8. 1956
    The Bottom of the Bottle

    Movie Original Music Composer

  9. 1955
    The Last Frontier

    Movie Original Music Composer

  10. 1955
    Good Morning, Miss Dove

    Movie Original Music Composer

  11. 1955
    The Girl in the Red Velvet Swing

    Movie Original Music Composer

  12. 1955
    House of Bamboo

    Movie Original Music Composer

  13. 1954
    Black Widow

    Movie Original Music Composer

  14. 1954
    Broken Lance

    Movie Original Music Composer

  15. 1954
    Susan Slept Here

    Movie Original Music Composer

  16. 1954
    River of No Return

    Movie Music

  17. 1953
    Money from Home

    Movie Original Music Composer

  18. 1953
    Vicki

    Movie Original Music Composer

  19. 1953
    A Blueprint for Murder

    Movie Original Music Composer

  20. 1953
    Pickup on South Street

    Movie Original Music Composer

  21. 1953
    The Desert Rats

    Movie Original Music Composer

  22. 1953
    Taxi

    Movie Original Music Composer

  23. 1952
    My Pal Gus

    Movie Original Music Composer

  24. 1952
    My Wife's Best Friend

    Movie Original Music Composer