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Adolph Deutsch

Adolph Deutsch

Composer

Adolph Sender Charles Deutsch (20 October 1897 – 1 January 1980) was a British-American composer, conductor and arranger. Born in London, England, he emigrated to the United States in 1911, and settled in Buffalo, New York. His parents, Alex (Alexander) Deutsch and Dena née Gerst, were German Jews. In 1914, Deutsch was "a Buffalo movie house musician", accompanying silent films. Deutsch began his composing career on Broadway in the 1920s and 1930s, and arranged for several American dance bands such as Paul Whiteman and Paul Ash before working for Hollywood films beginning in the late 1930s. For Broadway, he orchestrated Irving Berlin's As Thousands Cheer and George and Ira Gershwin's Pardon My English. Deutsch won Oscars for his background music for Oklahoma! (1955), and for conducting the music for Seven Brides for Seven Brothers (1954) and Annie Get Your Gun (1950).[1] He was nominated for The Band Wagon (1953) and the 1951 film version of Show Boat, for which he conducted the orchestra. For Broadway and Hollywood, he conducted, composed and arranged music, but did not write songs, not even for the Broadway shows on which he worked. In addition to his music for westerns and his conducting of the scores for musicals, Deutsch composed for films noir, including The Mask of Dimitrios (1944), The Maltese Falcon (1941), and Nobody Lives Forever (1946), as well as Little Women (the 1949 adaptation), and the Billy Wilder comedies Some Like It Hot (1959), and The Apartment (1960). His final film was Go Naked in the World.

Born: October 20, 1897

Died: January 1, 1980 (Age 82)

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Adolph Deutsch  Movies & TV Credits

Title Rating Job Role(s) Year
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5.4
ActorConductor (uncredited)1953
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5.5
CrewAdditional Music1941
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6.7
SoundOriginal Music Composer1942
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7.1
SoundOriginal Music Composer1943
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7.2
SoundOriginal Music Composer1942
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5.8
SoundOriginal Music Composer1939
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6.8
DirectingMusic Director1950
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6
SoundOriginal Music Composer1947
Movie
6.5
SoundOriginal Music Composer1940
Movie
6.4
SoundOriginal Music Composer1945
Movie
6.1
SoundMusic Supervisor, Conductor1954
Movie
5.7
SoundOriginal Music Composer, Conductor1939
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7.2
SoundOriginal Music Composer1950
Movie
6.3
SoundMusic1940
Movie
7.2
SoundOrchestrator, Conductor1957
Movie
6.7
SoundMusic1942
Movie
5.2
SoundOriginal Music Composer1961
Movie
5.2
SoundMusic1938
Movie
7.4
SoundOriginal Music Composer1941
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5.4
SoundOriginal Music Composer1939
Movie
6.5
SoundOriginal Music Composer1955
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7.4
SoundOriginal Music Composer1949
Movie
6.1
SoundOriginal Music Composer1942
Movie
6.6
SoundMusic1948
Movie
5.5
SoundOriginal Music Composer1941
Movie
7.1
SoundOriginal Music Composer1942
Movie
7.4
SoundOriginal Music Composer1949
Movie
6.2
SoundOriginal Music Composer1942
Movie
6.4
SoundOriginal Music Composer1941
Movie
6.3
SoundOriginal Music Composer1952
Movie
6.5
SoundOriginal Music Composer1950
Movie
6.9
SoundOriginal Music Composer1946
Movie
6.4
SoundOriginal Music Composer1943
Movie
5.7
SoundMusic1939
Movie
6.9
SoundConductor, Music Arranger1955
Movie
5.8
SoundOriginal Music Composer1938
Movie
6.6
SoundOriginal Music Composer1947
Movie
6.2
SoundOriginal Music Composer1940
Movie
7.5
DirectingMusic Director, Music1954
Movie
5.8
SoundOriginal Music Composer1946
Movie
5.6
SoundOriginal Music Composer1941
Movie
5.7
SoundOriginal Music Composer1951
Movie
8.3
SoundOriginal Music Composer1959
Movie
7.2
SoundOriginal Music Composer1950
Movie
7.1
SoundOriginal Music Composer1956
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8.4
SoundOriginal Music Composer1960
Movie
7.5
DirectingMusic Director1953
Movie
5.9
DirectingMusic Director1952
Movie
5.6
SoundOriginal Music Composer1950
Movie
6.5
SoundOriginal Music Composer1942
Movie
6
SoundOriginal Music Composer1944
Movie
6.4
SoundOriginal Music Composer1940
Movie
6.5
SoundOriginal Music Composer1937
Movie
5.6
SoundOriginal Music Composer1941
Movie
6.1
SoundOriginal Music Composer1939
Movie
7.2
SoundMusic1954
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8
SoundOriginal Music Composer1941
Movie
7.3
SoundOriginal Music Composer1944
Movie
6.6
SoundOriginal Music Composer1958
Movie
6.6
SoundOriginal Music Composer1956
Movie
6.9
DirectingMusic Director1931
Movie
7.3
DirectingOriginal Music Composer, Music Director1949
Movie
7
SoundOriginal Music Composer1940
Movie
7
SoundOriginal Music Composer1937
Movie
6.7
SoundOriginal Music Composer1946
Movie
5.4
SoundOriginal Music Composer1953
Movie
6.5
SoundOriginal Music Composer1940
Movie
5.5
SoundOriginal Music Composer1940
Movie
6.9
SoundOriginal Music Composer1944
Movie
7
SoundOriginal Music Composer1941
Movie
6
SoundOriginal Music Composer1938
Movie
6.8
SoundOriginal Music Composer1948
Movie
4.5
DirectingMusic Director1930
Title Rating Job Role(s) Year

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