Leigh Adrian Harline was an American film composer and songwriter.
10 Facts About Leigh Harline
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Leigh Harline was born March 26,1907, in Salt Lake City, Utah, the youngest of 13 children, to soldier Carl Harlin and his wife Johanna Matilda.
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Leigh Harline's parents came from the village of Harfsta in Simtuna parish, Sweden.
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Leigh Harline was then hired by Walt Disney where he scored more than 50 tunes, including for the Silly Symphonies cartoon series in the 1930s.
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Leigh Harline co-scored and orchestrated music by Frank Churchill and Paul Smith specifically for Disney's first animated feature-length cartoon Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs in 1937.
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Leigh Harline re-teamed with Smith again to compose the score for Pinocchio for Disney in 1940.
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Leigh Harline wrote most of the movie's songs with lyricist Ned Washington.
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Leigh Harline left Disney in 1941 to compose for other studios.
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Leigh Harline's credits include Mr Bug Goes to Town for Disney's chief competitor Max Fleischer as well as Road to Utopia, Mr Blandings Builds Leigh Harline's Dream House, The Desert Rats, The Enemy Below, Ten North Frederick, Warlock, The Wonderful World of the Brothers Grimm, The Travels of Jaimie McPheeters, and 7 Faces of Dr Lao.
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Leigh Harline died from complications of throat cancer on December 10,1969, in Long Beach, California, and is buried in Valhalla Memorial Park Cemetery.