Age, Biography and Wiki

Dimitri Tiomkin was a Russian-born composer and conductor who is best known for his work in Hollywood films. He composed the scores for over 100 films, including High Noon, The Alamo, and The Guns of Navarone. He was nominated for eight Academy Awards and won two for his work on High Noon and The High and the Mighty. Tiomkin was born in Kremenchuk, Ukraine, in 1894. He studied music at the St. Petersburg Conservatory and later moved to Berlin, where he worked as a conductor and composer. In 1925, he moved to the United States and began working in Hollywood. Tiomkin's music was known for its sweeping, romantic sound. He often used a full orchestra to create a dramatic effect. He was also known for his use of unusual instruments, such as the theremin and the ondes martenot. Tiomkin's work earned him numerous awards and honors. He was nominated for eight Academy Awards and won two for his work on High Noon and The High and the Mighty. He was also nominated for two Golden Globe Awards and won one for his work on The High and the Mighty. Tiomkin died in London in 1979 at the age of 84. He is remembered as one of the most influential composers in Hollywood history.

Popular As Dimitri Zinovievich Tiomkin (Timmy, Dimi)
Occupation music_department,soundtrack,composer
Age 85 years old
Zodiac Sign Taurus
Born 10 May, 1894
Birthday 10 May
Birthplace Kremenchuk, Poltava Governorate, Russian Empire [now Ukraine]
Date of death 11 November, 1979
Died Place London, England, UK
Nationality Ukraine

We recommend you to check the complete list of Famous People born on 10 May. He is a member of famous Music Department with the age 85 years old group.

Dimitri Tiomkin Height, Weight & Measurements

At 85 years old, Dimitri Tiomkin height is 5' 11" (1.8 m) .

Physical Status
Height 5' 11" (1.8 m)
Weight Not Available
Body Measurements Not Available
Eye Color Not Available
Hair Color Not Available

Who Is Dimitri Tiomkin's Wife?

His wife is Olivia Cynthia Patch (15 November 1972 - 11 November 1979) ( his death), Albertina Rasch (27 May 1926 - 2 October 1967) ( her death)

Family
Parents Not Available
Wife Olivia Cynthia Patch (15 November 1972 - 11 November 1979) ( his death), Albertina Rasch (27 May 1926 - 2 October 1967) ( her death)
Sibling Not Available
Children Not Available

Dimitri Tiomkin Net Worth

His net worth has been growing significantly in 2022-2023. So, how much is Dimitri Tiomkin worth at the age of 85 years old? Dimitri Tiomkin’s income source is mostly from being a successful Music Department. He is from Ukraine. We have estimated Dimitri Tiomkin's net worth , money, salary, income, and assets.

Net Worth in 2023 $1 Million - $5 Million
Salary in 2023 Under Review
Net Worth in 2022 Pending
Salary in 2022 Under Review
House Not Available
Cars Not Available
Source of Income Music Department

Dimitri Tiomkin Social Network

Instagram
Linkedin
Twitter
Facebook
Wikipedia
Imdb

Timeline

1999

In 1999 Dimitri Tiomkin was pictured on one of six 33¢ USA commemorative postage stamps in the Legends of American Music series, honoring Hollywood Composers.

1979

He died on November 11, 1979, in London, England, and was laid to rest in Forest Lawn Memorial Cemetery in Glendale, California.

1972

In 1972 Tiomkin married Olivia Cynthia Patch, a British aristocrat, and the couple settled in London. They also maintained a second home in Paris. For the rest of his life Tiomkin indulged himself in playing piano, a joy also shared by his wife.

1970

He also executive-produced and orchestrated the US/Russian co-production Tchaikovsky (1970), for which he was nominated for an Academy Award for best music, and the movie was also nominated in the foreign language film category.

1967

In 1967 his beloved wife, Albertina Rasch, passed away, and Tiomkin was emotionally devastated. Going back from his wife's funeral to his Hancock Park home in Los Angeles, he was attacked and beaten by a street gang. The crime caused him more pain, so upon recommendation of his doctor, Tiomkin moved to Europe for the rest of his life.

1960

Wayne had Tiomkin's touch on five more movies into the 1960s.

Horns and lush string orchestral sound are most associated with Tiomkin's style, which culminated in The Unforgiven (1960) by John Huston, although he used the same approach in High Noon (1952) with the famous song "Do Not Forsake Me, Oh My Darlin'" and Howard Hawks' The Big Sky (1952). Most of his big-screen songs were written for westerns and totaled some 25 themes.

In the 1960s Tiomkin produced Mackenna's Gold (1969) starring Gregory Peck and Omar Sharif.

1959

He also wrote music and theme songs for several TV series, most notably for Clint Eastwood's Rawhide (1959).

1956

The most songs he composed for one movie was six for Friendly Persuasion (1956 (1956).

Tiomkin achieved dramatic effects by using his signature orchestral arrangements in such famous films as Giant (1956), The Old Man and the Sea (1958) and The Guns Of Navarone (1961).

1951

He scored three films for Alfred Hitchcock, perhaps the most inventive being for the tension-building Strangers on a Train (1951) with its out-of-control carousel finale. He also worked with top directors in that exclusively American genre: the western.

1948

After the war he ventured into all styles of music for movies, ranging from mystery and horror to adventure and drama, such as his enchanting score, intricately worked around Claude Debussy's "Girl with the Flaxen Hair," for the haunting Portrait of Jennie (1948) and the energetic martial themes for Cyrano de Bergerac (1950).

In 1948 he wrote the score for one of the westerns with John Wayne, Red River (1948) by Howard Hawks.

1946

The association with Capra lasted through three more famous films, culminating with It's A Wonderful Life (1946).

His loudest success was the original music for Duel in the Sun (1946) by King Vidor. For that film, Tiomkin wrote a lush orchestral score, trying to fulfill writer/producer David O. Selznick's request to "Make a theme for orgasm!" Tiomkin worked for several weeks, and composed a powerful theme culminating with 40 drummers. Selsnick was impressed, but commented: "This is not orgasm!" Tiomkin worked for one more month and delivered an even more powerful theme culminating with 100 voices. Selznick was impressed again, but commented: "This is not orgasm! This is not the way I f. . k!" Tiomkin replied brilliantly, "Mister Selznick, you may f. . k the way you want, but this is the way I f. . k!" Selznick was convinced, and after that Tiomkin's music was fully accepted.

Tiomkin was adding a song to all of his scores, starting with the obscure Trail to Mexico (1946). The result was successful, and the western score with songs became Tiomkin's signature.

1937

Among his most successful partnerships was that with director Frank Capra, starting with Lost Horizon (1937), where Tiomkin used many innovative ideas, and received his first Academy Award nomination.

In 1937 Tiomkin became a naturalized American citizen. The next year he made his public conducting debut with the Los Angeles Philharmonic. During the WWII years he wrote music for 12 military documentaries, earning himself a special decoration from the US Department of Defense.

1935

His interest in the musical form resulted in his next score, for the operetta Naughty Marietta (1935), a popular musical that teamed Jeanette MacDonald and Nelson Eddy. He also did his fair share of stock music arranging.

1933

He produced his own play "Keeping Expenses Down," but it was a flop amidst the gloom of the Big Depression, and he once again returned to Hollywood in 1933. When he came back he was on his own. By that time Tiomkin was disillusioned with the intrigue and politics inside the Hollywood studio system. He already knew the true value of his musical talent, and chose to freelance with the studios rather than accepting a multi-picture contract. He became something of a crusader, pushing for better pay and residuals. His independent personality was reflected in his music and business life: he was never under a long-term studio contract.

Though MGM was the first to be acquainted with his services, Tiomkin next turned to Paramount for Alice in Wonderland (1933), another fine example of making music that he liked. Hollywood's most prominent independent composer, Tiomkin, thanks to his free-agent status, negotiated contractual terms to his benefit, which in turn benefited other musicians. He aggressively sought music publishing rights and formed his own ASCAP music publishing company, Volta Music Corporation, while remaining faithful to France-based performing rights organization SACEM. In Tiomkin's own words: "My fight is for dignity. Not only for composer, but for all artists responsible for picture. " He also fought for employing qualified musicians regardless of their race. As a composer classically trained at the St. Petersburg Conservatory, Tiomkin was highly skilled in orchestral arrangements with complex brass and strings, but he was also thoroughly versed in the musical subtleties of America and integrated it into traditional European forms.

1929

" His Hollywood debut came in 1929, when MGM offered him a contract to score music for five films. His wife got a position as an assistant choreographer for some musical films. He also scored a Universal Pictures film, performed concerts in New York City and continued composing ballet music for his wife's dance work. He also continued writing American popular music and songs. He received further Broadway exposure with the Shuberts and Florenz Ziegfeld Jr. .

1928

In 1928 Tiomkin made a concert tour of Europe, introducing the works of Gershwin to audiences there. He gave the French premiere of Gershwin's "Piano Concerto in F" at the famed "L'Opera de Paris.

1925

In 1925 Tiomkin got his first gig in New York: he became the main pianist for a Broadway dance studio. There he met and soon married the principal dancer/choreographer, Albertina Rasch. He also met composers George Gershwin, Richard Rodgers and Jerome Kern.

1922

By 1922 Dimitri was well known for his concert appearances in Germany, often with the Berlin Philharmonic. Among his repertoire were pieces written for him by other composers. He also concertized in France. There, in Paris, Feodor Chaliapin Sr. convinced Tiomkin to emigrate to the United States.

1921

In 1921 Tiomkin emigrated from Russia and moved to Berlin to join his father, who was working with the famous German biochemist Paul Ehrlich. In Berlin Tiomkin had several study sessions with Ferruccio Busoni and his circle.

Filming on locations in Russia allowed him to return to his homeland for the first time since 1921, which also was the last visit to his mother country.

1917

However, the 1917 Communist Revolution in Russia caused dramatic political and economic changes.

From 1917 to 1921 Tiomkin was a Red Army staff composer, writing scores for revolutionary mass spectacles at the Palace Square involving 500 musicians and 8000 extras, such as "The Storming of the Winter Palace" staged by Vsevolod Meyerhold and Nikolai Yevreinov for the third anniversary of the Communist Revolution.

1894

Dimitri Tiomkin was a Russian Jewish composer who emigrated to America and became one of the most distinguished and best-loved music writers of Hollywood. He won a hallowed place in the pantheon of the most successful and productive composers in American film history, earning himself four Oscars and sixteen Academy Awards nominations. He was born Dimitri Zinovievich Tiomkin on May 10, 1894, in Kremenchug, Russia. His mother, Marie (nee Tartakovsky), was a Russian pianist and teacher. His father, Zinovi Tiomkin, was a renowned medical doctor. His uncle, rabbi Vladimir Tiomkin, was the first President of the World Zionist Union. Young Dimitri began his music studies under the tutelage of his mother. Then, at the St. Petersburg Conservatory, he studied piano under Felix Blumenfeld and Isabelle Vengerova. He also studied composition under the conservatory's director, Alexander Glazunov, who appreciated Tiomkin's talent and hired him as a piano tutor for his niece. Soon Dimitri appeared on Russian stages as a child pianist prodigy and continued to develop into a virtuoso pianist. Like other intellectuals in St. Petersburg, Tiomkin frequented the club near the Opera, called Stray Dog Café, where Russian celebrities, including directors Vsevolod Meyerhold and Nicolas Evreinoff, writers Boris Pasternak, Aleksei Tolstoy, Sergei Esenin, Anna Akhmatova, Nikolai Gumilev and Vladimir Mayakovsky, had their bohemian hangout. There Tiomlkin could be seen with his two friends, composer Sergei Prokofiev and choreographer Mikhail Fokin. At that time he also gained exposure and a keen interest in American music, including the works of Irving Berlin, ragtime, blues, and early jazz. Tiomkin started his music career as a piano accompanist for Russian and French silent films in movie houses of St. Petersburg. When the famous comedian Max Linder toured in Russia, he hired Tiomkin to play piano improvisations for the Max Linder Show, and their collaboration was successful. He also provided classical piano accompaniment for the famous ballerina Tamara Karsavina.