Leo Arnaud

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Name = Leo Arnaud


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Birth_name = Noël Leon Marius Arnaud [cite journal |last= De Jong|first= Diederik C.D.|year= 1996|month= Jan–Feb|title= Arnaud: Symphonie Francaise, Latin American Scenario, Midinette, In Memoriam, Well Tempered Oboist, Bugler's Dream. |journal= American Record Guide|volume= |issue= |pages= 71|id= |url= http://find.galegroup.com/ips/start.do?prodId=IPS|accessdate= 2007-11-14 |quote= ]
Born = July 24, 1904
Lyon, France
Died = April 26, 1991
Hamptonville, North Carolina, USA
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Instrument = Trombone
Genre = Film scores
Occupation = arranger, composer, and orchestrator
Years_active = 1930s–1960s
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Leo Arnaud or Léo Arnaud (July 24, 1904 – April 26, 1991) (IPA2|ˈleɪ.oʊ ɑɹ.ˈnoʊ) was a French-American composer of film scores, best known for scoring Bugler's Dream, which is used as the theme for the Olympic Games.

The composer studied composition at conservatories in Lyon and Paris with Maurice Ravel and Vincent d'Indy. [ [http://www.answers.com/topic/leo-arnaud-classical-musician Leo Arnaud at Answers.com] ] After playing as a jazz trombonist in France using the name Leo Vauchant and arranging for the Jack Hylton band in England from 1928 to 1930, he immigrated to the United States in 1931. He worked in Hollywood as an arranger for Fred Waring before joining MGM as an arranger, composer, and orchestrator from 1936 to 1966.

In 1980, Arnaud left Hollywood and retired to Yadkin County, North Carolina. His wife, Faye Brooks Arnaud, was a native of the area. He is buried at Asbury United Methodist Church in Hamptonville, North Carolina. ["Hamptonville News," by Frieda Hall, The Tribune (Elkin, North Carolina), August 24, 2004]

Bugler's Dream

"Bugler's Dream" is very well-known, especially by Americans, as theme music for the Olympic Games from its use in ABC's and NBC's television coverage of the games. It is considered to be a symbol of the Olympics. Arnaud's piece is very stately, beginning with a timpani cadence that is soon joined by a distinctive theme in brass.

Arnaud was commissioned by conductor Felix Slatkin to create a piece for his album "Charge!" in 1958. For this, he wrote "The Charge Suite", published by Shawnee Press, which included "Bugler's Dream". ABC began using the composition as the theme to their coverage of the 1968 Winter Olympics in Grenoble and in future Olympics. It was also used as the title piece for the series "ABC's Wide World of Sports". NBC went with an alternate theme in 1988 when it obtained the rights to the Summer Olympics in Seoul, but brought "Bugler's Dream" back in 1992 for their broadcast of the Barcelona Olympics.

For the 1984 Summer Olympics in Los Angeles, composer John Williams wrote "Olympic Fanfare and Theme," which is played in a medley with "Bugler's Dream." It consists of Williams's arrangement of "Bugler's Dream" which is similar to Arnaud's original but with a repeat of the theme with a full orchestra, followed by Williams's composition. [cite web|url=http://theshapeofdays.com/2004/08/18/the-olympic-theme.html|title=The Shape of Days - The Olympic theme|last=Harrell|first=Jeff|date=2004-08-18|accessdate=2008-08-18] Williams's arrangement of Arnaud's "Bugler's Dream" as well as "Olympic Fanfare and Theme" are both commonly used in recent Olympic coverage by NBC.

Filmography

*The Competition (1980) (conducting coach)
*Blue Movie (1968) (orchestrator)
*The F.B.I. (two episodes, 1965) (composer)
*Hollywood My Home Town (1965) (orchestrator)
*The Unsinkable Molly Brown (1964) (orchestrator)
*Hollywood Without Make-Up (1963) (orchestrator)
*Billy Rose's Jumbo (1962) (orchestrator)
*Horas de pánico (1957) (conductor)
*Seven Brides for Seven Brothers (1954) (orchestrator)
*Rose Marie (1954) (orchestrator)
*Sombrero (1953) (musical director)
*Stars and Stripes Forever (1952) (orchestrator)
*Lovely to Look at (1952) (orchestrator)
*The Strip (1951) (orchestrator)
*Two Weeks with Love (1950) (orchestrator)
*Three Little Words (1950) (music arranger)
*That Midnight Kiss (1949) (orchestrator)
*Neptune's Daughter (1949) (orchestrator)
*The Barkleys of Broadway (1949) (music arranger)
*The Kissing Bandit (1948) (composer: incidental music) (music arranger) (uncredited)
*One Touch of Venus (1948) (musical director)
*Easter Parade (1948) (orchestrator)
*A Date with Judy (1948) (orchestrator)
*Big City (1948) (orchestrator)
*Hit Parade of 1947 (1947) (orchestrator)
*Apache Rose (1947) (composer: incidental music) (uncredited)
*Calendar Girl (1947) (orchestrator)
*The Thrill of Brazil (1946) (musical director)
*DuBarry Was a Lady (1943) (orchestrator)
*Best Foot Forward (1943) (orchestrator)
*For Me and My Gal (1942) (music arranger: vocals) (orchestrator)
*Panama Hattie (1942) (vocal and orchestral arrangements)
*Berlin Correspondent (1942) (orchestrator) (uncredited)
*Katina (1942) (orchestrator) (uncredited)
*Ship Ahoy (1942) (music arranger: vocals) (orchestrator)
*Rio Rita (1942) (music arranger: vocals) (orchestrator)
* (1942) (orchestrator) (uncredited)
*Babes on Broadway (1941) (music arranger: vocals) (orchestrator)
*Remember the Day (1941) (orchestrator) (uncredited)
*Two-Faced Woman (1941) (orchestrator)
*You'll Never Get Rich (1941) (music arranger) (uncredited)
*Lady Be Good (1941) (music arranger: vocals) (orchestrator)
*The Big Store (1941) (music arranger: vocals) (orchestrator)
*Ziegfeld Girl (1941) (music arranger: vocal arrangements) (orchestrator)
*Blondie Goes Latin (1941) (music arranger)
*Murder Over New York (1940) (orchestrator) (uncredited)
*Hullabaloo (1940) (orchestrator)
*Third Finger, Left Hand (1940) (arranger: "Hail to California", "Carmen Ohio") (uncredited)
*Strike Up the Band (1940) (music arranger: vocals) (orchestrator)
*Yesterday's Heroes (1940) (orchestrator) (uncredited)
*Andy Hardy Meets Debutante (1940) (music arranger: vocals) (orchestrator)
*Two Girls on Broadway (1940) (orchestrator)
*Broadway Melody of 1940 (1940) (orchestrator)
*I Take This Woman (1940) (orchestrator) (uncredited)
*The Earl of Chicago (1940) (orchestrator) (uncredited)
*Babes in Arms (1939) (orchestrator)
*The Wizard of Oz (1939) (orchestrator: Munchkinland musical sequence) (uncredited)
*Lady of the Tropics (1939) (orchestrator) (uncredited)
*Broadway Serenade (1939) (vocal and orchestral direction)
*Society Lawyer (1939) (orchestrator)
*The Ice Follies of 1939 (1939) (music arranger: orchestral arrangements / vocal arrangements)
*Boys Town (1938) (music arranger)
*Marie Antoinette (1938) (orchestrator) (uncredited)
*The Girl of the Golden West (1938) (music arranger: vocal arrangements) (orchestrator)
*Of Human Hearts (1938) (orchestrator) (uncredited)
*Rosalie (1937) (music arranger: vocal arrangements) (orchestrator)
*Broadway Melody of 1938 (1937) (music arranger: orchestral and vocal arrangements)
*A Day at the Races (1937) (music arranger: choral and orchestral)
*Carnival in Paris (1937) (vocal and orchestral arrangements)
*Song of Revolt (1937) (vocal and orchestral arrangements)
*Sinner Take All (1936) (composer: stock music) (uncredited)
*Born to Dance (1936) (music arranger: choral)
*Violets in Spring (1936) (vocal and orchestral arrangements)

Awards

Arnaud was nominated for one Oscar. It was for the "The Unsinkable Molly Brown" (1964) at the 37th Academy Awards, presented in 1965. It was a co-nomination with six other men who also wrote the film's music, with Arnaud doing orchestration. [cite web|url=http://classicalgreg.wordpress.com/2008/08/16/leo-arnauds-olympics-brand/|title=Leo Arnaud’s Olympics brand|last=Stepanich|first=Greg|date=2008-08-16|accessdate=2008-08-18]

References

External links

*imdb name|id=0036069|name=Léo Arnaud

Persondata
NAME = Arnaud, Leo
ALTERNATIVE NAMES = Arnaud, Léo; Vauchant, Leo; Arnaud, Noël Leon Marius
SHORT DESCRIPTION = French-American composer of Bugler's Dream
DATE OF BIRTH = July 24, 1904
PLACE OF BIRTH = Lyon, France
DATE OF DEATH = April 26, 1991)
PLACE OF DEATH = Hamptonville, North Carolina