A work in constant progress (and occasional regress).
Alias:
George Dunning
Birthplace:
Richmond, Indiana, USA
Born:
February 25, 1908
Died:
February 27, 2000
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia George Duning (February 25, 1908 – February 27, 2000) was an American musicial 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 Castelnuovo-Tedesco. In his early 20s Duning played trumpet and piano for the Kay Kyser band, later arranging most of the music for Kyser's radio program, Kollege of Musical Knowledge. It was during the Kyser band's appearance in Carolina Blues (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 and TV 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 3:10 to Yuma, and Cowboy – and those he composed for films as diverse as Picnic, 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 for the highly successful 1957 film adaptation of the Rodgers and Hart musical Pal Joey starring Frank Sinatra and Rita Hayworth. During his career, Duning worked on more than 300 film and television scores. His notable television work includes Tightrope, Star Trek, The Big Valley and Naked City, and TV miniseries, such as Top of the Hill (1980), The Dream Merchants (1980) and Goliath Awaits (1981). The quality of his work remained consistently and remarkably high in any medium. His last feature film was The Man with Bogart's Face (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).
Additional Music:
1946 Gilda
Music:
1946 Gilda
1946 The Man Who Dared
1948 The Untamed Breed
1949 The Undercover Man
1950 No Sad Songs for Me
1951 The Barefoot Mailman
1955 5 Against the House
1955 My Sister Eileen
1955 Women's Prison
1956 Full of Life
1956 Inside Detroit
1956 Miami Exposé
1956 The Werewolf
1957 The Giant Claw
1957 The Tijuana Story
1959 It Happened to Jane
1959 The Wreck of the Mary Deare
1960 Man on a String
1960 The World of Suzie Wong
1961 Two Rode Together
1962 13 West Street
1963 Toys in the Attic
1963 Who's Been Sleeping in My Bed?
1969 Then Came Bronson
1977 The Father Knows Best Reunion
1980 The Top of the Hill
Music Arranger:
1939 That's Right - You're Wrong
1946 Gilda
1946 The Man Who Dared
1948 The Untamed Breed
1949 The Undercover Man
1950 No Sad Songs for Me
1951 The Barefoot Mailman
1955 5 Against the House
1955 My Sister Eileen
1955 Women's Prison
1956 Full of Life
1956 Inside Detroit
1956 Miami Exposé
1956 The Werewolf
1957 The Giant Claw
1957 The Tijuana Story
1959 It Happened to Jane
1959 The Wreck of the Mary Deare
1960 Man on a String
1960 The World of Suzie Wong
1961 Two Rode Together
1962 13 West Street
1963 Toys in the Attic
1963 Who's Been Sleeping in My Bed?
1969 Then Came Bronson
1977 The Father Knows Best Reunion
1980 The Top of the Hill
Music Director:
1939 That's Right - You're Wrong
1946 Gilda
1946 The Man Who Dared
1948 The Untamed Breed
1949 The Undercover Man
1950 No Sad Songs for Me
1951 The Barefoot Mailman
1952 Affair in Trinidad
1955 5 Against the House
1955 My Sister Eileen
1955 Women's Prison
1956 Full of Life
1956 Inside Detroit
1956 Miami Exposé
1956 The Werewolf
1957 The Giant Claw
1957 The Tijuana Story
1958 Houseboat
1959 It Happened to Jane
1959 The Wreck of the Mary Deare
1960 Man on a String
1960 The World of Suzie Wong
1961 Two Rode Together
1962 13 West Street
1963 Toys in the Attic
1963 Who's Been Sleeping in My Bed?
1969 Then Came Bronson
1977 The Father Knows Best Reunion
1980 The Top of the Hill
Music Score Producer:
1939 That's Right - You're Wrong
1946 Gilda
1946 The Man Who Dared
1948 The Untamed Breed
1949 Slightly French
1949 The Undercover Man
1950 No Sad Songs for Me
1951 The Barefoot Mailman
1952 Affair in Trinidad
1955 5 Against the House
1955 My Sister Eileen
1955 Women's Prison
1956 Full of Life
1956 Inside Detroit
1956 Miami Exposé
1956 The Werewolf
1957 The Giant Claw
1957 The Tijuana Story
1958 Houseboat
1959 It Happened to Jane
1959 The Silent Kill
1959 The Wreck of the Mary Deare
1960 Man on a String
1960 The World of Suzie Wong
1961 Two Rode Together
1962 13 West Street
1963 Toys in the Attic
1963 Who's Been Sleeping in My Bed?
1969 Then Came Bronson
1977 The Father Knows Best Reunion
1980 The Top of the Hill
Music Supervisor:
1939 That's Right - You're Wrong
1946 Gilda
1946 The Man Who Dared
1948 The Untamed Breed
1949 Slightly French
1949 The Undercover Man
1950 No Sad Songs for Me
1951 The Barefoot Mailman
1952 Affair in Trinidad
1955 5 Against the House
1955 My Sister Eileen
1955 Women's Prison
1956 Full of Life
1956 Inside Detroit
1956 Miami Exposé
1956 The Werewolf
1957 The Giant Claw
1957 The Tijuana Story
1958 Houseboat
1959 It Happened to Jane
1959 The Silent Kill
1959 The Wreck of the Mary Deare
1960 Man on a String
1960 The World of Suzie Wong
1961 Two Rode Together
1962 13 West Street
1963 Toys in the Attic
1963 Who's Been Sleeping in My Bed?
1969 Then Came Bronson
1970 Crowhaven Farm
1977 The Father Knows Best Reunion
1977 The House That Would Not Die
1980 The Top of the Hill
Orchestrator:
1939 That's Right - You're Wrong
1943 Swing Fever
1946 Gilda
1946 The Man Who Dared
1948 The Untamed Breed
1949 Slightly French
1949 The Undercover Man
1950 No Sad Songs for Me
1951 The Barefoot Mailman
1952 Affair in Trinidad
1955 5 Against the House
1955 My Sister Eileen
1955 Women's Prison
1956 Full of Life
1956 Inside Detroit
1956 Miami Exposé
1956 The Werewolf
1957 The Giant Claw
1957 The Tijuana Story
1958 Houseboat
1959 It Happened to Jane
1959 The Silent Kill
1959 The Wreck of the Mary Deare
1960 Man on a String
1960 The World of Suzie Wong
1961 Two Rode Together
1962 13 West Street
1963 Toys in the Attic
1963 Who's Been Sleeping in My Bed?
1969 Then Came Bronson
1970 Crowhaven Farm
1977 The Father Knows Best Reunion
1977 The House That Would Not Die
1980 The Top of the Hill
Original Music Composer:
1939 That's Right - You're Wrong
1943 Swing Fever
1944 She's a Sweetheart
1944 Strange Affair
1945 Eadie Was a Lady
1945 Leave It to Blondie
1945 Let's Go Steady
1945 Tonight and Every Night
1946 Gilda
1946 Mysterious Intruder
1946 The Man Who Dared
1946 The Notorious Lone Wolf
1946 The Return of Rusty
1947 Her Husband's Affairs
1947 Johnny O'Clock
1947 The Guilt of Janet Ames
1948 I Love Trouble
1948 Ladies of the Chorus
1948 The Dark Past
1948 The Man from Colorado
1948 The Return of October
1948 The Untamed Breed
1948 To the Ends of the Earth
1949 And Baby Makes Three
1949 Johnny Allegro
1949 Jolson Sings Again
1949 Lust for Gold
1949 Shockproof
1949 Slightly French
1949 The Doolins of Oklahoma
1949 The Undercover Man
1950 Between Midnight and Dawn
1950 Cargo to Capetown
1950 Convicted
1950 Harriet Craig
1950 No Sad Songs for Me
1950 The Flying Missile
1951 Man in the Saddle
1951 The Barefoot Mailman
1951 The Family Secret
1951 The Lady and the Bandit
1951 The Mob
1951 Two of a Kind
1952 Affair in Trinidad
1952 Assignment: Paris
1952 Captain Pirate
1952 Paula
1952 Rainbow 'Round My Shoulder
1952 Scandal Sheet
1953 From Here to Eternity
1953 Last of the Comanches
1953 Let's Do It Again
1953 Salome
1954 Drive a Crooked Road
1955 5 Against the House
1955 Bring Your Smile Along
1955 Chicago Syndicate
1955 Count Three and Pray
1955 My Sister Eileen
1955 Picnic
1955 Queen Bee
1955 The Man from Laramie
1955 Three Stripes in the Sun
1955 Three for the Show
1955 Tight Spot
1955 Women's Prison
1956 Full of Life
1956 Inside Detroit
1956 Miami Exposé
1956 Nightfall
1956 Storm Center
1956 The Eddy Duchin Story
1956 The Solid Gold Cadillac
1956 The Werewolf
1957 3:10 to Yuma
1957 Jeanne Eagels
1957 Operation Mad Ball
1957 The Brothers Rico
1957 The Giant Claw
1957 The Shadow on the Window
1957 The Tijuana Story
1958 Bell, Book and Candle
1958 Cowboy
1958 Gunman's Walk
1958 Houseboat
1958 Me and the Colonel
1959 1001 Arabian Nights
1959 It Happened to Jane
1959 The Last Angry Man
1959 The Silent Kill
1959 The Wreck of the Mary Deare
1960 Let No Man Write My Epitaph
1960 Man on a String
1960 Strangers When We Meet
1960 The Wackiest Ship in the Army
1960 The World of Suzie Wong
1961 Cry for Happy
1961 Two Rode Together
1962 13 West Street
1962 That Touch of Mink
1962 The Notorious Landlady
1962 Who's Got the Action?
1963 Critic's Choice
1963 Island of Love
1963 Toys in the Attic
1963 Who's Been Sleeping in My Bed?
1964 Ensign Pulver
1965 Brainstorm
1965 Dear Brigitte
1965 My Blood Runs Cold
1966 Any Wednesday
1969 Then Came Bronson
1970 But I Don't Want to Get Married!
1970 Crowhaven Farm
1970 Quarantined
1971 Black Noon
1971 Yuma
1972 A Great American Tragedy
1972 Climb an Angry Mountain
1972 The Woman Hunter
1973 Arnold
1973 Honor Thy Father
1973 Terror in the Wax Museum
1975 The Abduction of Saint Anne
1975 The Sky's the Limit
1977 The Father Knows Best Reunion
1977 The House That Would Not Die
1978 Child of Glass
1980 The Man with Bogart's Face
1980 The Top of the Hill
1982 Beyond Witch Mountain
???? The Three Stooges Scrapbook
Other:
1939 That's Right - You're Wrong
1943 Swing Fever
1944 She's a Sweetheart
1944 Strange Affair
1945 Eadie Was a Lady
1945 Leave It to Blondie
1945 Let's Go Steady
1945 Tonight and Every Night
1946 Gilda
1946 Mysterious Intruder
1946 The Man Who Dared
1946 The Notorious Lone Wolf
1946 The Return of Rusty
1947 Her Husband's Affairs
1947 Johnny O'Clock
1947 The Guilt of Janet Ames
1948 I Love Trouble
1948 Ladies of the Chorus
1948 The Dark Past
1948 The Man from Colorado
1948 The Return of October
1948 The Untamed Breed
1948 To the Ends of the Earth
1949 And Baby Makes Three
1949 Johnny Allegro
1949 Jolson Sings Again
1949 Lust for Gold
1949 Shockproof
1949 Slightly French
1949 The Doolins of Oklahoma
1949 The Undercover Man
1950 Between Midnight and Dawn
1950 Cargo to Capetown
1950 Convicted
1950 Harriet Craig
1950 No Sad Songs for Me
1950 The Flying Missile
1951 Man in the Saddle
1951 The Barefoot Mailman
1951 The Family Secret
1951 The Lady and the Bandit
1951 The Mob
1951 Two of a Kind
1952 Affair in Trinidad
1952 Assignment: Paris
1952 Captain Pirate
1952 Paula
1952 Rainbow 'Round My Shoulder
1952 Scandal Sheet
1953 From Here to Eternity
1953 Last of the Comanches
1953 Let's Do It Again
1953 Salome
1954 Drive a Crooked Road
1955 5 Against the House
1955 Bring Your Smile Along
1955 Chicago Syndicate
1955 Count Three and Pray
1955 My Sister Eileen
1955 Picnic
1955 Queen Bee
1955 The Man from Laramie
1955 Three Stripes in the Sun
1955 Three for the Show
1955 Tight Spot
1955 Women's Prison
1956 Full of Life
1956 Inside Detroit
1956 Miami Exposé
1956 Nightfall
1956 Storm Center
1956 The Eddy Duchin Story
1956 The Solid Gold Cadillac
1956 The Werewolf
1957 3:10 to Yuma
1957 Jeanne Eagels
1957 Operation Mad Ball
1957 Pal Joey
1957 The Brothers Rico
1957 The Giant Claw
1957 The Shadow on the Window
1957 The Tijuana Story
1958 Bell, Book and Candle
1958 Cowboy
1958 Gunman's Walk
1958 Houseboat
1958 Me and the Colonel
1959 1001 Arabian Nights
1959 It Happened to Jane
1959 The Last Angry Man
1959 The Silent Kill
1959 The Wreck of the Mary Deare
1960 Let No Man Write My Epitaph
1960 Man on a String
1960 Strangers When We Meet
1960 The Wackiest Ship in the Army
1960 The World of Suzie Wong
1961 Cry for Happy
1961 Two Rode Together
1962 13 West Street
1962 That Touch of Mink
1962 The Notorious Landlady
1962 Who's Got the Action?
1963 Critic's Choice
1963 Island of Love
1963 Toys in the Attic
1963 Who's Been Sleeping in My Bed?
1964 Ensign Pulver
1965 Brainstorm
1965 Dear Brigitte
1965 My Blood Runs Cold
1966 Any Wednesday
1969 Then Came Bronson
1970 But I Don't Want to Get Married!
1970 Crowhaven Farm
1970 Quarantined
1971 Black Noon
1971 Yuma
1972 A Great American Tragedy
1972 Climb an Angry Mountain
1972 The Woman Hunter
1973 Arnold
1973 Honor Thy Father
1973 Terror in the Wax Museum
1975 The Abduction of Saint Anne
1975 The Sky's the Limit
1977 The Father Knows Best Reunion
1977 The House That Would Not Die
1978 Child of Glass
1980 The Man with Bogart's Face
1980 The Top of the Hill
1982 Beyond Witch Mountain
???? The Three Stooges Scrapbook
Songs:
1939 That's Right - You're Wrong
1943 Swing Fever
1944 She's a Sweetheart
1944 Strange Affair
1945 Eadie Was a Lady
1945 Leave It to Blondie
1945 Let's Go Steady
1945 Tonight and Every Night
1946 Gilda
1946 Mysterious Intruder
1946 The Man Who Dared
1946 The Notorious Lone Wolf
1946 The Return of Rusty
1947 Her Husband's Affairs
1947 Johnny O'Clock
1947 The Guilt of Janet Ames
1948 I Love Trouble
1948 Ladies of the Chorus
1948 The Dark Past
1948 The Man from Colorado
1948 The Return of October
1948 The Untamed Breed
1948 To the Ends of the Earth
1949 And Baby Makes Three
1949 Johnny Allegro
1949 Jolson Sings Again
1949 Lust for Gold
1949 Shockproof
1949 Slightly French
1949 The Doolins of Oklahoma
1949 The Undercover Man
1950 Between Midnight and Dawn
1950 Cargo to Capetown
1950 Convicted
1950 Harriet Craig
1950 No Sad Songs for Me
1950 The Flying Missile
1951 Man in the Saddle
1951 The Barefoot Mailman
1951 The Family Secret
1951 The Lady and the Bandit
1951 The Mob
1951 Two of a Kind
1952 Affair in Trinidad
1952 Assignment: Paris
1952 Captain Pirate
1952 Paula
1952 Rainbow 'Round My Shoulder
1952 Scandal Sheet
1953 From Here to Eternity
1953 Last of the Comanches
1953 Let's Do It Again
1953 Salome
1954 Drive a Crooked Road
1955 5 Against the House
1955 Bring Your Smile Along
1955 Chicago Syndicate
1955 Count Three and Pray
1955 My Sister Eileen
1955 Picnic
1955 Queen Bee
1955 The Man from Laramie
1955 Three Stripes in the Sun
1955 Three for the Show
1955 Tight Spot
1955 Women's Prison
1956 Full of Life
1956 Inside Detroit
1956 Miami Exposé
1956 Nightfall
1956 Storm Center
1956 The Eddy Duchin Story
1956 The Solid Gold Cadillac
1956 The Werewolf
1957 3:10 to Yuma
1957 Jeanne Eagels
1957 Operation Mad Ball
1957 Pal Joey
1957 The Brothers Rico
1957 The Giant Claw
1957 The Shadow on the Window
1957 The Tijuana Story
1958 Bell, Book and Candle
1958 Cowboy
1958 Gunman's Walk
1958 Houseboat
1958 Me and the Colonel
1959 1001 Arabian Nights
1959 It Happened to Jane
1959 The Last Angry Man
1959 The Silent Kill
1959 The Wreck of the Mary Deare
1960 Let No Man Write My Epitaph
1960 Man on a String
1960 Strangers When We Meet
1960 The Wackiest Ship in the Army
1960 The World of Suzie Wong
1961 Cry for Happy
1961 Two Rode Together
1962 13 West Street
1962 That Touch of Mink
1962 The Notorious Landlady
1962 Who's Got the Action?
1963 Critic's Choice
1963 Island of Love
1963 Toys in the Attic
1963 Who's Been Sleeping in My Bed?
1964 Ensign Pulver
1965 Brainstorm
1965 Dear Brigitte
1965 My Blood Runs Cold
1966 Any Wednesday
1969 Then Came Bronson
1970 But I Don't Want to Get Married!
1970 Crowhaven Farm
1970 Quarantined
1971 Black Noon
1971 Yuma
1972 A Great American Tragedy
1972 Climb an Angry Mountain
1972 The Woman Hunter
1973 Arnold
1973 Honor Thy Father
1973 Terror in the Wax Museum
1975 The Abduction of Saint Anne
1975 The Sky's the Limit
1977 The Father Knows Best Reunion
1977 The House That Would Not Die
1978 Child of Glass
1980 The Man with Bogart's Face
1980 The Top of the Hill
1982 Beyond Witch Mountain
???? The Three Stooges Scrapbook
Music:
1966 Star Trek
1968 Land's End
1977 The Love Boat
1980 The Dream Merchants
Original Music Composer:
1966 Star Trek
1968 Land's End
1977 The Love Boat
1980 The Dream Merchants
1981 Goliath Awaits
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