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David Snell

David Snell

Composer

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia David L. Snell (10 September 1897, Milwaukee, Wisconsin – 27 March 1967, Glendale, California) was a pianist, conductor, composer and music director. He composed the music for over 170 shorts, series or feature films. Snell studied at the Wisconsin Conservatory of Music, Wisconsin College and the Meyer Conservatory of Music. He formed his own orchestra, and was the musical director for several stage productions. He joined Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer's music department in 1937, turning out music for a range of films from low-cost "B" movies to expensive features. He would spend his entire film career with MGM. He was conductor, composer, and music director for MGM for twenty-one years. The work could be high pressure. In November 1938 Franz Waxman had just five days to put together the fifty-minute score for A Christmas Carol so it could be released in time for the holiday season. Snell helped out, writing the opening and closing credit cues and half a dozen other cues based on themes provided by Waxman. Snell wrote music for many full-length films, shorts and B-movie series such as Dr. Kildare, Maisie and The Thin Man. His songs include Under The Stars, Downstream Drifter, Come Back Little Girl Of Mine and Once Over Lightly. His scores often showed first-rate craftsmanship, but his work has generally been ignored, perhaps because in most cases he chose to simply underscore the dialog as opposed to contributing complementary musical ideas. However, for the 1947 Lady in the Lake, based on the Raymond Chandler novel and set around Christmas time, Snell chose to use a choir singing a cappella, providing an austere and effective "black and white" score to accompany the stark black and white cinematography. The moody music echoed Christmas carols. David L. Snell died in 1967.

Born: September 10, 1897 in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, USA

Died: March 27, 1967 (Age 69)

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David Snell  Movies & TV Credits

Title Rating Job Role(s) Year
Movie
5.8
ActorAttorney1982
Movie
5.7
ActorClerk in Club1982
Movie
6.2
SoundMusic1940
Movie
6.4
SoundOriginal Music Composer1937
Movie
6.6
SoundMusician1967
Movie
6
SoundMusic1948
Movie
6.3
SoundMusic1939
Movie
6.4
SoundMusic1940
Movie
6.3
SoundMusic1944
Movie
6.6
SoundMusic1946
Movie
5.7
SoundOriginal Music Composer1945
Movie
5.5
SoundOriginal Music Composer1941
Movie
6.5
SoundMusic1939
Movie
6.2
SoundMusic1939
Movie
6.3
SoundConductor1993
Movie
5.9
SoundOriginal Music Composer1945
Movie
5.9
SoundMusic1947
Movie
6.3
SoundMusic1940
Movie
5.9
SoundOriginal Music Composer1940
Movie
5.8
SoundMusic1940
Movie
6.5
SoundOriginal Music Composer1932
Movie
6.1
SoundMusic1940
Movie
6.1
SoundMusic1944
Movie
6
SoundOriginal Music Composer1940
Movie
6.3
SoundOriginal Music Composer1942
Movie
5.7
SoundMusic1939
Movie
5.9
SoundMusic1942
Movie
6.5
SoundOriginal Music Composer1939
Movie
6.3
SoundOriginal Music Composer1938
Movie
6.6
SoundOriginal Music Composer1942
Movie
6.4
SoundOriginal Music Composer1947
Movie
6.3
SoundOriginal Music Composer1946
Movie
7.5
SoundConductor1990
Movie
7.5
SoundOriginal Music Composer1941
Movie
6.8
SoundOriginal Music Composer1938
Movie
5.7
SoundMusic1946
Movie
7.4
SoundOriginal Music Composer1935
Movie
6.9
SoundOriginal Music Composer1937
Movie
5.9
SoundOriginal Music Composer1944
Movie
6.5
SoundOriginal Music Composer1941
Movie
5.9
SoundMusic1937
Movie
6.1
SoundConductor1994
Movie
6.1
SoundMusic1937
Movie
6.6
SoundMusic1942
Movie
6.3
SoundMusic1938
Movie
5.9
SoundMusic1940
Movie
7.7
SoundConductor1996
Movie
5.9
SoundMusic1944
Movie
6.2
SoundOriginal Music Composer1941
Movie
6
SoundMusic1944
Movie
7.4
SoundMusic1941
Movie
5.7
SoundConductor1994
Movie
5.8
SoundOriginal Music Composer1940
Movie
7.1
SoundMusic1947
Movie
6.3
SoundMusic1939
Movie
5.5
SoundOriginal Music Composer1942
Movie
5.7
DirectingMusic Director1943
Movie
6.6
SoundOriginal Music Composer1942
Movie
6.2
SoundMusic1941
Movie
6.4
SoundMusic1942
Movie
6.6
SoundConductor2001
Movie
5.7
SoundOriginal Music Composer1940
Movie
5.9
SoundMusic1940
Movie
6.4
SoundMusic1939
Movie
6
SoundMusic1945
Movie
5.8
SoundMusic Score Producer1943
Movie
6.1
SoundMusic1941
Movie
6.2
SoundMusic1939
Movie
8
SoundOrchestrator1934
Movie
7.5
SoundMusic1944
Movie
6.6
SoundMusic Score Producer1942
Movie
6.5
SoundMusic1942
Movie
7.6
SoundOriginal Music Composer1939
Movie
6.1
SoundOriginal Music Composer1939
Movie
6.6
SoundMusic1940
Movie
6.1
SoundMusic1939
Movie
5.8
DirectingMusic Director1945
Movie
6.1
SoundOriginal Music Composer1947
Movie
6
SoundOriginal Music Composer1946
Movie
6.1
SoundMusic1941
Movie
6.5
SoundConductor1991
Movie
6.3
SoundMusic1940
Movie
6.4
SoundOriginal Music Composer1937
Movie
6.6
SoundMusic1938
Movie
6.2
SoundOriginal Music Composer1939
Movie
SoundConductor1985
TV Show
7.4
SoundMusic
1 Episode
1995-1998
Short Film
5.8
SoundMusic1938
Short Film
6
DirectingSound Director1938
Short Film
4.6
SoundMusic1940
Short Film
5.1
SoundOriginal Music Composer1941
Short Film
6
SoundMusic1938
Short Film
5.9
SoundMusic1939
Short Film
6
SoundMusic1939
Short Film
5.4
SoundOriginal Music Composer1938
Short Film
5.7
SoundMusic1939
Short Film
5.8
SoundMusic1937
Short Film
6.2
SoundMusic1938
Short Film
5.9
SoundMusic1938
Short Film
5.7
SoundOriginal Music Composer1938
Short Film
5.9
SoundMusic1939
Short Film
5.7
SoundMusic1941
Short Film
5.8
SoundMusic1938
Short Film
5.7
SoundMusic1938
Short Film
5.5
SoundMusic1937
Short Film
5.9
SoundMusic1939
Short Film
6.3
SoundMusic1942
Short Film
6.8
DirectingMusic, Music Director1948
Short Film
6
SoundMusic1944
Short Film
6.2
SoundOriginal Music Composer1939
Short Film
6.7
SoundMusic1938
Short Film
6.5
SoundMusic Arranger1939
Short Film
5.8
SoundMusic1938
Short Film
6.2
SoundMusic1939
Short Film
6.1
SoundMusic1938
Short Film
5.8
SoundMusic1939
Short Film
6.1
SoundMusic1938
Short Film
6.6
SoundMusic1938
Short Film
5.8
SoundMusic1938
Short Film
5
SoundMusic1938
Short Film
6.8
SoundOriginal Music Composer1939
Short Film
6.5
SoundMusic1942
Short Film
SoundOriginal Music Composer1941
Short Film
6.5
SoundOriginal Music Composer1938
Short Film
6.1
SoundMusic1938
Short Film
6.5
SoundMusic1938
Short Film
4.9
SoundMusic1938
Short Film
SoundMusic1938
Short Film
6.2
SoundMusic1940
Movie
5.2
SoundConductor1987
Movie
6.2
SoundConductor1986
Movie
6.3
SoundMusic1990
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