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| − | '''Leonard Rosenman''' was a Brooklyn-born film and television soundtrack composer. After service in the Pacific with the Army Air Forces in World War II, Rosenman earned a bachelor's degree in music from the University of California, Berkeley. He also studied composition with Arnold Schoenberg, Roger Sessions and Luigi Dallapiccola. He was a concert composer when his friend James Dean introduced him to director Elia Kazan, who asked him to write the score for ''East of Eden'' (1955), thus beginning his film career. He |
+ | '''Leonard Rosenman''' was a Brooklyn-born film and television soundtrack composer. After service in the Pacific with the Army Air Forces in World War II, Rosenman earned a bachelor's degree in music from the University of California, Berkeley. He also studied composition with Arnold Schoenberg, Roger Sessions and Luigi Dallapiccola. He was a concert composer when his friend James Dean introduced him to director Elia Kazan, who asked him to write the score for ''East of Eden'' (1955), thus beginning his film career. He then composed the scores for ''Rebel Without a Cause'' (1955) and ''Fantastic Voyage'' (1966). He also wrote theme music and incidental music for such television series as ''The Twilight Zone'' (1959), ''Law of the Plainsman'' (1959-60), ''The Defenders'' (1961-65), ''Combat!''(1962-1967), ''The Road West'' (1966-1967), ''Garrison's Gorillas'' (1967-68, starring [[Ron Harper]]), ''The Virginian'' (1967-69), ''Marcus Welby, M.D.'' (1969-1976) and ''Gibbsville'' (1976). |
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| − | In his 70s Rosenman was diagnosed with Frontotemporal dementia, a degenerative brain condition with symptoms similar to Alzheimer's disease. |
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| − | He died March 4, 2008, of a heart attack at the Motion Picture & Television Country House and Hospital in Woodland Hills, California.[2] |
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| − | Leonard Rosenman earned two Academy Awards: |
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| − | Barry Lyndon (1975), for Best Music, Scoring Original Song Score and/or Adaptation (music by Handel, Schubert and others) |
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| − | Bound for Glory (1976), for Best Music, Original Song Score and Its Adaptation or Best Adaptation Score (the songs of Woody Guthrie) |
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| − | He also received two Emmy Awards: |
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| − | Sybil (1976), for Outstanding Achievement in Music Composition for a Special (Dramatic Underscore), with Alan Bergman and Marilyn Bergman |
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| − | Friendly Fire (1979), for Outstanding Music Composition for a Limited Series or a Special |
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| + | Leonard Rosenman composed the music for the 1970 movie ''[[Beneath the Planet of the Apes]]''. Originally, the score was to be composed by [[Jerry Goldsmith]], as was the original ''[[Planet of the Apes (1968)|Planet of the Apes]]'' (1968), but [[Franklin J. Schaffner]] convinced the studio heads at [[Twentieth Century Fox]] to pull Goldsmith from the project in favor of having him score Shaffner's then current film project, ''Patton'', and he was ultimately replaced by Rosenman.<ref>''[http://www.filmscoremonthly.com/articles/1999/08_Feb---The_Great_Apes_Score_Debate.asp John O'Callaghan; "The Great Apes Score Debate", Film Score Monthly]'' </ref> After that break, Goldsmith returned for the third installment ''[[Escape from the Planet of the Apes]]'' (1971) and [[Tom Scott]] scored ''[[Conquest of the Planet of the Apes]]'' (1972) before Rosenman was asked to compose the soundtrack for the final ''Apes'' movie, ''[[Battle for the Planet of the Apes]]'' (1973). |
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| + | He went on to compose the scores for such films as ''The Lord of the Rings'' (1978), ''The Jazz Singer'' (1980), ''Cross Creek'' (1983), ''Star Trek IV: The Voyage Home'' (1986) and ''RoboCop 2'' (1990), and won two [[Academy Award]]s for 'Original Song Score and Adaptation' - ''Barry Lyndon'' (1975) and ''Bound for Glory'' (1976) - as well as nominations for 'Original Music Score' in 1983 and 1986. He also received Emmy Awards for TV movies ''Sybil'' (1976) and ''Friendly Fire'' (1979). After suffering with a degenerative brain condition, Leonard Rosenman died of a heart attack at the Motion Picture & Television Country House and Hospital in Woodland Hills, California. |
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Revision as of 20:55, 6 February 2011
Leonard Rosenman was a Brooklyn-born film and television soundtrack composer. After service in the Pacific with the Army Air Forces in World War II, Rosenman earned a bachelor's degree in music from the University of California, Berkeley. He also studied composition with Arnold Schoenberg, Roger Sessions and Luigi Dallapiccola. He was a concert composer when his friend James Dean introduced him to director Elia Kazan, who asked him to write the score for East of Eden (1955), thus beginning his film career. He then composed the scores for Rebel Without a Cause (1955) and Fantastic Voyage (1966). He also wrote theme music and incidental music for such television series as The Twilight Zone (1959), Law of the Plainsman (1959-60), The Defenders (1961-65), Combat!(1962-1967), The Road West (1966-1967), Garrison's Gorillas (1967-68, starring Ron Harper), The Virginian (1967-69), Marcus Welby, M.D. (1969-1976) and Gibbsville (1976).
Leonard Rosenman composed the music for the 1970 movie Beneath the Planet of the Apes. Originally, the score was to be composed by Jerry Goldsmith, as was the original Planet of the Apes (1968), but Franklin J. Schaffner convinced the studio heads at Twentieth Century Fox to pull Goldsmith from the project in favor of having him score Shaffner's then current film project, Patton, and he was ultimately replaced by Rosenman.[1] After that break, Goldsmith returned for the third installment Escape from the Planet of the Apes (1971) and Tom Scott scored Conquest of the Planet of the Apes (1972) before Rosenman was asked to compose the soundtrack for the final Apes movie, Battle for the Planet of the Apes (1973).
He went on to compose the scores for such films as The Lord of the Rings (1978), The Jazz Singer (1980), Cross Creek (1983), Star Trek IV: The Voyage Home (1986) and RoboCop 2 (1990), and won two Academy Awards for 'Original Song Score and Adaptation' - Barry Lyndon (1975) and Bound for Glory (1976) - as well as nominations for 'Original Music Score' in 1983 and 1986. He also received Emmy Awards for TV movies Sybil (1976) and Friendly Fire (1979). After suffering with a degenerative brain condition, Leonard Rosenman died of a heart attack at the Motion Picture & Television Country House and Hospital in Woodland Hills, California.