Dimitri Zinovievich Tiomkin, was a Russian-born American film composer and conductor, musically trained in Russia, he was best known for his western scores, including High Noon, released in which year, an American Western film produced by Stanley Kramer from a screenplay by Carl Foreman, directed by Fred Zinnemann, and starring Gary Cooper?
Dimitri Tiomkin Dimitri Zinovievich Tiomkin (May 10, 1894November 11, 1979) was a Russian-born American film composer and conductor. Musically trained in Russia, he was best known for his western scores, including "Duel in the Sun", "Red River", "High Noon", "The Big Sky", "Gunfight at the O.K. Corral", and "Last Train from Gun Hill". Tiomkin received twenty-two Academy Award nominations and won four Oscars, three for Best Original Score for "High Noon", "The High and the Mighty", and "The Old Man and the Sea", and one for Best Original Song for "The Ballad of High Noon" from the former film.
Monte Walsh (1970 film) Monte Walsh is a 1970 film directed by cinematographer William A. Fraker. His directorial debut, it stars Lee Marvin, Jeanne Moreau and Jack Palance. The name "Monte Walsh" is taken from the title of a 1963 western novel by Jack Schaefer, but the film has little to do with the plot of Schaefer's book. The film was set in Harmony, Arizona. A made-for-TV remake was set in Wyoming and directed by Simon Wincer, with Tom Selleck and Isabella Rossellini playing the parts of Monte and Martine. The story has elements of a tragedy. The song played over the opening credits is "The Good Times Are Comin' " by Mama Cass, with music and lyrics by John Barry and Hal David.