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Alberto Colombo(1888-1954)

  • Music Department
  • Composer
  • Soundtrack
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Born and raised in New York City, Alberto Colombo served as a cellist with the Manhattan Opera House Orchestra, and later became the manager. He toured with Paul Whiteman, as an arranger, before joining RKO as a music director in 1934.

He joined Republic Pictures in 1937 as an arranger, conductor and composer. He worked at MGM as a music director from 1950 until his death.
BornNovember 27, 1888
DiedMarch 24, 1954(65)
BornNovember 27, 1888
DiedMarch 24, 1954(65)
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  • Nominated for 1 Oscar
    • 1 nomination total

Known for

Astrid Allwyn, Alan Baxter, Owen Davis Jr., Andrea Leeds, Al Shean, and Frank Yaconelli in It Could Happen to You (1937)
It Could Happen to You
6.2
  • Music Department(uncredited)
  • 1937
Walter Abel and Frieda Inescort in Portia on Trial (1937)
Portia on Trial
5.9
  • Music Department
  • 1937
William Hall, Anne Nagel, and Bill in Escape by Night (1937)
Escape by Night
6.0
  • Music Department
  • 1937
Heather Angel, Allan Lane, Johnny Russell, and Genevieve Tobin in The Duke Comes Back (1937)
The Duke Comes Back
5.8
  • Music Department
  • 1937

Credits

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Music Department



  • Lost Island of Kioga
    TV Movie
    • composer: stock music (uncredited)
    • 1966
  • Walter Matthau and Frank McGee in The DuPont Show of the Week (1961)
    The DuPont Show of the Week
    6.4
    TV Series
    • composer: stock music (uncredited)
    • 1962
  • John Carroll in Zorro Rides Again (1959)
    Zorro Rides Again
    6.2
    • musical director: archive footage
    • 1959
  • Big Leaguer (1953)
    Big Leaguer
    6.0
    • musical director
    • 1953
  • A Slight Case of Larceny (1953)
    A Slight Case of Larceny
    6.0
    • musical director
    • 1953
  • Polly Bergen, Nina Foch, Howard Keel, and Marjorie Main in Fast Company (1953)
    Fast Company
    5.0
    • musical director
    • 1953
  • Code Two (1953)
    Code Two
    6.1
    • musical director
    • 1953
  • Richard Greene, Peter Lawford, and Janice Rule in Rogue's March (1953)
    Rogue's March
    6.0
    • musical director
    • conductor (uncredited)
    • 1953
  • Jerry Davis, Glenda Farrell, Hayes Goetz, Ernest Haycox, Robert Horton, Harold F. Kress, Gene Lockhart, Gilbert Roland, and Barbara Ruick in Apache War Smoke (1952)
    Apache War Smoke
    5.8
    • musical director
    • 1952
  • William Campbell, Janice Rule, Keenan Wynn, and Gig Young in Holiday for Sinners (1952)
    Holiday for Sinners
    5.8
    • musical director
    • 1952
  • You for Me (1952)
    You for Me
    5.8
    • musical director
    • composer: stock music (uncredited)
    • 1952
  • It's a Big Country: An American Anthology (1951)
    It's a Big Country: An American Anthology
    6.0
    • music adaptor
    • 1951
  • In His Name
    Short
    • musical director
    • 1950
  • On the Right Side
    Short
    • musical director
    • 1949
  • The Pilgrimage Play (1949)
    The Pilgrimage Play
    5.3
    • musical director
    • 1949

Composer



  • This Is the Life (1952)
    This Is the Life
    6.5
    TV Series
    • music by
    • Composer
    • music
    • 1952–1953
  • A Slight Case of Larceny (1953)
    A Slight Case of Larceny
    6.0
    • Composer (uncredited)
    • 1953
  • Polly Bergen, Nina Foch, Howard Keel, and Marjorie Main in Fast Company (1953)
    Fast Company
    5.0
    • Composer (uncredited)
    • 1953
  • Code Two (1953)
    Code Two
    6.1
    • Composer (uncredited)
    • 1953
  • Richard Greene, Peter Lawford, and Janice Rule in Rogue's March (1953)
    Rogue's March
    6.0
    • Composer
    • 1953
  • Betty Furness in Ellis in Freedomland (1952)
    Ellis in Freedomland
    6.5
    • Composer
    • 1952
  • William Campbell, Janice Rule, Keenan Wynn, and Gig Young in Holiday for Sinners (1952)
    Holiday for Sinners
    5.8
    • Composer (uncredited)
    • 1952
  • All That I Have (1951)
    All That I Have
    6.2
    • Composer (as Alberto Columbo)
    • 1951
  • Go for Broke! (1951)
    Go for Broke!
    6.6
    • Composer
    • 1951
  • Speak No Evil (1950)
    Speak No Evil
    Short
    • musical director
    • 1950
  • Gene Kelly and Teresa Celli in Black Hand (1950)
    Black Hand
    6.4
    • Composer
    • 1950
  • The Pilgrimage Play (1949)
    The Pilgrimage Play
    5.3
    • Composer (uncredited)
    • 1949
  • David Bruce, Adeline De Walt Reynolds, Charles Halton, Gloria Holden, Robert Emmett Keane, Margaret Kerry, Gene Lockhart, Kathleen Lockhart, Anne O'Neal, Arthur Stone, Kent Taylor, and Emmett Vogan in The Sickle or the Cross (1949)
    The Sickle or the Cross
    5.7
    • Composer (uncredited)
    • 1949
  • Reaching from Heaven (1948)
    Reaching from Heaven
    6.3
    • Composer (uncredited)
    • 1948
  • Messenger of Peace
    • Composer (uncredited)
    • 1947

Soundtrack



  • Hollywood Singing and Dancing: A Musical History - The 1930s: Dancing Away the Great Depression (2009)
    Hollywood Singing and Dancing: A Musical History - The 1930s: Dancing Away the Great Depression
    8.3
    Video
    • writer: "When the Sun Is Setting on the Prairie" (uncredited)
    • 2009
  • John Carroll in Zorro Rides Again (1959)
    Zorro Rides Again
    6.2
    • writer: "Zorro Rides Again"
    • 1959
  • Arlene Dahl and Barry Sullivan in No Questions Asked (1951)
    No Questions Asked
    6.7
    • lyrics: "The Royal Order of Civic Boosters"
    • music: "The Royal Order of Civic Boosters" (uncredited, uncredited)
    • 1951
  • Go for Broke! (1951)
    Go for Broke!
    6.6
    • writer: "The Meaning of Love"
    • 1951
  • John Drew Barrymore in The Sundowners (1950)
    The Sundowners
    5.6
    • Soundtrack (as Al Colombo, "O'Riley Song")
    • 1950
  • Roy Rogers and Smiley Burnette in Billy the Kid Returns (1938)
    Billy the Kid Returns
    5.8
    • writer: "When the Sun is Setting on the Prairie"
    • 1938
  • Ray Corrigan, Robert Livingston, and Max Terhune in Heroes of the Hills (1938)
    Heroes of the Hills
    6.9
    • music: "Back To the Soil"
    • 1938
  • Gene Autry and Smiley Burnette in Gold Mine in the Sky (1938)
    Gold Mine in the Sky
    6.4
    • music: "Hummin' When We're Comin' Round the Bend" (uncredited)
    • 1938
  • John Carroll in Zorro Rides Again (1937)
    Zorro Rides Again
    6.4
    • writer: "SONG OF ZORRO"
    • 1937
  • Gene Autry in Springtime in the Rockies (1937)
    Springtime in the Rockies
    5.6
    • arranger: "Buffalo Gals (Won't You Come Out Tonight)" (1844) (uncredited)
    • 1937
  • Ramon Novarro and Lola Lane in The Sheik Steps Out (1937)
    The Sheik Steps Out
    6.0
    • music: "Song of the Sands"
    • 1937
  • Warren Hymer and Robert Paige in Meet the Boy Friend (1937)
    Meet the Boy Friend
    5.6
    • music: "You Are My Rosebud"
    • 1937
  • Frances Langford and Phil Regan in The Hit Parade (1937)
    The Hit Parade
    6.7
    • music: "The Glory Beyond"
    • 1937
  • Katharine Hepburn in Sylvia Scarlett (1935)
    Sylvia Scarlett
    6.2
    • writer: "WHO WANTS A KISS FROM ME?", "HELLO! HELLO!" (uncredited)
    • 1935

Personal details

  • Alternative names
    • Albert Colombo
  • Born
    • November 27, 1888
    • New York City, New York, USA
  • Died
    • March 24, 1954
    • Los Angeles, California, USA

Did you know

  • Trivia
    Hollywood dateline - April 11, 1938: Albert C. Colomba, orchestra conductor and composer, has signed a three-year pact with the L. Wolfe Gilbert Music Publishing Compoany, giving them all rights to his compositions, both for pictures and publication. Colombo is currently musical director at Republic Pictures.

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