Arthur Morton
Arthur Morton was an American music composer and orchestrator for film and television productions. Arthur Morton, aka Arthur Goldberg, was born on 8th August 1908 in Duluth at the southern end of Lake Superior, 150 miles from Minneapolis. He was educated at West High School , 2808 Hennepin Ave, Minneapolis. The school closed in 1982.
He continued his education at the University of Minnesota, on the east bank of the Mississippi River, where he also played in jazz bands. He graduated in 1929 and after a year studying law and undertaking further graduate work in philosophy he moved to Los Angeles. Surprisingly, there is no mention of him receiving an advanced musical education. In 1935 he married Emmy Lou Hellman, the daughter of screenwriter Sam Hellman and the sister of Verna Fields, the Academy Award winning film editor of “Jaws”.
His 65-year career in Hollywood began in the music departments of the Hal Roach Studios - of Laurel and Hardy fame - and at Columbia Pictures, composing and orchestrating uncredited stock music. His first credited film score was for Night Life of the Gods (1935). While at Columbia he began collaborating with George Duning, aka George Dunning, composing additional music for films such as the 1949 film Lust for Gold and eventually becoming Duning’s orchestrator. During the period, he composed and orchestrated music for over fifty films including: From Here To Eternity (1953), The Man From Laramie (1955), Kismet (1955), and the cult film Oceans Eleven (1960) staring The Rat Pack.
In 1955, he orchestrated perhaps the most famous of George Duning’s scores for the film Picnic, which included the hit song Theme from Picnic, which in the film, was blended with the 1930’s standard Moonglow. The score was nominated in 1956 for an Academy Award for Best Music, Scoring of a Dramatic or Comedy Picture.
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He continued his education at the University of Minnesota, on the east bank of the Mississippi River, where he also played in jazz bands. He graduated in 1929 and after a year studying law and undertaking further graduate work in philosophy he moved to Los Angeles. Surprisingly, there is no mention of him receiving an advanced musical education. In 1935 he married Emmy Lou Hellman, the daughter of screenwriter Sam Hellman and the sister of Verna Fields, the Academy Award winning film editor of “Jaws”.
His 65-year career in Hollywood began in the music departments of the Hal Roach Studios - of Laurel and Hardy fame - and at Columbia Pictures, composing and orchestrating uncredited stock music. His first credited film score was for Night Life of the Gods (1935). While at Columbia he began collaborating with George Duning, aka George Dunning, composing additional music for films such as the 1949 film Lust for Gold and eventually becoming Duning’s orchestrator. During the period, he composed and orchestrated music for over fifty films including: From Here To Eternity (1953), The Man From Laramie (1955), Kismet (1955), and the cult film Oceans Eleven (1960) staring The Rat Pack.
In 1955, he orchestrated perhaps the most famous of George Duning’s scores for the film Picnic, which included the hit song Theme from Picnic, which in the film, was blended with the 1930’s standard Moonglow. The score was nominated in 1956 for an Academy Award for Best Music, Scoring of a Dramatic or Comedy Picture.
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Known for
L.A. Confidential
Star Trek: First Contact
Chain Reaction
The River Wild
The Shadow
Total Recall
Leviathan
Explorers
Rambo: First Blood Part II
Baby: Secret of the Lost Legend
Gremlins
First Blood
Charlie Chan and the Curse of the Dragon Queen
Superman
Damnation Alley
MacArthur
Islands in the Stream
The Omen
Papillon
Hawkins
The Waltons
The Other
The Mephisto Waltz
Tora! Tora! Tora!
Patton
Justine
In Like Flint
Morituri
Von Ryan's Express
John Goldfarb, Please Come Home!
Dear Brigitte
What a Way to Go!
Paris When It Sizzles
Who's Been Sleeping in My Bed?
Move Over, Darling
Critic's Choice
Who's Got the Action?
13 West Street
A Raisin in the Sun
Two Rode Together
Swingin' Along
Cry for Happy
The Wackiest Ship in the Army
Ocean's Eleven
The Last Angry Man
Gidget
Houseboat
The High Cost of Loving
Pal Joey
The Tijuana Story
3:10 to Yuma
Jeanne Eagels
The Shadow on the Window
Miami Exposé
He Laughed Last
Inside Detroit
The Last Frontier
Three Stripes in the Sun
Picnic
Queen Bee
Kismet
The Man from Laramie
Chicago Syndicate
Tight Spot
Phffft
Pushover
It Should Happen to You
The Big Heat
Gun Fury
From Here to Eternity
Let's Do It Again
The Juggler
Affair in Trinidad
The Lady and the Bandit
The Harlem Globetrotters
Harriet Craig
No Sad Songs for Me
Father Is a Bachelor
The Nevadan
The Walking Hills
Shockproof
The Lady from Shanghai
It Had to Be You
Millie's Daughter
Johnny O'Clock
Home Sweet Homicide
Gilda
Fallen Angel
Laura
Strange Affair
The Lady and the Monster
Quiet Please, Murder
London Blackout Murders
Inflation
The Day the Bookies Wept
Merrily We Live
Night Key
Theodora Goes Wild
She Gets Her Man
Princess O'Hara