Biography
Daniele Alexandrovich Amfitheatrof (Russian: Даниил Александрович Амфитеатров, 29 October 1901 – 4 June 1983) was a Russian, American, and Italian composer and conductor. Amfitheatrof was born in Saint Petersburg, Russia on 29 October 1901; his grandfather was Nikolay Sokolov.In his youth, Amfitheatrof studied first with Jāzeps Vītols at the Saint Petersburg Conservatory, then Jaroslav Křička in Prague. Most of Amfitheatrof's studies took place in Rome, where he completed his studies in composition at the Conservatorio di Santa Cecilia under Ottorino Respighi. Amfitheatrof also graduated in organ playing from the Pontifical Institute of Sacred Music.His career began as a répétiteur at the Teatro Augusteo, where he eventually became assistant conductor to Bernardino Molinari. After obtaining a number of positions in Italy, including house conductor and manager at the EIAR station in Turin, Amfitheatrof left to become associate conductor of the Minneapolis Symphony Orchestra under music director Dimitri Mitropoulos.In 1939, Amfitheatrof relocated to Hollywood, California, where he established himself as a film composer. He became a naturalized American citizen in 1944. Altogether, Amfitheatrof scored more than seventy films.With World War II imminent in Europe, Amfitheatrof elected to remain in the United States. He relocated his family to California on the recommendation of Boris Morros, then director of music at Paramount Pictures. Amfitheatrof was hired by Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Studios under an exclusive four-year contract (1939–1943). His scores at MGM include those for Lassie Come Home, the first major film of a young Elizabeth Taylor. During his twenty-six years in Hollywood, where he was employed by each of the major studios at one time or another, he composed the scores (often uncredited) for over 50 films, including Letter from an Unknown Woman, The Desert Fox, The Naked Jungle, The Last Hunt, and The Mountain. His final score was written for Major Dundee in 1965. (This score, which was disliked by many, including director Sam Peckinpah, was replaced with a new score by Christopher Caliendo for the reconstructed version, which was released theatrically in 2005; both scores can be heard on the DVD, released later that year.)Amfitheatrof was twice nominated for an Oscar for his work, on Guest Wife and Song of the South. Amfitheatrof once remarked in written correspondence (citation: private letters) with his friend and colleague, John Steven Lasher, that his career in Hollywood "as a prostitute composer" ultimately tarnished his image as a professional musician. As a result, he was unable to secure commissions or performances of his concert works.
Filmography
all 119
Movies 119
Director 1
Major Dundee (1965)
Heller in Pink Tights (1960)
Edge of Eternity (1959)
That Kind of Woman (1959)
I Married a Monster from Outer Space (1958)
Fraulein (1958)
From Hell to Texas (1958)
Spanish Affair (1957)
The Unholy Wife (1957)
The Girl in the Kremlin (1957)
The Werewolf (1956)
The Mountain (1956)
The Last Hunt (1956)
Trial (1955)
The Desperate Hours (1955)
Day of Triumph (1954)
Human Desire (1954)
The Naked Jungle (1954)
Devil's Canyon (1953)
Angels in the Outfield (1951)
The Desert Fox: The Story of Rommel (1951)
Iron Man (1951)
Tomorrow Is Another Day (1951)
The Painted Hills (1951)
Abbott and Costello Meet the Invisible Man (1951)
Bird of Paradise (1951)
Storm Warning (1951)
Copper Canyon (1950)
Undercover Girl (1950)
Devil's Doorway (1950)
Shakedown (1950)
Abbott and Costello in the Foreign Legion (1950)
Winchester '73 (1950)
Spy Hunt (1950)
The Damned Don't Cry (1950)
The Capture (1950)
Under My Skin (1950)
Backfire (1950)
Abandoned (1949)
Abbott and Costello Meet the Killer, Boris Karloff (1949)
Sand (1949)
House of Strangers (1949)
The Fan (1949)
Rogues' Regiment (1948)
Mexican Hayride (1948)
An Act of Murder (1948)
You Gotta Stay Happy (1948)
Another Part of the Forest (1948)
Letter from an Unknown Woman (1948)
The Senator Was Indiscreet (1947)
The Lost Moment (1947)
Singapore (1947)
Ivy (1947)
The Beginning or the End (1947)
Temptation (1946)
Song of the South (1946)
Suspense (1946)
O.S.S. (1946)
The Virginian (1946)
Miss Susie Slagle's (1946)
Guest Wife (1945)
I'll Be Seeing You (1944)
The Missing Juror (1944)
Bathing Beauty (1944)
Days of Glory (1944)
Lost Angel (1943)
Lassie Come Home (1943)
Cry 'Havoc' (1943)
Swing Shift Maisie (1943)
Bataan (1943)
Above Suspicion (1943)
Dr. Gillespie's Criminal Case (1943)
A Stranger in Town (1943)
High Explosive (1943)
Aerial Gunner (1943)
The Price of Victory (1942)
Andy Hardy's Double Life (1942)
Dr. Gillespie's New Assistant (1942)
Northwest Rangers (1942)
We Refuse to Die (1942)
Eyes in the Night (1942)
A Letter From Bataan (1942)
Calling Dr. Gillespie (1942)
Further Prophecies of Nostradamus (1942)
Sunday Punch (1942)
Fingers at the Window (1942)
Nazi Agent (1942)
Joe Smith, American (1942)
Mr. and Mrs. North (1942)
USS VD: Ship of Shame (1942)
Johnny Eager (1941)
Hobbies (1941)
Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde (1941)
Whistling in the Dark (1941)
The Big Store (1941)
The Get-Away (1941)
This Is the Bowery (1941)
Out of Darkness (1941)
Whispers (1941)
I Was a Criminal (1941)
Comrade X (1940)
Dreams (1940)
Eyes of the Navy (1940)
A New Romance of Celluloid: The Miracle of Sound (1940)
Utopia of Death (1940)
Trifles of Importance (1940)
A Failure at Fifty (1940)
And One Was Beautiful (1940)
The Man from Dakota (1940)
Northward, Ho! (1940)
The Old South (1940)
Servant Of Mankind (1940)
Nick Carter, Master Detective (1939)
Forgotten Victory (1939)
Fast and Furious (1939)
The Ash Can Fleet (1939)
One Against the World (1939)
The White Slave (1936)
Everybody's Woman (1934)
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GenderMale
Birthday1901-10-29
Deathday1983-06-07 (81 years old)
Birth PlaceSaint Petersburg, Russia
FatherAlexander Amfiteatrov
SiblingsMassimo Amfiteatrof
CitizenshipsRussian Empire, Soviet Union, United States of America
Also Known AsDaniil Aleksandrovich Amfiteatrov, D. Amfitheatrof, Daniel Dax, Dax, Edward Kane
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