Leo Shuken
Film music contributor
1906 – 1976
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Who was Leo Shuken?
Leo Shuken was an American film music composer, arranger, and musical director.
Shuken composed for the music industry from the end of the 1930s until shortly before his death, contributing music to over 100 films. His first, uncredited, score was for Go West, Young Man in 1937. He won an Academy Award for his work on the 1939 film Stagecoach, and was nominated in 1964 for the Academy Award for Original Music Score for The Unsinkable Molly Brown.
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- Born
- Dec 8, 1906
Los Angeles - Also known as
- Lew Shuken
- Nationality
- United States of America
- Profession
- Died
- Jul 24, 1976
Santa Monica
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on July 23, 2013
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