Leigh Harline
Sound
Born March 26, 1907 · Salt Lake City, Utah, USA
Died December 10, 1969
Also known as Leigh Adrian Harline
Biography
Academy Award-winning composer (score, Pinocchio (1940), conductor, songwriter ("When You Wish Upon a Star" [Academy award, Best Song, 1940) and arranger Leigh Harline was educated at the University of Utah. He was a music student of J. Spencer Cornwall. He arranged the first transcontinental broadcast from Los Angeles in 1932, and that year joined the Walt Disney Studios. From 1941 he freelanced among various Hollywood studios. He joined ASCAP in 1940. His other popular song compositions include "Hi-Diddle-Dee-Dee", "Give a Little Whistle" and "Jiminy Cricket".
Awards & recognition
- Disney Legends · 2001
- Academy Award — Best Original Score · 1941
- Academy Award — Best Original Song · 1941
- Academy Award — Best Score, Adaptation or Treatment · 1963 · nominated
- Academy Award — Best Original Dramatic or Comedy Score · 1944 · nominated
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- Academy Award — Best Original Musical Score · 1944 · nominated
- Academy Award — Best Original Dramatic or Comedy Score · 1943 · nominated
- Academy Award — Best Original Musical Score · 1943 · nominated
- Academy Award — Best Original Score · 1941 · nominated
- Academy Award — Best Original Song · 1940 · nominated
- Academy Award — Best Score, Adaptation or Treatment · 1938 · nominated
Filmography50+ titles
Pickup on South Street
The Pride of the Yankees
The Old Mill
Blondie
Thru the Mirror
The Band Concert
The Enemy Below
You Were Never Lovelier
Pinocchio
Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs
Teenage Rebel
Mr. Blandings Builds His Dream House
The More the Merrier
Bambi
7 Faces of Dr. Lao
The Bachelor and the Bobby-Soxer
Lend a Paw
Warlock
His Kind of Woman
Boat Builders
On Ice
River of No Return
Monkey Business
Road to Utopia
Man of the West
The Big Steal
Blondie Goes to College
Mr. Mouse Takes a Trip
Wynken, Blynken & Nod
The Wise Little Hen
Broken Lance
It Happens Every Spring
Donald's Dog Laundry
The Grasshopper and the Ants
The Pied Piper
Black Widow
Till the End of Time
The Sky's the Limit
The True Story of Jesse James
The Desert Rats
Sailor Beware
Blondie Takes a Vacation
Elmer Elephant
The Goddess of Spring
The Last Frontier
A Blueprint for Murder
My Friend Irma Goes West
The Boy with Green Hair
They Got Me Covered
Toby Tortoise Returns