Herbert Stothart

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Herbert Stothart
Born
Herbert Pope Stothart

(1885-09-11)September 11, 1885
Forest Lawn Memorial Park, Glendale
SpouseMary Wolfe
Children3
AwardsBest Original Score
1939 The Wizard of Oz

Herbert Pope Stothart (September 11, 1885 – February 1, 1949) was an American

arranger, conductor, and composer. He was nominated for twelve Academy Awards and won Best Original Score for The Wizard of Oz. Stothart was widely acknowledged as a prominent member of the top tier of Hollywood
composers during the 1930s and 1940s.

Life and career

Herbert Stothart was born in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. He studied music in Europe and at the University of Wisconsin–Madison, where he later taught.

Stothart was initially hired by producer

The Donkey Serenade
."

The year 1929 marked the end of the era of silent films. Shortly after completing his latest musical, Golden Dawn, with Emmerich Kálmán, Oscar Hammerstein, and Otto Harbach, Stothart received an invitation from Louis B. Mayer to move to Hollywood, an invitation which he accepted. In 1929, Stothart signed a substantial contract with MGM.

The next twenty years of his life were spent at

Oscar for his musical score in the 1939 film The Wizard of Oz
.

Herbert Stothart dedicated his entire Hollywood career to MGM. In 1947, while visiting Scotland, he suffered a

heart attack. Afterward, he composed an orchestral piece titled Heart Attack: A Symphonic Poem, inspired by his personal tribulations. Additionally, he worked on another composition, Voices of Liberation, commissioned by the Roger Wagner Chorale
. Stothart died two years later at the age of 63.

Awards

Stothart received 12 Academy Award nominations and won the Academy Award for Best Original Score for The Wizard of Oz.

  1. 1939 Best Original Score Film – The Wizard of Oz

Academy Award Nominations:

  1. 1935 Best Scoring Film – Mutiny on the Bounty
  2. 1937 Best Scoring Film – Maytime
  3. 1938 Best Original Score Film – Marie Antoinette
  4. 1938 Best Scoring Film – Sweethearts
  5. 1940 Best Original Score Film – Waterloo Bridge
  6. 1941 Best Music, Scoring a Musical Picture – The Chocolate Soldier
  7. 1942 Best Music, Scoring a Dramatic or Comedy Film – Random Harvest
  8. 1943 Best Music, Scoring a Musical Picture – Thousands Cheer
  9. 1943 Best Music, Scoring a Dramatic or Comedy Film – Madame Curie
  10. 1944 Best Music, Scoring a Dramatic or Comedy Film – Kismet
  11. 1945 Best Music, Scoring a Dramatic or Comedy Film – The Valley of Decision

Works

Herbert Stothart's movie scores include:

Death

Herbert Stothart died of cancer in Los Angeles, California at the age of 63. He is interred at Glendale's Forest Lawn Memorial Park Cemetery.[1]

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