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Jerome Moross (August 1, 1913 – July 25, 1983) was an American composer best known for his music for film and television. [1] He also composed works for symphony orchestras, chamber ensembles, soloists and musical theater, as well as orchestrating scores for other composers.
"Lazy Afternoon", a song written by Jerome Moross and John La Touche for the 1954 musical The Golden Apple; covered on most of the albums below; Lazy Afternoon (Barbra Streisand album), 1975; Lazy Afternoon (Regina Belle album), 2004; A Lazy Afternoon (Harold Land album), 1995; A Lazy Afternoon (Shirley Horn album), 1979
The Golden Apple is a musical in two acts with music by Jerome Moross and both book and lyrics by John Treville Latouche. [1] The musical's story is based on parts of the Iliad and Odyssey. The musical premiered Off-Broadway in 1954 and then transferred to Broadway.
The music for The Sharkfighters was composed by Jerome Moross, described as "lively and unique." While it is not known if he traveled to Cuba with the company, the distinctly ethnic themes of the music appear to be inspired by the filming on location, using syncopation and percussion instruments highly suggestive of his orchestral composition ...
Jerome Moross: 18 1967. Date (in US) Movie title Song title Artist Writer US charts UK charts ... music by Bill Conti, lyrics by Carol Connors and Ayn Robbins: 1
The music score was written by Jerome Moross. The film's cast features Tom Tryon, Romy Schneider and John Huston, and it was nominated for six Academy Awards. It marks the final appearance by veteran film star Dorothy Gish, as well as the last big-screen performance of Maggie McNamara.
He returned to music, writing the lyrics for the song "The Girl With the Pre-Fabricated Heart" (music by Louis Applebaum), which accompanies a sequence conceived by French artist Fernand Léger. Latouche wrote the book and lyrics for The Golden Apple (1954) with music by Jerome Moross; it won the New York Drama Critics' Circle Award for Best ...
About midway through the second season this was replaced with an instrumental version by Stanley Wilson. In the third season a more traditional sounding score was introduced. "Wagons Ho!" was written and conducted by Jerome Moross, who adapted it from a passage of music he had written for the 1959 film The Jayhawkers.