
Dimitri Tiomkin
Biography
Dimitri Zinovievich Tiomkin (May 10, 1894 – November 11, 1979) was a Russian-born American film composer and conductor. Classically trained in St. Petersburg, Russia before the Bolshevik Revolution, he moved to Berlin and then New York City after the Russian Revolution. In 1929, after the stock market crash, he moved to Hollywood, where he became best known for his scores for Western films, including Duel in the Sun, Red River, High Noon, The Big Sky, 55 Days at Peking, Gunfight at the O.K. Corr…
Known For
It's a Wonderful Life
Original Music Composer
Dial M for Murder
Conductor
Strangers on a Train
Original Music Composer
High Noon
Music Director
Rio Bravo
Conductor
Mr. Smith Goes to Washington
Original Music Composer
Shadow of a Doubt
Music
Giant
Original Music Composer
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Filmography
Acting (3)
Crew (163)
Movies (163)
Hitchcock's Confession: A Look at I Confess
2004Music
Merry Christmas, George Bailey
1997Original Music Composer
Friendly Persuasion
1975Music
Tchaikovsky
1970Music Arranger
Tchaikovsky
1970Original Music Composer
Mackenna's Gold
1969Producer
Great Catherine
1968Original Music Composer
The War Wagon
1967Conductor
The War Wagon
1967Original Music Composer
Circus World
1964Original Music Composer
The Fall of the Roman Empire
1964Conductor
The Fall of the Roman Empire
1964Original Music Composer
36 Hours
1964Original Music Composer
55 Days at Peking
1963Original Music Composer
The Guns of Navarone
1961Conductor
The Guns of Navarone
1961Original Music Composer
The Guns of Navarone
1961Songs
Town Without Pity
1961Original Music Composer
The Alamo
1960Original Music Composer
The Unforgiven
1960Original Music Composer
The Sundowners
1960Conductor
The Sundowners
1960Original Music Composer
Rio Bravo
1959Conductor
Rio Bravo
1959Original Music Composer
Rio Bravo
1959Songs
Last Train from Gun Hill
1959Original Music Composer
Rhapsody of Steel
1959Music
The Young Land
1959Original Music Composer
The Old Man and the Sea
1958Original Music Composer
Gunfight at the O.K. Corral
1957Conductor
Gunfight at the O.K. Corral
1957Original Music Composer
Gunfight at the O.K. Corral
1957Songs
Wild Is the Wind
1957Original Music Composer
Night Passage
1957Conductor
Night Passage
1957Original Music Composer
Search for Paradise
1957Original Music Composer
Giant
1956Original Music Composer
Friendly Persuasion
1956Original Music Composer
Tension at Table Rock
1956Conductor
Tension at Table Rock
1956Original Music Composer
Land of the Pharaohs
1955Original Music Composer
The Court-Martial of Billy Mitchell
1955Conductor
The Court-Martial of Billy Mitchell
1955Original Music Composer
Strange Lady in Town
1955Original Music Composer
Dial M for Murder
1954Conductor
Dial M for Murder
1954Original Music Composer
The Command
1954Original Music Composer
His Majesty O'Keefe
1954Original Music Composer
A Bullet Is Waiting
1954Conductor
A Bullet Is Waiting
1954Original Music Composer
The High and the Mighty
1954Original Music Composer
The Adventures of Hajji Baba
1954Original Music Composer
I Confess
1953Conductor
I Confess
1953Original Music Composer
Jeopardy
1953Original Music Composer
Take the High Ground!
1953Original Music Composer
Angel Face
1953Conductor
Angel Face
1953Original Music Composer
Cease Fire!
1953Original Music Composer
Return to Paradise
1953Original Music Composer
Blowing Wild
1953Conductor
Blowing Wild
1953Original Music Composer
A Tale of Two Cities
1953Music
High Noon
1952Music Director
High Noon
1952Original Music Composer
Lady in the Iron Mask
1952Original Music Composer
The Big Sky
1952Original Music Composer
Bugles in the Afternoon
1952Original Music Composer
Mutiny
1952Original Music Composer
The Happy Time
1952Original Music Composer
The Steel Trap
1952Original Music Composer
My Six Convicts
1952Music Director
My Six Convicts
1952Original Music Composer
The Four Poster
1952Original Music Composer
Strangers on a Train
1951Original Music Composer
The Thing from Another World
1951Music Director
The Thing from Another World
1951Original Music Composer
Mister Universe
1951Original Music Composer
Drums in the Deep South
1951Original Music Composer
The Well
1951Original Music Composer
Peking Express
1951Original Music Composer
Undercover Girl
1950Music
The Men
1950Music Director
The Men
1950Original Music Composer
Cyrano de Bergerac
1950Music Director
Cyrano de Bergerac
1950Original Music Composer
Champagne for Caesar
1950Music Director
Champagne for Caesar
1950Original Music Composer
Dakota Lil
1950Original Music Composer
Guilty Bystander
1950Music Director
Guilty Bystander
1950Original Music Composer
Red Light
1949Music Director
Red Light
1949Original Music Composer
Champion
1949Original Music Composer
Champion
1949Songs
D.O.A.
1949Music Director
D.O.A.
1949Original Music Composer
Canadian Pacific
1949Original Music Composer
Home of the Brave
1949Original Music Composer
Red River
1948Music Director
Red River
1948Original Music Composer
Portrait of Jennie
1948Original Music Composer
So This Is New York
1948Original Music Composer
Tarzan and the Mermaids
1948Music
Tarzan and the Mermaids
1948Original Music Composer
The Dude Goes West
1948Original Music Composer
The Long Night
1947Original Music Composer
It's a Wonderful Life
1946Original Music Composer
Angel on My Shoulder
1946Music Director
Angel on My Shoulder
1946Original Music Composer
The Cat Creeps
1946Music
Duel in the Sun
1946Conductor
Duel in the Sun
1946Original Music Composer
Whistle Stop
1946Original Music Composer
Black Beauty
1946Original Music Composer
Let There Be Light
1946Original Music Composer
The Dark Mirror
1946Original Music Composer
Know Your Enemy: Japan
1945Music
The Jungle Captive
1945Music
Pardon My Past
1945Original Music Composer
Forever Yours
1945Original Music Composer
Dillinger
1945Original Music Composer
China's Little Devils
1945Original Music Composer
War Comes to America
1945Original Music Composer
Why We Fight: The Battle of China
1944Original Music Composer
The Mummy's Curse
1944Music
The Impostor
1944Original Music Composer
The Bridge of San Luis Rey
1944Original Music Composer
Ladies Courageous
1944Original Music Composer
Attack! The Battle for New Britain
1944Original Music Composer
When Strangers Marry
1944Music Director
When Strangers Marry
1944Original Music Composer
The Negro Soldier
1944Music
Shadow of a Doubt
1943Music
Shadow of a Doubt
1943Original Music Composer
Report from the Aleutians
1943Original Music Composer
The Unknown Guest
1943Original Music Composer
Why We Fight: The Battle of Russia
1943Original Music Composer
The Moon and Sixpence
1942Original Music Composer
Twin Beds
1942Original Music Composer
A Gentleman After Dark
1942Original Music Composer
Scattergood Meets Broadway
1941Original Music Composer
Meet John Doe
1941Original Music Composer
Forced Landing
1941Original Music Composer
The Face Behind the Mask
1941Additional Music
The Corsican Brothers
1941Original Music Composer
Flying Blind
1941Original Music Composer
The Westerner
1940Original Music Composer
Lucky Partners
1940Original Music Composer
Men Without Souls
1940Original Music Composer
Mr. Smith Goes to Washington
1939Original Music Composer
Only Angels Have Wings
1939Original Music Composer
You Can't Take It with You
1938Original Music Composer
Spawn of the North
1938Original Music Composer
Lost Horizon
1937Original Music Composer
The Road Back
1937Original Music Composer
Mad Love
1935Original Music Composer
The Casino Murder Case
1935Music
The Casino Murder Case
1935Original Music Composer
I Live My Life
1935Original Music Composer
Roast-Beef and Movies
1934Music
Alice in Wonderland
1933Original Music Composer
Lord Byron of Broadway
1930Songs
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