Dimitri Zinovievich Tiomkin (May 10, 1894 – November 11, 1979) was a Russian-born American film composer and conductor. Classically trained in St. Petersburg, Russia before the Bolshevik Revolution, he moved to Berlin and then New York City after the Russian Revolution. In 1929, after the stock market crash, he moved to Hollywood, where he became best known for his scores for Western films, including Duel in the Sun, Red River, High Noon, The Big Sky, 55 Days at Peking, Gunfight at the O.K. Corral, and Last Train from Gun Hill, as well as his work with director Frank Capra.
Tiomkin received 22 Academy Award nominations and won four Oscars, three for Best Original Score for High Noon, The High and the Mighty, and The Old Man and the Sea, and one for Best Original Song for "The Ballad of High Noon" from the former film.
Academy Awards
Best Original Dramatic or Comedy Score
Golden Globe Awards
Best Original Score
Known For
Rio Bravo
(1959)
Original Music Composer, Songs, and Conductor
It's a Wonderful Life
(1946)
Original Music Composer
I Confess
(1953)
Original Music Composer and Conductor
Giant
(1956)
Music
Gunfight at the O.K. Corral
(1957)
Original Music Composer, Songs, and Conductor
The Unforgiven
(1960)
Original Music Composer
Red River
(1948)
Original Music Composer and Music Director
Shadow of a Doubt
(1943)
Music
The Guns of Navarone
(1961)
Original Music Composer and Songs
High Noon
(1952)
Original Music Composer
The Fall of the Roman Empire
(1964)
Original Music Composer and Conductor
Dial M for Murder
(1954)
Original Music Composer and Conductor
Strangers on a Train
(1951)
Original Music Composer
Lost Horizon
(1937)
Original Music Composer
Mr. Smith Goes to Washington
(1939)
Original Music Composer
55 Days at Peking
(1963)
Original Music Composer
Full Filmography
Sound
Alice in Wonderland
(1933)
Original Music Composer
Roast-Beef and Movies
(1934)
Music
Mad Love
(1935)
Original Music Composer
I Live My Life
(1935)
Original Music Composer
The Casino Murder Case
(1935)
Original Music Composer and Music
Lost Horizon
(1937)
Original Music Composer
The Road Back
(1937)
Music
Spawn of the North
(1938)
Music
You Can't Take It with You
(1938)
Music
Mr. Smith Goes to Washington
(1939)
Original Music Composer
Only Angels Have Wings
(1939)
Original Music Composer
Lucky Partners
(1940)
Original Music Composer
The Westerner
(1940)
Original Music Composer
Men Without Souls
(1940)
Original Music Composer
Meet John Doe
(1941)
Original Music Composer
Forced Landing
(1941)
Music
The Corsican Brothers
(1941)
Original Music Composer
Scattergood Meets Broadway
(1941)
Music
The Moon and Sixpence
(1942)
Original Music Composer
Twin Beds
(1942)
Music
Shadow of a Doubt
(1943)
Music
Report from the Aleutians
(1943)
Original Music Composer
Why We Fight: The Battle of Russia
(1943)
Music
The Unknown Guest
(1943)
Music
When Strangers Marry
(1944)
Original Music Composer
The Negro Soldier
(1944)
Music
The Mummy's Curse
(1944)
Music
Dillinger
(1945)
Original Music Composer
Pardon My Past
(1945)
Original Music Composer
China's Little Devils
(1945)
Original Music Composer
Know Your Enemy: Japan
(1945)
Music
The Jungle Captive
(1945)
Music
It's a Wonderful Life
(1946)
Original Music Composer
Angel on My Shoulder
(1946)
Music Director and Original Music Composer
The Dark Mirror
(1946)
Original Music Composer
Whistle Stop
(1946)
Original Music Composer
Let There Be Light
(1946)
Original Music Composer
Black Beauty
(1946)
Original Music Composer
Duel in the Sun
(1946)
Original Music Composer
The Cat Creeps
(1946)
Music
The Long Night
(1947)
Original Music Composer
Portrait of Jennie
(1948)
Original Music Composer
Tarzan and the Mermaids
(1948)
Original Music Composer and Music
The Dude Goes West
(1948)
Original Music Composer
Red River
(1948)
Original Music Composer and Music Director
So This Is New York
(1948)
Original Music Composer
Red Light
(1949)
Original Music Composer
D.O.A.
(1949)
Original Music Composer and Music Director
Home of the Brave
(1949)
Original Music Composer
Champion
(1949)
Original Music Composer and Songs
Canadian Pacific
(1949)
Original Music Composer
The Men
(1950)
Original Music Composer and Music Director
Guilty Bystander
(1950)
Original Music Composer and Music Director
Champagne for Caesar
(1950)
Music and Music Director
Dakota Lil
(1950)
Original Music Composer
Cyrano de Bergerac
(1950)
Original Music Composer and Music Director
Undercover Girl
(1950)
Music
Strangers on a Train
(1951)
Original Music Composer
The Thing from Another World
(1951)
Original Music Composer and Music Director
The Well
(1951)
Original Music Composer
Mister Universe
(1951)
Music
Drums in the Deep South
(1951)
Original Music Composer
Peking Express
(1951)
Original Music Composer
High Noon
(1952)
Original Music Composer
The Steel Trap
(1952)
Original Music Composer
The Big Sky
(1952)
Original Music Composer
Bugles in the Afternoon
(1952)
Original Music Composer
Mutiny
(1952)
Original Music Composer
The Four Poster
(1952)
Original Music Composer
The Happy Time
(1952)
Original Music Composer
Lady In The Iron Mask
(1952)
Music
My Six Convicts
(1952)
Music Director and Original Music Composer
Angel Face
(1953)
Original Music Composer
I Confess
(1953)
Original Music Composer and Conductor
Jeopardy
(1953)
Original Music Composer
Blowing Wild
(1953)
Original Music Composer and Conductor
Cease Fire!
(1953)
Music
A Tale of Two Cities
(1953)
Music
Return to Paradise
(1953)
Original Music Composer
Take the High Ground!
(1953)
Original Music Composer
Dial M for Murder
(1954)
Original Music Composer and Conductor
A Bullet Is Waiting
(1954)
Original Music Composer and Conductor
The High and the Mighty
(1954)
Original Music Composer
The Adventures of Hajji Baba
(1954)
Music
The Command
(1954)
Original Music Composer
His Majesty O'Keefe
(1954)
Original Music Composer
Strange Lady in Town
(1955)
Original Music Composer
The Court-Martial of Billy Mitchell
(1955)
Original Music Composer and Conductor
Land of the Pharaohs
(1955)
Original Music Composer
Giant
(1956)
Music
Friendly Persuasion
(1956)
Original Music Composer
Tension at Table Rock
(1956)
Original Music Composer and Conductor
Night Passage
(1957)
Original Music Composer and Conductor
Search for Paradise
(1957)
Music
Wild Is the Wind
(1957)
Original Music Composer
Gunfight at the O.K. Corral
(1957)
Original Music Composer, Songs, and Conductor
The Old Man and the Sea
(1958)
Original Music Composer
Rio Bravo
(1959)
Original Music Composer, Songs, and Conductor
Last Train from Gun Hill
(1959)
Original Music Composer
The Young Land
(1959)
Original Music Composer
Rhapsody of Steel
(1959)
Music
The Alamo
(1960)
Original Music Composer
The Unforgiven
(1960)
Original Music Composer
The Sundowners
(1960)
Original Music Composer and Conductor
The Guns of Navarone
(1961)
Original Music Composer and Songs
Town Without Pity
(1961)
Music
55 Days at Peking
(1963)
Original Music Composer
Circus World
(1964)
Original Music Composer
36 Hours
(1964)
Original Music Composer
The Fall of the Roman Empire
(1964)
Original Music Composer and Conductor
The War Wagon
(1967)
Original Music Composer
Great Catherine
(1968)
Original Music Composer
Friendly Persuasion
(1975)
Music
Merry Christmas, George Bailey!
(1997)
Original Music Composer
Hitchcock's Confession: A Look at I Confess
(2004)
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Acting
Production