Person

Leigh Harline

Sound · 1907–1969 · Salt Lake City, Utah, USA

Biography

Academy Award-winning composer (score, Pinocchio (1940), conductor, songwriter ("When You Wish Upon a Star" [Academy award, Best Song, 1940) and arranger Leigh Harline was educated at the University of Utah. He was a music student of J. Spencer Cornwall. He arranged the first transcontinental broadcast from Los Angeles in 1932, and that year joined the Walt Disney Studios. From 1941 he freelanced among various Hollywood studios. He joined ASCAP in 1940. His other popular song compositions include "Hi-Diddle-Dee-Dee", "Give a Little Whistle" and "Jiminy Cricket".

Known for

Filmography

2001Everybody Loves MickeyMusic
1965Strange BedfellowsOriginal Music Composer
1964Guns of DiabloOriginal Music Composer
1964Man's Search for HappinessMusic
19647 Faces of Dr. LaoMusic
1962The Wonderful World of the Brothers GrimmConductor
1961The Honeymoon MachineOriginal Music Composer
1961All Hands on DeckOriginal Music Composer
1960The Facts of LifeConductor
1960Visit to a Small PlanetOriginal Music Composer
1959WarlockOriginal Music Composer
1959The Remarkable Mr. PennypackerOriginal Music Composer
1958Man of the WestOriginal Music Composer
1958The Fiend Who Walked the WestMusic
1958Ten North FrederickMusic
1957The Enemy BelowOriginal Music Composer
1957No Down PaymentOriginal Music Composer
1957The Wayward BusOriginal Music Composer
1957The True Story of Jesse JamesOriginal Music Composer
1956The Girl Can't Help ItOriginal Music Composer
1956Teenage RebelOriginal Music Composer
1956The Best Things in Life Are FreeOriginal Music Composer
195623 Paces to Baker StreetOriginal Music Composer
1956The Bottom of the BottleOriginal Music Composer
1955The Last FrontierOriginal Music Composer
1955Good Morning, Miss DoveOriginal Music Composer
1955The Girl in the Red Velvet SwingOriginal Music Composer
1955House of BambooOriginal Music Composer
1954Black WidowOriginal Music Composer
1954Broken LanceOriginal Music Composer
1954Susan Slept HereOriginal Music Composer
1954River of No ReturnMusic
1953Money from HomeOriginal Music Composer
1953VickiOriginal Music Composer
1953A Blueprint for MurderOriginal Music Composer
1953Pickup on South StreetOriginal Music Composer
1953The Desert RatsOriginal Music Composer
1953TaxiOriginal Music Composer
1952My Pal GusOriginal Music Composer
1952My Wife's Best FriendOriginal Music Composer
1952Monkey BusinessOriginal Music Composer
1952Sailor BewareOriginal Music Composer
1952The Las Vegas StoryOriginal Music Composer
1951I Want YouOriginal Music Composer
1951The Guy Who Came BackOriginal Music Composer
1951His Kind of WomanOriginal Music Composer
1951That's My BoyOriginal Music Composer
1951The Company She KeepsOriginal Music Composer
1950The Happy YearsOriginal Music Composer
1950My Friend Irma Goes WestOriginal Music Composer
1950The Woman on Pier 13Original Music Composer
1950Perfect StrangersOriginal Music Composer
1949They Live by NightOriginal Music Composer
1949The Big StealOriginal Music Composer
1949It Happens Every SpringOriginal Music Composer
1948Every Girl Should Be MarriedOriginal Music Composer
1948The Boy with Green HairOriginal Music Composer
1948The Velvet TouchMusic
1948The Miracle of the BellsOriginal Music Composer
1948Mr. Blandings Builds His Dream HouseOriginal Music Composer
1947The Judge Steps OutOriginal Music Composer
1947The Bachelor and the Bobby-SoxerOriginal Music Composer
1947A Likely StoryMusic
1947The Farmer's DaughterOriginal Music Composer
1947Beat the BandOriginal Music Composer
1946NocturneOriginal Music Composer
1946Child of DivorceOriginal Music Composer
1946Crack-UpOriginal Music Composer
1946Till the End of TimeOriginal Music Composer
1946The Truth About MurderOriginal Music Composer
1946From This Day ForwardOriginal Music Composer
1946Road to UtopiaOriginal Music Composer
1946The Notorious Lone WolfOriginal Music Composer
1945Man AliveOriginal Music Composer
1945Johnny AngelOriginal Music Composer
1945George White's ScandalsSongs
1945Isle of the DeadOriginal Music Composer
1945China SkyOriginal Music Composer
1945The Brighton StranglerOriginal Music Composer
1945Having Wonderful CrimeOriginal Music Composer
1945Leave It to BlondieOriginal Music Composer
1945What a BlondeMusic
1944No Dough BoysMusic Arranger
1944Heavenly DaysOriginal Music Composer
1944Music in ManhattanOriginal Music Composer
1944A Night of AdventureOriginal Music Composer
1944Tender ComradeOriginal Music Composer
1944Follow the BoysOriginal Music Composer
1943Government GirlOriginal Music Composer
1943Footlight GlamourOriginal Music Composer
1943Johnny Come LatelyOriginal Music Composer
1943The Sky's the LimitMusic Director
1943It's a Great LifeOriginal Music Composer
1943The More the MerrierOriginal Music Composer
1943They Came to Blow Up AmericaOriginal Music Composer
1943They Got Me CoveredOriginal Music Composer
1943Margin for ErrorOriginal Music Composer
1942You Were Never LovelierMusic Director
1942BambiMusic
1942Wings for the EagleAdditional Music
1942The Pride of the YankeesOriginal Music Composer
1942The SleepwalkerOriginal Music Composer
1942My Gal SalOriginal Music Composer
1942Rings on Her FingersMusic
1942On the Sunny SideOriginal Music Composer
1942The Lady Has PlansMusic
1942Blondie Goes to CollegeOriginal Music Composer
1941The Art of Self DefenseOriginal Music Composer
1941Mr. Bug Goes to TownOriginal Music Composer
1941Secrets of the Lone WolfOriginal Music Composer
1941Lend a PawOriginal Music Composer
1941Blondie in SocietyOriginal Music Composer
1941A Good Time for a DimeOriginal Music Composer
1941Baggage BusterOriginal Music Composer
1941Golden EggsOriginal Music Composer
1940Mr. Mouse Takes a TripOriginal Music Composer
1940Blondie Plays CupidOriginal Music Composer
1940So You Won't Talk?Original Music Composer
1940Pluto's Dream HouseOriginal Music Composer
1940Blondie Has Servant TroubleOriginal Music Composer
1940Donald's Dog LaundryMusic
1940Blondie on a BudgetOriginal Music Composer
1940PinocchioOriginal Music Composer
1939Blondie Brings Up BabyOriginal Music Composer
1939Blondie Takes a VacationOriginal Music Composer
1939The Lady and the MobOriginal Music Composer
1939Blondie Meets the BossOriginal Music Composer
1938BlondieMusic
1938Farmyard SymphonyOriginal Music Composer
1938Wynken, Blynken & NodOriginal Music Composer
1938Boat BuildersOriginal Music Composer
1938Snow White and the Seven DwarfsOriginal Music Composer
1937The Old MillOriginal Music Composer
1937Walt Disney's A Trip Through the Walt Disney Studios
1937Woodland CaféOriginal Music Composer
1936Mother PlutoOriginal Music Composer
1936The Country CousinOriginal Music Composer
1936Toby Tortoise ReturnsOriginal Music Composer
1936Thru the MirrorMusic
1936Elmer ElephantOriginal Music Composer
1936Mickey's Grand OperaOriginal Music Composer
1935Music LandOriginal Music Composer
1935On IceOriginal Music Composer
1935Mickey's GardenOriginal Music Composer
1935The Cookie CarnivalOriginal Music Composer
1935Water BabiesOriginal Music Composer
1935The Band ConcertMusic
1934Two-Gun MickeyOriginal Music Composer
1934The Goddess of SpringOriginal Music Composer
1934Peculiar PenguinsOriginal Music Composer
1934The Wise Little HenOriginal Music Composer
1934Funny Little BunniesOriginal Music Composer
1934The Grasshopper and the AntsOriginal Music Composer
1934The China ShopOriginal Music Composer
1933The Night Before ChristmasOriginal Music Composer
1933The Pied PiperOriginal Music Composer
1933Lullaby LandOriginal Music Composer
1933Mickey's Mechanical ManMusic
1933Father Noah's ArkOriginal Music Composer

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