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David Rose

Birth Name:
David Rose
Birth Place:
London, England, United Kingdom
Profession
Soundtrack, Music department, Actor

Fast Facts

  • Won a Special Achievement Award at the 1988 London Critics Circle Film Awards
  • Won an Academy Fellowship at the 1997 BAFTA Awards
  • Won Grammy Awards for the songs "Holiday for Strings," "Our Waltz" and "The Stripper" as well as the albums "Like Young" and "Like Blue․"
  • Attended the Chicago College of Music, and while studying there, he worked as standby pianist for NBC radio, where he first started arranging music
  • Formed the David Rose Orchestra for Mutual Broadcasting System after being invited to Hollywood
  • Started playing piano for Ted Fiorito's dance band in Chicago when he was 16
  • His most famous compositions were "The Stripper," "Holiday for Strings" and "Calypso Melody․"
  • Known for writing the themes and background music for such television series as "Highway Patrol, " "Sea Hunt," "Bonanza" and "Highway to Heaven․"
  • A live steam hobbyist, he had his own backyard railroad
  • Was a member of the national fraternity for men in music, Phi Mu Alpha Sinfonia

Awards

  • 1945Oscar - Best Music, Scoring of a Dramatic or Comedy Picture:Nominated
  • 1946Oscar - Best Music, Original Song:Nominated
  • 1966Primetime Emmy - Individual Achievements in Music - Composition:Nominated
  • 1971Primetime Emmy - Outstanding Achievement in Music Composition - For a Series or a Single Program of a Series (First Year of Music's Use Only):Winner
  • 1976Primetime Emmy - Outstanding Achievement in Music Composition for a Series:Nominated
  • 1979Primetime Emmy - Outstanding Music Composition for a Series:Winner
  • 1981Primetime Emmy - Outstanding Achievement in Music Composition for a Series (Dramatic Underscore):Nominated
  • 1982Primetime Emmy - Outstanding Achievement in Music Composition for a Series (Dramatic Underscore):Winner
  • 1983Primetime Emmy - Outstanding Achievement in Music Composition for a Series (Dramatic Underscore):Nominated
  • 1985Primetime Emmy - Outstanding Music Composition for a Series (Dramatic Underscore):Nominated
  • 2015DGC Craft Award - Sound Editing - Television Movie/Mini-Series:Winner
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