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Walter Scharf (August 1, 1910 - February 24, 2003) was an American film composer.
Born in New York, he was the son of Yiddish theatre comic Bessie Zwerling. While in his 20s, he was one of the orchestrators for George Gershwin's Broadway musical Girl Crazy, became singer Helen Morgan's accompanist, and later worked as pianist and arranger for singer Rudy Vallee.
He began working in Hollywood in 1933, arranging for Al Jolson at Warner Bros., Alice Faye at 20th Century-Fox and Bing Crosby at Paramount. He orchestrated the original version of Irving Berlin's White Christmas for the film Holiday Inn (1942), and from 1942 to 1946 he served as head of music for Republic Pictures.
From 1948 to 1954, Scharf was arranger-conductor for the Phil Harris-Alice Faye radio show.
A ten-time Oscar nominee, Scharf worked on more than 100 films, receiving nominations for his musical direction on such pictures as Danny Kaye's Hans Christian Andersen (1952), Barbra Streisand's Funny Girl (1968) and Willy Wonka & the Chocolate Factory (1971).
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Michael Joseph Jackson (August 29, 1958 – June 25, 2009) was an American singer, songwriter, record producer, dancer, and actor. Called the King of Pop, his contributions to music and dance, along with his publicized personal life, made him a global figure in popular culture for over four decades.
The eighth child of the Jackson family, he debuted on the professional music scene along with his elder brothers Jackie, Tito, Jermaine, and Marlon as a member of the Jackson 5 in 1964, and began his solo career in 1971. In the early 1980s, Jackson became a dominant figure in popular music. The music videos for his songs, including those of "Beat It", "Billie Jean", and "Thriller" from his 1982 album Thriller, were credited with breaking down racial barriers and with transforming the medium into an art form and promotional tool. The popularity of these videos helped to bring the then-relatively-new television channel MTV to fame. His 1987 album Bad spawned the U.S. Billboard Hot 100 number-one singles "I Just Can't Stop Loving You", "Bad", "The Way You Make Me Feel", "Man in the Mirror", and "Dirty Diana", becoming the first album to have five number-one singles on the Billboard Hot 100. With videos such as "Black or White" and "Scream", he continued to innovate the medium throughout the 1990s, as well as forging a reputation as a touring solo artist. Through stage and video performances, Jackson popularized a number of complicated dance techniques, such as the robot and the moonwalk, to which he gave the name. His distinctive sound and style has influenced numerous artists of various music genres.
This is the score that veteran, Academy Award-nominated film composer Walter Scharf wrote for a multimedia show on board the Queen Mary, on behalf of Jacques Cousteau. Scharf had earlier scored a number of TV wildlife documentaries for Cousteau. This music was never commercially released. It appeared on a bootleg pressing on vinyl (the source of this rip) for a limited time, but was never AFAIK released on CD. Have fun! THE LEGEND OF THE LIVING SEA: Music Composed and Conducted by Walter Scharf. Played by the Graunke Symphony Orchestra of Munich. Ocean 7111 LP. All rights reserved. Of course.
This is from the original stereo vinyl pressing and may have a few audible defects. Please keep in mind my videos are never meant to take the place of higher quality sources, and I urge everyone interested in owning this album to seek out their own legitimate copy. 0:00 Las Vegas 2:21 Palm Springs 4:48 The Cannes Festival 6:59 Boulder Dam 9:30 Bermuda 11:49 Acapulco 14:26 Seville 17:02 California Redwoods 19:04 Jamaica 20:53 Lake Lucerne, Switzerland This original longplay record album was released in the USA as SDJLP-1050 by Jubilee in 1958, and will forever be part of my personal collection. I ripped its contents for my enjoyment and created this video hoping to share it with others who appreciate hard-to-find and obscure music. Should the current copyright holders require i...
Superbo theme by Walter Scharf for Phil Karlson's 1973 smash hit ''Walking Tall''. Maestro Scharf was mostly known for providing scores to several Jerry Lewis films and for penning the Michael Jackson song ''Ben"" for the 1972 follow up to the rat-epic ''Willard''.
Transformation from the 1963 movie "The Nutty Professor" Composer: Walter Scharf Performer: Paramount Studio Orchestra conducted by Walter Scharf Year: 1963
Main Titles from the 1963 movie "The Nutty Professor" Composer: Walter Scharf Performer: Paramount Studio Orchestra conducted by Walter Scharf Year: 1963
"If It's Tuesday This Must Be Belgium," (1969), Original Motion Pictures Soundtrack, Music Composed by Walter Scharf, Title Song Written by Donovan, Sung by J.P. Rags, MCA Classics Soundtracks (1986 reissue), Stereo. The film starred Suzanne Pleshette and Ian McShane.
"Ben" is a number-one hit song written by Don Black and Walter Scharf and recorded by the teenaged Michael Jackson for the Motown label in 1972. Originally written for Donny Osmond, "Ben" was offered to Jackson as Osmond was on tour at the time and unavailable for recording. The song became the first of 13 number-one pop hits for Jackson in the United States and his first number-one as a solo artist. "Ben" won a Golden Globe for Best Song and was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Original Song."Ben" was a million-seller hit single and Jackson's first US #1.
Walter Scharf: Main & End Title music from Time Table (1956). [Film Noir]
Tranformation from the 1963 movie "The Nutty Professor" Composer: Walter Scharf Performer: Paramount Studio Orchestra conducted by Walter Scharf Year: 1963