Adolph Deutsch

Known for SoundBorn 1897-10-20Died 1980-01-01

Adolph Sender Charles Deutsch (20 October 1897 – 1 January 1980) was a British-American composer, conductor and arranger. Born in London, England, he emigrated to the United States in 1911, and settled in Buffalo, New York. His parents, Alex (Alexander) Deutsch and Dena née Gerst, were German Jews. In 1914, Deutsch was "a Buffalo movie house musician", accompanying silent films. Deutsch began his composing career on Broadway in the 1920s and 1930s, and arranged for several American dance bands such as Paul Whiteman and Paul Ash before working for Hollywood films beginning in the late 1930s. For Broadway, he orchestrated Irving Berlin's As Thousands Cheer and George and Ira Gershwin's Pardon My English. Deutsch won Oscars for his background music for Oklahoma! (1955), and for conducting the music for Seven Brides for Seven Brothers (1954) and Annie Get Your Gun (1950).[1] He was nominated for The Band Wagon (1953) and the 1951 film version of Show Boat, for which he conducted the orchestra. For Broadway and Hollywood, he conducted, composed and arranged music, but did not write songs, not even for the Broadway shows on which he worked. In addition to his music for westerns and his conducting of the scores for musicals, Deutsch composed for films noir, including The Mask of Dimitrios (1944), The Maltese Falcon (1941), and Nobody Lives Forever (1946), as well as Little Women (the 1949 adaptation), and the Billy Wilder comedies Some Like It Hot (1959), and The Apartment (1960). His final film was Go Naked in the World.Read more

Movies & web series

The Apartment

Some Like It Hot

The Maltese Falcon

The Doughgirls

Little Women

Intruder in the Dust

Lucky Jordan

The Band Wagon

Seven Brides for Seven Brothers

Juke Girl

The Matchmaker

Singapore Woman

Funny Face

Tea and Sympathy

Larceny, Inc.

High Sierra

Mrs. O'Malley and Mr. Malone

Father of the Bride

Stars in My Crown

Action in the North Atlantic

The Long, Long Trailer

Torrid Zone

The Mask of Dimitrios

Castle on the Hudson

They Drive by Night

Saturday's Children

The Honeymoon

Deep in My Heart

Annie Get Your Gun

Manpower

Oklahoma!

Uncertain Glory

Whispering Smith

Flowing Gold

The Rack

Julia Misbehaves

The Stratton Story

All Through the Night

The Smiling Lieutenant

Angels Wash Their Faces

Valley of the Giants

Across the Pacific

Million Dollar Mermaid

Ramrod

Underground

The Kid from Kokomo

Three Strangers

George Washington Slept Here