George Duning(1908-2000)

Music Department
Composer
Soundtrack

George Duning was educated in Cincinnati, Ohio, and during his early 20s played trumpet and piano for the Kay Kyser band, later arranging most of the music for Kyser's popular "Kollege of Musical Knowledge" radio program. It was during the Kyser band's appearance in Carolina Moon (1940) that Duning's work was noticed, leading to a contract with Columbia Pictures.

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Nominated for 5 Oscars
- 1 win & 8 nominations total

Known for

From Here to Eternity

7.6

Composer(background music)

1953

Starman

7.0

Soundtrack("Beach Number")

1984

Star Trek

8.4

TV Series

Music Department

The Man with Bogart's Face

6.2

Composer

1980

Credits

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Star Trek: The Paradise Makers
6.8
- composer: additional music
- 2017
Star Trek Continues
8.1
TV Series
- composer: additional music
- composer: stock music
- 2013–2015
Star Trek Phase II
6.8
TV Series
- composer: additional music
- 2014
Starship Valiant: Legacy
6.1
Video
- composer: stock music
- 2014
Star Trek: The Final Darkness
6.0
- Music Department
- 2004
Star Trek: The Infinite Chain
6.3
- additional music
- 1994
Houston Knights
7.3
TV Series
- composer: theme music
- 1987–1988
Honor Thy Father
5.1
TV Movie
- conductor
- 1973
A Great American Tragedy
6.2
TV Movie
- conductor
- 1972
Mannix
7.4
TV Series
- conductor
- 1971
River of Gold
6.1
TV Movie
- music supervisor
- 1971
Love Hate Love
6.5
TV Movie
- music supervisor
- 1971
The Most Deadly Game
6.7
TV Series
- music supervisor
- 1970–1971
Crowhaven Farm
6.3
TV Movie
- music supervisor
- 1970
The House That Would Not Die
5.6
TV Movie
- music supervisor
- 1970

Composer

Star Trek Phase II
6.8
TV Series
- Composer
- 2004
Law & Order
7.8
TV Series
- Composer
- 1997
Zorro and Son
5.9
TV Series
- Composer
- 1983
The Magical World of Disney
8.4
TV Series
- Composer
- 1975–1982
Goliath Awaits
6.6
TV Mini Series
- Composer
- 1981
The Dream Merchants
6.3
TV Mini Series
- Composer
- 1980
The Man with Bogart's Face
6.2
- Composer
- 1980
Top of the Hill
7.7
TV Movie
- Composer
- 1980
Father Knows Best: Home for Christmas
7.6
TV Movie
- Composer (music)
- 1977
The Father Knows Best Reunion
7.7
TV Movie
- Composer
- 1977
The Abduction of Saint Anne
6.2
TV Movie
- Composer
- 1975
The Sky's the Limit
7.6
- Composer
- 1975
The Partridge Family
6.6
TV Series
- Composer
- 1971–1974
Arnold
5.8
- Composer
- 1973
Terror in the Wax Museum
5.0
- Composer
- 1973

Soundtrack

Pictures of Ghosts
7.7
- writer: "Rosemary Pleads - Rosemary Alone", "Culmination Hal's Escape"
- 2023
Gotti
4.8
- writer: "Who's Got the Action?"
- 2018
Stella Days
5.9
- writer: "Karen and Warden", "Date at the Beach"
- 2011
True Blood
7.9
TV Series
- writer: "Theme From Picnic" (uncredited)
- 2011
Temple Grandin
8.2
TV Movie
- writer: "From Here to Eternity Underscore"
- 2010
Painkiller Jane
5.7
TV Series
- writer: "Who's Got The Action?"
- 2007
Girl, Interrupted
7.3
- writer: "3:10 to Yuma"
- 1999
The Long Walk Home
7.3
- writer: "Picnic"
- 1990
Starman
7.0
- writer: "Beach Number"
- 1984
Skin Deep
8.1
- writer: "Pyewacket/Queenie/Gil" (uncredited)
- 1982
The Man with Bogart's Face
6.2
- music: "The Man with Bogart's Face", "Looking at You"
- 1980
Heavy Equipment
6.5
- writer: "Bell, Book and Candle - Main Title", "The Spell (Shep Hooked)" (uncredited)
- 1977
Pool Party
- music: "The Owens Family"
- 1975
Six Card Stud
- writer: "Flo and Madge", "The Owens Family" (uncredited)
- 1975
Arnold
5.8
- music: "Arnold"
- 1973

Personal details

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Alternative name
- George Dunning
Born
- February 25, 1908
- Richmond, Indiana, USA
Died
- February 27, 2000
- San Diego, California, USA(heart disease)
Spouses
Other works
George Duning composed a number of songs, including "Sunrise In Siam", "I Can't Remember to Forget", "To Be Continued", "Popocatapetl", "Why Cry Baby?", "Tell It To the Marines", "I Don't Want to Do It Alone", "Picnic", "The Cowboy", "Lament for a Key", "Houseboat Theme", "Strangers When We Meet", "Song Without End", and "The 3:10 to Yuma".