Leopold Stokowski

Won 1 Primetime Emmy. Another 4 wins. See more awards »

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Fantasia Music Department

(1940)

DOA: Dead or Alive Soundtrack

(2006)

Fantasia 2000 Music Department

(1999)

The Great Beauty Soundtrack

(2013)

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Music department (5 credits)

1999 Fantasia 2000 (conductor - segment "Sorcerer's Apprentice, The")

1958 The Magical World of Disney (TV Series) (conductor - 1 episode)

- Magic and Music (1958) ... (conductor - segment ": "Pastoral Symphony", archive footage)

1952 Omnibus (TV Series) (musical director - 1 episode)

- My Brother Henry (1952) ... (musical director - segment "Pictures at an Exhibition")

1940 Fantasia (arranger - uncredited) / (conductor)

1937 One Hundred Men and a Girl (conductor)

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Actor (3 credits)

1947 Carnegie Hall
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1937 One Hundred Men and a Girl
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1936 The Big Broadcast of 1937
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Soundtrack (32 credits)

2021 Nine Perfect Strangers (TV Series) (arranger - 1 episode)

- Earth Day (2021) ... (arranger: "Harpsichord Concerto in F Minor, BWV 1056: II. Largo" - uncredited)

2021 Ted K (performer: "Piano Concerto No. 5: II. Adagio Un Poco Mosso")

2019 The Goldfinch (performer: "Concerto No. 5 in E-Flat Major for Piano and Orchestra, Op. 73, II. Adagio un poco mosso")

2019 Can You Keep a Secret? (arranger: "Harpsichord Concerto in F Minor, BWV 1056: II. Largo")

2018 The Wild Pear Tree (performer: "Passacaglia and Fugue in C minor, BWV 582")

2017 Freedom (arranger: "Dido & Aeneas, Z. 626, When I Am Laid in Earth, Dido's Lament")

2016 In Search of Perfect Consonance (Documentary short) (arranger: "Toccata and Fugue in D Minor")

2015 Le Dernier Cigare (Short) (performer: "Nocturnes: No. 1. Nuages")

2015 Marguerite (arranger: "Toccata and Fugue in D minor, BWV 565")

2014 Christmas, Again (performer: "Danse Arab")

2014 Alive Inside: A Story of Music and Memory (Documentary) (performer: "Rhapsody on a Theme of Paganini, Op. 43: Variation XVIII: Andante cantabile")

Nostalgia Critic (TV Series) (arranger - 1 episode, 2013) (performer - 1 episode, 2013)

- Should We Scare the S#*% Out of Kids? (2013) ... (arranger: "A Night on Bald Mountain") / (performer: "A Night on Bald Mountain")

2013 The Great Beauty (performer: "Symphony in C Major: II. Adagio")

2011 Some Jerk with a Camera (TV Series) (performer - 1 episode)

- The Top 11 Florida Attractions Not in California, Part Two (2011) ... (performer: "The Sorcerer's Apprentice")

2011 The Enchanted Forest (Documentary short) (performer: "Ave Maria")

2010 The Simpsons (TV Series) (arranger - 1 episode)

- Donnie Fatso (2010) ... (arranger: "Clair de Lune" - uncredited)

2009 Waking Sleeping Beauty (Documentary) (performer: "Dance of the Sugarplum Fairies")

2009 The Haunting (performer: "The Nutcracker Suite, Opus 71 (Trépak)")

2006 DOA: Dead or Alive (performer: "Romeo and Juliet Fantasy Overture")

1999 Fantasia 2000 (performer: "The Sorcerer's Apprentice")

1988 A Very Old Man with Enormous Wings (performer: "Una noche en la arida montaña" (Night on Bald Mountain))

1981 All Night Long (performer: "Ride Of The Valkyries")

1981 The Choice (TV Movie) (arranger: "Chaconne")

1973 Godmonster of Indian Flats (performer: "Symphony No. 4: III. Fugue - Andante moderato")

1966 Star Pilot ("Toccata and Fugue in D minor")

The Magical World of Disney (TV Series) (performer - 4 episodes, 1955 - 1958) (arranger - 1 episode, 1957)

- Magic and Music (1958) ... (performer: "Pastoral Symphony")

- Tricks of Our Trade (1957) ... (arranger: "Rite of Spring" (1913), "Dance of the Hours" (1876) - uncredited) / (performer: "Rite of Spring" (1913), "Dance of the Hours" (1876) - uncredited)

- All About Magic (1957) ... (performer: "The Sorcerer's Apprentice")

- The Story of the Animated Drawing (1955) ... (performer: "The Nutcracker Suite" (excerpts), "Nutcracker Suite")

1955 A World is Born (Documentary short) (arranger: "Rite of Spring") / (performer: "Rite of Spring")

1953 Omnibus (TV Series) (performer - 1 episode)

- Toy Symphony with Stokowski (1953) ... (performer: "Toy Symphony")

1947 Carnegie Hall (performer: "Symphony no. 5: Second movement" - uncredited)

1940 Fantasia (arranger: "Toccata and Fugue in D Minor, BWV 565", "The Sorcerer's Apprentice" (1897), "Rite of Spring" (1913), "Dance of the Hours" (1876), "A Night on Bald Mountain/Ave Maria") / (performer: "Toccata and Fugue in D Minor, BWV 565", "The Nutcracker Suite, Op. 71a" (1892), "The Sorcerer's Apprentice" (1897), "Rite of Spring" (1913), "Symphony No. 6 ('Pastoral') Op. 68" (1808), "Dance of the Hours" (1876), "A Night on Bald Mountain/Ave Maria")

1937 One Hundred Men and a Girl (performer: "Symphony No. 5 in E minor: Fourth Movement" (1888), "Rakoczy March" (1846) (uncredited), "Lohengrin: Prelude to Act III" (1850), "Alleluja: from the motet 'Exultate, jubilate' (K.165)" (1773), "Hungarian Rhapsody No. 2 in C sharp minor: Lento a capriccio" (1847), "Libiamo ne' lieti calici (Drinking Song): from 'La traviata'" (1853))

1936 The Big Broadcast of 1937 ("Fugue in G minor", uncredited) / (performer: "Fugue in G minor" - uncredited)

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Self (18 credits)

2000 Clair de Lune (Short)
Self - Conductor of The Philadelphia Orchestra

1977 Who's Who (TV Series)
Self

- Episode dated 4 January 1977 (1977) ... Self

1972 Musik zum Ansehen (TV Series)
Self

1971 The David Frost Show (TV Series)
Self

- Episode #4.33 (1971) ... Self

1971 Music Now (TV Series)
Self

- Episode #3.9 (1971) ... Self

1970 Music on 2 (TV Series)
Self

- Leopold Stokowski (1970) ... Self

1970 NET Festival (TV Series documentary)
Self

- Leopold Stokowski (1970) ... Self

1969 New York, New York (TV Series)
Self

- Episode dated 19 October 1969 (1969) ... Self

1969 New York Philharmonic Young People's Concerts (TV Series)
Self - Conductor

- Bach Transmogrified (1969) ... Self - Conductor

1968 Omnibus (TV Series documentary)
Self

- Tommy (1968) ... Self

1968 Today (TV Series)
Self

- Episode dated 17 January 1968 (1968) ... Self

1963 The Merv Griffin Show (TV Series)
Self

- Tammy Grimes, Adela Rogers St. John, Leopold Stokowski (1963) ... Self

1962 Festival of Arts (TV Series)
Self

1959 Great Music from Chicago (TV Series)
Self - Orchestrator

1953 Person to Person (TV Series documentary)
Self - Conductor

- Episode #1.1 (1953) ... Self - Conductor

1952-1953 Omnibus (TV Series)
Self - Conductor (segment "Toy Symphony with Stokowski") / Self - Conductor (segment 4)

- Toy Symphony with Stokowski (1953) ... Self - Conductor (segment "Toy Symphony with Stokowski")

- My Brother Henry (1952) ... Self - Conductor (segment 4)

1949 Die Stimme Österreichs (Short)
Self

1940 Fantasia
Self - Conductor of The Philadelphia Orchestra

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Archive footage (9 credits)

2020 The Other Man (Short)
Self (uncredited)

2017 Cinecittà Babilonia: Sex, Drugs and Black Shirts (Documentary)
Self

2013 Les Chroniques du Mea (TV Series)
Self

- Moonwalker (1988) (2013) ... Self

2007 Cartola, the Samba Legend (Documentary)
Self

2005 Garbo (Documentary)
Self

1999 Fantasia 2000
Self - Conductor (segment "The Sorcerer's Apprentice") (uncredited)

1993-1995 Great Performances (TV Series)
Self - Clip from 1947 film 'Carnegie Hall' / Self

- The Art of Conducting: Great Conductors of the Past (1995) ... Self - Clip from 1947 film 'Carnegie Hall'

- The Maestros of Philadelphia (1993) ... Self

1955-1958 The Magical World of Disney (TV Series)
Self (conductor) / Self (seen in silhouette only) / Self / ...

- Magic and Music (1958) ... Self (seen in silhouette only)

- Tricks of Our Trade (1957) ... Self (conductor) (uncredited)

- All About Magic (1957) ... Self (uncredited)

- The Plausible Impossible (1956) ... Self (conductor)

- The Story of the Animated Drawing (1955) ... Himelf (conductor in 'Fantasia')

1950 Moments in Music (Documentary short)
Self - film clip (uncredited)

Personal Details

Other Works:

Made a complete recording with the Philadelphia Orchestra of Beethoven's Ninth Symphony. This recording was originally issued on a multi-record 78-RPM set, and in the performance the "Ode to Joy" was sung in English rather than the original German. See more »

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Gloria Vanderbilt (divorced) (2 children) | See more »

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Was always experimenting with different orchestral seating plans. See more »

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He would ensure that, at his concerts, his face was lit so that its shadow appeared onthe wall. See more »

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