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Gerard Carbonara is a Sound and Additional Music American born on 8 december 1886 at New York City (USA)

Gerard Carbonara

Gerard Carbonara
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Nationality USA
Birth 8 december 1886 at New York City (USA)
Death 11 january 1959 (at 72 years) at Sherman Oaks, Los Angeles (USA)

Gerard Carbonara est un compositeur, chef d'orchestre et violoniste américain, né le 8 décembre 1886 à New York (État de New York), mort le 11 janvier 1959 à Los Angeles — Quartier de Sherman Oaks (Californie).

Biography

Gerard Carbonara entame des études musicales au cours des années 1890, dans le cadre de sa scolarité, au Conservatoire National de sa ville natale (entre autres avec son directeur de 1892 à 1895, Antonín Dvořák). Dans les années 1900, il parfait sa formation musicale en Italie, au Conservatoire de Naples (en particulier auprès de Giuseppe Martucci, directeur du lieu de 1902 à 1909). Puis il entame en 1910, tant en Europe qu'aux États-Unis, une première carrière de violoniste et de chef d'orchestre d'opéra.

Comme compositeur, on lui doit notamment des pièces pour piano et pour violon et piano, un concerto pour violon, un poème symphonique, des songs, ainsi qu'un opéra.

Par ailleurs, il intègre en 1928 l'industrie du cinéma, comme directeur musical et compositeur de musique de film. Il collabore ainsi à près de deux-cents films américains, dont de nombreux westerns, tel La Chevauchée fantastique (1939) de John Ford. Un autre western, Le Cavalier du Kansas (1943) de George Archainbaud, lui vaut en 1944 une nomination à l'Oscar de la meilleure musique de film.

Mentionnons également ses contributions pour La Ruée vers l'or (1925, version sonorisée de 1942) de Charlie Chaplin, Le Chant du loup (1929) de Victor Fleming, ou encore Empreintes digitales (1936) de Raoul Walsh.

Gerard Carbonara devient membre de l'ASCAP en 1946.

Best films

The Gold Rush (1925)
(Additional Music)
Stagecoach (1939)
(Original Music Composer)
The Patriot (1928)
(Original Music Composer)

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Source : Wikidata

Filmography of Gerard Carbonara (58 films)

Display filmography as list

Sound

Inside Detroit, 1h22
Origin USA
Genres Action, Crime
Actors Dennis O'Keefe, Pat O'Brien, Ken Christy, Margaret Field, Mark Damon, Larry J. Blake
Roles Music
Rating61% 3.0917753.0917753.0917753.0917753.091775
Blair Vickexrs (O'Keefe) is head of the UAW union whose brother is killed during the bombing of the unioun headquarters. Gus Linden (O'Brien) is the man behind the bombing and a gangster who is determined to gain control of the UAW.
Mysterious Island
Directed by Spencer Gordon Bennet
Origin USA
Genres Science fiction, Fantasy, Action, Adventure
Themes Seafaring films, Transport films, Pirate films, Films based on science fiction novels, Political films
Actors Richard Crane, Marshall Reed, Gene Roth, Leonard Penn, Rusty Wescoatt, Bernie Hamilton
Rating60% 3.0007753.0007753.0007753.0007753.000775
During the siege of Richmond, Virginia, in the American Civil War, POW Capt. Cyrus Harding escapes from his Confederate captors in a rather unusual way – by hijacking an observation balloon. In his escape, Harding is accompanied by sailor Pencroft, his nephew Bert, writer Gideon, loyal soldier Neb, and a dog. A hurricane blows the balloon off course, and the group eventually crash-lands on a cliff-bound, volcanic, uncharted (and fictitious) island, located in the South Pacific, with very unusual inhabitants. They name it "Lincoln Island" in honour of American President Abraham Lincoln.
The Big Wheel, 1h32
Directed by Edward Ludwig
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Comedy, Action, Romance
Themes Sports films, Transport films, Films about automobiles, Auto racing films, Road movies
Actors Mickey Rooney, Allen Jenkins, Thomas Mitchell, Mary Hatcher, Michael O'Shea, Spring Byington
Rating56% 2.8060352.8060352.8060352.8060352.806035
Billy Coy (Mickey Rooney) from Carrell in California wants to be a race car driver. He manages to get hired as a mechanic by Arthur "Red" Stanley (Thomas Mitchell) at his garage, after mentioning that he is the son of a famous driver called "Cannonball" Coy. Billy's father died in an accident at the Indianapolis 500 a few years ago.
Gunfighters, 1h27
Directed by George Waggner
Origin USA
Genres Documentary, Action, Western
Actors Randolph Scott, Barbara Britton, Bruce Cabot, Charley Grapewin, John Miles, Steven Geray
Rating62% 3.14113.14113.14113.14113.1411
Trying to put his life as a gunfighter behind him, Brazos Kane goes off to join old pal Bob Tyrell at the Inskip ranch, only to see him gunned down by an unseen shooter.
Abilene Town, 1h29
Directed by Edwin L. Marin
Origin USA
Genres Romance, Western
Actors Randolph Scott, Ann Dvorak, Edgar Buchanan, Rhonda Fleming, Lloyd Bridges, Helen Boyce
Roles Original Music Composer
Rating61% 3.0936753.0936753.0936753.0936753.093675
In the years following the Civil War, Kansas is in the middle of a difficult time. Homesteaders are moving into the west, trying to start new lives, and are going head to head against cattlemen who have been settled in that territory for years. In Abilene, one of the biggest cattle towns of the west, the town is on the brink of a confrontation between the cattlemen and the homesteaders.
The Town Went Wild, 1h17
Directed by Ralph Murphy
Origin USA
Genres Comedy, Romantic comedy, Romance
Actors Freddie Bartholomew, Jimmy Lydon, Edward Everett Horton, Tom Tully, Minna Gombell, Maude Eburne
Rating55% 2.7659752.7659752.7659752.7659752.765975
Like Romeo and Juliet, next door neighbours David Conway and Carol Harrison are deeply in love with each other
The Kansan
The Kansan (1943)
, 1h19
Directed by George Archainbaud
Origin USA
Genres Action, Romance, Western
Actors Richard Dix, Jane Wyatt, Albert Dekker, Eugene Pallette, Victor Jory, Robert Armstrong
Roles Original Music Composer
Rating56% 2.806552.806552.806552.806552.80655
S'arrêtant dans une petite ville du Kansas, John Bonniwell accepte le poste de shérif après avoir mis en fuite des hors-la-loi. Tombé amoureux d'Eleanor Sager, la patronne du saloon-hôtel, il est confronté au banquier Jeff Barat qui tente frauduleusement d’accaparer la ville…
Night Plane from Chungking, 1h9
Directed by Ralph Murphy
Origin USA
Genres Drama, War, Action, Romance
Themes Transport films, Aviation films, Political films
Actors Robert Preston, Ellen Drew, Otto Kruger, Steven Geray, Victor Sen Yung, Soo Yong
Roles Music
Rating63% 3.174233.174233.174233.174233.17423
A truck carrying passengers on a road to India is bombed by the Japanese during their invasion of China, due to the carelessness of one of the passengers, Albert Pasavy.
Henry Aldrich Haunts a House, 1h13
Origin USA
Genres Comedy
Actors Jimmy Lydon, Charles Smith, John Litel, Olive Blakeney, Jackie Moran, Lucien Littlefield
Roles Original Music Composer
Rating62% 3.1427153.1427153.1427153.1427153.142715
Henry Aldrich swallows a serum by accident and ends up in a "haunted" house.
American Empire, 1h22
Directed by William C. McGann
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Action, Western
Actors Richard Dix, Leo Carrillo, Preston Foster, Frances Gifford, Richard Webb, Robert Barrat
Roles Music
Rating57% 2.853952.853952.853952.853952.85395
Two men join forces to build a cattle empire, and battle rustlers, bad weather and each other.
Fly-By-Night, 1h14
Directed by Robert Siodmak
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Thriller, Comedy
Actors Richard Carlson, Nancy Kelly, Albert Bassermann, Miles Mander, Edward Gargan, Walter Kingsford
Roles Original Music Composer
Rating64% 3.2421553.2421553.2421553.2421553.242155
Geoffrey Burton, interne en médecine, se fait prendre en otage par un évadé d'asile. Ce dernier est assassiné et le docteur Burton est accusé du meurtre. Il s'échappe et emmène dans sa fuite sa voisine de chambre d'hôtel.
Tombstone: The Town Too Tough to Die, 1h19
Directed by William C. McGann
Origin USA
Genres Western
Actors Richard Dix, Edgar Buchanan, Kent Taylor, Frances Gifford, Rex Bell, Harvey Stephens
Roles Music
Rating59% 2.999082.999082.999082.999082.99908
Set in the legendary town of Tombstone, Arizona, the plot centers on former gunslinger Wyatt Earp, who helps the sheriff round up criminals. Earp becomes a lawman after he sees an outlaw accidentally kill a child during a showdown. Earp's brothers and Doc Holliday help him take on the outlaw and his gang. More trouble ensues when the sheriff becomes involved with the gang. Earp manages to get them on robbery charges and the situation finally culminates at the infamous O.K. Corral.
The Shepherd of the Hills, 1h38
Directed by Henry Hathaway
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Adventure, Romance, Western
Actors John Wayne, Betty Field, Harry Carey, Beulah Bondi, Samuel S. Hinds, James Barton
Roles Music
Rating68% 3.446393.446393.446393.446393.44639
Dans les Monts Ozark, Jim Lane est blessé par la police alors qu'il surveillait la distillerie clandestine de la famille Matthews. Il est soigné par un mystérieux étranger, Daniel Howitt (surnommé « Le Berger des collines »), qui souhaite s'installer dans la région. Sammy, la fille de Jim, lui conseille d'acquérir la ferme abandonnée des Matthews. Matt le jeune, dont est amoureux Sammy, en est l'héritier et attend le retour de son père, Matt l'ancien, pour venger la mort de sa mère, abandonnée malade avec son enfant, des années plus tôt. Par ailleurs, Matt le jeune est confronté à la bande de hors-la-loi menée par Wash Gibbs.
Among the Living, 1h7
Directed by Stuart Heisler
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Thriller, Horror, Noir, Crime
Themes Medical-themed films, Films about psychiatry
Actors Albert Dekker, Susan Hayward, Harry Carey, Frances Farmer, Gordon Jones, Rod Cameron
Roles Original Music Composer
Rating63% 3.192213.192213.192213.192213.19221
Albert Dekker plays twins, John and Paul. Paul was supposed to have died when he was 10 years old, but actually went insane and was shut up in a secret room in his parents' mansion.