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Gerard Carbonara(1886-1959)

  • Music Department
  • Composer
  • Soundtrack
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Composer, conductor and violinist, educated at the National Conservatory in New York (on a scholarship) and at the Naples Conservatory. He also studied with Martucci Dworczak. He was an opera coach in Milan in 1910, and a concert violinist and opera conductor throughout Europe and the United States. Joining ASCAP in 1946, his popular-music compositions include "Calm", "Song to Pierrot", "Waiting" and "Dusk of Roses".
BornDecember 8, 1886
DiedJanuary 11, 1959(72)
BornDecember 8, 1886
DiedJanuary 11, 1959(72)
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  • Nominated for 1 Oscar
    • 1 nomination total

Known for

Charles Chaplin in The Gold Rush (1925)
The Gold Rush
8.1
  • Music Department(1942 version, additional music)
  • 1925
Richard Dix and Jane Wyatt in The Kansan (1943)
The Kansan
5.6
  • Composer(musical score)
  • 1943
Jack Nicholson, Mickey Rooney, and John Ireland in The Big Wheel (1949)
The Big Wheel
5.6
  • Composer
  • 1949
Mary Ellis and Walter Pidgeon in Fatal Lady (1936)
Fatal Lady
6.9
  • Music Department(additional music, uncredited)
  • 1936

Credits

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  • Comanche Station (1960)
    Comanche Station
    7.0
    • composer: stock music (uncredited)
    • 1960
  • Tina Louise, Richard Widmark, Lee J. Cobb, and Earl Holliman in The Trap (1959)
    The Trap
    6.6
    • composer: stock music (uncredited)
    • 1959
  • Jerry Lewis and Dean Martin in Pardners (1956)
    Pardners
    6.1
    • composer: stock music (uncredited)
    • 1956
  • Pat O'Brien, Tina Carver, and Dennis O'Keefe in Inside Detroit (1956)
    Inside Detroit
    6.3
    • composer: stock music (uncredited)
    • 1956
  • Danny Kaye, Angela Lansbury, and Glynis Johns in The Court Jester (1955)
    The Court Jester
    7.8
    • composer: stock music (uncredited)
    • 1955
  • Angela Stevens, Johnny Weissmuller, and Vera Francis in Devil Goddess (1955)
    Devil Goddess
    5.7
    • composer: stock music (uncredited)
    • 1955
  • Mary Murphy in Hell's Island (1955)
    Hell's Island
    5.9
    • composer: stock music (uncredited)
    • 1955
  • Jean-Pierre Aumont and Paulette Goddard in Charge of the Lancers (1954)
    Charge of the Lancers
    4.4
    • composer: stock music (uncredited)
    • 1954
  • Alaska Seas (1954)
    Alaska Seas
    6.0
    • composer: stock music (uncredited)
    • 1954
  • John Ireland in The 49th Man (1953)
    The 49th Man
    5.9
    • composer: stock music (uncredited)
    • 1953
  • Bing Crosby, Bob Hope, and Dorothy Lamour in Road to Bali (1952)
    Road to Bali
    6.4
    • composer: additional music (uncredited)
    • 1952
  • Gene Autry and Champion in Barbed Wire (1952)
    Barbed Wire
    5.9
    • composer: stock music (uncredited)
    • 1952
  • Paul Henreid, Jeff Donnell, Helen Gilbert, and Elena Verdugo in Thief of Damascus (1952)
    Thief of Damascus
    5.3
    • composer: stock music (uncredited)
    • 1952
  • Gene Autry and Champion in Night Stage to Galveston (1952)
    Night Stage to Galveston
    5.9
    • composer: stock music (uncredited)
    • 1952
  • Angela Greene and Johnny Weissmuller in Jungle Jim in the Forbidden Land (1952)
    Jungle Jim in the Forbidden Land
    5.5
    • composer: stock music (uncredited)
    • 1952

Composer



  • Jack Nicholson, Mickey Rooney, and John Ireland in The Big Wheel (1949)
    The Big Wheel
    5.6
    • Composer
    • 1949
  • Randolph Scott and Ann Dvorak in Abilene Town (1946)
    Abilene Town
    6.2
    • Composer
    • 1946
  • Edward Everett Horton and Tom Tully in The Town Went Wild (1944)
    The Town Went Wild
    5.6
    • Composer (uncredited)
    • 1944
  • The Immortal Blacksmith
    6.3
    Short
    • Composer (uncredited)
    • 1944
  • Easy Life (1944)
    Easy Life
    6.0
    Short
    • Composer
    • 1944
  • Olive Blakeney, John Litel, Jimmy Lydon, Mike Mazurki, and Joan Mortimer in Henry Aldrich Haunts a House (1943)
    Henry Aldrich Haunts a House
    6.2
    • Composer
    • 1943
  • Richard Dix and Jane Wyatt in The Kansan (1943)
    The Kansan
    5.6
    • Composer (musical score)
    • 1943
  • Ellen Drew and Robert Preston in Night Plane from Chungking (1943)
    Night Plane from Chungking
    6.5
    • Composer (musical score)
    • 1943
  • American Empire (1942)
    American Empire
    5.6
    • Composer (music score)
    • 1942
  • Don Castle, Richard Dix, and Frances Gifford in Tombstone: The Town Too Tough to Die (1942)
    Tombstone: The Town Too Tough to Die
    6.0
    • Composer
    • 1942
  • Wade Boteler, Ralph Dunn, Martha O'Driscoll, and Robert Preston in Pacific Blackout (1941)
    Pacific Blackout
    7.2
    • Composer
    • 1941
  • Susan Hayward, Frances Farmer, Harry Carey, and Albert Dekker in Among the Living (1941)
    Among the Living
    6.4
    • Composer
    • 1941
  • Ellen Drew, Robert Preston, and Alice White in The Night of January 16th (1941)
    The Night of January 16th
    6.1
    • Composer
    • 1941
  • John Wayne, Ward Bond, Harry Carey, and Betty Field in The Shepherd of the Hills (1941)
    The Shepherd of the Hills
    6.9
    • Composer
    • 1941
  • Ellen Drew and Charles Gemora in The Monster and the Girl (1941)
    The Monster and the Girl
    6.0
    • Composer (uncredited)
    • 1941

Soundtrack



  • Mary Ellis and Walter Pidgeon in Fatal Lady (1936)
    Fatal Lady
    6.9
    • music: "Isabelle", "Bal Masque"
    • 1936
  • Greta Garbo in Anna Christie (1930)
    Anna Christie
    6.5
    • music: "Joyous Appassionata" (uncredited)
    • 1930
  • Synthetic Sin (1929)
    Synthetic Sin
    7.2
    • music: "Frivolities" (uncredited)
    • 1929
  • Walt Disney in Steamboat Willie (1928)
    Steamboat Willie
    7.4
    Short
    • writer: "Mischief Maker" (uncredited)
    • 1928

Personal details

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  • Alternative name
    • Gerrard Carbonara
  • Born
    • December 8, 1886
    • New York City, New York, USA
  • Died
    • January 11, 1959
    • Sherman Oaks, California, USA(undisclosed)
  • Other works
    For piano: "Danse Fantastique", "Rhapsodie", "Hollywood Boulevard", "An American Tone Sketch", "Minuet", and "Petite Valse".

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