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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.
Early career
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.
Film career
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, 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 of the music industry, serving on the
ASCAP Board of Directors from 1972 to 1985, and as ASCAP Vice President from 1978 to 1979. He also served on the Board of the
Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences and was active in numerous other music industry organizations. In addition to his Academy Award nominations, Duning was also honored with awards from the Society for the Preservation of Film Music, Downbeat Magazine, the Hollywood Foreign Press Association and his home state of Indiana (1993 Indiana Composer of the Year).
Academy Award nominations
- The Eddy Duchin Story
- Picnic
- From Here to Eternity
- No Sad Songs for Me
- Jolson Sings Again
Golden Globes nominations
The World of Suzie Wong
All the King's Men
Cry for Happy (best song)Further Information
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