Ray Heindorf

Ray Heindorf

Known for: Sound
Biography: 1908-08-25
Deathday: 1980-02-03 (71 years old)

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Biography

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Ray Heindorf (August 25, 1908 – February 3, 1980) was an American songwriter, composer, conductor, and arranger.


Born in Haverstraw, New York, Heindorf worked as a pianist in a movie house in Mechanicville in his early teens. In 1928, he moved to New York City, where he worked as a musical arranger before heading to Hollywood. He gained his first job as an orchestrator at MGM, where he worked on Hollywood Revue of 1929, and subsequently went on the road playing piano for Lupe Vélez.


After completing this engagement, he joined Warner Bros., composing and/or arranging and conducting music exclusively for the studio for nearly forty years. Heindorf, along with Georgie Stoll at MGM, were jazz aficionados well known in the black entertainment community for employing minority musicians in their studio music departments.


He undertook the musical direction of Judy Garland's comeback film A Star is Born (1954) and made a cameo appearance as himself in the premiere party sequence where Jack Carson's character congratulates him on a great score.


Among Heindorf's other screen credits are 42nd Street, Gold Diggers of 1935, The Great Lie, Knute Rockne All American, Kings Row, Night and Day, Tea for Two, A Streetcar Named Desire, The Jazz Singer, No Time for Sergeants, The Helen Morgan Story, Marjorie Morningstar, Damn Yankees, Auntie Mame, Finian's Rainbow, and his final musical for Jack L. Warner, 1776.


Between 1943 and 1969 he was nominated for eighteen Academy Awards, 17 nominations for Best Score and 1 nomination for Best Song. Heindorf won three, in the category of Best Score of a Musical, for Yankee Doodle Dandy, This is the Army, and The Music Man. His wins for the former two films made him the first to accomplish consecutive wins in a musical category.


Heindorf died in Tarzana, California, aged 71, and reputedly was buried with his favorite conducting baton.

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Filmography

all 89

Movies 88

Director 17

self 3

TV Shows 1

Composer
Survival of Spaceship Earth

Survival of Spaceship Earth (1972)

Movie
Composer
O'Hara, United States Treasury: Operation Cobra

O'Hara, United States Treasury: Operation Cobra (1971)

Movie
Original Music Composer
Finian's Rainbow

Finian's Rainbow (1968)

Movie
Music Supervisor
Adam-12

Adam-12 (1968)

TV
7.5
Original Music Composer
-30-

-30- (1959)

Movie
Music Supervisor
The Young Philadelphians

The Young Philadelphians (1959)

Movie
4
Music Supervisor
Up Periscope

Up Periscope (1959)

Movie
Composer
No Time for Sergeants

No Time for Sergeants (1958)

Movie
Music
The Helen Morgan Story

The Helen Morgan Story (1957)

Movie
Music
Miracle in the Rain

Miracle in the Rain (1956)

Movie
Original Music Composer / Music Director
Serenade

Serenade (1956)

Movie
Music
Sincerely Yours

Sincerely Yours (1955)

Movie
Music
Pete Kelly's Blues

Pete Kelly's Blues (1955)

Movie
Music
Young at Heart

Young at Heart (1954)

Movie
Movie Premiere Attendee (uncredited) / Original Music Composer / Music Director
A Star Is Born

A Star Is Born (1954)

Movie
Music Director
Lucky Me

Lucky Me (1954)

Movie
Original Music Composer
Three Sailors and a Girl

Three Sailors and a Girl (1953)

Movie
Music Director
Calamity Jane

Calamity Jane (1953)

Movie
Music Director
Blowing Wild

Blowing Wild (1953)

Movie
Music Director
By the Light of the Silvery Moon

By the Light of the Silvery Moon (1953)

Movie
Music Director
I Confess

I Confess (1953)

Movie
3.5
Music Director
April in Paris

April in Paris (1952)

Movie
Music Director
The Big Trees

The Big Trees (1952)

Movie
Orchestra Leader at Kahn Benefit (uncredited) / Music Director
I'll See You in My Dreams

I'll See You in My Dreams (1951)

Movie
Composer
Come Fill the Cup

Come Fill the Cup (1951)

Movie
Music Director
A Streetcar Named Desire

A Streetcar Named Desire (1951)

Movie
3
Music Director
Strangers on a Train

Strangers on a Train (1951)

Movie
5.38
Music Director
Goodbye, My Fancy

Goodbye, My Fancy (1951)

Movie
Self (uncredited)
The Screen Director

The Screen Director (1951)

Movie
Music Director
Storm Warning

Storm Warning (1951)

Movie
Music Director
The West Point Story

The West Point Story (1950)

Movie
Music Director
Tea for Two

Tea for Two (1950)

Movie
Music Director
The Daughter of Rosie O'Grady

The Daughter of Rosie O'Grady (1950)

Movie
Music
Young Man with a Horn

Young Man with a Horn (1950)

Movie
Ray Heindorf (uncredited) / Music
It's a Great Feeling

It's a Great Feeling (1949)

Movie
Music Supervisor
Adventures of Don Juan

Adventures of Don Juan (1948)

Movie
Orchestrator / Conductor
Romance on the High Seas

Romance on the High Seas (1948)

Movie
Original Music Composer
April Showers

April Showers (1948)

Movie
Music Arranger
Love and Learn

Love and Learn (1947)

Movie
Orchestrator
Cinderella Jones

Cinderella Jones (1946)

Movie
Orchestrator / Conductor
Wonder Man

Wonder Man (1945)

Movie
Music Arranger
The Hard Way

The Hard Way (1943)

Movie
Orchestrator
Gentleman Jim

Gentleman Jim (1942)

Movie
Original Music Composer
Yankee Doodle Dandy

Yankee Doodle Dandy (1942)

Movie
Orchestrator
The Male Animal

The Male Animal (1942)

Movie
Orchestrator
Affectionately Yours

Affectionately Yours (1941)

Movie
Orchestrator
The Great Lie

The Great Lie (1941)

Movie
Music Arranger
The Sea Wolf

The Sea Wolf (1941)

Movie
Orchestrator
The Strawberry Blonde

The Strawberry Blonde (1941)

Movie
Music Arranger
Flight from Destiny

Flight from Destiny (1941)

Movie
Orchestrator
Honeymoon for Three

Honeymoon for Three (1941)

Movie
Orchestrator
Four Mothers

Four Mothers (1941)

Movie
Orchestrator
Knute Rockne All American

Knute Rockne All American (1940)

Movie
Music
My Love Came Back

My Love Came Back (1940)

Movie
Music Arranger
Castle on the Hudson

Castle on the Hudson (1940)

Movie
Orchestrator
Four Wives

Four Wives (1939)

Movie
Original Music Composer
The Roaring Twenties

The Roaring Twenties (1939)

Movie
6
Orchestrator
Angels Wash Their Faces

Angels Wash Their Faces (1939)

Movie
Orchestrator
Daughters Courageous

Daughters Courageous (1939)

Movie
Music
Boy Meets Girl

Boy Meets Girl (1938)

Movie
Orchestrator
Men Are Such Fools

Men Are Such Fools (1938)

Movie
Music
Gold Diggers in Paris

Gold Diggers in Paris (1938)

Movie
Music
Hollywood Hotel

Hollywood Hotel (1938)

Movie
Music Arranger
Ready, Willing and Able

Ready, Willing and Able (1937)

Movie
Music Arranger
Stage Struck

Stage Struck (1936)

Movie
Music Arranger
The Singing Kid

The Singing Kid (1936)

Movie
Music Arranger
Colleen

Colleen (1936)

Movie
Original Music Composer
Dangerous

Dangerous (1935)

Movie
Music Arranger
Broadway Gondolier

Broadway Gondolier (1935)

Movie
Orchestrator
Alibi Ike

Alibi Ike (1935)

Movie
Orchestrator
Go Into Your Dance

Go Into Your Dance (1935)

Movie
Music Arranger
Gold Diggers of 1935

Gold Diggers of 1935 (1935)

Movie
Music Arranger
Sweet Music

Sweet Music (1935)

Movie
Original Music Composer
Murder in the Clouds

Murder in the Clouds (1934)

Movie
Original Music Composer
A Lost Lady

A Lost Lady (1934)

Movie
Original Music Composer
Desirable

Desirable (1934)

Movie
Orchestrator
Bulldog Drummond Strikes Back

Bulldog Drummond Strikes Back (1934)

Movie
Music Arranger
Fashions of 1934

Fashions of 1934 (1934)

Movie
Orchestrator
The Kennel Murder Case

The Kennel Murder Case (1933)

Movie
4
Music Arranger
Footlight Parade

Footlight Parade (1933)

Movie
Orchestrator
Secrets

Secrets (1933)

Movie
Orchestrator
Hallelujah, I'm a Bum

Hallelujah, I'm a Bum (1933)

Movie
Music
Central Park

Central Park (1932)

Movie
Music Arranger
Three on a Match

Three on a Match (1932)

Movie
Original Music Composer
Big City Blues

Big City Blues (1932)

Movie
Original Music Composer
Crooner

Crooner (1932)

Movie
Orchestrator
The Greeks Had a Word for Them

The Greeks Had a Word for Them (1932)

Movie
Orchestrator
Arrowsmith

Arrowsmith (1931)

Movie
6
Self
The Song Writers' Revue

The Song Writers' Revue (1929)

Movie

Ratings

Average 6.21
Based on 470 Thousand movie and tv ratings over time
1929
1936
1942
1938
1972
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Information

Known For
Sound

Gender
Male

Birthday
1908-08-25

Deathday
1980-02-03 (71 years old)

Birth Name
Raymond John Heindorf

Birth Place
Rockland County, United States of America

Citizenships
United States of America

Also Known As
Raymond John Heindorf

Awards
Academy Award for Best Score, Adaptation or Treatment, Academy Award for Best Original Musical Score


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