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George Duning
12+ albums
SoundtrackinstrumentalAmerican film score composersAllliszaj radio
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George Duning (February 25, 1908 – February 27, 2000) was an American musician and film composer. He was born in Richmond, Indiana and educated in Cincinnati, Ohio at the Cincinnati Conservatory of Music, where his mentor was Mario Castelnouvo-Tedesco. During his early 20s played trumpet and piano for the Kay Kyser band, later arranging most of the music for Kyser's popular Kollege of Musical Knowledge radio program. It was during the Kyser band's appearance in Carolina Moon (1944) that Duning's work was noticed, leading to a Columbia contract. Duning joined the Navy in 1942 and served as a conductor and arranger with Armed Forces Radio. Morris Stoloff signed Duning to Columbia Pictures in 1946], where he worked almost exclusively through the early 1960s, collaborating most often with director Richard Quine. Prominent Duning scores are two of the best examples of western genre-- the original 3:10 to Yuma, and Cowboy--and those he composed for films as diverse as The World of Susie Wong, Me and the Colonel, The Devil at Four O'Clock, Bell, Book, and Candle, Any Wednesday, and Toys in the Attic. He worked on over 300 film and television scores. Notable television series include Star Trek, Big Valley and Naked City, and the quality of his work remained consistently and remarkably high in any medium. His last feature film was The Man With Bogart's Face in 1980, and he retired in 1981. Nominated five times for an Academy Award, Duning never won. Duning was an active citizen o
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Houseboat
Bell, Book and Candle
3:10 to Yuma - Original Soundtrack from the 1957 Motion Picture
The Naked City
The World Of Suzie Wong
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Way Out West
3: 10 To Yuma / Cowboy (Original Movie Soundtrack)
Star Trek: The Original Series Soundtrack Collection
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Scenes Of The American West
Naked City
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Picnic (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack)
Bell, Book & Candle (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack)