Leonard Rosenman

Leonard Rosenman (September 7 1924 – March 4 2008) was an American Academy Award and Emmy Award winning film, television and concert composer.

Life and career

Leonard Rosenman was born in Brooklyn, New York. After service in the Pacific with the Army Air Forces in World War II, he earned a bachelor's degree in music from the University of California, Berkeley. He also studied composition with Arnold Schoenberg, Roger Sessions and Luigi Dallapiccola. [Fox, Margalit. "Leonard Roseman, 83, Composer for Films." "The New York Times", Thursday, March 6, 2008]

Rosenman composed the scores for such films as "East of Eden" (1955), "Rebel Without a Cause" (1955), "Fantastic Voyage" (1966), "Cross Creek" (1983) and "" (1986). He wrote incidental music for such television series as "The Defenders", "The Twilight Zone", "Gibbsville" and "Marcus Welby M.D." He also wrote the theme and almost all of the incidental music used for the entire run of the 1960s World War II television series "Combat!".

In his 70s Rosenman was diagnosed with Frontotemporal dementia, a degenerative brain condition with symptoms similar to Alzheimer's disease.

He died March 4, 2008, of a heart attack at the Motion Picture & Television Country House and Hospital in Woodland Hills, California. [Variety [http://www.variety.com/article/VR1117981821.html?categoryid=25&cs=1] . Accessed on 4 March, 2008.]

He is survived by his wife Judie Gregg Rosenman, three children, and four grandchildren.

Leonard Rosenman enjoyed astronomy. For his observing he used a 14-inch computerized telescope which he had set up at his home in the Hollywood Hills. The telescope was a Celestron Compustar C-14 that was retrofited by LA Optical CO. in about 1990.Fact|date=March 2008

Awards

Leonard Rosenman earned two Academy Awards:

*"Barry Lyndon" (1975), for Best Music, Scoring Original Song Score and/or Adaptation (music by Handel, Schubert and others)

*"Bound for Glory" (1976), for Best Music, Original Song Score and Its Adaptation or Best Adaptation Score (the songs of Woody Guthrie)

He also received two Emmy Awards:
*"Sybil" (1976), for Outstanding Achievement in Music Composition for a Special (Dramatic Underscore), with Alan Bergman and Marilyn Bergman
*"Friendly Fire" (1979), for Outstanding Music Composition for a Limited Series or a Special

Filmography

*"The Cobweb" (1955)
*"East of Eden" (1955)
*"Rebel Without a Cause" (1955)
*"Edge of the City" (1957)
*"Bombers B-52" (1957)
*"Lafayette Escadrille" (1958)
*"Pork Chop Hill" (1959)
*"The Rise and Fall of Legs Diamond" (1960)
*"The Outsider" (1961)
*"The Chapman Report" (1962)
*"Hell Is for Heroes" (1962)
*"Fantastic Voyage" (1966)
*"Stranger on the Run" (1967)
*"A Covenant with Death" (1967)
*"Countdown" (1968)
*"Hellfighters" (1968)
*"Any Second Now" (1969)
*"The Todd Killings" (1970)
*"Beneath the Planet of the Apes" (1970)
*"A Man Called Horse" (1970)
*"Banyon" (1971)
*"Battle for the Planet of the Apes" (1973)
*"The Phantom of Hollywood" (1974)
*"Judge Dee and the Monastery Murder" (1974)
*"Race with the Devil" (1975)
*"Barry Lyndon" (1975; Academy Award)
*"Sybil" (1976; Emmy Award)
*"Bound for Glory" (1976; Academy Award)
*"An Enemy of the People" (1977)
*"The Possessed" (1977)
*"The Car" (1977)
*"Nero Wolfe" (1977)
*"September 30, 1955" (1978)
*"The Lord of the Rings" (1978)
*"Prophecy" (1979)
*"Promises in the Dark" (1979)
*"Friendly Fire" (1979; Emmy Award)
*"The Jazz Singer" (1980)
*"Hide in Plain Sight" (1980)
*"City in Fear" (1980)
*"Murder in Texas" (1981)
*"Making Love" (1982)
*"Miss Lonelyhearts" (1983)
*"Cross Creek" (1983)
*"Heartsounds" (1984)
*"Heart of the Stag" (1984)
*"Sylvia" (1985)
*"First Steps" (1985)
*"" (1986)
*"Promised a Miracle" (1988)
*"Body Wars" (1989)
*"Robocop 2" (1990)
*"Ambition" (1991)
*"Aftermath: A Test of Love" (1991)
*"Keeper of the City" (1991)
*"The Face on the Milk Carton" (1994)
*"The Color of Evening" (1994)
*"Mrs. Munck" (1995)
*"Levitation" (1997)
*"Jurij" (2001)

References

External links

*imdb name|id=0006260|name=Leonard Rosenman
*memoryalpha
* [http://www.filmmusicsociety.org/news_events/features/2004/090704.html?IsArchive=090704 Leonard Rosenman Turns 80] — Film Music Society (September 7, 2004)
* [http://www.filmmusicsociety.org/news_events/features/2008/050108.html?IsArchive=050108 Leonard Rosenman Remembered] — Film Music Society (May 1, 2008)
* [http://www.moviemusicuk.us/rosenman.htm Leonard Rosenman at Movie Music UK]