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Leigh Harline was an American film composer and songwriter who worked for Disney and other studios. He co-wrote the classic songs "When You Wish Upon a Star" and "Some Day My Prince Will Come" for Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs.
Leigh Harline (1907-1969) was an Academy Award-winning composer who worked on Disney classics such as Pinocchio and Snow White. He also composed music for various TV shows, movies and musicals, and wrote the famous song "When You Wish Upon a Star".
- Composer, Music Department, Soundtrack
- March 26, 1907
- Leigh Harline
- December 10, 1969
Learn about Leigh Harline, the musical genius behind Disney classics like Pinocchio and Snow White. He won two Oscars and created the signature song "When You Wish Upon a Star".
Leigh Harline. Composer: Pinocchio. 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.
- March 26, 1907
- December 10, 1969
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Leigh Adrian Harline was an American Academy Award-winning film composer and songwriter. He was known for his "musical sophistication that was uniquely "Harline-esque" by weaving rich tapestries of mood-setting underscores and penning memorable melodies for animated shorts and features."
Leigh Harline was the youngest of 13 children. His parents, soldier Charles Härlin and his wife, Johanna Matilda, came from the village of Härfsta in Simtuna parish, Sweden. They joined The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (Mormon) in 1888 and moved to Salt Lake City, Utah, in 1891. In the U.S., they changed their surname to Harline. Born in Salt Lake City, Leigh was baptized as a member of the LDS Church at age eight.
Harline graduated from the University of Utah and studied piano and organ with Mormon Tabernacle Choir conductor J. Spencer Cornwall. In 1928, he moved to California working at radio stations in San Francisco and Los Angeles as a composer, conductor, arranger, instrumentalist, singer, and announcer. In 1931, he provided music for the first transcontinental radio broadcast to originate from the West Coast. He was then hired by Walt Disney where he scored more than 50 tunes, including for the Silly Symphonies cartoon series in the 1930s.
Together with Frank Churchill, Larry Morey, and Paul J. Smith, Harline was responsible for Disney film tunes, such as "I'm Wishing", "Whistle While You Work", "Heigh-Ho", and "Some Day My Prince Will Come", in Disney's first animated feature-length film Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs in 1937.
He won the Academy Award for Best Original Music Score and the Academy Award for Best Original Song for "When You Wish Upon a Star," featured in Disney's Pinocchio (1940) alongside Smith and Ned Washington. The tune later became the theme for Disney's TV series The Wonderful World of Disney.
Harline left Disney in 1941 to compose for other studios. His credits included Road to Utopia (1945), Nocturne (1946), The Bachelor and the Bobby-Soxer (1947), The Boy with Green Hair (1948), Mr. Blandings Builds His Dream House (1948), Monkey Business (1952), The Desert Rats (1953) Good Morning, Miss Dove (1955), 23 Paces to Baker Street (1956), Ten North Frederick (1958), The Remarkable Mr. Pennypacker (1959), The Wonderful World of the Brothers Grimm (1962), and 7 Faces of Dr. Lao (1964).
He died from complications of throat cancer on December 10, 1969, in Long Beach, California, and is buried in Valhalla Memorial Park Cemetery. In 2001, he was posthumously honored as a Disney Legend.
Leigh Harline was a Disney composer and songwriter who won Oscars for Snow White and Pinocchio. He also scored for other films and was a Mormon from Sweden.
Leigh Harline was an Academy Award-winning composer, conductor, songwriter and arranger for Disney and other Hollywood studios. He wrote the music for Pinocchio, Snow White, Bambi and many other classic films.
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Leigh Harline was an Academy Award-winning film composer and songwriter, known for his work with Disney. He was born in Utah, baptized a Mormon, and composed for over 50 films and TV shows.
