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Leo Shuken

Composer | * 12/08/1906 († 69, 07/24/1976) | Los Angeles, California (United States of America (USA))
Leo Shuken (born December 8, 1906, Los Angeles, California - d. July 24, 1976, Santa Monica, California) was an American film music composer, arranger, and musical director, who specialized in epic or Western film genres, including "The Magnificent Seven" series. Shuken composed for the music industry from the end of the 1930s until shortly before his death, contributing music to over 100 films (many of which were uncredited). He was a favored and frequent orchestrator for the scores of Victor Young; among them My Foolish Heart (1949), Scaramouche (1952) and Around the World in 80 Days (1956). His first, uncredited, score was for Go West, Young Man in 1937. He won an Academy Award for his work on the 1939 film Stagecoach, and was nominated in 1964 for the Academy Award for Best Original Score for The Unsinkable Molly Brown. He is interred at Forest Lawn Memorial Park in Glendale, California. ()
Most frequent genres for this person: Drama | Comedies | Romance / Love

Known for these Movies & Shows

Awards & Nominations for Leo Shuken

Academy Award for Best Score, Adaptation or Treatment 2x Academy Award for Best Score, Adaptation or Treatment
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Movies with Leo Shuken as Crew(84)

Crew/Additional Music1971 Raid on Rommel
Sound/Orchestrator1969 Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid
Sound/Orchestrator1969 Bob & Carol & Ted & Alice
Sound/Orchestrator1968 The Scalphunters
Sound/Orchestrator1968 The Swimmer
Sound/Orchestrator1967 Wait Until Dark
Sound/Orchestrator1967 In Cold Blood
Sound/Orchestrator1967 Camelot
Sound/Orchestrator1967 Enter Laughing
Sound/Orchestrator1966 Cast a Giant Shadow
Sound/Orchestrator1966 Hawaii
Sound/Orchestrator1965 Baby the Rain Must Fall
Sound/Orchestrator1962 Walk on the Wild Side
Sound/Orchestrator1962 Experiment in Terror
Sound/Orchestrator1962 The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance
Sound/Orchestrator1962 Birdman of Alcatraz
Sound/Orchestrator1962 To Kill a Mockingbird
Sound/Orchestrator1962 Mr. Hobbs Takes a Vacation
Sound/Orchestrator1961 The Errand Boy
Sound/Orchestrator1961 The Ladies Man
Sound/Orchestrator1960 The Magnificent Seven
Sound/Orchestrator1959 The Crimson Kimono
Sound/Music1957 Hear Me Good
Sound/Orchestrator1956 Around the World in Eighty Days
Sound/Orchestrator1955 The Tall Men
Sound/Orchestrator1955 The Desperate Hours
Sound/Original Music Composer1954 Alaska Seas
Sound/Orchestrator1954 Drum Beat
Sound/Orchestrator1953 Shane
Sound/Orchestrator1953 Roman Holiday
Sound/Orchestrator1952 Something to Live For
Sound/Orchestrator1952 Carson City
Sound/Orchestrator1952 The Star
Sound/Orchestrator1951 Ace in the Hole
Sound/Orchestrator1951 This Is Korea!
Sound/Music Arranger1950 Our Very Own
Sound/Orchestrator1950 Sunset Boulevard
Sound/Orchestrator1950 Gun Crazy
Sound/Orchestrator1950 Appointment with Danger
Sound/Orchestrator1949 Red Hot and Blue
Sound/Orchestrator1949 The File on Thelma Jordon
Sound/Orchestrator1946 The Stranger
Sound/Orchestrator1945 Kitty
Sound/Orchestrator1945 The Lost Weekend
Sound/Orchestrator1945 A Medal for Benny
Sound/Original Music Composer1944 The Miracle of Morgan’s Creek
Sound/Orchestrator1944 Frenchman's Creek
Sound/Orchestrator1943 So Proudly We Hail
Sound/Original Music Composer1943 The Good Fellows
Sound/Orchestrator1943 For Whom the Bell Tolls
Sound/Original Music Composer1943 Riding High
Sound/Orchestrator1942 Reap the Wild Wind
Sound/Original Music Composer1942 The Fleet's In
Sound/Orchestrator1942 This Gun for Hire
Sound/Original Music Composer1942 Night in New Orleans
Sound/Orchestrator1942 The Glass Key
Sound/Original Music Composer1942 The Lady Has Plans
Sound/Orchestrator1942 Lucky Jordan
Sound/Original Music Composer1942 Meet the Stewarts
Sound/Music1941 Her First Beau
Sound/Music1941 Sullivan's Travels
Sound/Original Music Composer1941 New York Town
Sound/Music1941 The Lady Eve
Sound/Music1941 Nothing But the Truth
Sound/Original Music Composer1941 Our Wife
Sound/Orchestrator1940 North West Mounted Police
Sound/Original Music Composer1940 Adventure in Diamonds
Sound/Original Music Composer1940 Christmas in July
Sound/Original Music Composer1940 Emergency Squad
Sound/Original Music Composer1940 Parole Fixer
Sound/Orchestrator1939 Midnight
Sound/Original Music Composer1939 The Flying Deuces
Sound/Orchestrator1939 The Light That Failed
Sound/Original Music Composer1939 Union Pacific
Sound/Orchestrator1939 Golden Boy
Sound/Music1938 Illegal Traffic
Sound/Original Music Composer1938 Tip-Off Girls
Sound/Music1938 Cocoanut Grove
Sound/Original Music Composer1937 Every Day's a Holiday
Crew/Additional Music1937 Easy Living
Sound/Original Music Composer1937 The Girl from Scotland Yard
Sound/Original Music Composer1936 Mind Your Own Business

Born: Saturday, 12/08 1906 (December) in Los Angeles, California (United States of America (USA))
Died: Saturday, 07/24 1976 (July) in Santa Monica (aged: 69)
Zodiac sign: Sagittarius (Chinese zodiac sign: Horse)
Languages: English (EN)
Leo Shuken frequently works together with these people:
Hans Dreier (37x, Crew)
Wally Westmore (33x, Crew)
Edith Head (30x, Crew)
Victor Young (28x, Crew)
Jack Hayes (23x, Crew)
Farciot Edouart (20x, Crew)
Sidney Cutner (17x, Crew)
George Parrish (17x, Crew)
Sam Comer (16x, Crew)
Gordon Jennings (13x, Crew)
Chuck Hamilton (13x, Actor)
WatchPlayStream ID: PEOPLE:495444, Added: 10/04/2018, Last updated: 03/14/2024