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* 13.5.1909  Hebron, Nebraska - † 24.1.1992,  Sherman Oaks, CA

Three-time Oscar winner for his lush musical adaptations of Broadway musicals to film: THE KING AND I (1956) and CAMELOT (1967), both in collaboration with Alfred Newman, and PORGY AND BESS (1959), with Andre Previn. A leading musical scorer, conductor and songwriter in films from the late 1940s through the 60s, Darby wrote songs for RIVER OF NO RETURN (1954), GARDEN OF EVIL (1954), THE LIEUTENANT WORE SKIRTS (1956) and VILLA! (1958). He served as musical associate on the 1962 remake of Rodgers and Hammerstein's STATE FAIR and, teamed with Alfred Newman, was Oscar-nominated for scoring Rodgers and Hammerstein's SOUTH PACIFIC (1958) and FLOWER DRUM SONG (1961), as well as the western HOW THE WEST WAS WON (1962).

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  Prijs on ontvangst name v.l.n.r. Angy Dickenson, Ken Darby, Alfred Newman en Gene Kelly

Music - Scoring of a Musical Picture 1956: THE KING AND I
Nominated for Music - Scoring of a Musical Picture 1958: SOUTH PACIFIC
Music - Scoring of a Musical Picture 1959: PORGY AND BESS
Nominated for Music - Scoring of a Musical Picture 1961: FLOWER DRUM SONGMusic - Scoring of Music (Adaptation or Treatment) 1967: CAMELOT
Nominated for Music - Music Score (Substantially Original) 1963: HOW THE WEST WAS WON

Filmografie

1948   Melody Time                       musikaal regisseur

1952  RANCHO NOTARIOUS (music: "Get Away Young Man", "Gypsy Davey", "Legend of Cuck-A-Luck") (lyrics: "Get Away Young Man", "Gypsy Davey", "Legend of Cuck-A-Luck")

1954   Garden of Evil  ("Aqui")
1954   River of No Return         vocal director - songs
1955   The Tall Men                   ("Tall Men")
1956   The King and I                  (associate music supervisor)-music
1956   The Lieutenant Wore Skirts (writer: "Rock Around The Island")
1957   The Mark of the Hawk/ACCUSED      song "This Man Is Mine")
1958   South Pacific  - music arranger: choral and vocal arrangements)
1958   Villa!!  composer: song "Men, Men, Men")        
1959   Porgy and Bess  - associate musical director
1962   How the West Was Won    - lyrics: "How the West Was Won"       
1962   State Fair   musical director
1965   The Greatest Story Ever Told  - music- en choral supervisor
1967   Camelot music associate
1968   Finian's Rainbow - associate music supervisor
1969   The Great Bank Robbery music arranger: vocals