Leigh Harline
Sound
- Born
- March 26, 1907 · Salt Lake City, Utah, USA
- Died
- December 10, 1969 (age 62)
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
Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs
January 22, 1938
Pinocchio
February 23, 1940
Bambi
August 14, 1942
River of No Return
April 30, 1954
Pickup on South Street
May 27, 1953
Monkey Business
September 3, 1952
Man of the West
October 1, 1958
The Old Mill
November 5, 1937
The Enemy Below
December 25, 1957
Mr. Blandings Builds His Dream House
March 25, 1948
The Band Concert
February 23, 1935
They Live by Night
November 1, 1949
Behind the camera158
- 2001Everybody Loves Mickey Music
- 1965Strange Bedfellows Original Music Composer
- 1964Guns of Diablo Original Music Composer
- 1964Man's Search for Happiness Music
- 19647 Faces of Dr. Lao Music
- 1962The Wonderful World of the Brothers Grimm Conductor, Music
- 1961The Honeymoon Machine Original Music Composer
- 1961All Hands on Deck Original Music Composer
- 1960The Facts of Life Conductor, Original Music Composer
- 1960