Welcome to the Dimitri Tiomkin official website. The name Dimitri Tiomkin calls forth the image of one of Hollywood’s most distinguished and best-loved composers. Whether the genre was Westerns, drama, comedy, film noir, adventure, or war documentary, Tiomkin’s visceral, dramatic underscores helped bring more than 100 feature films to vivid life. The list of respected directors who continuously called on his services is impressive: Frank Capra, Howard Hawks, and Alfred Hitchcock among them.
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NoMad Music releases Exile to Hollywood
Tiomkin and Newman lead composers represented by films in the National Film Registry
Intrada releases Dimitri Tiomkin: From New York to Hollywood: Music for Albertina Rasch and Classic Films
Behind the Photograph: Ballet at the Beach? Dimitri Tiomkin at the piano
Dimitri Tiomkin’s steel baton, brought to you by U.S. Steel
John Wayne: An American Experience at Fort Worth Stockyards
Behind the Scenes: Did Ernst Lubitsch want to direct a Broadway musical in 1932?
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Behind the Scenes: Did Ernst Lubitsch want to direct a Broadway musical in 1932?
Elmer Bernstein biography by Peter Bernstein
Behold a Trending Composer! Maurice Jarre replaces first choice Dimitri Tiomkin for Fred Zinnemann’s *Killing a Mouse on Sunday*
The True Story of How Dimitri Tiomkin’s Music Arranger and His Wife Created an International Brand with Mr & Mrs T® Bloody Mary Mix
Browse the Dimitri Tiomkin Collection inventory at the USC Cinematic Arts Library
About Dimitri Tiomkin
As the composer behind such memorable films as High Noon, Mr. Smith Goes to Washington, It’s a Wonderful Life, Giant, Dial M for Murder, Strangers on a Train, Shadow of a Doubt, Lost Horizon, and Rio Bravo, he enjoyed an enviable position in the American film industry, having written for both film and television, and writing songs in addition to scores.
Several of Tiomkin’s songs have gone on to become popular standards. The most famous is “Do Not Forsake Me” from High Noon, but he also wrote “Thee I Love” from Friendly Persuasion, “The Green Leaves of Summer” from The Alamo, and the theme from the television series Rawhide.
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A to Z Guide to Dimitri Tiomkin music publications and rentals, research, and rights clearance
Dimitri Tiomkin at the Academy Museum of Motion Pictures
Dimitri Tiomkin and Madame President, on the road to producing films
Dimitri Tiomkin options Will Henry’s novel and co-produces *Mackenna’s Gold*
Who Wrote the Music for *A Little Racketeer*?
Awards and honors
In the course of his career, Tiomkin received nearly two dozen Academy Award score and song nominations over five consecutive decades, taking home four Oscars. International honors followed as well. The French government awarded him the Chevalier de l’Ordre des Arts et des Lettres and both the Chevalier and Officier de l’Ordre National de la Légion d’Honneur. From Spain, he received La Cruz de Caballero de la Orden de Isabel la Católica.