Tonight and Every Night (1945)

Musical director, orchestrator and composer of stock music (often uncredited) at Republic from 1934 and later at Columbia. Some of the scores for which he did receive credit include KING SOLOMON OF BROADWAY and HIS NIGHT OUT (both 1935), MAN FROM FRISCO, THE IMPATIENT YEARS and STRANGE AFFAIR (all 1944), A THOUSAND AND ONE NIGHTS, OVER 21, OUTLAWS OF THE ROCKIES and SHE WOULDN'T SAY YES (all 1945), ALIAS BILLY THE KID (1946), DEAD RECKONING (1948), FLIGHT TO MARS (1951), FLAT TOP (1952), FIGHTER ATTACK (1953), THE YOUNG GUNS (1956), QUEEN OF OUTER SPACE (1958), THE STRANGLER (1964), THE VIOLENT ONES (1967), and his last picture, THE RESURRECTION OF ZACHARY WHEELER (1971). Visit the Internet Movie Database to view Skiles' extensive composing credits.  Nominated for Music Scoring Awards (Scoring of a Musical Picture) 1945: TONIGHT AND EVERY NIGHT (w. Morris Stoloff) 1 nomination