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George Duning (February 25, 1908 – February 27, 2000) [1] was an American musician [2] and film composer. He was born in Richmond, Indiana, and educated in Cincinnati, Ohio, at the Cincinnati Conservatory of Music, [1] where his mentor was Mario Castelnuovo-Tedesco.
George Duning (1908-2000) was a prolific and versatile musician who worked on over 300 film and TV scores, including Star Trek, 3:10 to Yuma, and Pal Joey. He was nominated for five Academy Awards and received several honors for his contributions to the music industry.
George Duning: “I started out originally as a trumpet player, playing both jazz and symphonic music, then I would go back to the Cincinnati Conservatory and take crash courses during the summer. I’d quit the band or wherever I was working and go back and take some theory, counterpoint, harmony, and all that sort of stuff.
One of the least-known but most respected composers in film, George Duning earned five Oscar nominations and contributed one of the standards of the space age pop era, the medley of "Moonglow" and Duning's original theme to the motion picture, Picnic. Duning grew up in a musical family.
George Duning was a composer and arranger who worked for Columbia Pictures and other studios. He played trumpet and piano for the Kay Kyser band and wrote music for films such as From Here to Eternity.
Mar 2, 2000 · George Duning, an Oscar-nominated composer who wrote music for films and television, died on Sunday at Alavarado Hospital in Los Angeles. He was 92.
George Duning. Highest Rated: 100% The Man From Laramie (1955) Lowest Rated: 20% Queen Bee (1955) Birthday: Feb 25, 1908. Birthplace: Richmond, Indiana, USA. Competent Hollywood composer, in...
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