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Paul Dunlap(1919-2010)

  • Composer
  • Music Department
  • Soundtrack
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Paul Dunlap was born on 19 July 1919 in Springfield, Ohio, USA. He was a composer, known for The Big Boss (1971), The Dreamers (2003) and You Were Never Really Here (2017). He died on 11 March 2010 in Palm Springs, California, USA.
BornJuly 19, 1919
DiedMarch 11, 2010(90)
BornJuly 19, 1919
DiedMarch 11, 2010(90)
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Known for

Bruce Lee in The Big Boss (1971)
The Big Boss
6.9
  • Soundtrack
  • 1971
Louis Garrel, Michael Pitt, and Eva Green in The Dreamers (2003)
The Dreamers
7.1
  • Soundtrack
  • 2003
Joaquin Phoenix and Ekaterina Samsonov in You Were Never Really Here (2017)
You Were Never Really Here
6.7
  • Soundtrack
  • 2017
The Angry Red Planet (1959)
The Angry Red Planet
5.3
  • Composer
  • 1959

Credits

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Composer

  • Bruce Lee in Bruce Lee, the Legend (1984)
    Bruce Lee, the Legend
    7.0
    • Composer
    • 1984
  • Gorp (1980)
    Gorp
    3.6
    • Composer
    • 1980
  • World Hunger Telethon: The Cry of a Hurting World... I'm Hungry! (1977)
    World Hunger Telethon: The Cry of a Hurting World... I'm Hungry!
    TV Movie
    • Composer
    • 1977
  • This Is the Life (1952)
    This Is the Life
    6.5
    TV Series
    • music
    • 1973–1977
  • Panic in the City (1968)
    Panic in the City
    5.3
    • Composer
    • 1968
  • Lola Albright, John Ericson, Leslie Parrish, Nehemiah Persoff, and Don Rickles in The Money Jungle (1967)
    The Money Jungle
    5.5
    • Composer
    • 1967
  • The Destructors (1967)
    The Destructors
    4.0
    • Composer
    • 1967
  • Paul Richards and Yôko Tani in Savage Justice (1967)
    Savage Justice
    7.0
    • Composer
    • 1967
  • Cyborg 2087 (1966)
    Cyborg 2087
    5.3
    • Composer
    • 1966
  • Harold Sakata in Dimension 5 (1966)
    Dimension 5
    4.6
    • Composer
    • 1966
  • Virginia Mayo in Castle of Evil (1966)
    Castle of Evil
    4.6
    • Composer
    • 1966
  • Destination Inner Space (1966)
    Destination Inner Space
    4.5
    • Composer
    • 1966
  • Burt Reynolds and Kieu Chinh in Operation C.I.A. (1965)
    Operation C.I.A.
    4.9
    • Composer
    • 1965
  • Martin Landau, Walter Fitzgerald, Nora Swinburne, and Torin Thatcher in Decision at Midnight (1965)
    Decision at Midnight
    6.8
    • Composer
    • 1965
  • Moe Howard, Larry Fine, Joe Bolton, Bill Camfield, Joe DeRita, Hal Fryar, Johnny Ginger, Nancy Kovack, Wayne Mack, Ed T. McDonnell, Bruce Sedley, Paul Shannon, and Sally Starr in The Outlaws Is Coming (1964)
    The Outlaws Is Coming
    6.0
    • Composer
    • 1964

Music Department

  • Sharks: The Death Machine
    6.3
    TV Movie
    • music supervisor
    • 1978
  • This Is the Life (1952)
    This Is the Life
    6.5
    TV Series
    • music director
    • music themes
    • 1960–1976
  • And Then They Forgot God (1971)
    And Then They Forgot God
    6.8
    TV Movie
    • music theme
    • 1971
  • Happy Money
    Short
    • music themes
    • 1969
  • The Destructors (1967)
    The Destructors
    4.0
    • music supervisor (uncredited)
    • 1967
  • House of Toys
    Short
    • music themes
    • 1965
  • Muriel Smith in Voice of the Hurricane (1964)
    Voice of the Hurricane
    • additional music arranger
    • 1964
  • The Three Stooges Scrapbook (1963)
    The Three Stooges Scrapbook
    7.1
    Short
    • conductor
    • 1963
  • Black Zoo (1963)
    Black Zoo
    5.5
    • conductor
    • 1963
  • 7 Women from Hell (1961)
    7 Women from Hell
    5.0
    • conductor
    • 1961
  • Muriel Smith in The Crowning Experience (1960)
    The Crowning Experience
    6.2
    • musical director
    • 1960
  • Joan Bennett, Raymond Burr, Brett Halsey, Martha Hyer, and Ken Scott in Desire in the Dust (1960)
    Desire in the Dust
    6.0
    • musical director
    • 1960
  • Jack Lord, Nobu McCarthy, James Shigeta, and Mel Tormé in Walk Like a Dragon (1960)
    Walk Like a Dragon
    6.6
    • conductor
    • 1960
  • Peter Marshall, Julie Newmar, and Tommy Noonan in The Rookie (1959)
    The Rookie
    4.3
    • conductor
    • 1959
  • The Purple Gang (1959)
    The Purple Gang
    6.0
    • conductor
    • 1959

Soundtrack

  • Joaquin Phoenix and Ekaterina Samsonov in You Were Never Really Here (2017)
    You Were Never Really Here
    6.7
    • writer: "The Naked Kiss"
    • 2017
  • 3-D Rarities (2015)
    3-D Rarities
    8.0
    • performer: "Music from Doom Town"
    • writer: "Music from Doom Town"
    • 2015
  • Louis Garrel, Michael Pitt, and Eva Green in The Dreamers (2003)
    The Dreamers
    7.1
    • writer: "Music"
    • 2003
  • Tim Curry in IT (1990)
    IT
    6.8
    TV Mini Series
    • writer: "I Was A Teenage Werewolf" (uncredited)
    • 1990
  • Bruce Lee in The Big Boss (1971)
    The Big Boss
    6.9
    • writer: "Theme From How To Make a Monster"
    • 1971
  • Lola Albright, John Ericson, Leslie Parrish, Nehemiah Persoff, and Don Rickles in The Money Jungle (1967)
    The Money Jungle
    5.5
    • lyrics: "Two Lovers"
    • music: "Two Lovers"
    • 1967
  • Peter Marshall, Julie Newmar, and Tommy Noonan in The Rookie (1959)
    The Rookie
    4.3
    • writer: "I'm Goin' Home" (uncredited)
    • 1959
  • Five Gates to Hell (1959)
    Five Gates to Hell
    5.7
    • Soundtrack ("Athena's Theme")
    • 1959
  • Fred MacMurray and Nina Shipman in The Oregon Trail (1959)
    The Oregon Trail
    5.2
    • music: "Ballad of the Oregon Trail"
    • 1959
  • How to Make a Monster (1958)
    How to Make a Monster
    5.6
    • music: "You've Got to Have Ee-Ooo"
    • 1958
  • Les Brown, Virginia Field, and Douglas Kennedy in Rockabilly Baby (1957)
    Rockabilly Baby
    6.5
    • writer: "We're On Our Way", "Why Can't I?", "Is It Love?", "I'd Rather Be", "My Calypso Baby"
    • 1957
  • Under Fire (1957)
    Under Fire
    6.5
    • writer: "I'd Like To Be True To You"
    • 1957
  • John Bromfield, Jim Davis, Margia Dean, Coleen Gray, and Kent Taylor in Frontier Gambler (1956)
    Frontier Gambler
    6.0
    • music: "Your Heart Belongs to Her"
    • 1956
  • Howard Duff, Lita Baron, and Bill Williams in The Broken Star (1956)
    The Broken Star
    5.9
    • music: "I Hate You"
    • 1956
  • Chuck Connors and Regina Gleason in Walk the Dark Street (1956)
    Walk the Dark Street
    4.6
    • writer: "Walk the Dark Street"
    • 1956

Personal details

  • Alternative name
    • Paul A. Dunlap
  • Born
    • July 19, 1919
    • Springfield, Ohio, USA
  • Died
    • March 11, 2010
    • Palm Springs, California, USA(undisclosed)
  • Other works
    Symphonic work: "Cinco de Mayo"

Did you know

  • Trivia
    American composer of classical (including a piano concerto), film and television music. He was trained under Arnold Schoenberg, Ernst Toch and Nadia Boulanger. His film work was generally confined to second feature westerns and science fiction.
  • Quotes
    I can only hope that I will be remembered for my piano concerto, or my choral piece, "Celebration", and not the inferior movies I was forced to be associated with.

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