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Leigh Harline(1907-1969)

  • Composer
  • Music Department
  • Soundtrack
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Academy Award-winning composer (score, Pinocchio (1940), conductor, songwriter ("When You Wish Upon a Star" [Academy award, Best Song, 1940) and arranger Leigh Harine was educated at the University of Utah. He was a music student of J. Spencer Cornwall. He arranged the first transcontinental broadcast from Los Angeles in 1932, and that year joined the Walt Disney Studios. From 1941 he freelanced among various Hollywood studios. He joined ASCAP in 1940. His other popular song compositions include "Hi-Diddle-Dee-Dee", "Give a Little Whistle" and "Jiminy Cricket".
BornMarch 26, 1907
DiedDecember 10, 1969(62)
BornMarch 26, 1907
DiedDecember 10, 1969(62)
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  • Won 2 Oscars

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Walter Catlett, Frankie Darro, Cliff Edwards, Dickie Jones, Charles Judels, Christian Rub, and Evelyn Venable in Pinocchio (1940)
Pinocchio
7.5
  • Composer
  • 1940
Roy Atwell, Stuart Buchanan, Adriana Caselotti, Eddie Collins, Pinto Colvig, Billy Gilbert, Otis Harlan, Lucille La Verne, Scotty Mattraw, and Harry Stockwell in Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs (1937)
Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs
7.6
  • Composer(music)
  • 1937
Gamer (2009)
Gamer
5.7
  • Soundtrack("I've Got No Strings")
  • 2009
Samuel L. Jackson, Robert Downey Jr., James Spader, Paul Bettany, Chris Evans, Scarlett Johansson, Elizabeth Olsen, Jeremy Renner, Mark Ruffalo, Aaron Taylor-Johnson, and Chris Hemsworth in Avengers: Age of Ultron (2015)
Avengers: Age of Ultron
7.3
  • Soundtrack("I've Got No Strings")
  • 2015

Credits

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Composer

  • Billy Joel: When You Wish Upon a Star (1991)
    Billy Joel: When You Wish Upon a Star
    • (original music by)
  • In this Holy Place
  • Fess Parker in Daniel Boone (1964)
    Daniel Boone
  • Vacation Playhouse (1963)
    Vacation Playhouse
  • Gunsmoke (1955)
    Gunsmoke
    • (music composed by)
  • Off We Go
    • (1966)
  • June Lockhart, Angela Cartwright, Mark Goddard, Jonathan Harris, Marta Kristen, Bill Mumy, and Guy Williams in Lost in Space (1965)
    Lost in Space
    • (uncredited)
  • Peyton Place (1964)
    Peyton Place
  • Perry Mason (1957)
    Perry Mason
  • Vince Edwards in Ben Casey (1961)
    Ben Casey
  • Valentine's Day (1964)
    Valentine's Day
  • Strange Bedfellows (1965)
    Strange Bedfellows
  • Guns of Diablo (1964)
    Guns of Diablo
  • Man's Search for Happiness (1964)
    Man's Search for Happiness
  • The Great Adventure (1963)
    The Great Adventure

Music Department

  • Tom Hanks and Benjamin Evan Ainsworth in Pinocchio (2022)
    Pinocchio
  • Mannecchio (2021)
    Mannecchio
  • Fantasmic! (1992)
    Fantasmic!
    • (uncredited)
  • The Walt Disney Comedy and Magic Revue (1985)
    The Walt Disney Comedy and Magic Revue
  • Gunsmoke (1955)
    Gunsmoke
  • June Lockhart, Angela Cartwright, Mark Goddard, Jonathan Harris, Marta Kristen, Bill Mumy, and Guy Williams in Lost in Space (1965)
    Lost in Space
    • (uncredited)
  • Perry Mason (1957)
    Perry Mason
  • "The Travels of Jaimie McPheeters" Kurt Russell, Jean Engstrom 1963 MGM
    The Travels of Jaimie McPheeters
  • Junius Matthews, Rickie Sorensen, Karl Swenson, and Martha Wentworth in The Sword in the Stone (1963)
    The Sword in the Stone
    • (uncredited)
  • The Wonderful World of the Brothers Grimm (1962)
    The Wonderful World of the Brothers Grimm
    • (uncredited)
  • The Honeymoon Machine (1961)
    The Honeymoon Machine
    • (uncredited)
  • Elvis Presley, Barbara Eden, Steve Forrest, Dolores del Rio, and Rodolfo Acosta in Flaming Star (1960)
    Flaming Star
    • (uncredited)
  • Lucille Ball and Bob Hope in The Facts of Life (1960)
    The Facts of Life
  • Ernie Kovacs, Margo Moore, Dick Shawn, and Jack Warden in Wake Me When It's Over (1960)
    Wake Me When It's Over
    • (uncredited)
  • Comanche Station (1960)
    Comanche Station
    • (uncredited)

Soundtrack

  • Tom Hanks and Benjamin Evan Ainsworth in Pinocchio (2022)
    Pinocchio
  • Andy Samberg and John Mulaney in Chip 'n Dale: Rescue Rangers (2022)
    Chip 'n Dale: Rescue Rangers
  • Goofy in How to Stay at Home (2021)
    Goofy in How to Stay at Home
  • Pretend It's a City (2021)
    Pretend It's a City
  • Bernadette Peters in Bernadette Peters: A Special Concert (2020)
    Bernadette Peters: A Special Concert
  • The Disney Family Singalong (2020)
    The Disney Family Singalong
  • Julie Kavner, Nancy Cartwright, Dan Castellaneta, and Yeardley Smith in The Simpsons (1989)
    The Simpsons
    • (uncredited)
  • Patton Oswalt, Felicia Day, Baron Vaughn, Jonah Ray, and Hampton Yount in Mystery Science Theater 3000 (2017)
    Mystery Science Theater 3000
    • (uncredited)
  • John C. Reilly, Ming-Na Wen, Brad Garrett, Irene Bedard, Kristen Bell, Jodi Benson, Corey Burton, Bill Hader, Jennifer Hale, Taraji P. Henson, Linda Larkin, Jane Lynch, Kelly Macdonald, Idina Menzel, Mandy Moore, Paige O'Hara, Anika Noni Rose, Sarah Silverman, Alan Tudyk, Pamela Ribon, Jack McBrayer, Kate Higgins, Gal Gadot, Timothy Simons, Ali Wong, Sean Giambrone, and Auli'i Cravalho in Ralph Breaks the Internet (2018)
    Ralph Breaks the Internet
  • Mickey's 90th Spectacular (2018)
    Mickey's 90th Spectacular
  • Morgan Freeman, Helen Mirren, Richard E. Grant, Eugenio Derbez, Keira Knightley, Mackenzie Foy, Misty Copeland, and Jayden Fowora-Knight in The Nutcracker and the Four Realms (2018)
    The Nutcracker and the Four Realms
  • Disney Magic Kingdoms (2016)
    Disney Magic Kingdoms
  • Lego Marvel's Avengers (2016)
    Lego Marvel's Avengers
  • Robert De Niro, Bradley Cooper, and Jennifer Lawrence in Joy (2015)
    Joy
  • Ryan O'Shaughnessy, Shaheen Jafargholi, Francine Lewis, Tobias Mead, Kieran Gaffney, Kevin Cruise, Connected, Lorna Bliss, Ronan Parke, Steven Hall, Jack Carroll, Dennis Egel, Sam Kelly, Ashley Elliott, Loveable Rogues, Chica Latina, Kai & Natalia, Molly Rainford, Richard & Adam, Asanda Jezile, and Pre-Skool in Britain's Got Talent (2007)
    Britain's Got Talent
    • (uncredited)

Personal details

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    • March 26, 1907
    • Salt Lake City, Utah, USA
    • December 10, 1969
    • Long Beach, California, USA(complications from throat cancer)
  • Work: "Civic Center Suite".

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    Attended Granite High School in Salt Lake City.

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