Leigh Harline
(1907 - 1969)
Biography from Katz's Film Enclyclopedia

Born in Salt Lake City, Utah. He worked for various radio stations before joining the Walt Disney studios in 1932 as arranger and scorer, and won an Academy Award for the song "When You Wish Upon a Star" from Disney's PINOCCHIO (1940). He left Disney in 1941 and free-lanced for various studios.

Notable non-nominated scoring credits include MARGIN FOR ERROR, THEY GOT ME COVERED and THE MORE THE MERRIER (all 1943), FOLLOW THE BOYS, A NIGHT OF ADVENTURE and MUSIC IN MANHATTAN (all 1944), ISLE OF THE DEAD, FIRST YANK INTO TOKYO, JOHNNY ANGEL, MAN ALIVE, MAMA LOVES PAPA and THE BRIGHTON STRANGLER (all 1945), ROAD TO UTOPIA, FROM THIS DAY FORWARD, TILL THE END OF TIME, CRACK-UP, CHILD OF DIVORCE, NOCTURNE, IT'S A WONDERFUL LIFE (uncredited), THE TRUTH ABOUT MURDER and LADY LUCK (all 1946), THE FARMER'S DAUGHTER, HONEYMOON, THE BACHELOR AND THE BOBBY-SOXER and TYCOON (all 1947), MR. BLANDINGS BUILDS HIS DREAM HOUSE, THE VELVET TOUCH, THE BOY WITH GREEN HAIR and EVERY GIRL SHOULD BE MARRIED (all 1948), THE BIG STEAL, THEY LIVE BY NIGHT and IT HAPPENS EVERY SPRING (all 1949), PERFECT STRANGERS, I MARRIED A COMMUNIST, MY FRIEND IRMA GOES WEST, THE HAPPY YEARS and THE COMPANY SHE KEEPS (all 1950), THAT'S MY BOY, THE GUY WHO CAME BACK, HIS KIND OF WOMAN, I WANT YOU, DOUBLE DYNAMITE and ON THE LOOSE (all 1951), THE LAS VEGAS STORY, MY PAL GUS and MY WIFE'S BEST FRIEND (all 1952), DOWN AMONG THE SHELTERING PALMS, THE DESERT RATS, PICKUP ON SOUTH STREET, VICKI and TAXI (all 1953), SUSAN SLEPT HERE, BLACK WIDOW and BROKEN LANCE (all 1954), HOUSE OF BAMBOO, THE GIRL IN THE RED VELVET SWING, GOOD MORNING, MISS DOVE and THE LAST FRONTIER (all 1955), BOTTOM OF THE BOTTLE, 23 PACES TO BAKER STREET and TEENAGE REBEL (all 1956), THE TRUE STORY OF JESSE JAMES and THE ENEMY BELOW (both 1957), TEN NORTH FREDERICK and MAN OF THE WEST (both 1958), THE REMARKABLE MR. PENNYPACKER, WARLOCK, THESE THOUSAND HILLS and HOLIDAY FOR LOVERS (all 1959), VISIT TO A SMALL PLANET and THE FACTS OF LIFE (both 1960), THE HONEYMOON MACHINE (1961), SEVEN FACES OF DR. LAO (1964) and STRANGE BEDFELLOWS (1965). In addition to over 100 uncredited stock music and cartoon scores dating from 1932, he also scored several TV series: "The Man from Blackhawk" (1959), "Ben Casey" (1961) and "Daniel Boone" (1964).


 Nominated for Music Scoring Awards (Best Score) 1937: SNOW WHITE AND THE SEVEN DWARFS - Score (and as Department Head at Walt Disney Studio) (w. Frank Churchill & Paul J. Smith)
 Music Scoring Awards (Original Score) 1940: PINOCCHIO (w. Ned Washington & Paul J. Smith)
 Music Best Song 1940: PINOCCHIO "When You Wish Upon a Star" - Music
 Nominated for Music Scoring Awards (Scoring of a Musical Picture) 1942: YOU WERE NEVER LOVELIER
 Nominated for Music Scoring Awards (Scoring of a Dramatic or Comedy Picture) 1942: THE PRIDE OF THE YANKEES
 Nominated for Music Scoring Awards (Scoring of a Musical Picture) 1943: THE SKY'S THE LIMIT
 Nominated for Music Scoring Awards (Scoring of a Dramatic or Comedy Picture) 1943: JOHNNY COME LATELY
 Nominated for Music Scoring Awards (Scoring of Music adaptation or treatment) 1962: THE WONDERFUL WORLD OF THE BROTHERS GRIMM

8 nominations, 2 Awards