For example, he worked with the director Alfred Hitchcock on "I Confess", "Dial M for Murder" and "Shadow of a Doubt". It is noteable that Tiomkin seemed to have an on-going working relationship with a number of people on both sides of the camera. ![]() His film music covered a great variety of styles and moods, yet it is for his work on Western movies (which were plentiful and popular during this period) that he is best remembered. Smith goes to Washington" and "Lost Horizon". Film music was still in its relative infancy when he started, and it wasn't long before Tiomkin had early successes with "Mr. He then moved permanently to the US where he finally conquered the movie business and later became a US citizen. He spent a number of years touring Europe to great critical acclaim, and was instrumental in introducing the music of George Gershwin outside America giving the first European performance of Gershwin's Piano Concerto in Paris. Although already established as a pianist and conductor, it is understandable that he chose to leave his homeland during a period of great upheaval. Petersburg Conservatory, where he studied under Alexander Glazunov among others. ![]() ![]() His musically trained mother taught him to play the piano and later he received a formal musical education at the St. Dimitri Tiomkin (1899-1979) - anyone for Westerns?ĭimitri (or Dmitri, or Dimi) Tiomkin was born in the Russian Ukraine.
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