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Dimitri Tiomkin
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10 May 1894
† 11 Nov 1979
Kremenchug, Poltava governorate, Russian Empire
Biography
Dimitri Zinovievich Tiomkin (May 10, 1894 – November 11, 1979) was a Russian-born American film composer and conductor. Classically trained in St. Petersburg, Russia before the Bolshevik Revolution, he moved to Berlin and then New York City after the Russian Revolution. In 1929, after the stock market crash, he moved to Hollywood, where he became best known for his scores for Western films, including Duel in the Sun, Red River, High Noon, The Big Sky, 55 Days at Peking, Gunfight at the O.K. Corr...
Also Known As
Димитрий Темкин, Димитрий Тёмкин
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