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- Herbert P. Stothart (September 11, 1885 – February 1, 1949) was an American songwriter, arranger, conductor, and composer. He was also nominated for twelve Academy Awards, winning Best Original Score for The Wizard of Oz. Stothart was widely acknowledged as a member of the top tier of Hollywood composers during the 1930s and 1940s.
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Biography. From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. Herbert P. Stothart (September 11, 1885 – February 1, 1949) was an American songwriter, arranger, conductor, and composer. He was also nominated for twelve Academy Awards, winning Best Original Score for The Wizard of Oz.
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Stothart started out on Broadway, and later moved to Hollywood, where he became a prolific in-house composer for MGM. His work on The Wizard of Oz won him his only Academy Award. The music for the film's songs was composed by Harold Arlen- though Stothart shared credit with Arlen for the song "Optimistic Voices" ("You're out of the woods, / You're ...
Stothart received 12 Academy Award nominations and won the Academy Award for Best Original Score for The Wizard of Oz. 1. 1939 Best Original Score Film – The Wizard of Oz Academy Award Nominations: 1. 1935 Best Scoring Film – Mutiny on the Bounty 2. 1937 Best Scoring Film – Maytime 3. 1938 Best Original Score Film – Marie Antoinette 4. 1938 Best Sc...
Herbert Stothart's movie scores include: 1. Devil-May-Care(1929) 2. Rasputin and the Empress(1932) 3. Queen Christina(1933) 4. The Barretts of Wimpole Street(1934) 5. What Every Woman Knows(1934) 6. Anna Karenina(1935) 7. China Seas(1935) 8. David Copperfield(1935 version) 9. Mutiny on the Bounty(1935) 10. Naughty Marietta(musical score only; the s...
Milwaukee, Wisconsin, USA. Born. September 11, 1885. Died. February 01, 1949. Cause of Death. Spinal Cancer. Biography. Read More. Academy Award-winning musician Herbert Stothart led quite a successful career contributing to the soundtracks of major motion pictures.
Herbert Pope Stothart (September 11, 1880 – February 1, 1959) was an American songwriter, arranger, conductor, and composer. He was nominated for twelve Academy Awards and won Best Original Score for The Wizard of Oz. Stothart was widely acknowledged as a prominent member of the top tier of Hollywood composers during the 1930s and 1940s.
After quitting law school to pursue theater, Hammerstein began his first professional collaboration, with Herbert Stothart, Otto Harbach and Frank Mandel. He began as an apprentice and went on to form a 20-year collaboration with Harbach.
The current issue of the Journal of Film Music-- if no. 4:1 (2011) can be described as "current" -- is devoted entirely to Herbert Stothart.Editor William Rosar has long been a leading advocate for this composer, and I suppose this issue is the culmination of his interest.
Herbert Stothart (September 11, 1885 – February 1, 1949) was a songwriter, composer, arranger and conductor. During the 1920s he wrote for New York Broadway productions, as sound became added to movies he moved Hollywood. In 1940 he was awarded an Oscar for his soundtrack to The Wizard of Oz.
