Dimitri Tiomkin

Dimitri Tiomkin

Ukrainian and American composer (1894–1979)

Dimitri Zinovievich Tiomkin was a Russian and American film composer and conductor. Classically trained in Saint Petersburg before the Bolshevik Revolution, he moved to Berlin and then New York City after the Russian Revolution. In 1929, after the stock market crash, he moved to Hollywood, where he became best known for his scores for Western films, including Duel in the Sun, Red River, High Noon, The Big Sky, 55 Days at Peking, Gunfight at the O.K. Corral, Rio Bravo, The Alamo, and Last Train from Gun Hill.

Filmography in the catalog

Credited on 67 films (1935–1968) — matched by name in the Creator or Credits field. Also mentioned in 23 other records (descriptions, transcriptions, copyright notes).

Year ▲ Title CreatorLengthFormatColorSound
19-- Our Russian front Artkino Pictures, Inc. presents ; produced by Lewis Milestone and Joris Ivens under the auspices of the Russian War Relief, Inc. ; commentary written by Elliot Paul. 37 16mm B&W sound
1935 Naughty Marietta Robert Z. Leonard, W. S. Van Dyke 44 16mm B&W
1937 Lost Horizon Columbia Pictures (1937) (USA) (theatrical) (as Columbia Pictures Corp. of Cal. Ltd.): Distributor | Columbia Pictures (presents): Publisher 1:58:00 16mm B&W sound
1937 The road back Universal Pictures Co.: Publisher 100 min 16mm B&W sound
1937 The Road back James Whale 100 min B&W
1938 Spawn Of The North. Paramount Pictures Inc. 112 min 16mm B&W sound
1938 You Can't Take It With You TIMELI 120 min 16mm B&W sound
1939 Only angels have wings 1939) (theatrical): Distributor 2:01:00 16mm B&W sound
1939 ONLY ANGELS HAVE WINGS. Columbia Pictures Corp. 12 reels B&W
1940 Lucky Partners. Lewis Milestone 99 min. B&W
1941 MEET JOHN DOE Iowa Theatrical & Television Corporation 70min 16mm B&W Sound
1941 Meet John Doe. Frank Capra 14 reels B&W
1941 Scattergood Meets Broadway. RKO 68 min. 16mm B&W Sound
1942 MOSCOW STRIKES BACK. Central Studios Artkino 1950 16mm B&W sound
1942 Shadow Of A Doubt. Alfred Hitchcock 11 reels. B&W
1942 The Battle of Russia ▶ FDR Presidential Library 83 min 16mm/video file B&W
1943 REPORT FROM THE ALEUTIANS ▶ U.S. Army Signal Corps; John Huston 47 min 16mm Color sound
1943 San Pietro. U.S. Department of the Army 39 16mm B&W sound
1943 Shadow of a Doubt Universal Pictures Company Inc | Universal Pictures Corporation 108 1:48:00 1:48:00 1:48:00 16mm B&W sound
1943 The Battle of China ▶ National Archives and Records Administration 65 min 16mm/video file B&W
1943 The Battle of Russia Frank Capra, Anatole Litvak 83 min B&W
1944 Dillinger Mantel Harry 90 min 16mm B&W sound
1944 Forever Yours. William Nigh 10 reels B&W
1944 The Battle of China U. S. War Department 1:07:00 16mm B&W sound
1944 The Battle of China Anatole Litvak, Frank Capra 65 min B&W
1944 The Battle of Russia National Audiovisual Center 80 16mm B&W sound
1945 China's Little Devils. Monta Bell 8 reels B&W
1945 Know your enemy--Japan Frank Capra, Joris Ivens 63 min B&W
1945 Know Your Enemy: Japan Frank Capra, Joris Ivens 63 min B&W
1945 The Battle of San Pietro ▶ John Huston 32 16mm B&W sound
1945 War Comes to America ▶ U S War Dept 70 min 16mm B&W sound
1945 War Comes to America National Audiovisual Center 67 min. 16mm B&W sound
1945 War comes to America Frank Capra, Anatole Litvak 70 min B&W
1945 WAR COMES TO AMERICA War Department (Discontinued Agency, re-released by USIA) 67 min B&W Optical sound
1946 Angel on my Shoulder Archie Mayo 100 min 16mm B&W
1947 Duel In The Sun unknown 129 min 16mm Color & B&W sound
1947 Duel in the Sun Selznick International Pictures Inc 2:10:00 16mm Color sound
1947 It's A Wonderful Life. Liberty Films 129 min 35mm B&W sound
1948 Portrait of Jennie William Dieterle 86 min 16mm Color & B&W
1948 Portrait Of Jennie. William Dieterle 86 min. 35mm B&W sound
1948 Tarzan and the mermaids. Robert Florey 68 min. 16mm B&W sound
1949 D.O.A. Rudolph Maté 83 B&W
1949 Red Light. Roy Del Ruth 83 min. 35mm B&W sound
1950 Cyrano de Bergerac Michael Gordon 1:13 B&W
1950 Dakota Lil. Twentieth Century-Fox Film Corp 88 min. 35mm Color sound
1951 Strangers on a train Warner Bros Pictures Inc 1:41:00 16mm B&W sound
1952 High noon telefilm 84 16mm B&W sound
1952 High Noon Fred Zinnemann 85 min 16mm B&W
1952 Lady In The Iron Mask. Twentieth Century-Fox Film Corp 78 min. 35mm Color sound
1952 My Six Convicts Stanley Kramer Productions 104 min 16mm B&W sound