Arthur Morton (1908-2000)

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Alias:
Arthur Goldberg

Birthplace:
Duluth, Minnesota, USA

Born:
August 8, 1908

Died:
April 15, 2000

Arthur Morton was an American music composer and orchestrator for film and television productions. Arthur Morton, aka Arthur Goldberg, was born on 8th August 1908 in Duluth at the southern end of Lake Superior, 150 miles from Minneapolis. He was educated at West High School , 2808 Hennepin Ave, Minneapolis. The school closed in 1982.  He continued his education at the University of Minnesota, on the east bank of the Mississippi River, where he also played in jazz bands. He graduated in 1929 and after a year studying law and undertaking further graduate work in philosophy he moved to Los Angeles. Surprisingly, there is no mention of him receiving an advanced musical education. In 1935 he married Emmy Lou Hellman, the daughter of screenwriter Sam Hellman and the sister of Verna Fields, the Academy Award winning film editor of “Jaws”.  His 65-year career in Hollywood began in the music departments of the Hal Roach Studios - of Laurel and Hardy fame - and at Columbia Pictures, composing and orchestrating uncredited stock music. His first credited film score was for Night Life of the Gods (1935). While at Columbia he began collaborating with George Duning, aka George Dunning, composing additional music for films such as the 1949 film Lust for Gold and eventually becoming Duning’s orchestrator. During the period, he composed and orchestrated music for over fifty films including: From Here To Eternity (1953), The Man From Laramie (1955), Kismet (1955), and the cult film Oceans Eleven (1960) staring The Rat Pack.  In 1955, he orchestrated perhaps the most famous of George Duning’s scores for the film Picnic, which included the hit song Theme from Picnic, which in the film, was blended with the 1930’s standard Moonglow. The score was nominated in 1956 for an Academy Award for Best Music, Scoring of a Dramatic or Comedy Picture.  Jerry Goldsmith Online

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Music:
1937  Night Key
1947  Millie's Daughter
1956  Inside Detroit
1956  Miami Exposé
1957  The Tijuana Story

Music Arranger:
1937  Night Key
1947  Millie's Daughter
1955  Kismet
1956  Inside Detroit
1956  Miami Exposé
1957  The Tijuana Story

Music Director:
1937  Night Key
1939  The Day the Bookies Wept
1947  Millie's Daughter
1955  Kismet
1956  Inside Detroit
1956  Miami Exposé
1957  The Tijuana Story

Orchestrator:
1937  Night Key
1938  Merrily We Live
1939  The Day the Bookies Wept
1942  Inflation
1943  London Blackout Murders
1943  Quiet Please, Murder
1944  Laura
1944  The Lady and the Monster
1945  Fallen Angel
1946  Gilda
1946  Home Sweet Homicide
1947  Johnny O'Clock
1947  Millie's Daughter
1947  The Lady from Shanghai
1949  Shockproof
1950  Harriet Craig
1950  No Sad Songs for Me
1951  The Lady and the Bandit
1953  From Here to Eternity
1953  The Juggler
1954  It Should Happen to You
1954  Phffft
1955  Kismet
1955  Picnic
1955  Queen Bee
1955  The Last Frontier
1955  The Man from Laramie
1955  Tight Spot
1956  Inside Detroit
1956  Miami Exposé
1957  3:10 to Yuma
1957  Jeanne Eagels
1957  Pal Joey
1957  The Shadow on the Window
1957  The Tijuana Story
1958  Houseboat
1958  The High Cost of Loving
1959  The Last Angry Man
1960  Ocean's Eleven
1960  The Wackiest Ship in the Army
1961  A Raisin in the Sun
1961  Cry for Happy
1961  Two Rode Together
1962  13 West Street
1962  Who's Got the Action?
1963  Critic's Choice
1963  Move Over, Darling
1963  Who's Been Sleeping in My Bed?
1964  Paris When It Sizzles
1964  What a Way to Go!
1965  John Goldfarb, Please Come Home!
1965  Morituri
1965  Von Ryan's Express
1969  Justine
1970  Patton
1970  Tora! Tora! Tora!
1971  The Mephisto Waltz
1972  The Other
1973  Papillon
1976  The Omen
1977  Damnation Alley
1977  Islands in the Stream
1977  MacArthur
1981  Charlie Chan and the Curse of the Dragon Queen
1982  First Blood
1984  Gremlins
1985  Baby: Secret of the Lost Legend
1985  Explorers
1985  Rambo: First Blood Part II
1989  Leviathan
1990  Total Recall
1994  The River Wild
1994  The Shadow
1996  Chain Reaction
1996  Star Trek: First Contact
1997  L.A. Confidential

Original Music Composer:
1935  Night Life of the Gods
1935  Princess O'Hara
1935  She Gets Her Man
1936  Theodora Goes Wild
1937  Night Key
1937  The Awful Truth
1938  Merrily We Live
1939  The Day the Bookies Wept
1942  Inflation
1943  London Blackout Murders
1943  Quiet Please, Murder
1944  Laura
1944  Strange Affair
1944  The Lady and the Monster
1945  Fallen Angel
1946  Gilda
1946  Home Sweet Homicide
1947  Johnny O'Clock
1947  Millie's Daughter
1947  The Lady from Shanghai
1949  Shockproof
1949  The Walking Hills
1950  Father Is a Bachelor
1950  Harriet Craig
1950  No Sad Songs for Me
1950  The Nevadan
1951  The Harlem Globetrotters
1951  The Lady and the Bandit
1953  From Here to Eternity
1953  Gun Fury
1953  The Big Heat
1953  The Juggler
1954  It Should Happen to You
1954  Phffft
1954  Pushover
1955  Chicago Syndicate
1955  Kismet
1955  Picnic
1955  Queen Bee
1955  The Last Frontier
1955  The Man from Laramie
1955  Three Stripes in the Sun
1955  Tight Spot
1956  He Laughed Last
1956  Inside Detroit
1956  Miami Exposé
1957  3:10 to Yuma
1957  Jeanne Eagels
1957  Pal Joey
1957  The Shadow on the Window
1957  The Tijuana Story
1958  Houseboat
1958  The High Cost of Loving
1959  Gidget
1959  The Last Angry Man
1960  Ocean's Eleven
1960  The Wackiest Ship in the Army
1961  A Raisin in the Sun
1961  Cry for Happy
1961  Swingin' Along
1961  Two Rode Together
1962  13 West Street
1962  Who's Got the Action?
1963  Critic's Choice
1963  Move Over, Darling
1963  Who's Been Sleeping in My Bed?
1964  Paris When It Sizzles
1964  What a Way to Go!
1965  John Goldfarb, Please Come Home!
1965  Morituri
1965  Von Ryan's Express
1967  In Like Flint
1969  Justine
1970  Patton
1970  Tora! Tora! Tora!
1971  The Mephisto Waltz
1972  The Other
1973  Papillon
1976  The Omen
1977  Damnation Alley
1977  Islands in the Stream
1977  MacArthur
1981  Charlie Chan and the Curse of the Dragon Queen
1982  First Blood
1984  Gremlins
1985  Baby: Secret of the Lost Legend
1985  Explorers
1985  Rambo: First Blood Part II
1989  Leviathan
1990  Total Recall
1994  The River Wild
1994  The Shadow
1996  Chain Reaction
1996  Star Trek: First Contact
1997  L.A. Confidential

Music:
1972  The Waltons

Orchestrator:
1972  The Waltons
1973  Hawkins

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