Robert Israel

Known For

The General Composer

(1926)

Les vampires Composer

(1915)

The Lost World Composer

(1925)

Battling Butler Composer

(1926)

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Composer (142 credits)

2017 Sydney, the Other Chaplin (Documentary) (music by)

2014 100th Anniversary of Bray Studios (TV Movie)

2014 Cartoon Roots (Video)

2013 The Birth of the Tramp (TV Movie documentary) (music)

2013 An Edison Album (TV Movie documentary) (music by)

2013 Lumiere's First Picture Shows (TV Short documentary) (music by)

2005 Keep Em' Rollin' (Video documentary short)

2005 Scoring for Comedy (Video documentary short)

2005 Silent Hollywood: Cult, Stars, Scandals (TV Movie documentary)

2003 Chaplin Today: The Circus (TV Short documentary)

2002 London After Midnight (TV Movie)

2002 American Family (TV Series) (1 episode)

- Mexican Revolution (2002)

2001 American Masters (TV Series documentary) (1 episode)

- Goldwyn: The Man and His Movies (2001)

1995-1999 Biography (TV Series documentary) (11 episodes)

- Spencer Tracy: Triumph & Turmoil (1999)

- John Steinbeck: An American Author (1999)

- Anthony Perkins: A Life in the Shadows (1999)

- Connie Francis: America's Sweetheart of Song (1998)

- Ozzie and Harriet: The Adventures of America's Favorite Family (1998)

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1998 The Prospector (Short)

1998 Slapstick Encyclopedia, Vol. 1: In the Beginning: Comedy Pioneers (Video) (composer)

1998 Slapstick Encyclopedia, Vol. 2: Keystone Tonight!: The Mack Sennett Comedies (Video) (composer)

1998 Slapstick Encyclopedia, Vol. 3: Funny Girls (Video) (composer)

1998 Slapstick Encyclopedia, Vol. 4: Keaton, Arbuckle & St. John (Video) (composer)

1998 Slapstick Encyclopedia, Vol. 5: Chaplin & Co., the Music Hall Tradition (Video) (composer)

1998 Slapstick Encyclopedia, Vol. 6: Hal Roach, the Lot of Fun (Video) (composer)

1998 Slapstick Encyclopedia, Vol. 7: the Race is on! (Video) (composer)

1998 Slapstick Encyclopedia, Vol. 8: Tons of Fun (Video) (composer)

1997 Gloria Swanson: The Greatest Star (TV Movie documentary)

1994 Homage to Eadweard Muybridge (Short)

1990 21 Jump Street (TV Series) (1 episode)

- How I Saved the Senator (1990)

1929 Angora Love (Short) (2011)

1929 Laila (2011)

1929 Old and New (2011)

1929 Double Whoopee (Short) (2011 restored version)

1929 Big Business (Short) (2011)

1929 Finis terrae (2003)

1928 Habeas Corpus (Short) (2011)

1928 Two Tars (Short) (2011)

1928 Sky Scrappers (Short) (2007)

1928 The Docks of New York (2010 Composer New Score)

1928 Dom na Trubnoy (2011)

1928 The Mating Call

1928 Tall Timber (Short) (2007)

1928 The Racket (2004 alternate version)

1928 The Fox Chase (Short) (2007)

1928 Oh What a Knight (Short) (2007)

1928 Ozzie of the Mounted (Short) (2007)

1928 You're Darn Tootin' (Short) (2011)

1928 Bright Lights (Short) (2007)

1928 The Matinee Idol (1999, uncredited)

1928 Rival Romeos (Short) (2007)

1928 The Garden of Eden (2002)

1928 The Last Command (2010 Composer New Score)

1927 Putting Pants on Philip (Short) (2011)

1927 Do Detectives Think? (Short) (2011)

1927 The Ocean Hop (Short) (2007)

1927/II All Wet (Short) (2007)

1927/I Great Guns (Short) (2007)

1927 The Mechanical Cow (Short) (2007)

1927 Two Arabian Knights (2004 alternate version)

1927 Oh Teacher (Short) (2007)

1927 Underworld (2010 Composer New Score)

1927 Trolley Troubles (Short) (2007)

1926 Now You Tell One (Short) (1998 new score)

1926 The General (1995 New Score)

1926 Tell It to the Marines (2000)

1926 By the Law (2011)

1926 The Adventures of the Three Reporters (2009 New Score)

1926 Battling Butler (1995, uncredited)

1926 Mighty Like a Moose (Short) (1998 new score)

1926 For Heaven's Sake (2002)

1926 Wandering Willies (Short) (2002)

1926 Charley My Boy! (Short) (music by)

1926 The Blackbird (2005)

1925 The Freshman (2002)

1925 Seven Chances (1995, uncredited)

1925 The Lost World (2000)

1925 The Wizard of Oz (2005 version)

1924 Greed (1999)

1924 Hot Water (2002)

1924 The Navigator (1995)

1924 Yukon Jake (Short) (1998 new score)

1924 The Extraordinary Adventures of Mr. West in the Land of the Bolsheviks (2011)

1924 Girl Shy (2002)

1924 Edmund Kean: Prince Among Lovers (music by)

1923 Why Worry? (2002)

1923 Three Ages (1995 New Score)

1923 The Shock (1995 new score)

1923 The Wheel (2008)

1922 Dr. Jack (2002)

1922 Phantom (music score composed by)

1922 The Electric House (Short) (1995 New Score)

1922 Grandma's Boy (2002)

1922 Dr. Mabuse the Gambler

1922 Moran of the Lady Letty (2006 Composer New Score)

1921 Tol'able David (1999)

1921 A Sailor-Made Man (2002)

1921 The Boat (Short) (1995)

1921 Never Weaken (Short) (2002)

1921 I Do (Short) (2003)

1921 Among Those Present (Short) (2002)

1921 The Goat (Short) (1995)

1921 Through the Back Door (2005 new score)

1921 Now or Never (Short) (2002)

1921 Seven Years Bad Luck (2003 New Score)

1921 The Haunted House (Short) (1995)

1920 Number, Please? (Short) (2004 Composer New Score)

1920 Neighbors (Short) (1995)

1920 The Scarecrow (Short) (1995)

1920 The Saphead (1995)

1920 Get Out and Get Under (Short) (2004)

1920 High and Dizzy (Short) (2003)

1920 An Eastern Westerner (Short) (2002)

1920 Haunted Spooks (Short) (2004)

1919 From Hand to Mouth (Short) (2003)

1919 Bumping Into Broadway (Short) (2004)

1919 Billy Blazes, Esq. (Short) (2003)

1919 J'accuse! (2008)

1919 Ask Father (Short) (2003)

1917 Teddy at the Throttle (Short) (2002)

1916 Judex

1916 Police (Short) (1999)

1916 A Movie Star (Short) (2002)

1915 The Cheat (1994)

1915 A Night in the Show (Short) (1999)

1915 Les vampires (2000)

1915/I Shanghaied (Short) (1999)

1915 The Bank (Short) (1999)

1915 Work (Short) (1999, uncredited)

1915 The Tramp (Short) (1999)

1915 The Champion (Short) (1999)

1915/I A Night Out (Short) (1999)

1914 The New Janitor (Short) (2011 new score)

1914 Laughing Gas (Short) (2011 new score)

1914 Twenty Minutes of Love (Short) (2011 new score)

1913 Atlantis (1998 New Score)

1912 The Burglar's Dilemma (Short) (uncredited)

1912 The Musketeers of Pig Alley (Short) (uncredited)

1912 The Painted Lady (Short) (uncredited)

1912 An Unseen Enemy (Short) (uncredited)

1912 One Is Business, the Other Crime (Short) (uncredited)

1912 The Sunbeam (Short) (uncredited)

1910 The Unchanging Sea (Short) (uncredited)

1909 A Corner in Wheat (Short) (uncredited)

1909 The Sealed Room (Short) (uncredited)

1909 Those Awful Hats (Short) (uncredited)

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Music department (53 credits)

2016 Das Kalte Herz (conductor)

2011 The Extraordinary Voyage (Documentary) (composer: "L'homme-orchestre" - as Robert Israël)

2006 I Build the Tower (Documentary) (arranger) / (conductor) / (musician: piano)

2004 So Funny It Hurt: Buster Keaton & MGM (TV Short documentary) (composer: incidental music)

1999 Family Feud (TV Series) (composer - 1 episode)

- Episode #1.1 (1999) ... (composer: original theme)

1980 Another World (TV Series) (theme - 1 episode)

- Episode dated 19 February 1980 (1980) ... (theme)

1928 The Mating Call (conductor: The Robert Israel Orchestra - 2004 alternate version) / (music arranger: score - 2004 alternate version)

1928 The Racket (conductor: The Robert Israel Orchestra, Europe - 2004 alternate version) / (music arranger - 2004 alternate version)

1928 The Matinee Idol (arranger: musical score - 1997 alternate version) / (conductor: musical score - 1997 alternate version)

1928 The Garden of Eden (music arranger - 2002 alternate version) / (musician: organ, Allen Renaissance Theatre Organ - 2002 alternate version)

1927 Two Arabian Knights (conductor: The Robert Israel Orchestra, Europe - 2004 alternate version) / (music arranger - 2004 alternate version)

1926 The General (music arranger: 1995 alternate version) / (music director: 1995 alternate version)

1926 Battling Butler (conductor - 1995 version) / (music arranger - 1995 version)

1926 The Black Pirate (music conductor: 1996)

1925 The Freshman (conductor - 2002 release) / (music arranger - 2002 release)

1925 Seven Chances (music arranger - 1995 version) / (music compiler - 1995 version)

1925 The Lost World (music compiler and director: 2000 alternate version)

1925 The Wizard of Oz (conductor - 2005 alternate version) / (music arranger - 2005 alternate version)

1924 Greed (arranger: musical score - 1999) / (conductor - 1999)

1924 Hot Water (music arranger - 2002 restored version)

1924 Girl Shy (conductor - 2002 video version) / (music arranger - 2002 video version)

1923/I The Hunchback of Notre Dame (conductor: The Robert Israel Orchestra {Europe} - 2006 alternate version) / (score adaptor - 2006 alternate version)

1922 Dr. Jack (conductor - 2002) / (music arranger - 2002)

1922 Phantom (conductor: The Robert Israel Orchestra - 2004 alternate version score) / (music arranger: score - 2003 alternate version)

1922 The Electric House (Short) (music arranger - 1995 version)

1922 Grandma's Boy (conductor - 2002) / (music arranger - 2002)

1922 Moran of the Lady Letty (musician: piano - 2006 alternate version)

1921 A Sailor-Made Man (conductor - 2002) / (music arranger - 2002)

1921 The Boat (Short) (musical director - 1995 version)

1921 Never Weaken (Short) (conductor - 2002) / (music arranger - 2002)

1921 The Play House (Short) (music arranger - 1995 version)

1921 I Do (Short) (conductor - 2003) / (music arranger - 2003)

1921 Among Those Present (Short) (conductor - 2002) / (music arranger - 2002)

1921 The Goat (Short) (musical director - 1995 version)

1921 Now or Never (Short) (music arranger - 2002 alternate version) / (music conductor - 2002 alternate version)

1921 Seven Years Bad Luck (music compiler - 2003 alternate version) / (music director - 2003 alternate version)

1921 The Haunted House (Short) (musical director - 1995 version)

1920 Number, Please? (Short) (conductor - 2004 alternate version) / (music arranger - 2004 alternate version)

1920 Neighbors (Short) (musical director - 1995 version)

1920 The Scarecrow (Short) (music arranger - 1995 version)

1920 The Saphead (musical director - 1995 version)

1920 Get Out and Get Under (Short) (conductor - 2004 alternate version) / (music arranger - 2004 alternate version)

1920 High and Dizzy (Short) (conductor - 2003) / (music arranger - 2003)

1920 An Eastern Westerner (Short) (conductor - 2002) / (music arranger - 2002)

1920 Haunted Spooks (Short) (conductor - 2004 video version) / (music arranger - 2004 video version)

1919 From Hand to Mouth (Short) (conductor - 2003) / (music arranger - 2003)

1919 Bumping Into Broadway (Short) (conductor - 2004 alternate version) / (music arranger - 2004 alternate version)

1919 Billy Blazes, Esq. (Short) (conductor - 2003) / (music arranger - 2003)

1919 Ask Father (Short) (conductor - 2003) / (music arranger - 2003)

1915 Les vampires (orchestra leader)

1915 His Regeneration (Short) (music - 1999)

1915 A Jitney Elopement (Short) (orchestral score - 1999)

1915 His New Job (Short) (orchestral score - 1999)

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Producer (4 credits)

1920 Number, Please? (Short) (producer: video edition - 2004 alternate version)

1920 Get Out and Get Under (Short) (producer - new video edition 2004)

1920 Haunted Spooks (Short) (producer - 2004 video version)

1919 Bumping Into Broadway (Short) (producer: video edition - 2004 alternate version)

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Writer (1 credit)

2019 Great Performances at the Met (TV Series) (in association with - 1 episode)

- Philip Glass: Akhnaten (2019) ... (in association with)

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Soundtrack (1 credit)

1922 Dr. Jack ("The Darktown Strutters' Ball" (1917))

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Thanks (2 credits)

2017 A Rabbi, a Priest and an Ex-Gumba (very special thanks)

2006 I Build the Tower (Documentary) ("The King of Kings" lobby cards courtesy of)

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Self (4 credits)

2019 Broadway Treasures (Documentary)
Self

2005 Scoring for Comedy (Video documentary short)
Self

2005 Silent Hollywood: Cult, Stars, Scandals (TV Movie documentary)
Self

1986 A Composer's Notes: Philip Glass and the Making of an Opera (Documentary)
Self

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Alternate Names:

Robert Israël

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Trivia:

In September 2006, Stockholm University in Sweden awarded Robert Israel an Honorary Doctorate with full professorial rites for his contributions to early cinema, and music composition. He is one of the youngest recipients of this honor from this university. See more »