Título: Dimitri Tiomkin
Seção: High Noon (1952)
Background: Dimitri Zinovievich Tiomkin (May 10, 1894 - November 11, 1979) was a Russian-born American film composer and conductor. Classically trained in St. Petersburg, Russia 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, Gunfight at the O.K. Corral, and Last Train from Gun Hill. Tiomkin received twenty-two Academy Award nominations and won four Oscars, three for Best Original Score for High Noon, The High and the Mighty, and The Old Man and the Sea, and one for Best Original Song for "The Ballad of High Noon" from the former film.

Conteúdo: Following his work for Fred Zinnemann on The Men (1950), Tiomkin composed the score for the same director's High Noon (1952). His theme song was "Do Not Forsake Me, Oh My Darlin'" ("The Ballad of High Noon"). At its opening preview to the press, the film, which starred Gary Cooper and Grace Kelly, did badly. Tiomkin writes that "film experts agreed that the picture was a flat failure... The producers hesitated to release the picture." Tiomkin bought the rights to the song and released it as a single for the popular music market, with singer Frankie Laine. The record became an immediate success worldwide. Based on the song's popularity, the studio released the film four months later, with the words sung by country western star Tex Ritter. The film received seven Academy Award nominations and won four awards, including two for Tiomkin: Best Original Music and Best Song. Walt Disney presented him with both awards that evening.  According to film historian Arthur R. Jarvis, Jr., the score "has been credited with saving the movie." Another music expert, Mervyn Cooke, agrees, adding that "the song's spectacular success was partly responsible for changing the course of film-music history". Tiomkin was the second composer to receive two Oscars (score and song) for the same dramatic film. (The first was Leigh Harline, who won Best Original Score for Disney's Pinocchio and Best Song for "When You Wish Upon a Star". Ned Washington wrote its lyrics as he did for "Do Not Forsake Me, Oh My

user: Did he win any awards for High Noon?

assistant: The film received seven Academy Award nominations and won four awards, including two for Tiomkin: Best Original Music and Best Song.

user: who directed the film?

assistant: Fred Zinnemann

user: what was the name of the song he won the Best Song award for?

assistant: "Do Not Forsake Me, Oh My Darlin'" ("The Ballad of High Noon").

user: did he work with that director again?

assistant: The composer worked again for Zinnemann on The Sundowners (1960).

user: Was High Noon the only western he scored?

assistant: Tiomkin won two more Oscars in subsequent years: for The High and the Mighty (1954), directed by William A. Wellman, and featuring John Wayne;

user: Did he work on any other John Wayne movies?

assistant: CANNOTANSWER

user: Did anything significant happen at this time of his life?

assistant: According to film historian Arthur R. Jarvis, Jr., the score "has been credited with saving the movie."

user: how did the score save the movie?

assistant: At its opening preview to the press, the film, which starred Gary Cooper and Grace Kelly, did badly.

user: why did the movie eventually succeed?

assistant: Based on the song's popularity, the studio released the film four months later, with the words sung by country western star Tex Ritter.