Leo Arnaud
Film score, Composer
1904 – 1991
Who was Leo Arnaud?
Leo Arnaud or Léo Arnaud was a French-American composer of film scores, best known for "Bugler's Dream", which is used as the theme by television networks presenting the Olympic Games in the United States.
The composer studied composition at conservatories in Lyon and Paris with Maurice Ravel and Vincent d'Indy. After playing as a jazz trombonist in France using the name Leo Vauchant and arranging for the Jack Hylton band in England from 1928 to 1930, he immigrated to the United States in 1931. He worked in Hollywood as an arranger for Fred Waring before joining Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer as an arranger, composer, and orchestrator from 1936 to 1966.
In 1980, Arnaud left Hollywood and retired to Yadkin County, North Carolina. His wife, Faye Brooks Arnaud, was a native of the area. He is buried at Asbury United Methodist Church in Hamptonville, North Carolina.
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- Born
- Jul 24, 1904
Lyon - Also known as
- Léonid Arnaud
- Leon Arnaud
- Noël Leon Marius Arnaud
- Arnaud
- Léo Vauchant
- Léo Arnaud
- Spouses
- Faye Brooks Arnaud
( - 1991/04/26)
- Faye Brooks Arnaud
- Nationality
- United States of America
- France
- Profession
- Lived in
- Lyon
- Died
- Apr 26, 1991
Hamptonville
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on July 23, 2013
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