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Leigh Harline

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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 AwardBest Original Score · 1941
  • Academy AwardBest Original Song · 1941
  • Academy AwardBest Score, Adaptation or Treatment · 1963 · nominated
  • Academy AwardBest Original Dramatic or Comedy Score · 1944 · nominated
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  • Academy AwardBest Original Musical Score · 1944 · nominated
  • Academy AwardBest Original Dramatic or Comedy Score · 1943 · nominated
  • Academy AwardBest Original Musical Score · 1943 · nominated
  • Academy AwardBest Original Score · 1941 · nominated
  • Academy AwardBest Original Song · 1940 · nominated
  • Academy AwardBest Score, Adaptation or Treatment · 1938 · nominated

Filmography50+ titles

Pickup on South Street

1953Original Music Composer

The Pride of the Yankees

1942Original Music Composer

The Old Mill

1937Original Music Composer

Blondie

1938Music

Thru the Mirror

1936Music

The Band Concert

1935Music

The Enemy Below

1957Original Music Composer

You Were Never Lovelier

1942Music Director

Pinocchio

1940Original Music Composer, Songs

Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs

1937Original Music Composer

Teenage Rebel

1956Original Music Composer

Mr. Blandings Builds His Dream House

1948Original Music Composer

The More the Merrier

1943Original Music Composer

Bambi

1942Music

7 Faces of Dr. Lao

1964Music

The Bachelor and the Bobby-Soxer

1947Original Music Composer

Lend a Paw

1941Original Music Composer

Warlock

1959Original Music Composer

His Kind of Woman

1951Original Music Composer

Boat Builders

1938Music, Original Music Composer

On Ice

1935Original Music Composer

River of No Return

1954Music

Monkey Business

1952Original Music Composer

Road to Utopia

1945Original Music Composer

Man of the West

1958Original Music Composer

The Big Steal

1949Original Music Composer

Blondie Goes to College

1942Original Music Composer

Mr. Mouse Takes a Trip

1940Original Music Composer

Wynken, Blynken & Nod

1938Original Music Composer

The Wise Little Hen

1934Original Music Composer

Broken Lance

1954Original Music Composer

It Happens Every Spring

1949Original Music Composer

Donald's Dog Laundry

1940Music

The Grasshopper and the Ants

1934Original Music Composer

The Pied Piper

1933Original Music Composer

Black Widow

1954Original Music Composer

Till the End of Time

1946Original Music Composer

The Sky's the Limit

1943Music Director

The True Story of Jesse James

1957Original Music Composer

The Desert Rats

1953Original Music Composer

Sailor Beware

1952Original Music Composer

Blondie Takes a Vacation

1939Original Music Composer

Elmer Elephant

1936Original Music Composer

The Goddess of Spring

1934Original Music Composer

The Last Frontier

1955Original Music Composer

A Blueprint for Murder

1953Original Music Composer

My Friend Irma Goes West

1950Original Music Composer

The Boy with Green Hair

1948Original Music Composer

They Got Me Covered

1943Original Music Composer

Toby Tortoise Returns

1936Original Music Composer