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George Duning (February 25, 1908 – February 27, 2000) was an American
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and film
composer A composer is a person who writes music. The term is especially used to indicate composers of Western classical music, or those who are composers by occupation. Many composers are, or were, also skilled performers of music. Etymology and def ...
. He was born in
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, and educated in
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, at the
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, where his mentor was
Mario Castelnuovo-Tedesco Mario Castelnuovo-Tedesco (3 April 1895 – 16 March 1968) was an Italian composer, pianist and writer. He was known as one of the foremost guitar composers in the twentieth century with almost one hundred compositions for that instrument. In ...
.


Early career

In the 1940s, Duning played trumpet and piano for the
Kay Kyser James Kern Kyser (June 18, 1905 – July 23, 1985), known as Kay Kyser, was an American bandleader and radio personality of the 1930s and 1940s. Early years Kyser was born in Rocky Mount, North Carolina, the son of pharmacists Emily Royster Kyser ...
band, later arranging most of the music for Kyser's radio program, ''
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''. It was during the Kyser band's appearance in ''
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'' (1944) that Duning's work was noticed, leading to a contract with
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. Duning joined the Navy in 1942 and served as a conductor and arranger with Armed Forces Radio.


Film and TV career

Morris Stoloff signed Duning to
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in 1946, where he worked almost exclusively through the early 1960s, collaborating most often with director
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. Prominent Duning scores are two of the best examples of western genre – the original '' 3:10 to Yuma'', and ''
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'' – and those he composed for films as diverse as ''
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'', '' The World of Suzie Wong'', '' The Devil at Four O'Clock'', '' Bell, Book and Candle'', and '' Toys in the Attic''. Duning shared music adaptation credit with
Nelson Riddle Nelson Smock Riddle Jr. (June 1, 1921 – October 6, 1985) was an American arranger, composer, bandleader and orchestrator whose career stretched from the late 1940s to the mid-1980s. He worked with many vocalists at Capitol Records, including ...
for the successful 1957 film adaptation of the
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musical '' Pal Joey'' starring
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and
Rita Hayworth Rita Hayworth (born Margarita Carmen Cansino; October 17, 1918May 14, 1987) was an American actress, dancer, and Pin-up model, pin-up girl. She achieved fame in the 1940s as one of the top stars of the Classical Hollywood cinema, Golden Age of ...
. During his career Duning worked on more than 300 film and television scores. His notable television work includes ''
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'', ''
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'', ''
The Big Valley ''The Big Valley'' is an American Western television series that originally aired from September 15, 1965, to May 19, 1969 on ABC. The series is set on the fictional Barkley Ranch in Stockton, California, from 1884 to 1888. The one-hour epis ...
'', and '' Naked City'', as well as TV miniseries such as ''Top of the Hill'' (1980), '' The Dream Merchants'' (1980), and '' Goliath Awaits'' (1981). The quality of Duning's work remained consistently and remarkably high in any medium. His last feature film was ''
The Man with Bogart's Face ''The Man with Bogart's Face'' (also called ''Sam Marlowe, Private Eye'') is a 1980 American comedy film, released by 20th Century Fox and based on a novel of the same title. Andrew J. Fenady, author of the novel, produced the film and wrote the ...
'' (1980). Duning retired in 1981. Nominated five times for an
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, Duning never won. Duning was an active citizen of the music industry, serving on the
ASCAP The American Society of Composers, Authors, and Publishers (ASCAP) () is an American not-for-profit performance-rights organization (PRO) that collectively licenses the public performance rights of its members' musical works to venues, broadc ...
Board of Directors from 1972 to 1985, and as ASCAP Vice President from 1978 to 1979. He also served on the board of the
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, and was active in numerous other music industry organizations. In addition to his Academy Award nominations, Duning was honored with awards from The Film Music Society,
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Magazine, the
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, and his home state of Indiana (1993 Indiana Composer of the Year).


Academy Award nominations

* ''
The Eddy Duchin Story ''The Eddy Duchin Story'' is a 1956 American biopic film of band leader and pianist Eddy Duchin starring Tyrone Power and Kim Novak. Filmed in CinemaScope, the Technicolor production was directed by George Sidney and written by Samuel A. T ...
'' * ''
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'' * ''
From Here to Eternity ''From Here to Eternity'' is a 1953 American romantic Drama (film and television)#War drama, war drama film directed by Fred Zinnemann and written by Daniel Taradash, based on the 1951 From Here to Eternity (novel), novel of the same name by J ...
'' * '' No Sad Songs for Me'' * ''
Jolson Sings Again ''Jolson Sings Again'' is a 1949 American musical biographical film directed by Henry Levin, and the sequel to '' The Jolson Story'' (1946), both of which cover the life of singer Al Jolson. It was the highest-grossing film of 1949 and receiv ...
''


Golden Globes nominations

* '' The World of Suzie Wong'' * ''
All the King's Men ''All the King's Men'' is a 1946 novel by Robert Penn Warren. The novel tells the story of charismatic populist governor Willie Stark and his political machinations in the Depression-era Deep South. It was inspired by the real-life story of U. ...
'' * '' Cry for Happy'' (best song)


Partial filmography

*'' Johnny O'Clock'' (1947) *''
The Guilt of Janet Ames ''The Guilt of Janet Ames'' is a 1947 American sentimental film noir directed by Henry Levin, based on a story by Lenore Coffee, and starring Rosalind Russell and Melvyn Douglas. It was produced and distributed by Columbia Pictures Columbia ...
'' (1947) *'' The Corpse Came C.O.D.'' (1947) *'' Her Husband's Affairs'' (1947) *'' I Love Trouble'' (1948) *'' To the Ends of the Earth'' (1948) *'' The Gallant Blade'' (1948) *'' The Untamed Breed'' (1948) *''
The Return of October ''The Return of October'' is a 1948 American sports comedy film directed by Joseph H. Lewis and starring Glenn Ford, Terry Moore and James Gleason.Aaker p.309 It was produced and distributed by Columbia Pictures. Plot Terry is a teenage girl w ...
'' (1948) *'' The Dark Past'' (1948) *'' The Man from Colorado'' (1948) *''
Shockproof ''Shockproof'' is a 1949 American crime film noir directed by Douglas Sirk and starring Patricia Knight and Cornel Wilde. Wilde and Knight were husband and wife during filming. They divorced in 1951. Plot Griff Marat (Cornel Wilde), is a paro ...
'' (1949) *''
Slightly French ''Slightly French'' is a 1949 American musical comedy film directed by Douglas Sirk and starring Dorothy Lamour, Don Ameche and Janis Carter.Stern p.59 The screenplay concerns a Hollywood director who recruits an American singer. Plot After cl ...
'' (1949) *''
The Undercover Man ''The Undercover Man'' is a 1949 American crime film noir starring Glenn Ford and Nina Foch, and directed by Joseph H. Lewis. James Whitmore made his film debut in support. Plot Frank Warren is a United States Treasury agent assigned to put a ...
'' (1949) *'' Johnny Allegro'' (1949) *''
The Doolins of Oklahoma ''The Doolins of Oklahoma'' is a 1949 American Western film directed by Gordon Douglas and starring Randolph Scott, George Macready and Louise Allbritton. It was distributed by Columbia Pictures. Plot Cast * Randolph Scott as Bill Doolin ...
'' (1949) *'' Lust for Gold'' (1949) *''
Jolson Sings Again ''Jolson Sings Again'' is a 1949 American musical biographical film directed by Henry Levin, and the sequel to '' The Jolson Story'' (1946), both of which cover the life of singer Al Jolson. It was the highest-grossing film of 1949 and receiv ...
'' (1949) *''
And Baby Makes Three ''And Baby Makes Three'' is a 1949 American romantic comedy film directed by Henry Levin and starring Robert Young and Barbara Hale. The title comes from a line in the 1927 song " My Blue Heaven". Plot Jackie Walsh, recently divorced from Ver ...
'' (1949) *'' Cargo to Capetown'' (1950) *'' No Sad Songs for Me'' (1950) *''
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'' (1950) *'' Between Midnight and Dawn'' (1950) *'' Harriet Craig'' (1950) *'' The Flying Missile'' (1950) *''
Lorna Doone ''Lorna Doone: A Romance of Exmoor'' is a novel by R. D. Blackmore, first published in three volumes in London in 1869. It is a romance based on a group of historical characters and set in the late 17th century in Devon and Somerset, particu ...
'' (1951) *'' Two of a Kind'' (1951) *'' Dick Turpin's Ride (aka The Lady and the Bandit)'' (1951) *'' The Mob'' (1951) *'' The Family Secret'' (1951) *''
The Barefoot Mailman ''The Barefoot Mailman'' is a 1951 American historical comedy adventure film directed by Earl McEvoy and starring Robert Cummings, Terry Moore and Jerome Courtland. It was distributed by Columbia Pictures. The film was based on the 1943 novel ...
'' (1951) * '' Her First Romance'' (1951) *'' Man in the Saddle'' (1951) *''
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'' (1952) *'' Paula (aka The Silent Voice)'' (1952) *'' Captain Pirate'' (1952) *'' Assignment - Paris!'' (1952) *'' Last of the Comanches'' (1953) *''
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'' (1953) *'' Let's Do It Again'' (1953) *''
From Here to Eternity ''From Here to Eternity'' is a 1953 American romantic Drama (film and television)#War drama, war drama film directed by Fred Zinnemann and written by Daniel Taradash, based on the 1951 From Here to Eternity (novel), novel of the same name by J ...
'' (1953) *'' Three for the Show'' (1955) *'' The Man from Laramie'' (1955) *'' Tight Spot'' (1955) *''
5 Against the House ''5 Against the House'' is a 1955 American heist film directed by Phil Karlson and starring Guy Madison, Kim Novak, Brian Keith and William Conrad. The screenplay is based on Jack Finney's 1954 novel of the same name, later serialized by '' ...
'' (1955) *'' Bring Your Smile Along'' (1955) *''
My Sister Eileen ''My Sister Eileen'' is a series of autobiographical short stories by Ruth McKenney, originally published in ''The New Yorker'', which eventually inspired many other works: her 1938 book ''My Sister Eileen'', a My Sister Eileen (play), play, ...
'' (1955) *'' Count Three and Pray'' (1955) *''
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'' (1955) *'' Three Stripes in the Sun'' (1955) *''
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'' (1956) *''
The Eddy Duchin Story ''The Eddy Duchin Story'' is a 1956 American biopic film of band leader and pianist Eddy Duchin starring Tyrone Power and Kim Novak. Filmed in CinemaScope, the Technicolor production was directed by George Sidney and written by Samuel A. T ...
'' (1956) *'' Storm Center'' (1956) *'' Full of Life'' (1956) *'' Nightfall'' (1957) *''
The Shadow on the Window ''The Shadow on the Window'' is a 1957 American film noir crime film directed by William Asher and starring Philip Carey, Betty Garrett and John Drew Barrymore.. The screenplay involves a boy (Jerry Mathers) who is traumatized after seeing hi ...
'' (1957) *''
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'' (1957) *'' 3:10 to Yuma'' (1957) *'' Operation Mad Ball'' (1957) *'' The Brothers Rico'' (1957) *''
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'' (1958) *''
Gunman's Walk ''Gunman's Walk'' is a 1958 American CinemaScope Western (genre), Western film directed by Phil Karlson and starring Van Heflin and Tab Hunter. Plot Davy Hackett (James Darren) and his hot-tempered, arrogant older brother Ed (Tab Hunter) are ab ...
'' (1958) *'' Me and the Colonel'' (1958) *''
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'' (1958) *'' Bell, Book and Candle'' (1958) *'' It Happened to Jane'' (1959) *''
The Last Angry Man ''The Last Angry Man'' is a 1959 American drama film that tells the story of a television producer who profiles the life of a physician. It stars Paul Muni (in his last film appearance), David Wayne, Betsy Palmer, Billy Dee Williams (in his fil ...
'' (1959) *'' The Wreck of the Mary Deare'' (1959) *'' Man on a String'' (1960) *'' Strangers When We Meet'' (1960) *'' All the Young Men'' (1960) *'' Let No Man Write My Epitaph'' (1960 *'' The World of Suzie Wong'' (1960) *'' The Wackiest Ship in the Army'' (1960) *'' Cry for Happy'' (1961) *''
Two Rode Together ''Two Rode Together'' is a 1961 American Western film directed by John Ford and starring James Stewart, Richard Widmark, and Shirley Jones. The supporting cast includes Linda Cristal, Andy Devine, and John McIntire. The film was based upon ...
'' (1961) *''
Gidget Goes Hawaiian ''Gidget Goes Hawaiian'' is a 1961 American romantic comedy musical film starring James Darren, Michael Callan and Deborah Walley. Released by Columbia Pictures, the film is a sequel to the 1959 Sandra Dee beach film vehicle '' Gidget''. Dee ...
'' (1961) *''
The Devil at 4 O'Clock ''The Devil at 4 O'Clock'' is a 1961 American adventure film directed by Mervyn LeRoy and starring Spencer Tracy and Frank Sinatra. Based on a 1958 novel with the same title by British writer Max Catto, the film was a precursor to '' Krakat ...
'' (1961) *'' Sail a Crooked Ship'' (1961) *''
13 West Street ''13 West Street'' is a 1962 American neo-noir crime film directed by Philip Leacock and starring Alan Ladd and Rod Steiger, whose own production company produced the film. It is based on the 1957 novel ''The Tiger Among Us'' by Leigh Brackett, w ...
'' (1962) *'' The Notorious Landlady'' (1962) *''
That Touch of Mink ''That Touch of Mink'' is a 1962 American romantic comedy film directed by Delbert Mann, and starring Cary Grant, Doris Day, Gig Young and Audrey Meadows. Plot Cathy Timberlake, a New York career woman looking for a job, walks to the unempl ...
'' (1962) *'' Who's Got the Action?'' (1962) *'' Critic's Choice'' (1963) *'' Toys in the Attic'' (1963) *'' Island of Love'' (1963) *'' Who's Been Sleeping in My Bed?'' (1963) *'' Ensign Pulver'' (1964) *'' Dear Brigitte'' (1965) *'' My Blood Runs Cold'' (1965) *'' Brainstorm'' (1965) *'' Any Wednesday'' (1966) *''The Hardy Boys: The Mystery of the Chinese Junk'' (1967) *''Land's End'' (1968) *''Hastings Corner'' (1970) *'' Quarantined'' (1970) *''
But I Don't Want to Get Married! ''But I Don't Want to Get Married!'' is a 1970 American made-for-television comedy film starring Herschel Bernardi, Shirley Jones, Brandon Cruz, Nanette Fabray and June Lockhart. It was broadcast on October 6, 1970 in the ''ABC Movie of the We ...
'' (1970) *'' Yuma'' (1971) *'' Black Noon'' (1971) *'' The Woman Hunter'' (1972) *''A Great American Tragedy'' (1972) *''Climb an Angry Mountain'' (1972) *''Honor Thy Father'' (1973) *''Of Men and Women'' (1973) *'' Terror in the Wax Museum'' (1973) *'' Arnold'' (1973) *''The Abduction of Saint Anne'' (1975) *''The Father Knows Best Reunion'' (1977) *''Father Knows Best: Home for Christmas'' (1977) *''Top of the Hill'' (1980) *''
The Man with Bogart's Face ''The Man with Bogart's Face'' (also called ''Sam Marlowe, Private Eye'') is a 1980 American comedy film, released by 20th Century Fox and based on a novel of the same title. Andrew J. Fenady, author of the novel, produced the film and wrote the ...
'' (1980) *'' Goliath Awaits'' (1981)


TV shows

*''
Alcoa Theatre ''Alcoa Theatre'' is a half-hour American anthology series sponsored by the Alcoa Corporation and telecast on NBC at 9:30 pm on Monday nights from September 30, 1957 to May 23, 1960. For its first four months on the air, the title ''Turn o ...
'' (1957–1960) *'' Naked City'' (1958–1959) *''
Tightrope! ''Tightrope!'' is an American crime drama series that aired on CBS from September 1959 to September 1960, under the alternating sponsorship of the J. B. Williams Company ( Aqua Velva, Lectric Shave, etc.), and American Tobacco ( Pall Mall). Pr ...
'' (1959–1960) *'' Dennis the Menace'' (1959–1963) *'' The Farmer's Daughter'' (1963 TV Series: 4, Episodes) *'' Breaking Point'' (1963 TV Series: 1, Episodes) *''
No Time for Sergeants ''No Time for Sergeants'' is a 1954 best-selling novel by Mac Hyman, which was adapted into a teleplay on '' The United States Steel Hour'', a popular Broadway play and 1958 motion picture, as well as a 1964 television series. The book chronic ...
'' (1964 TV Series: 5, Episodes) *'' Wendy and Me'' (1965 TV Series: 30, Episodes) *'' Vacation Playhouse'' (1965 TV Series: 1, Episodes) *'' Laredo'' (1965 TV Series: 1, Episodes) *''
The Long, Hot Summer ''The Long, Hot Summer'' is a 1958 American drama film starring Paul Newman, Joanne Woodward, Anthony Franciosa and Orson Welles. It was directed by Martin Ritt, with a screenplay by Irving Ravetch and Harriet Frank Jr., based in part on three ...
'' (1965 TV Series: 1, Episodes) *''Journey Into Fear'' (1966 TV Series: 1, Episodes) *''
The Time Tunnel ''The Time Tunnel'' is an American color science-fiction television series written around a theme of time travel adventure; it starred James Darren and Robert Colbert. The show was creator-producer Irwin Allen's third science-fiction televisi ...
'' (1967 TV Series: 1, Episodes) *''
The Big Valley ''The Big Valley'' is an American Western television series that originally aired from September 15, 1965, to May 19, 1969 on ABC. The series is set on the fictional Barkley Ranch in Stockton, California, from 1884 to 1888. The one-hour epis ...
'' (1965–1967 TV Series: 58, Episodes) *''
Cimarron Strip ''Cimarron Strip'' is an American Western television series starring Stuart Whitman as Marshal Jim Crown. The series was produced by the creators of ''Gunsmoke'' and aired on CBS from September 1967 to March 1968. Reruns of the original show w ...
'' (1967 TV Series: 1, Episodes) *''
Judd, for the Defense ''Judd, for the Defense'' is an American legal drama originally broadcast on the ABC network on Friday nights from September 8, 1967, to March 21, 1969. Judd was a shortened surname from Juddinski. Synopsis The show stars Carl Betz, who had pr ...
'' (1967 TV Series: 1, Episodes *''
Star Trek ''Star Trek'' is an American science fiction media franchise created by Gene Roddenberry, which began with the Star Trek: The Original Series, series of the same name and became a worldwide Popular culture, pop-culture Cultural influence of ...
'' (1967–1968 TV Series: 3, Episodes) *'' The Second Hundred Years'' (1967–1968 TV Series: 18, Episodes) *''
Daniel Boone Daniel Boone (, 1734September 26, 1820) was an American pioneer and frontiersman whose exploits made him one of the first folk heroes of the United States. He became famous for his exploration and settlement of Kentucky, which was then beyo ...
'' (1968 TV Series: 1, Episodes) *'' Then Came Bronson'' (1969 TV Series: 4, Episodes) *''
Lancer A lancer was a type of cavalryman who fought with a lance. Lances were used for mounted warfare in Assyria as early as and subsequently by India, Egypt, China, Persia, Greece, and Rome. The weapon was widely used throughout Eurasia during the M ...
'' (1970 TV Series: 1, Episodes) *''
The Silent Force ''The Silent Force'' is the third studio album by Dutch symphonic metal band Within Temptation, released on 15 November 2004, by GUN Records. On 5 August 2008, ''The Silent Force'' along with ''Mother Earth (Within Temptation album), Mother Eart ...
'' (1970 TV Series: 1, Episodes) *''
Getting Together ''Getting Together'' is an American musical sitcom that aired on ABC during the 1971–72 U.S. television season. It starred Bobby Sherman and Wes Stern as Bobby Conway and Lionel Poindexter, a songwriting duo. The pilot for the series had air ...
'' (1971) *''
Mannix ''Mannix'' is an American detective television series that originally aired for eight seasons on CBS from September 16, 1967, to March 13, 1975. The show was created by Richard Levinson and William Link, and developed by executive producer ...
'' (1967–1971 TV Series: 3, Episodes) *''
The Partridge Family ''The Partridge Family'' is an American musical sitcom created by Bernard Slade, which was broadcast in the United States from September 1970 to March 1974 on American Broadcasting Company, ABC. After the final first-run telecast on ABC in March ...
'' (1971–1974 TV Series: 23, Episodes) *''The Dream Merchants'' (1980 TV Series: 2, Episodes) *''Disneyland'' (1978–1982 TV Series: 3, Episodes) *''
Zorro and Son ''Zorro and Son'' is an American television Western based on the character Zorro that aired on CBS. Created by Walt Disney Television, the series stars Henry Darrow as Zorro (Don Diego) and Paul Regina as his son Zorro Jr. (Don Carlos). Th ...
'' (1983 TV Series: 5, Episodes) *''
Law & Order ''Law & Order'' is an American police procedural and legal drama television series created by Dick Wolf and produced by Wolf Entertainment and Universal Television, launching the ''Law & Order'' franchise. ''Law & Order'' aired its entire ...
'' (1997 TV Series: 1, Episodes) *'' Star Trek: New Voyages'' (2004 TV Series: 1, Episodes)


References


External links


Official website
*
George Duning papers
at the
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