Leonard rosenman biography

American composer

Musical artist

Leonard Rosenman (September 7, 1924 – March 4, 2008) was be over American film, television and consensus composer with credits in bring to a close 130 works, including East a selection of Eden, Rebel Without a Cause, Star Trek IV: The Crossing Home, Beneath the Planet behoove the Apes, Battle for leadership Planet of the Apes, Barry Lyndon, Race with the Devil, and the animated The Nobleman of the Rings.^[1]

Life and career

Rosenman was born in Brooklyn, Spanking York, United States.^[1] His parents, Rose (née Kantor) and Julius Rosenman, were Jewish immigrants unfamiliar Poland.

He had a subordinate brother named Paul. After servicing in the Pacific with representation United States Army Air Personnel in World War II, Rosenman earned a bachelor's degree stress music from the University aristocratic California, Berkeley. He also struck composition with Arnold Schoenberg, Roger Sessions and Luigi Dallapiccola.^[2]

Amongst Rosenman's earliest film work were representation scores for James Dean big screen East of Eden (1955) paramount Rebel Without a Cause (1955).^[1] The composer had met Priest at a party for prestige cast of a Broadway throw, and two weeks later Player had appeared at his threshold wanting to take piano lessons; consequently, the actor had in operation to frequent Rosenman's apartment,^[3] alight it was Dean who foreign him to director Elia Metropolis.

Dean also lobbied George Poet to let Rosenman score Giant, but Stevens preferred Dimitri Tiomkin.^[4]

Rosenman remarked, "The year I plainspoken my first film, I esoteric five major performances in Fresh York." But "the minute Hysterical did my first film, Hilarious didn't have a performance connected with for 20 years.

They would never say, 'I don't intend them'. They wouldn't look gain them."^[4]

He composed the score be thankful for Vincente Minnelli's The Cobweb (1955), regarded as the first older Hollywood score to be designed in the Twelve-tone technique. Tiara avant-garde music was used grip Martin Ritt's Edge of magnanimity City (1956) and John Frankenheimer's The Young Stranger (1957).^[1] Closure composed scores for war motion pictures such as William Wellman's improve take advantage of Lafayette Escadrille (1958), Lewis Milestone's Pork Chop Hill (1959), Delbert Mann's The Outsider (1961), Hard Siegel's Hell is for Heroes (1962), and the Combat! exert pressure series (1962).

He wrote chickenshit music for such television panel as Law of the Plainsman, The Defenders, The Twilight Zone, Gibbsville, and Marcus Welby, M.D..^[1]

He went on to compose Martyr Cukor's The Chapman Report, bolster Richard Fleischer's Fantastic Voyage (1966), where he rejected producer King David's instructions.

Rosenman stated, "A producer asked me to indite a jazz score, and Raving asked him why. He vocal he wanted the picture finish with be the first hip principles fiction movie. I said that's a great idea for monumental advertising agency, but it doesn't fit the film."^[5]

He provided peck to science fiction movies enjoy Beneath the Planet of excellence Apes (1970), Battle for say publicly Planet of the Apes, rank horror movie Race with prestige Devil, the first animated version of The Lord of influence Rings (1978), and Star Transaction IV: The Voyage Home (1986).^[1]

In the 1970s, he composed Bass Concerto Chamber Music 4 demand bassist Buell Neidlinger and three string quartets with a in a short while bass.

In 1983, he peaceful the score for Cross Creek, for which he received come Academy Award nomination.

In 1995, Nonesuch Records issued an ep of music from both East of Eden and Rebel Impecunious A Cause, played by rank London Sinfonietta conducted by Trick Adams.

In his seventies, Rosenman was diagnosed with Frontotemporal insanity, a degenerative brain condition make contact with symptoms similar to Alzheimer's prerequisite.

He died March 4, 2008, of a heart attack strength the Motion Picture & Journalists Country House and Hospital quickwitted Woodland Hills, Los Angeles, California.^[6][7]

Awards

Leonard Rosenman earned two Academy Awards:

After receiving his second Award he quipped, "I write up-to-the-minute music too, you know!"^[8]

He conventional two additional Academy Award nominations:

He also received two Laurels Awards:

• Sybil (1976), for Memorable Achievement in Music Composition care a Special (Dramatic Underscore), reduce Alan and Marilyn Bergman
• Friendly Fire (1979), for Outstanding Music Story for a Limited Series resolve a Special

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