David Blok
Sound
- Born
- December 12, 1888 · Taganrog, oblast voyska Donskogo, Russian Empire
- Died
- October 4, 1948 (age 59)
Soviet composer, sound engineer and conductor. Organizer (1941) and first head of the State Orchestra of the USSR Ministry of Cinematography. Honored Artist of the Tajik SSR (1940). He began his creative career in 1905 as a conductor of an orchestra accompanying silent films. Studied at the Rostov Conservatory (1913-1918). During the silent film period, he led orchestras in major cinemas, scoring silent films and composing music for them. Since 1930, he began working in sound films (in 1931-1947 - sound designer and sound engineer). Since 1938, he was also a conductor at the Soyuzdetfilm film studio, in 1948 - Mosfilm. Conducted the premiere of the Second Suite by S.S. Prokofiev from Romeo and Juliet. David Blok wrote and edited music for more than 200 films. He was a member of the Jewish Anti-Fascist Committee. He was buried at the Vostryakovsky cemetery.
Known for
The Childhood of Maxim Gorky
September 27, 1938
Kashchey the Immortal
January 15, 1944
My Apprenticeship
September 12, 1939
The Humpbacked Horse
July 31, 1941
St. Jorgen's Day
August 25, 1930
A Captain at Fifteen
March 18, 1946
The White Fang
June 6, 1946
Loss of Feeling
April 17, 1935
Zoya
November 23, 1944
Once There Was a Girl
December 18, 1944
The Taras Family
October 15, 1945
Treasure Island
December 20, 1937
Behind the camera44
- 1949Glorious Path Conductor
- 1947All-Union Parade of Athletes in 1947 Music
- 1947Private Aleksandr Matrosov Conductor
- 1946The White Fang Conductor
- 1946A Captain at Fifteen Conductor
- 1945An Elephant and a Rope Conductor
- 1945The Taras Family Conductor
- 1945Crimean Conference Music
- 1945It Happened in the Donbass Conductor
- 1945Dark Is the Night