George Duning
Personal Info
Known for
Sound
Gender
Male
Birthday
1908-02-25
Day of Death
2000-02-27 (92 years old)
Place of Birth
Richmond, Indiana, USA
George Duning
Biography
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).
Crew
(1982)
Beyond Witch Mountain
Original Music Composer
(1980)
The Man with Bogart's Face
Original Music Composer
(1980)
The Top of the Hill
Music
(1978)
Child of Glass
Original Music Composer
(1977)
The House That Would Not Die
Music Supervisor
(1977)
(1977)
(1975)
The Sky's the Limit
Original Music Composer
(1975)
The Abduction of Saint Anne
Original Music Composer
(1973)
Arnold
Original Music Composer, Songs
(1973)
Terror in the Wax Museum
Original Music Composer
(1973)
Honor Thy Father
Original Music Composer
(1972)
A Great American Tragedy
Original Music Composer
(1972)
The Woman Hunter
Original Music Composer
(1972)
Climb an Angry Mountain
Original Music Composer
(1971)
Yuma
Original Music Composer
(1971)
Black Noon
Original Music Composer
(1970)
Quarantined
Original Music Composer
(1970)
Crowhaven Farm
Music Supervisor
(1970)
But I Don't Want to Get Married!
Original Music Composer
(1969)
Then Came Bronson
Original Music Composer
(1966)
Any Wednesday
Original Music Composer
(1965)
Brainstorm
Original Music Composer
(1965)
My Blood Runs Cold
Original Music Composer
(1965)
Dear Brigitte
Original Music Composer
(1964)
Ensign Pulver
Original Music Composer
(1963)
Toys in the Attic
Music
(1963)
(1963)
Island of Love
Original Music Composer
(1963)
Critic's Choice
Original Music Composer
(1963)
The Three Stooges Scrapbook
Original Music Composer
(1962)
That Touch of Mink
Original Music Composer
(1962)
The Notorious Landlady
Original Music Composer
(1962)
Who's Got the Action?
Original Music Composer
(1962)
13 West Street
Music
(1961)
Cry for Happy
Original Music Composer
(1961)
Two Rode Together
Music
(1960)
(1960)
Let No Man Write My Epitaph
Original Music Composer
(1960)
Man on a String
Music
(1960)
Strangers When We Meet
Original Music Composer
(1960)
The Wackiest Ship in the Army
Original Music Composer
(1960)
All the Young Men
Original Music Composer
(1959)
The Last Angry Man
Original Music Composer
(1959)
(1959)
1001 Arabian Nights
Songs, Original Music Composer
(1959)
The Silent Kill
Music Score Producer
(1959)
It Happened to Jane
Music
(1958)
Houseboat
Original Music Composer, Music Director
(1958)
Bell, Book and Candle
Original Music Composer
(1958)
Gunman's Walk
Original Music Composer
(1958)
Cowboy
Original Music Composer
(1958)
Me and the Colonel
Original Music Composer
(1957)
The Brothers Rico
Original Music Composer
(1957)
3:10 to Yuma
Original Music Composer
(1957)
The Shadow on the Window
Original Music Composer
(1957)
The Tijuana Story
Music
(1957)
The Giant Claw
Music
(1957)
Jeanne Eagels
Original Music Composer
(1957)
Pal Joey
Other
(1957)
Operation Mad Ball
Original Music Composer
(1956)
Miami Exposé
Music
(1956)
Nightfall
Original Music Composer
(1956)
Storm Center
Original Music Composer
(1956)
Full of Life
Music
(1956)
Inside Detroit
Music
(1956)
The Werewolf
Music
(1956)
The Solid Gold Cadillac
Original Music Composer
(1956)
The Eddy Duchin Story
Original Music Composer
(1955)
Queen Bee
Original Music Composer
(1955)
Women's Prison
Music
(1955)
The Man from Laramie
Original Music Composer
(1955)
Count Three and Pray
Original Music Composer
(1955)
Tight Spot
Original Music Composer
(1955)
Three Stripes in the Sun
Original Music Composer
(1955)
Three for the Show
Original Music Composer
(1955)
Picnic
Original Music Composer
(1955)
5 Against the House
Music
(1955)
Bring Your Smile Along
Original Music Composer
(1955)
My Sister Eileen
Music, Music Arranger
(1955)
The Long Gray Line
Music
(1955)
Chicago Syndicate
Original Music Composer
(1954)
Drive a Crooked Road
Original Music Composer
(1953)
From Here to Eternity
Original Music Composer
(1953)
Last of the Comanches
Original Music Composer
(1953)
Salome
Original Music Composer
(1953)
Let's Do It Again
Additional Music
(1952)
Scandal Sheet
Original Music Composer
(1952)
Assignment: Paris
Original Music Composer
(1952)
Paula
Original Music Composer
(1952)
Captain Pirate
Original Music Composer
(1952)
Affair in Trinidad
Music, Music Director
(1952)
Rainbow 'Round My Shoulder
Original Music Composer
(1951)
The Mob
Original Music Composer
(1951)
Two of a Kind
Original Music Composer
(1951)
The Barefoot Mailman
Music
(1951)
The Family Secret
Original Music Composer
(1951)
Man in the Saddle
Original Music Composer
(1951)
The Lady and the Bandit
Original Music Composer
(1951)
Lorna Doone
Original Music Composer
(1950)
Convicted
Original Music Composer
(1950)
Between Midnight and Dawn
Original Music Composer
(1950)
Cargo to Capetown
Original Music Composer
(1950)
Harriet Craig
Original Music Composer
(1950)
The Flying Missile
Original Music Composer
(1950)
No Sad Songs for Me
Music
(1949)
Shockproof
Original Music Composer
(1949)
Johnny Allegro
Original Music Composer
(1949)
The Doolins of Oklahoma
Original Music Composer
(1949)
The Undercover Man
Music, Music Director
(1949)
Lust for Gold
Original Music Composer
(1949)
Jolson Sings Again
Original Music Composer
(1949)
And Baby Makes Three
Original Music Composer
(1949)
Slightly French
Music Score Producer
(1948)
The Man from Colorado
Original Music Composer
(1948)
The Dark Past
Original Music Composer
(1948)
I Love Trouble
Original Music Composer
(1948)
To the Ends of the Earth
Original Music Composer
(1948)
The Untamed Breed
Music
(1948)
The Return of October
Original Music Composer
(1948)
Ladies of the Chorus
Original Music Composer
(1948)
The Gallant Blade
Music
(1947)
The Guilt of Janet Ames
Original Music Composer
(1947)
Her Husband's Affairs
Original Music Composer
(1947)
Johnny O'Clock
Original Music Composer
(1946)
The Man Who Dared
Music
(1946)
Gilda
Additional Music
(1946)
The Notorious Lone Wolf
Original Music Composer
(1946)
The Return of Rusty
Original Music Composer
(1946)
Mysterious Intruder
Original Music Composer
(1945)
Leave It to Blondie
Original Music Composer
(1945)
Let's Go Steady
Original Music Composer
(1945)
Tonight and Every Night
Original Music Composer
(1945)
Eadie Was a Lady
Original Music Composer
(1945)
My Name Is Julia Ross
Additional Music
(1944)
She's a Sweetheart
Original Music Composer
(1944)
Strange Affair
Original Music Composer
(1943)
Swing Fever
Orchestrator
(1939)
That's Right – You're Wrong
Music Arranger