Dimitri Zinovievich Tiomkin (Russian: Дмитрий Зиновьевич Тёмкин, Dmitrij Zinov'evič Tëmkin, somtimes translated as Dmitri Tiomkin) (May 10, 1894 – November 11, 1979) was a film composer and conductor. Along with Max Steiner, Miklós Rózsa and Franz Waxman, Tiomkin was one of the most productive and decorated film music writers of Hollywood. May 10 is the 130th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar (131st in leap years). ... 1894 (MDCCCXCIV) was a common year starting on Monday (see link for calendar). ... November 11 is the 315th day of the year (316th in leap years) in the Gregorian Calendar, with 50 days remaining. ... This page refers to the year 1979. ... Maximilian Raoul Walter Steiner (born May 10, 1888 in Vienna, Austria-Hungary; died December 28, 1971 in Hollywood, California) was an Austrian-American composer of music for films. ... Miklós Rózsa (April 18, 1907 - July 23, 1995) was a Hungarian-American composer, best known for his film scores. ... Franz Waxman (December 24, 1906, Königshütte, Upper Silesia (now Chorzów, Poland) - February 24, 1967, Los Angeles, California), born Franz Wachsmann, was a German-born Jewish-American composer, known for his bravura Carmen Fantasy for violin and orchestra and for his musical scores for films. ... ...

Tiomkin was born in Kremenchug, Ukraine and educated at the St. Petersburg Conservatory in Russia. He emigrated in 1925 to the United States and became an American citizen in 1937. Although influenced by Eastern European music traditions, he was able to score typical American movies like Frank Capra's famous Lost Horizon (1937) or It's a Wonderful Life (1946) and also Mr. Smith Goes to Washington (1939), both with James Stewart. He also worked on Fred Zinnemann's High Noon (1952), which also won him a "Best Song" Oscar for "Do Not Forsake Me, Oh My Darlin'(The Ballad of High Noon)". In 1954, he won the Academy Award for best song of the John Wayne film The High and the Mighty. Kremenchuk (Ukrainian: ; Russian: , Kremenchug) is an important industrial city in central Ukraine, located on the banks of Dnieper. ... Frank Capra (May 18, 1897 – September 3, 1991) was an Italian-American film director and a major creative force behind a number of highly popular films. ... Lost Horizon is a 1937 film directed by Frank Capra starring Ronald Colman, Jane Wyatt, John Howard, Margo, Thomas Mitchell, Edward Everett Horton, Isabel Jewell, H.B. Warner, and Sam Jaffe. ... Its a Wonderful Life is a 1946 Frank Capra film, produced by his own Liberty Films and released originally by RKO Radio Pictures. ... Mr. ... James Maitland Jimmy Stewart (May 20, 1908 – July 2, 1997) was an iconic, Academy Award-winning American film and stage actor, best known for his homebred screen persona. ... Fred Zinnemann (April 29, 1907—March 14, 1997) was a noted film director. ... High Noon is a 1952 western film which tells the story of a town marshal who has just married a pacifist Quaker woman. ... Academy Award The Academy Awards, popularly known as the Oscars, are the most prominent film awards in the United States and most watched awards ceremony in the world. ... Academy Award The Academy Awards, popularly known as the Oscars, are the most prominent film awards in the United States and most watched awards ceremony in the world. ... John Wayne (May 26, 1907 – June 11, 1979), popularly known as The Duke, [1] was an Academy Award winning, American film actor whose career began in silent movies in the 1920s. ... The High and the Mighty is a 1954 disaster movie released through Warner Brothers. ...

Many classic scores followed, many of which were also in Western movies, like The High and the Mighty (1954), Giant (1956), Friendly Persuasion (1956), Gunfight at the O.K. Corral (1957), Rio Bravo (1959), The Alamo (1960), Town Without Pity (1961) or 55 Days at Peking (1963), The Fall of the Roman Empire (1964) and many more. The High and the Mighty is a 1954 disaster movie released through Warner Brothers. ... Giant is a 1956 film which tells the story of rival ranchers and oilmen in West Texas in the middle years of the 20th century. ... Friendly Persuasion stars Gary Cooper, Dorothy McGuire, Anthony Perkins, Richard Eyer, Robert Middleton and Phyllis Love. ... Newspaper coverage of the fight. ... This article is about the river that empties into the Gulf of Mexico. ... Typically, The Alamo refers to the Battle of the Alamo in 1836, in direct reference to a building refered to as the Alamo in San Antonio, Texas. ... DVD Cover of 55 Days at Peking. The characters (L to R) are Maj. ... The Fall of the Roman Empire is a 1964 film starring Sophia Loren, Stephen Boyd, Alec Guinness, James Mason, and Christopher Plummer. ...

Besides cinema he was also active in writing for the small screen, writing some memorable television theme-songs, as for Rawhide (1959) and Gunslinger. He was also hired to write the theme for TV's The Wild Wild West (1965), but the producers rejected his themes and hired Richard Markowitz. Rawhide was a television western series about cattle drives that aired on CBS from 1959-1966, which starred Eric Fleming and launched the career of Clint Eastwood, who played Rowdy Yates. ... Gunslinger from The Great Train Robbery Gunslinger, also gunfighter, is a name given to men in the American Old West who had gained a reputation as being dangerous with a gun. ... The Wild Wild West Season 1 VHS The Wild Wild West was an American television series that ran on CBS for four seasons (104 episodes) from September 17, 1965 to September 7, 1970. ...

Dimitri Tiomkin died in London, England in 1979 and was interred in Forest Lawn Memorial Park Cemetery in Glendale, California. London (pronounced ) is the capital city of England and of the United Kingdom. ... Motto: (French for God and my right) Anthem: Multiple unofficial anthems Capital London Largest city London Official language(s) English (de facto) Government Constitutional monarchy  - Queen Queen Elizabeth II  - Prime Minister Tony Blair MP Unification    - by Athelstan AD 927  Area    - Total 130,395 km² (1st in UK)   50,346 sq... Gates of Forest Lawn Forest Lawn Memorial Park is a cemetery in Glendale, Los Angeles County, California. ... Nickname The Jewel City Location Location of Glendale within Los Angeles County and the State of California. ...

Awards and nominations

Academy Awards, USA

• 1972 - nominated for "Best Music, Scoring Adaptation and Original Song" Score for: Chaikovsky (1969)
• 1965 - nominated for "Best Music, Score - Substantially Original" for: The Fall of the Roman Empire (1964)
• 1964 - nominated for "Best Music, Original Song" AND "Best Music, Score - Substantially Original" for 55 Days at Peking (1963)
• 1962 - nominated for "Best Music, Original Song" for: Town Without Pity (1961) AND for "Best Music, Scoring of a Dramatic or Comedy Picture" for: The Guns of Navarone (1961)
• 1961 - nominated for "Best Music, Original Song" AND for "Best Music, Scoring of a Dramatic or Comedy Picture" for: The Alamo (1960)
• 1961 - nominated for "Best Music, Original Song" for: The Young Land (1959)
• 1959 - WON an Oscar for "Best Music, Scoring of a Dramatic or Comedy Picture" for: The Old Man and the Sea (1958)
• 1958 - nominated for "Best Music, Original Song" for: Wild Is the Wind (1957)
• 1957 - nominated for "Best Music, Original Song" for: Friendly Persuasion (1956)
• 1955 - nominated for "Best Music, Original Song" for: The High and the Mighty (1954) and WON an Oscar for "Best Music, Scoring of a Dramatic or Comedy Picture" for the same movie
• 1953 - WON an Oscar for "Best Music, Original Song" for: High Noon (1952)
• 1950 - nominated for "Best Music, Scoring of a Dramatic or Comedy Picture" for: Champion (1949)
• 1945 - nominated for "Best Music, Scoring of a Dramatic or Comedy Picture" for: The Bridge of San Luis Rey (1944)
• 1944 - nominated for "Best Music, Scoring of a Dramatic or Comedy Picture" for: The Moon and Sixpence (1943)
• 1943 - nominated for "Best Music, Scoring of a Dramatic or Comedy Picture" for: The Corsican Brothers (1941)
• 1940 - nominated for "Best Music, Scoring" for: Mr. Smith Goes to Washington (1939)

The Fall of the Roman Empire is a 1964 film starring Sophia Loren, Stephen Boyd, Alec Guinness, James Mason, and Christopher Plummer. ... DVD Cover of 55 Days at Peking. The characters (L to R) are Maj. ... The Guns of Navarone is a 1957 novel about World War II by British thriller writer Alistair MacLean that was made into a film in 1961. ... Typically, The Alamo refers to the Battle of the Alamo in 1836, in direct reference to a building refered to as the Alamo in San Antonio, Texas. ... Original book cover The Old Man and the Sea is a novella by Ernest Hemingway written in Cuba in 1951 and published in 1952. ... Wild Is the Wind is a 1957 film which tells the story of a rancher who marries his Italian sister-in-law, but she falls in love with his son. ... Friendly Persuasion is a popular song. ... The High and the Mighty is a song by Ned Washington and Dimitri Tiomkin from the movie of the same name. ... High Noon is a 1952 western film which tells the story of a town marshal who has just married a pacifist Quaker woman. ... The Bridge of San Luis Rey is a 1944 drama film directed by Rowland V. Lee and starring Lynn Bari, Francis Lederer, and Alla Nazimova. ... The Moon and Sixpence (1919) is a book by William Somerset Maugham based on the life of the painter Paul Gauguin. ... Mr. ...

Golden Globes

• 1965 for "Best Original Score" for: The Fall of the Roman Empire (1964)
• 1962 for "Best Motion Picture Score" for: The Guns of Navarone (1961) AND for "Best Motion Picture Song" for: Town Without Pity (1961)
• 1961 for "Best Original Score" for: The Alamo (1960)
• 1957 he received the "Special Award" as "Recognition for film music"
• 1955 he received the "Special Award" "For creative musical contribution to Motion Picture"
• 1953 for "Best Motion Picture Score" for: High Noon (1952)

External links

• Official site
• Fan site
• Unofficial Tiomkin site
• Dimitri Tiomkin at the Internet Movie Database
• Find-A-Grave for Dimitri Tiomkin
• Dimitri Tiomkin at Soundtrackguide.net