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Herbert Pope Stothart (September 11, 1885 – February 1, 1949) was an American songwriter, arranger, conductor, and composer. He was nominated for twelve Academy Awards and won Best Original Score for The Wizard of Oz.
Herbert Stothart spent his entire Hollywood career at MGM. In 1947, he suffered a heart attack while visiting Scotland, and, afterwards, composed an orchestral piece ('Heart Attack: A Symphonic Poem'), based on his tribulations.
Herbert Stothart. Composer: The Wizard of Oz. Of Scottish and German ancestry, Herbert Stothart was born in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, in 1885. At first, he was slated for a career as a teacher of history.
May 5, 2010 · It won Stothart his only Oscar. This is only a clip of his Oscar-nominated score to WATERLOO BRIDGE (1940), containing the opening titles music and first incidental music cue of the film's score...
FSM: Northwest Passage (Herbert Stothart) Kenneth Roberts’s novel Northwest Passage chronicles the exploits of Major Robert Rogers (1731–1795), who during the French and Indian War raised and commanded an independent unit of light-infantry soldiers attached to the British Army known as “Rogers’ Rangers.”
Herbert Stothart (11 September 1885 - 1 February 1949) was the veteran composer for the MGM studio who wrote and arranged music for the 1939 film The Wizard of Oz. Stothart started out on Broadway, and later moved to Hollywood, where he became a prolific in-house composer for MGM.
Herbert P. Stothart (September 11, 1885 – February 1, 1949) was an American songwriter, arranger, conductor, and composer. He was also nominated for twelve Academy Awards, winning Best Original Score for The Wizard of Oz.
