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
1943 The Battle of Russia Frank Capra, Anatole Litvak 83 min B&W
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
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
1940 Lucky Partners. Lewis Milestone 99 min. B&W
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
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
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
1935 Naughty Marietta Robert Z. Leonard, W. S. Van Dyke 44 16mm B&W
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