Conrad Salinger(1901-1962)

Conrad Salinger was born on 30 August 1901 in Brookline, Massachusetts, USA. He was a composer, known for Singin' in the Rain (1952), An American in Paris (1951) and Funny Face (1957). He died on 17 June 1962 in Pacific Palisades, California, USA.

8.3

7.1

7.0

7.3

Billy Rose's Jumbo
6.1
- orchestrator
- 1962
General Electric Theater
6.8
TV Series
- music arranger
- 1961
Porgy and Bess
7.0
- orchestrator
- 1959
The Big Country
7.9
- orchestrator (uncredited)
- 1958
Gigi
6.6
- orchestrator
- 1958
Raintree County
6.3
- composer: additional music
- orchestrator (uncredited)
- 1957
Silk Stockings
6.8
- orchestral arrangements
- 1957
Funny Face
7.0
- orchestrator
- 1957
High Society
6.9
- orchestrator
- 1956
Gaby
6.0
- music adaptor
- 1956
The Battle of Gettysburg
6.5
Short
- composer: additional music (uncredited)
- 1955
Kismet
6.2
- orchestral arrangements
- 1955
Quentin Durward
6.3
- composer: additional music (uncredited)
- 1955
It's Always Fair Weather
7.0
- orchestrator (uncredited)
- 1955
Hit the Deck
6.5
- orchestrator (uncredited)
- 1955

Alternative name
- Salinger
Born
- August 30, 1901
- Brookline, Massachusetts, USA
Died
- June 17, 1962
- Pacific Palisades, California, USA(heart attack while sleeping)
Other works
Active on Broadway in the following productions:

Trivia
Graduated from Harvard in 1923. Studied orchestration at the Paris Conservatoire in France under Andre Gedalge. Returned to New York in 1929. Took job as arranger for Harms music publishing company. Worked as arranger for Broadway shows, 1932-1937. At MGM from 1939, under long term contracts, as orchestrator or composer of background music, between 1943 and 1957. Often in collaboration with Roger Edens and under the auspices of Arthur Freed's production unit.