Ray Heindorf
Sound
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Ray Heindorf (August 25, 1908 – February 3, 1980) was an American songwriter, composer, conductor, and arranger. Born in Haverstraw, New York, Heindorf worked as a pianist in a movie house in Mechanicville in his early teens. In 1928, he moved to New York City, where he worked as a musical arranger before heading to Hollywood. He gained his first job as an orchestrator at MGM, where he worked on Hollywood Revue of 1929, and subsequently went on the road playing piano for Lupe Vélez. After completing this engagement, he joined Warner Bros., composing and/or arranging and conducting music exclusively for the studio for nearly forty years. Heindorf, along with Georgie Stoll at MGM, were jazz aficionados well known in the black entertainment community for employing minority musicians in their studio music departments. He undertook the musical direction of Judy Garland's comeback film A Star is Born (1954) and made a cameo appearance as himself in the premiere party sequence where Jack Carson's character congratulates him on a great score. Among Heindorf's other screen credits are 42nd Street, Gold Diggers of 1935, The Great Lie, Knute Rockne All American, Kings Row, Night and Day, Tea for Two, A Streetcar Named Desire, The Jazz Singer, No Time for Sergeants, The Helen Morgan Story, Marjorie Morningstar, Damn Yankees, Auntie Mame, Finian's Rainbow, and his final musical for Jack L. Warner, 1776. Between 1943 and 1969 he was nominated for eighteen Academy Awards, 17 nominations for Best Score and 1 nomination for Best Song. Heindorf won three, in the category of Best Score of a Musical, for Yankee Doodle Dandy, This is the Army, and The Music Man. His wins for the former two films made him the first to accomplish consecutive wins in a musical category. Heindorf died in Tarzana, California, aged 71, and reputedly was buried with his favorite conducting baton.
Known for
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movie1776
1972
Music Supervisor, Conductor
movieO'Hara, United States Treasury: Operation Cobra
1971
Original Music Composer
movieFinian's Rainbow
1968
Original Music Composer
tvAdam-12
1968
Music Supervisor
movie-30-
1959
Original Music Composer
movieThe Young Philadelphians
1959
Music Supervisor
movieUp Periscope
1959
Music Supervisor
movieNo Time for Sergeants
1958
Original Music Composer
movieThe Helen Morgan Story
1957
Original Music Composer
movieSerenade
1956
Original Music Composer, Music Director
movieSincerely Yours
1955
Original Music Composer
moviePete Kelly's Blues
1955
Original Music Composer
movieYoung at Heart
1954
Original Music Composer
movieA Star Is Born
1954
Music Director
movieLucky Me
1954
Music Director
movieThree Sailors and a Girl
1953
Original Music Composer
movieCalamity Jane
1953
Music Director
movieBlowing Wild
1953
Music Director
movieBy the Light of the Silvery Moon
1953
Music Director
movieI Confess
1953
Music Director
movieApril in Paris
1952
Music Director, Music
movieThe Big Trees
1952
Music Director
movieI'll See You in My Dreams
1951
Music Director
movieCome Fill the Cup
1951
Original Music Composer, Music Director
movieA Streetcar Named Desire
1951
Music Director
movieStrangers on a Train
1951
Music Director
movieGoodbye, My Fancy
1951
Music Director
movieLullaby of Broadway
1951
Music Director
movieStorm Warning
1951
Music Director
movieThe West Point Story
1950
Music Director, Original Music Composer
movieTea for Two
1950
Music Director
movieThe Damned Don't Cry
1950
Music Director
movieThe Daughter of Rosie O'Grady
1950
Music Director
movieBackfire
1950
Music Director
movieIt's a Great Feeling
1949
Music, Original Music Composer
movieAdventures of Don Juan
1948
Music Supervisor
movieRomance on the High Seas
1948
Orchestrator, Conductor
movieApril Showers
1948
Original Music Composer
movieMy Wild Irish Rose
1947
Original Music Composer
movieLove and Learn
1947
Music Arranger
movieThe Man I Love
1946
Music Arranger
movieCinderella Jones
1946
Orchestrator
movieRhapsody in Blue
1945
Original Music Composer
movieWonder Man
1945
Orchestrator, Conductor
movieUp in Arms
1944
Music Arranger, Conductor
movieThank Your Lucky Stars
1943
Orchestrator
movieThe Hard Way
1943
Music Arranger
movieGentleman Jim
1942
Orchestrator
movieYankee Doodle Dandy
1942
Original Music Composer
movieThe Male Animal
1942
Orchestrator
movieAffectionately Yours
1941
Orchestrator
movieThe Great Lie
1941
Orchestrator
movieThe Sea Wolf
1941
Music Arranger
movieThe Strawberry Blonde
1941
Orchestrator
movieFlight from Destiny
1941
Music Arranger
movieHoneymoon for Three
1941
Orchestrator
movieFour Mothers
1941
Orchestrator
movieKnute Rockne All American
1940
Orchestrator
movieThe Man Who Talked Too Much
1940
Orchestrator
movieCastle on the Hudson
1940
Music Arranger
movieInvisible Stripes
1939
Orchestrator
movieFour Wives
1939
Orchestrator
movieThe Roaring Twenties
1939
Original Music Composer
movieAngels Wash Their Faces
1939
Orchestrator
movieDaughters Courageous
1939
Orchestrator
movieMen Are Such Fools
1938
Orchestrator
movieGold Diggers in Paris
1938
Original Music Composer
movieReady, Willing and Able
1937
Music Arranger
movieStage Struck
1936
Music Arranger
movieThe Singing Kid
1936
Music Arranger
movieColleen
1936
Music Arranger
movieDangerous
1935
Original Music Composer
movieBroadway Gondolier
1935
Music Arranger
movieAlibi Ike
1935
Orchestrator
movieGo Into Your Dance
1935
Orchestrator
movieGold Diggers of 1935
1935
Music Arranger
movieSweet Music
1935
Music Arranger
movieMurder in the Clouds
1934
Original Music Composer
movieFlirtation Walk
1934
Music Arranger
movieA Lost Lady
1934
Original Music Composer
movieDesirable
1934
Original Music Composer
movieBulldog Drummond Strikes Back
1934
Orchestrator
movieFashions of 1934
1934
Music Arranger
movieThe Kennel Murder Case
1933
Orchestrator
movieFootlight Parade
1933
Music Arranger
movieGold Diggers of 1933
1933
Music Arranger
movieSecrets
1933
Orchestrator
movie42nd Street
1933
Music Arranger
movieHallelujah, I'm a Bum
1933
Orchestrator
movieThree on a Match
1932
Music Arranger
movieBig City Blues
1932
Original Music Composer
movieCrooner
1932
Original Music Composer
movieThe Greeks Had a Word for Them
1932
Orchestrator
movieArrowsmith
1931
Orchestrator
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movieA Star Is Born
1954
Movie Premiere Attendee (uncredited)
movieI'll See You in My Dreams
1951
Orchestra Leader at Kahn Benefit (uncredited)
The Screen Director
1951
Self (uncredited)
movieIt's a Great Feeling
1949
Ray Heindorf (uncredited)
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movieHi, Nellie!
1934
Additional Music
moviePicture Snatcher
1933
Additional Music