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Composer · 1907 to 1969

Leigh Harline

Best rated: Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs (7.6)

Films
83
Avg rating
6.70
Peak run
1937’43
7+ run
4 films
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The career

Leigh Harline, music career by IMDb rating5-film averagePeak eraLongest 7+ run
Peak 1937 to 1943, 7.425678194019451950195519601965Snow White and the Seven … 7.6Isle of the Dead 6.4Career avg 6.70

Dot size shows IMDb votes. Films with fewer than 1,000 votes sit on the baseline.

Leigh Harline's career barcodecoolhot
193783 films1965
Current formLast 5: 6.30 vs career 6.70 (−0.40)
  1. LThe Honeymoon Machine1961 · 6.1−0.6
  2. LThe Wonderful World of the Brothers Grimm1962 · 6.4−0.3
  3. W7 Faces of Dr. Lao1964 · 7.1+0.4
  4. LGuns of Diablo1964 · 5.7−1.0
  5. LStrange Bedfellows1965 · 6.2−0.5
As a composer, films with 1,000+ votes

Leigh by the numbers

Average
6.70
54 rated films
Vote weighted
6.75
bigger films count more
Median
6.7
half are better
Consistency
±0.49
rating spread
Career
29y
1937 to 1965
Total votes
664K
across every film
Best
7.6
Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs
Worst
6.4
Isle of the Dead
Newest first

Filmography

Music filmography
1965Strange Bedfellows6.21,356
1964Guns of Diablo5.71,054
19647 Faces of Dr. Lao poster7 Faces of Dr. Lao7.16,021
1962The Wonderful World of the Brothers Grimm6.42,508
1961The Honeymoon Machine6.11,615
1960The Facts of Life6.31,993
1960Visit to a Small Planet5.91,620
1959Holiday for Lovers·490
1959These Thousand Hills·839
1959Warlock posterWarlock7.17,859
1958The Remarkable Mr. Pennypacker·469
1958Man of the West posterMan of the West7.010,981
1958Ten North Frederick·990
1957The Enemy Below posterThe Enemy Below7.413,603
1957No Down Payment7.21,621
1957The Wayward Bus6.51,355
1957The True Story of Jesse James6.21,900
1956Teenage Rebel·426
195623 Paces to Baker Street6.93,144
1956The Bottom of the Bottle·386
Better together?

Leigh Harline's regulars

The number on the right is the lift: their average together minus the average of their two careers. Acting pairs here count billed roles (an actor in a director's top six, co-stars both in the top five); each duo page counts every film they made together in those roles.

Films together: Edward Dmytryk and Leigh Harline movies · Hal Walker and Leigh Harline movies · Richard Fleischer and Leigh Harline movies · Henry Levin and Leigh Harline movies

Takes

On Leigh Harline

8 nominations, 2 wins

Awards record

  • Best Song Score or Adaptation Score · Academy Awards 1963
    Leigh Harline
    Nominated
  • Best Original Score · Academy Awards 1944
    Leigh Harline
    Nominated
  • Best Song Score or Adaptation Score · Academy Awards 1944
    Leigh Harline
    Nominated
  • Best Original Score · Academy Awards 1943
    Leigh Harline
    Nominated
  • Best Song Score or Adaptation Score · Academy Awards 1943
    Leigh Harline
    Nominated
  • Best Original Score · Academy Awards 1941
    Leigh Harline, Paul J. Smith, Ned Washington
    Won
  • Best Original Song · Academy Awards 1941
    Music by Leigh Harline; Lyrics by Ned Washington
    Won
  • Best Song Score or Adaptation Score · Academy Awards 1938
    Walt Disney Studio Music Department, Leigh Harline, head of department (Score by Frank Churchill, Leigh Harline and Paul J. Smith)
    Nominated

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