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George Bassman (1914–1997)

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Composer and songwriter ("I'm Getting Sentimental Over You", the Tommy Dorsey theme), conductor and arranger, he was educated at the Boston Conservatory and studied with Toch and Strelitzer. Between 1931-1934 he arranged for dance orchestras, and then for Andre Kostelanetz and CBS between 1934-1936... See full bio »

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in New York City, New York, USA

Died:

(age 83) in Los Angeles, California, USA

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1995 The Wizard of Oz in Concert: Dreams Come True (TV documentary) (orchestrator)
 
1964 Mail Order Bride (conductor)
 
1962 The Great Chase (documentary) (conductor, music arranger)
 
1962 Ride the High Country (conductor)
 
1962 State Fair (orchestrator)
 
1959 Middle of the Night (conductor)
 
Producers' Showcase (TV series) (composer: theme music - 36 episodes, 1954-1957) (musical director - 2 episodes, 1956-1957)
– Festival of Magic (1957) (composer: theme music - uncredited)
– Mr. Broadway (1957) (composer: theme music - uncredited)
– Cinderella (1957) (composer: theme music - uncredited)
– The Great Sebastians (1957) (composer: theme music - uncredited)
– Romeo and Juliet (1957) (composer: theme music - uncredited)
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1957 Mr. Broadway (TV movie) (musical director)
 
1956 Ford Star Jubilee (TV series) (orchestrator - 1 episode)
– The Wizard of Oz (1956) (orchestrator - archive footage)
 
1955 Marty (composer: additional music)
 
1953 Louisiana Territory (conductor)
 
1953 The Joe Louis Story (conductor)
 
1953 Big Leaguer (composer: stock music - uncredited)
 
1953 A Slight Case of Larceny (composer: stock music - uncredited)
 
1952 Desperate Search (composer: stock music - uncredited)
 
1948 The Naked City (music director - uncredited)
 
1947 Song of the Thin Man (composer: stock music - uncredited)
 
1947 Undercover Maisie (composer: stock music - uncredited)
 
1945 Bud Abbott and Lou Costello in Hollywood (musical director)
 
1944 Lost in a Harem (composer: additional music - uncredited)
 
1943 Girl Crazy (composer: title music - uncredited, music arranger - uncredited)
 
1943 Thousands Cheer (conductor: score - uncredited)
 
1943 Best Foot Forward (orchestrator)
 
1943 Du Barry Was a Lady (composer: additional music - uncredited, orchestrator)
 
1943 Presenting Lily Mars (composer: additional music - uncredited, orchestrator - uncredited)
 
1943 Cabin in the Sky (orchestrator)
 
1942 For Me and My Gal (orchestrator, vocal arranger)
 
1942 Panama Hattie (orchestrator, vocal arranger)
 
1942 Cairo (composer: additional music - uncredited, orchestrator - uncredited)
 
1942 Her Cardboard Lover (composer: stock music - uncredited, orchestrator - uncredited)
 
1942 Tortilla Flat (orchestrator - uncredited)
 
1942 Ship Ahoy (orchestrator, vocal arranger)
 
1941 Babes on Broadway (orchestrator, vocal arranger)
 
1941 Design for Scandal (orchestrator - uncredited)
 
1941 The Feminine Touch (orchestrator - uncredited)
 
1941 Lady Be Good (orchestrator, vocal arranger)
 
1941 They Met in Bombay (composer: additional music - uncredited)
 
1941 The Big Store (orchestrator, vocal)
 
1941 A Woman's Face (orchestrator - uncredited)
 
1941 Ziegfeld Girl (composer: additional music - uncredited)
 
1941 Road to Zanzibar (orchestrator - uncredited)
 
1941 Meet John Doe (orchestrator - uncredited)
 
1941 Rage in Heaven (orchestrator - uncredited)
 
1940 Go West (orchestrator)
 
1940 Hullabaloo (orchestrator)
 
1940 Too Many Girls (musical director, orchestral arranger)
 
1940 Strike Up the Band (orchestrator - uncredited)
 
1940 I Love You Again (orchestrator - uncredited)
 
1940 New Moon (orchestrator - uncredited)
 
1940 The Captain Is a Lady (orchestrator - uncredited)
 
1940 The Mortal Storm (orchestrator - uncredited)
 
1940 Two Girls on Broadway (orchestrator)
 
1940 Forty Little Mothers (orchestrator - uncredited)
 
1940 The Ghost Comes Home (orchestrator - uncredited)
 
1940 Broadway Melody of 1940 (orchestrator - uncredited)
 
1940 I Take This Woman (orchestrator - uncredited)
 
1940 The Earl of Chicago (orchestrator - uncredited)
 
1939 Of Mice and Men (orchestrator - uncredited)
 
1939 Gulliver's Travels (orchestrator - uncredited)
 
1939 Gone with the Wind (orchestrator - uncredited)
 
1939 At the Circus (music arranger: vocal and orchestral arrangements)
 
1939 Babes in Arms (orchestral arrangements)
 
1939 The Wizard of Oz (orchestral and vocal arrangements)
 
1939 Lady of the Tropics (composer: additional music - uncredited)
 
1939 Bridal Suite (composer: stock music - uncredited)
 
1939 Happily Buried (short) (orchestrator - uncredited)
 
1939 Broadway Serenade (orchestrator - uncredited)
 
1939 The Ice Follies of 1939 (composer: additional music - uncredited, music arranger: orchestral and vocal arrangements)
 
1939 Honolulu (orchestrator - uncredited)
 
1938 The Girl Downstairs (orchestrator - uncredited)
 
1938 Sweethearts (orchestrator - uncredited)
 
1938 Once Over Lightly (short) (orchestrator - uncredited)
 
1938 Men of Steel (short) (orchestrator - uncredited)
 
1938 Dramatic School (orchestrator - uncredited)
 
1938 Spring Madness (orchestrator - uncredited)
 
1938 The Young in Heart (orchestrator - uncredited)
 
1938 Listen, Darling (orchestrator - uncredited)
 
1938 Grid Rules (documentary short) (orchestrator - uncredited)
 
1938 Aladdin's Lantern (short) (orchestrator - uncredited)
 
1938 Too Hot to Handle (orchestrator - uncredited)
 
1938 Rich Man, Poor Girl (orchestrator - uncredited)
 
1938 Love Finds Andy Hardy (orchestrator - uncredited)
 
1938 Marie Antoinette (orchestrator - uncredited)
 
1938 Fast Company (orchestrator - uncredited)
 
1938 A Day at the Beach (short) (orchestrator - uncredited)
 
1938 Professor Beware (composer: stock music - uncredited)
 
1938 What Do You Think?: Tupapaoo (short) (orchestrator - uncredited)
 
1938 Joaquin Murrieta (short) (orchestrator - uncredited)
 
1938 Three Comrades (orchestrator - uncredited)
 
1938 The Forgotten Step (short) (orchestrator - uncredited)
 
1938 Snow Gets in Your Eyes (short) (orchestrator - uncredited)
 
1938 That Mothers Might Live (short) (orchestrator - uncredited)
 
1938 Bulldog Drummond's Peril (composer: stock music - uncredited)
 
1938 Everybody Sing (orchestrations)
 
1938 They Live Again (documentary short) (orchestrator - uncredited)
 
1937 Friend Indeed (short) (orchestrator - uncredited)
 
1937 You're Only Young Once (orchestrator - uncredited)
 
1937 Beg, Borrow or Steal (orchestrator - uncredited)
 
1937 A Damsel in Distress (additional arrangements)
 
1937 The Last Gangster (orchestrator - uncredited)
 
1937 Conquest (orchestrator - uncredited)
 
1937 My Dear Miss Aldrich (orchestrator - uncredited)
 
1937 Big City (orchestrator - uncredited)
 
1937 Double or Nothing (composer: additional music - uncredited)
 
1937 Between Two Women (orchestrator - uncredited)
 
1937 The Emperor's Candlesticks (orchestrator - uncredited)
 
1937 A Day at the Races (composer: additional music - uncredited, orchestrator)
 
1937 Parnell (orchestrator - uncredited)
 
1937 The Little Maestro (short) (orchestrator - uncredited)
 
1937 Personal Property (orchestrator - uncredited)
 
1937 The Last of Mrs. Cheyney (orchestrator - uncredited)
 
1936 Wanted -- A Master (short) (orchestrator - uncredited)
 
1936 Love on the Run (orchestrator - uncredited)
 
1936 All American Chump (orchestrator - uncredited)
 
1936 Libeled Lady (orchestrator - uncredited)
 
1936 Old Hutch (orchestrator - uncredited)
 
1936 Violets in Spring (short) (vocal and orchestral arrangements)
 
1936 Piccadilly Jim (orchestrator - uncredited)
 
1936 His Brother's Wife (orchestrator - uncredited)
 
1936 Suzy (orchestrator - uncredited)
 
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1964 Mail Order Bride
 
1963 Combat! (TV series)
– Survival (1963)
 
1962 Ben Casey (TV series)
– I Hear America Singing (1962) (music composed and conducted by)
– The Fireman Who Raised Rabbits (1962) (music composed and conducted by)
– Behold! They Walk an Ancient Road (1962) (music composed and conducted by)
– Go Not Gently Into the Night (1962) (music composed and conducted by)
 
1962 Ride the High Country
 
1959 Middle of the Night
 
1959 The Phil Silvers Pontiac Special: Keep in Step (TV movie)
 
1956 Producers' Showcase (TV series)
– Dodsworth (1956)
 
1956 Canyon Crossroads
 
1953 All Star Revue (TV series)
– Episode #4.2 (1953)
 
1953 Louisiana Territory
 
1953 The Joe Louis Story
 
1947 The Romance of Rosy Ridge
 
1947 Little Mister Jim
 
1947 The Arnelo Affair
 
1946 Two Smart People
 
1946 The Postman Always Rings Twice (musical score)
 
1946 A Letter for Evie
 
1945 Bud Abbott and Lou Costello in Hollywood (uncredited)
 
1945 The Clock
 
1945 Main Street After Dark
 
1944 The Canterville Ghost
 
1943 Whistling in Brooklyn
 
1943 I Dood It (uncredited)
 
1943 Young Ideas (composition)
 
1943 Cabin in the Sky (uncredited)
 
1942 Ship Ahoy (uncredited)
 
1941 Babes on Broadway (uncredited)
 
1941 Lady Be Good (uncredited)
 
1941 The Big Store (uncredited)
 
1940 Go West (uncredited)
 
1940 Little Nellie Kelly (uncredited)
 
1940 Hullabaloo (uncredited)
 
1940 Forty Little Mothers (uncredited)
 
1940 Broadway Melody of 1940 (uncredited)
 
1939 Blondie Brings Up Baby (uncredited)
 
1939 Babes in Arms (uncredited)
 
1938 Little Orphan Annie (uncredited)
 
1938 Poultry Pirates (short) (uncredited)
 
1936 Swing Banditry (short) (uncredited)
 
Show ShowSoundtrack (19 titles)
2008 Bart Got a Room (writer: "I'm Getting Sentimental Over You")
 
2006 Lady in the Water (writer: "I'm Getting Sentimental Over You")
 
2005 Marilyn Hotchkiss' Ballroom Dancing & Charm School (music: "I'm Getting Sentimental Over You" 1932)
 
1999 RKO 281 (TV movie) (writer: "I'm Getting Sentimental Over You")
 
1997 Marcello Mastroianni: I Remember (documentary) (music: "I'm getting sentimental over you")
 
1996 The Hunchback of Notre Dame (writer: "Cyclone")
 
1993 King of the Hill (music: "I'm Getting Sentimental Over You" 1932)
 
1991 Homefront (TV series)
– S.N.A.F.U. (1991) (writer: "I'm Getting Sentimental over You")
 
1991 Le peloton d'exécution (TV movie) (music: "I'm Getting Sentimental Over You")
 
1987 Radio Days (music: "I'm Gettin' Sentimental Over You" 1932)
 
1981 True Confessions (music: "I'm Getting Sentimental Over You" - uncredited)
 
1971 Carnal Knowledge (writer: "I'm Getting Sentimental Over You")
 
1961 Twilight Zone (TV series)
– Static (1961) (music: "I'm Getting Sentimental Over You")
 
1957 The Lux Show (TV series)
– Episode #1.10 (1957) (writer: "I'm Getting Sentimental Over You" - uncredited)
 
1948 A Song Is Born (music: "I'm Getting Sentimental Over You" 1932 - uncredited)
 
1947 The Fabulous Dorseys (music: "I'm Getting Sentimental Over You")
 
1943 Du Barry Was a Lady (music: "I'm Getting Sentimental Over You" 1932)
 
1942 Ship Ahoy (music: "I'm Getting Sentimental Over You" 1932 - uncredited)
 
1941 Keep 'Em Flying (music: "I'm Getting Sentimental Over You" - uncredited)
 
Show ShowThanks (1 title)
1994 That's Entertainment! III (documentary) (grateful acknowledgment: to the music arrangers and orchestrators)
 
Show ShowSelf (1 title)
1952-1953 All Star Revue (TV series)
Himself - Guest Orchestra Leader
– Episode #4.1 (1953) … Himself - Guest Orchestra Leader
– Episode #3.14 (1952) … Himself - Guest Orchestra Leader
– Episode #3.9 (1952) … Himself - Guest Orchestra Leader
 
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Meet the People (1940). Musical revue. Music by Jay Gorney. Book by Ben Barzman, Sol Barzman, Mortimer Offner, Edward Eliscu, Daniel Dare, Henry Blankfort, Bert Lawrence, Sid Kuller, Ray Golden, Milt Gross, Mike Quin and Arthur Ross. Lyrics by Henry Myers and Edward Eliscu. Revised by Edward Eliscu... See more »
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