Lionel Newman was an American conductor, pianist, and film and television composer.
18 Facts About Lionel Newman
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Lionel Newman is the brother of Alfred Newman and Emil Newman, uncle of composers Randy Newman, David Newman, Thomas Newman, Maria Newman, and grandfather of Joey Newman.
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Lionel Newman migrated to Hollywood where, at the age of 16, he began conducting for impresario Earl Carroll.
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Lionel Newman had formal training in New York, and after moving to Los Angeles, he continued his studies with Joseph Achron and Mario Castelnuovo-Tedesco.
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Lionel Newman was made vice president in charge of music for both television and features.
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Lionel Newman wrote several classic TV themes for Fox, including The Many Loves of Dobie Gillis, Adventures in Paradise, and Daniel Boone.
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Lionel Newman composed the 1979 and 1982 fanfares for Fox.
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Lionel Newman was musical director for all of Marilyn Monroe's films at Fox, in accordance with her request, including Gentlemen Prefer Blondes, There's No Business Like Show Business, River of No Return, and Let's Make Love, with the exception of Bus Stop which was directed and conducted by his brother, Alfred Newman and There's No Business Like Show Business which was co-directed and co-conducted by Alfred Newman.
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Lionel Newman conducted the scores for Cleopatra, The Sand Pebbles, The Agony and the Ecstasy, The Long Hot Summer, The Young Lions, Alien, and The Omen.
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Lionel Newman was the musical supervisor for Star Wars, The Empire Strikes Back, Return of the Jedi, Monsignor, and The Fury.
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Jerry Goldsmith recalls in his biography how Lionel Newman used to call him "Gorgeous".
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Goldsmith recounts that Lionel Newman nicknamed John Williams "Little Dimitri", after Dimitri Tiomkin.
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Lionel Newman was a perfectionist, always making "just one more take" if some little detail could be improved.
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Lionel Newman wanted the Twentieth Century Fox Orchestra to reach the level of a great symphony orchestra, and it did, especially when he conducted.
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Lionel Newman was instrumental in the careers of John Williams, Jerry Goldsmith, Dominic Frontiere, Pat Williams, and many more.
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Lionel Newman was married to Beverly Carroll, who died October 21,2010, and with whom he had three daughters.
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Carroll Lionel Newman, television producer, is married to Emmy Award winning actor and writer Gary Frank and they have one daughter Jessica Marli Frank, who is a producer at Tumblr; Deborah Lionel Newman Sharpe, VP, Sharpe and Associates, is married to Robert Sharpe, Owner, Sharpe and Associates located in Tucson, AZ.
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Lionel Newman retired in 1985 and died on February 3,1989, from cardiac arrest.