The following list includes films and television productions containing music by Tiomkin (credited and uncredited).
1929
Devil May Care
Historical musical with an Albertina Rasch ballet sequence, Love Ballet, filmed in Technicolor, with music by Tiomkin. READ RELATED: Albertina Rasch
1930
Crazy House
Comedy short with an Albertina Rasch ballet sequence with music by Dimitri Tiomkin. READ: Crazy House released on DVD.
Tagged Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM)
Lord Byron of Broadway
Musical with Albertina Rasch ballet sequences, “Blue Daughter of Heaven” and “Ballet Music,” both with music by Dimitri Tiomkin.
Tagged Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM)
Our Blushing Brides
Drama with two Albertina Rasch ballet sequences, "Fashion Ballet" and "Mars Ballet," both with music by Tiomkin.
Tagged Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM)
Rogue Song, The
Musical with an Albertina Rasch ballet sequence, “Ballet Music,” with music by Tiomkin. The music for the film is by Herbert Stothart.
Tagged Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM)
1931
Devil's Cabaret, The
Historical musical with an Albertina Rasch ballet sequences, Love Ballet and Hades Ballet, filmed in Technicolor, with music by Tiomkin.
Tagged Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM)
Resurrection
Tagged Universal Pictures
1933
Alice in Wonderland
Fantasy directed by Norman Z. McLeod based on the original novel by Lewis Carroll. Tiomkin co-wrote a dozen songs with Paramount music director Nathaniel Finston. Songs include Beautiful Soup; Drinking Song; Duchess Lullaby; Morris Dance; Tweedle Dum and Tweedle Dee; …
Tagged Paramount Pictures
Broadway to Hollywood
Musical with sections of two Albertina Rasch ballets, “Snow” and “Violin,” accompanied with music by Tiomkin. The Rasch ballet sequences were originally filmed in Technicolor for the March of Time, which was abandoned in 1930. Variant titles: Show World; March …
Tagged Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM)
Roast Beef and Movies
Comedy short with two Albertina Rasch ballet sequences “Chinese Scherzo,” and “Blue Daughter of Heaven,” with music by Tiomkin.
Tagged Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM)
1935
Casino Murder Case, The
- Casino Murder Case, The: Archives
- Casino Murder Case, The: Cue Sheet
- Casino Murder Case, The: Poster Art
Tagged Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM)
I Live My Life
Tagged Paramount Pictures
Mad Love
Horror film directed by Karl Freund and starring Peter Lorre. Variant titles: The Hands of Orlac (UK); Les Mains D'Orlac; The Oar of Orlac; Chamber of Horrors.
Tagged Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM)
1936
More Than a Secretary
Romantic comedy. Morris Stoloff is credited as the music director. The “Main Title,” also known as “Morris Dance,” was written by Dimitri Tiomkin for Alice in Wonderland (1933) and tracked into this film. The remainder of the film is tracked …
Tagged Columbia Pictures
1937
Lost Horizon
Adventure-fantasy film directed by Frank Capra. In the 1930s Tiomkin met Frank Capra at a party and a personal friendship blossomed. The two first worked together on Lost Horizon. The score helped make Tiomkin’s reputation as a creator of music on a grand …
- Lost Horizon: Poster Art
- Lost Horizon: Archives
- Lost Horizon: Piano Solo
- Lost Horizon: Photographs
- Lost Horizon: Cue Sheet
Tagged Columbia Pictures, Lost Horizon
Road Back, The
- Road Back, The: Photographs
- Road Back, The: Archives
- Road Back, The: Cue Sheet
- Road Back, The: Poster Art
Tagged Universal Pictures
1938
Great Waltz, The
Biographical musical depicting the life of Johann Strauss, with Albertina Rasch ballet sequences.
Variant title: The Life of Johann Strauss
- Great Waltz, The: Archives
- Great Waltz, The: Cue Sheet
- Great Waltz, The: Poster Art
- Great Waltz, The: Songs
Tagged Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM)
Spawn of the North
Drama directed by Henry Hathaway, starring Henry Fonda, Dorothy Lamour, John Barrymore, and Akim Tamiroff.
Tagged Paramount Pictures
You Can't Take It With You
- You Can't Take It With You: Archives
- You Can't Take It With You: Cue Sheet
- You Can't Take It With You: Poster Art
Tagged Columbia Pictures
1939
Mister Smith Goes to Washington
- Mister Smith Goes to Washington: Cue Sheet
- Mister Smith Goes to Washington: Archives
- Mister Smith Goes to Washington: Poster Art
Tagged Columbia Pictures
Only Angels Have Wings
Drama directed by Howard Hawks, starring Cary Grant, Jean Arthur, Rita Hayworth, and Richard Barthelmess.
Tagged Columbia Pictures
1940
Lucky Partners
Tagged RKO Radio Pictures
Westerner, The
Western directed by William Wyler, starring Gary Cooper. The film includes music by Tiomkin and Alfred Newman.
Tagged United Artists
1941
Flying Blind
Forced Landing
Meet John Doe
Tagged Warner Bros.
Scattergood Meets Broadway
Comedy drama directed by Christy Cabanne. Guy Kibbee plays Scattergood Baines, a character based on a popular radio program. The film was edited by John Sturges, who later chose Tiomkin to score his directorial efforts for Gunfight at the O.K. Corral, The Old Man and the Sea, and Last Train from Gun Hill. Variant titles: Scattergood on Broadway; Blonde Menace (TV title)
1942
Corsican Brothers, The
Adventure directed by Gregory Ratoff, starring Douglas Fairbanks, Ruth Warrick, and Akim Tamiroff. Variant title: Vendetta
Tagged United Artists
Gentleman after Dark, A
Crime drama directed by Edwin L. Marin, starring Brian Donlevy and Miriam Hopkins. Variant title: Heliotrope Harry
- Gentleman after Dark, A: Archives
- Gentleman after Dark, A: Cue Sheet
- Gentleman after Dark, A: Poster Art
Tagged United Artists
Moon and Sixpence, The
The Moon and Sixpence served as the first of many collaborations between Tiomkin and the film’s associate producer, Stanley Kramer. It also marked the directorial debut of the producer Albert Lewin, who would go on to helm The Picture of Dorian Gray. Tiomkin previously had worked with Lewin on Spawn of the North. For The Moon and Sixpence, Lewin himself adapted the screenplay from W. Somerset Maugham’s novel of the same name. The film chronicles the excesses of Charles Strickland, an abusive artist who abandons his wife and family, cavorts with a friend’s wife (who in turn commits suicide), and then sets off for Tahiti, where he marries a native teenage girl.
Tagged United Artists
Our Russian Front
World War II documentary produced by Russian War Relief, Inc. Tiomkin served as music director. Variant title: Report from Russia
Tagged Russian War Relief Inc.
Twin Beds
Tagged United Artists
1943
Battle of Britain, The
World War II documentary, part of the Why We Fight series. Tiomkin served as music director. Variant titles: Battle for New Britian; Attack! - The Battle for New Britian; War in the East.
Tagged U.S. War Department
Battle of Russia, The
World War II documentary, part of the Why We Fight series. Tiomkin served as music director. Variant title: Know Your Ally: Russia
Tagged U.S. War Department
Divide and Conquer
World War II documentary, part of the Why We Fight series. Tiomkin served as music director. Variant title: The Nazi's Turn West.
Tagged U.S. War Department, Warner Bros.
1944
Battle of China, The
World War II documentary, part of the Why We Fight series. Tiomkin served as music director. Variant title: War in the East.
Tagged U.S. War Department
Bridge of San Luis Rey, The
Drama directed by Rowland V. Lee, starring Lynn Bari, Akim Tamiroff, Francis Lederer, Alla Nazimova.
- Bridge of San Luis Rey, The: Archives
- Bridge of San Luis Rey, The: Cue Sheet
- Bridge of San Luis Rey, The: Poster Art
Tagged United Artists
Imposter, The
Tagged Universal Pictures
Tunisian Victory
When Strangers Marry
1945
China's Little Devils
War drama directed by Monta Bell, starring Harry Carey.
Variant title: Little Daredevils (working title)
Tagged Monogram Pictures Corp.
Dillinger
Dillinger is a fictionalized melodrama focusing on the crime spree of John Dillinger, the legendary 1930s-era bank robber. It was produced by King Bros. Productions, a company formed in 1942 by Frank, Herman, and Maurice King, who had previously hired Tiomkin to score their 1943 feature Unknown Guest. Tiomkin provides a lengthy, robust score that fills three quarters of the production’s running time, with the galloping rhythms for the crime montage and pursuit sequences balanced by a tender romantic theme. The critic for the Hollywood Reporter observed that “Dimitri Tiomkin’s score, with its piano dissonants [sic] contributes enormously to the suspense and dramatic evolution.”
Forever Yours
A drama, with songs, from Monogram Pictures, directed by William Nigh, starring Gale Storm, with C. Aubrey Smith and Johnny Mack Brown. Variant titles: They Shall Have Faith; They Shall Walk; The Right to Live.
Tagged Monogram Pictures Corp.
Here Is Germany
World War II documentary and orientation film. Tiomkin served as music director. Variant title: Know Your Enemy: Germany
Tagged U.S. War Department
Let There Be Light
World War II documentary film directed by John Huston, first released in 1980. Tiomkin served as music director.
Variant title: Returning Soldier - The Psychoneurotic (working title)
Tagged U.S. Army
Operation Titanic
World War II documentary. The world premiere was held at the Titania Palast Theater in Berlin, Germany, on July 28, 1945.
Tagged U.S. War Department
San Pietro
World War II documentary and historical film. Tiomkin served as music director. Variant title: The Battle of San Pietro
Tagged U.S. War Department
Two Down - One to Go
Tiomkin served as music director for this World War II U.S. War Department documentary supervised by Frank Capra. Variant title: Two Down and One to Go!
Tagged U.S. War Department
War Comes to America
World War II documentary, part of the Why We Fight series. Tiomkin served as music director.
Tagged U.S. War Department
1946
Whistle Stop
Tagged Nero Films, United Artists
1947
It's a Wonderful Life
Comedy-drama directed by Frank Capra, starring James Stewart and Donna Reed.
- It's A Wonderful Life: Photographs
- It's a Wonderful Life: Archives
- It's a Wonderful Life: Songbook
- It's a Wonderful Life: Poster Art
- It's a Wonderful Life: Cue Sheet
Tagged Liberty Films, RKO Radio Pictures
Long Night, The
1948
Tarzan and the Mermaids
Jungle adventure directed by Robert Florey, starring Johnny Weissmuller, Brenda Joyce, and introducing Linda Christian.
- Tarzan and the Mermaids: Archives
- Tarzan and the Mermaids: Cue Sheet
- Tarzan and the Mermaids: Poster Art
Tagged RKO Radio Pictures
1949
Canadian Pacific
Tagged 20th Century-Fox
Home of the Brave
World War II drama directed by Mark Robson and produced by Stanley Kramer.
Tagged Screen Plays II Corp., United Artists
Portrait of Jennie
Red Light
Crime drama directed by Roy Del Ruth. Variant title: Mr. Gideon READ: Red Light: Gideon Bibles and Vengeance, or Film noir meets Religion
Tagged United Artists
1950
D.O.A.
Rudolph Maté directed this film noir suspense thriller, released by United Artists in 1950. The cast includes Edmond O’Brien as an accountant desperately in search of the killer who lethally poisoned him. D.O.A. was the first in a trio of films produced by brothers Harry and Leo Popkin, with music by Tiomkin. Tiomkin was an early practitioner of placing theme music in the source score, as he does in “Juke Box Theme,” a light dance arrangement of the film’s love theme. Variant title: Dead on Arrival.
Tagged Cardinal Pictures, United Artists
Guilty Bystander
Film noir.
Men, The
Post-World War II drama directed by Fred Zinnemann, starring Marlon Brando. Based on the story and screenplay by Carl Foreman. Variant title: Battle Stripe (reissue title).
Tagged United Artists
1951
Cyrano de Bergerac
Historical romance directed by Michael Gordon from an adapted screenplay by Carl Foreman. José Ferrer received an Academy Award for his portrayal of Cyrano, the title character. READ: Cyrano de Bergerac soundtrack released
Tagged United Artists
Peking Express
Tagged Paramount Pictures
Strangers on a Train
Thriller directed by Alfred Hitchcock, starring Farley Granger, Ruth Roman, and Robert Walker.
Tagged Warner Bros.
Thing, The
Well, The
Tagged Cardinal Pictures, United Artists
1952
Bugles in the Afternoon
- Bugles in the Afternoon: Cue Sheet
- Bugles in the Afternoon: Archives
- Bugles in the Afternoon: Poster Art
Tagged Warner Bros.
Four Poster, The
Comedy-drama directed by Irving Reis. READ: The Four Poster soundtrack released
Tagged Columbia Pictures
Happy Time, The
- Happy Time, The: Songs
- Happy Time, The: Archives
- Happy Time, The: Cue Sheet
- Happy Time, The: Poster Art
Tagged Columbia Pictures
High Noon
- High Noon: Archives
- High Noon: Songs
- High Noon: Audio Archive
- High Noon: Cue Sheet
- High Noon: Miscellaneous
- High Noon: Photographs
- High Noon: Poster Art
Tagged United Artists
Lady in the Iron Mask, The
- Lady in the Iron Mask, The: Archives
- Lady in the Iron Mask, The: Cue Sheet
- Lady in the Iron Mask, The: Poster Art
Tagged 20th Century-Fox
My Six Convicts
Tagged Columbia Pictures
1953
Angel Face
Film noir directed by Otto Preminger, presented by Howard Hughes. Variant titles: "The Murder" and "The Bystander"
Tagged RKO Radio Pictures
Blowing Wild
Action drama directed by Hugo Fregonese, starring Gary Cooper, Barbara Stanwyck, Ruth Roman, Anthony Quinn.
Tagged United States Pictures, Warner Bros.
Cease Fire!
Tagged Paramount Pictures
His Majesty O'Keefe
Tagged Warner Bros.
I Confess
Tagged Warner Bros.
Jeopardy
The plot of Jeopardy revolves around an American family on vacation in Mexico and their encounter with an escaped convict and psychopath, played with relish by Ralph Meeker. The film’s direction (by John Sturges), screenplay (by Mel Dinelli), and cast—with Barbara Stanwyck …
Tagged Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM)
Return to Paradise
- Return to Paradise: Songs
- Return to Paradise: Archives
- Return to Paradise: Cue Sheet
- Return to Paradise: Poster Art
Tagged Aspen Pictures, United Artists
Take the High Ground
Military drama directed by Richard Brooks. Dore Schary, producer; Millard Kaufman, writer; John Alton, cinematographer. With Richard Widmark, Karl Malden, and Elaine Stewart. The IMDb synopsis: In 1953, at Fort Bliss, Texas, two former Korean War combat veterans work as drill …
- Take the High Ground: Songs
- Take the High Ground: Archives
- Take the High Ground: Cue Sheet
- Take the High Ground: Poster Art
Tagged Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM)
1954
Adventures of Hajji Baba, The
- Adventures of Hajji Baba, The: Photographs
- Adventures of Hajji Baba, The: Poster Art
- Adventures of Hajji Baba, The: Archives
- Adventures of Hajji Baba, The: Cue Sheet
Tagged 20th Century-Fox
Command, The
Tagged Warner Bros.
Dial M for Murder
Tagged Warner Bros.
High and the Mighty, The
- High and the Mighty, The: Photographs
- High and the Mighty, The: Poster Art
- High and the Mighty, The: Archives
- High and the Mighty, The: Cue Sheet
Tagged Warner Bros.
1955
Court-Martial of Billy Mitchell, The
- Court-Martial of Billy Mitchell, The: Cue Sheet
- Court-Martial of Billy Mitchell, The: Poster Art
- Court-Martial of Billy Mitchell, The: Archives
Tagged Warner Bros.
Land of the Pharaohs
Epic drama directed by Howard Hawks. This was Tiomkin’s fourth score for a Hawks directed film, having previously scored Only Angels Have Wings, Red River, and The Big Sky.
- Land of the Pharaohs: Songs
- Land of the Pharaohs: Archives
- Land of the Pharaohs: Cue Sheet
- Land of the Pharaohs: Poster Art
Tagged Continental Company Ltd., Warner Bros.
Strange Lady in Town
- Strange Lady in Town: Songs
- Strange Lady In Town: Archives
- Strange Lady in Town: Cue Sheet
- Strange Lady in Town: Poster Art
Tagged Warner Bros.
1956
Friendly Persuasion
Civil War comedy-drama directed by William Wyler, starring Gary Cooper.
- Friendly Persuasion: Photographs
- Friendly Persuasion: Poster Art
- Friendly Persuasion: Archives
- Friendly Persuasion: Cue Sheet
Tagged Allied Artists
Giant
Tagged Warner Bros.
1957
Gunfight at the O.K. Corral
Western directed by John Sturges, starring Kirk Douglas. READ: Gunfight at the O.K. Corral soundtrack released
- Gunfight at the O.K. Corral: Songs
- Gunfight at the O.K. Corral: Archives
- Gunfight at the O.K. Corral: Cue Sheet
- Gunfight at the O.K. Corral: Poster Art
Tagged Paramount Pictures
Night Passage
Western, with songs. Directed by James Neilson, starring James Stewart, Audie Murphy, Dan Duryea. READ: National Train Day
Tagged Universal Pictures
1958
Old Man and the Sea, The
- Old Man and the Sea, The: Photographs
- Old Man and the Sea, The: Archives
- Old Man and the Sea, The: Cue Sheet
- Old Man and the Sea, The: Poster Art
Tagged Warner Bros.
Wild is the Wind
Domestic drama directed by George Cukor.
READ: Wild Is the Wind soundtrack released
Tagged Paramount Pictures
1959
Hotel de Paree
When Robert Aldrich directed the pilot of Hotel de Paree for CBS in 1959 he called on Tiomkin for the music. For Hotel de Paree Tiomkin provided the series theme and underscore for the pilot episode, “Sundance Returns,” also known as “Sundance Comes Home,” that aired on October 2, 1959.
FURTHER READING: Why did Dimitri Tiomkin bow out of scoring two Robert Aldrich films?
Tagged ABC
Last Train from Gun Hill
Western directed by John Sturges and produced by Hal Wallis. Variant titles: Last Train from Harper's Junction; Last Train from Laredo; One Angry Day; Showdown at Gunhill
READ: Last Train from Gun Hill soundtrack released
Tagged Paramount Pictures
Rhapsody of Steel
Tagged U.S. Steel
Rio Bravo
Tagged Armada Productions, Warner Bros.
Young Land, The
1960
Alamo, The
- Alamo, The: Photographs
- Alamo, The: Songs
- Alamo, The: Archives
- Alamo, The: Poster Art
- Alamo, The: Cue Sheet
Tagged United Artists
Spirit of the Alamo, The
Pontiac Spectacular television special on the making of The Alamo featuring tracked music by Tiomkin.
Tagged ABC
Sundowners, The
- Sundowners, The: Photography
- Sundowners, The: Archives
- Sundowners, The: Cue Sheet
- Sundowners, The: Poster Art
Tagged Warner Bros.
Unforgiven, The
Western directed by John Huston.
READ: Unforgiven soundtrack released
1961
Guns of Navarone, The
World War II action drama directed by J. Lee Thompson from a screenplay by Carl Foreman. The film stars Gregory Peck, David Niven, and Anthony Quinn.
READ: Guns of Navarone now in Blu-ray
READ: Guns of Navarone suite in concert performances
READ: Tadlow Music to release The Guns of Navorone recording
- Guns of Navarone, The: Songs
- Guns of Navarone, The: Archives
- Guns of Navarone, The: Cue Sheet
- Guns of Navarone, The: Poster Art
Tagged Columbia Pictures, Open Road Films
Last Sunset, The
Theme song, “Pretty Little Girl in the Yellow Dress,” by Tiomkin. The film was scored by Ernest Gold.
READ: Why did Dimitri Tiomkin bow out of scoring two Robert Aldrich films?
Tagged Bryna Productions, Universal Pictures
1962
1963
55 Days at Peking
Tagged Allied Artists
1964
Fall of the Roman Empire, The
Epic historical drama directed by Anthony Mann, starring Sophia Loren, Stephen Boyd, Alec Guinness, James Mason.
- Fall of the Roman Empire: Poster Art
- Fall of the Roman Empire: Archives
- Fall of the Roman Empire: Cue Sheet
Tagged Paramount Pictures, Roma Productions
1965
36 Hours
1967
The War Wagon
Western directed by Burt Kennedy, starring John Wayne and Kirk Douglas.
READ: War Wagon soundtrack released
Tagged Batjac Productions, Universal Pictures
1968
Great Catherine
1969
Mackenna's Gold
Western co-produced by Tiomkin, starring Gregory Peck and Omar Sharif. The film was scored by Quincy Jones.
1971
Tchaikovsky
Tiomkin returned to his native Russia to film this historical biography for which he arranged the music and served as executive producer. The film was nominated for an Academy Award in the foreign language film category.
VIEW: Tchaikovsky photo gallery
Tagged Mosfilm