George Duning

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George Duning
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Richmond, Indiana, U.S.
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San Diego, California, U.S.
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George Duning (February 25, 1908 – February 27, 2000)[1] was an American musician[2] and film composer. He was born in Richmond, Indiana, and educated in Cincinnati, Ohio, at the Cincinnati Conservatory of Music,[1] where his mentor was Mario Castelnuovo-Tedesco.[3][4]

Early career

In the 1940s, Duning played trumpet and piano for the Kay Kyser band,[1] later arranging most of the music for Kyser's radio program, Kay Kyser's Kollege of Musical Knowledge. It was during the Kyser band's appearance in Carolina Blues (1944) that Duning's work was noticed, leading to a contract with Columbia Pictures. Duning joined the Navy in 1942 and served as a conductor and arranger with Armed Forces Radio.[5][6]

Film and TV career

Morris Stoloff signed Duning to Columbia Pictures in 1946, where he worked almost exclusively through the early 1960s, collaborating most often with director Richard Quine.

Prominent Duning scores are two of the best examples of western genre – the original 3:10 to Yuma, and Cowboy – and those he composed for films as diverse as Picnic, The World of Suzie Wong, The Devil at Four O'Clock, Bell, Book and Candle, and Toys in the Attic.[1]

Duning shared music adaptation credit with Nelson Riddle for the successful 1957 film adaptation of the Rodgers and Hart musical Pal Joey starring Frank Sinatra and Rita Hayworth.[7]

During his career Duning worked on more than 300 film and television scores. His notable television work includes Tightrope, Star Trek, The Big Valley, and Naked City, as well as TV miniseries such as Top of the Hill (1980), The Dream Merchants (1980), and Goliath Awaits (1981).

The quality of Duning's work remained consistently and remarkably high in any medium. His last feature film was The Man with Bogart's Face (1980). Duning retired in 1981.[8] Nominated five times for an Academy Award, Duning never won.[9]

Duning was an active member of the music industry, serving on the ASCAP Board of Directors from 1972 to 1985, and as ASCAP Vice President from 1978 to 1979. He also served on the board of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences, and was active in numerous other music industry organizations. In addition to his Academy Award nominations, Duning was honored with awards from The Film Music Society, DownBeat Magazine, the Hollywood Foreign Press Association, and his home state of Indiana (1993 Indiana Composer of the Year).

Death

Duning died of heart disease in San Diego, California, at age 92.[10][11]

Academy Award nominations

Golden Globes nominations

Partial filmography

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TV shows

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  1. ^ a b c d Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content.Colin Larkin, ed. (2002). The Virgin Encyclopedia of Fifties Music (Third ed.). Virgin Books. pp. 114/5. ISBN 1-85227-937-0.
  2. ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."Space Age Musicmaker: George Duning". Spaceagepop.com. February 27, 2000. Retrieved June 27, 2012.
  3. ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."With Geo. Duning Recording at Fox". Valley Times. North Hollywood, CA. February 21, 1966. p. 10. Retrieved October 15, 2025 – via Newspapers.com. Open access icon
  4. ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."George Duning, Local Native, on ASCAP Board". Palladium-Item. Palladium, IN. February 1, 1972. p. 17. Retrieved October 15, 2025 – via Newspapers.com. Open access icon
  5. ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content.Birkinshaw, Jack (January 14, 1960). "Rock and Roll Rings Sour Note with Veteran Music Composer". The Los Angeles Times. Los Angeles, CA. p. 96. Retrieved October 16, 2025 – via Newspapers.com. Open access icon
  6. ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."Composer, Director Reunited in 'Blood'". Los Angeles Evening Citizen News. Hollywood, CA. December 3, 1964. p. 14. Retrieved October 16, 2025 – via Newspapers.com. Open access icon
  7. ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content.Schallert, Edwin (October 26, 1957). "'Pal Joey' Sophisticated and Ingenious Musical". The Los Angeles Times. Los Angeles, CA. p. 22. Retrieved October 17, 2025 – via Newspapers.com. Open access icon
  8. ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content.Burlingame, Jon (February 25, 2008). "The Film Music Society". The Film Music Society. Retrieved June 27, 2012.
  9. ^ George Duning at IMDbTemplate:Edit at Wikidata
  10. ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content.Sheeley, Rachel L. (March 9, 2000). "Composer's Music Plays On". Palladium-Item. Richmond, IN. p. 13. Retrieved September 1, 2025 – via Newspapers.com. Open access icon
  11. ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."George Duning". Staten Island Advance. Staten Island, NY. March 2, 2000. p. 11. Retrieved September 1, 2025 – via Newspapers.com. Open access icon

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