Warren Foster
Filed under: people, Animator, Cartoonist, Composer, Screenwriter, Writer, Bugs Bunny, Daffy Duck, Hanna-Barbera Studios, Inkwell / Fleischer Studios, Porky Pig, Warner Bros.
"Warren Foster was an American animator, writer and composer, known for his work first at Warner Bros. and later at Hanna-Barbera. "
Hikaru Hayashi
Filed under: people, Composer, Japan, Music
"Hikaru Hayashi was a renowned Japanese composer, pianist, and conductor. Throughout his career, he composed more than 30 operas, and 100 film scores. Hayashi was also an active music critic for a Japanese newspaper, and wrote 20 books. He is best kno..."
John Whitney, Sr.
Filed under: people, Animator, Composer, Inventor, 1940s, 1950s, 1960s, 1970s, 1980s, 1990s, U.S.A.
"John Whitney attended school at Pomona College, and in 1937, took a year in Paris to study twelve-tone composition under conductor René Leibowitz. Upon returning to America, he and his brother, James, began to make experimental films, initially work..."
Masahiko Satoh
Filed under: people, Composer, 1950s, 1960s, 1970s, 1980s, 1990s, 2000s, 2010s, Japan
"Born in Tokyo in 1941, Masahiko Satoh is a pianist whose career has spanned six decades and over a hundred albums. His style is known for blending influences from American jazz with traditional Japanese music. Satoh's interest in music began at the ..."
Scott Bradley
Filed under: people, Composer, 1930s, Metro Goldwyn Mayer Studios, Tom and Jerry, U.S.A., Walt Disney Studios
"Scott Bradley was a film composer who wrote acclaimed music for many memorable cartoons during the 1930s, 1940s, and 1950s. He is best known for his work at MGM, scoring the..."
Carl W. Stalling
Filed under: people, Composer, 1930s, 1940s, Early Sound, Looney Tunes, Music, Silly Symphonies, U.S.A., Walt Disney Studios, Warner Bros.
"Carl Stalling was the composer of Warner Bros. Cartoon classic Looney Tunes, serving as composer and arranger for over 22 years and averaging the completion of a score per week. St..."
Sammy Timberg
Filed under: people, Composer, 1930s, 1940s, Betty Boop series, Inkwell / Fleischer Studios, Music, Superman, U.S.A.
"Sammy Timberg was the musical director for Fleischer Studios and one of the most important composers of music in the history of American cartoons. Although Timberg had a long career that began in vaudeville in the 1910s, Timberg is best known for th..."
Oliver Wallace
Filed under: people, Composer, 1940s, 1950s, Early Sound, U.S.A., Walt Disney, Walt Disney Studios
"Born in England, Wallace studied music widely, in London as well as in Chicago, San Francisco and Los Angeles. First relocating to Canada in 1904, Oliver eventually settled in the United States, becoming a citizen 10 years later in 1914. After compl..."