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Leigh Harline(1907-1969)

  • Composer
  • Music Department
  • Soundtrack
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Academy Award-winning composer (score, Pinocchio (1940), conductor, songwriter ("When You Wish Upon a Star" [Academy award, Best Song, 1940) and arranger Leigh Harine was educated at the University of Utah. He was a music student of J. Spencer Cornwall. He arranged the first transcontinental broadcast from Los Angeles in 1932, and that year joined the Walt Disney Studios. From 1941 he freelanced among various Hollywood studios. He joined ASCAP in 1940. His other popular song compositions include "Hi-Diddle-Dee-Dee", "Give a Little Whistle" and "Jiminy Cricket".
BornMarch 26, 1907
DiedDecember 10, 1969(62)
BornMarch 26, 1907
DiedDecember 10, 1969(62)
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  • Won 2 Oscars
    • 3 wins & 7 nominations total

Known for

Mel Blanc, Walter Catlett, Frankie Darro, Cliff Edwards, Dickie Jones, Charles Judels, Christian Rub, and Evelyn Venable in Pinocchio (1940)
Pinocchio
7.4
  • Composer
  • 1940
Roy Atwell, Stuart Buchanan, Adriana Caselotti, Eddie Collins, Pinto Colvig, Billy Gilbert, Otis Harlan, Lucille La Verne, Scotty Mattraw, Harry Stockwell, and George Kiplunks in Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs (1937)
Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs
7.6
  • Composer
  • 1937
Gerard Butler in Gamer (2009)
Gamer
5.7
  • Soundtrack
  • 2009
Samuel L. Jackson, Robert Downey Jr., James Spader, Paul Bettany, Chris Evans, Scarlett Johansson, Elizabeth Olsen, Jeremy Renner, Mark Ruffalo, Aaron Taylor-Johnson, and Chris Hemsworth in Avengers: Age of Ultron (2015)
Avengers: Age of Ultron
7.3
  • Soundtrack
  • 2015

Credits

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Composer



  • Billy Joel: When You Wish Upon a Star (1991)
    Billy Joel: When You Wish Upon a Star
    6.2
    Music Video
    • original music by
    • 1991
  • Simply Mad About the Mouse (1991)
    Simply Mad About the Mouse
    6.9
    Short
    • music by (segments "When You Wish Upon A Star", "I've Got No Strings")
    • 1991
  • In this Holy Place
    Video
    • Composer
    • 1968
  • Fess Parker in Daniel Boone (1964)
    Daniel Boone
    7.3
    TV Series
    • Composer
    • 1965–1967
  • Vacation Playhouse (1963)
    Vacation Playhouse
    7.3
    TV Series
    • Composer
    • 1967
  • Gunsmoke (1955)
    Gunsmoke
    8.1
    TV Series
    • music composed by
    • 1966
  • Off We Go
    TV Movie
    • Composer
    • 1966
  • June Lockhart, Angela Cartwright, Mark Goddard, Jonathan Harris, Marta Kristen, Bill Mumy, Dick Tufeld, and Guy Williams in Lost in Space (1965)
    Lost in Space
    7.3
    TV Series
    • Composer (uncredited)
    • 1966
  • Peyton Place (1964)
    Peyton Place
    7.3
    TV Series
    • Composer
    • 1965
  • Raymond Burr in Perry Mason (1957)
    Perry Mason
    8.3
    TV Series
    • Composer
    • 1965
  • Ben Casey (1961)
    Ben Casey
    7.1
    TV Series
    • music score
    • 1965
  • Valentine's Day (1964)
    Valentine's Day
    7.4
    TV Series
    • Composer
    • 1965
  • Strange Bedfellows (1965)
    Strange Bedfellows
    6.2
    • Composer
    • 1965
  • Man's Search for Happiness (1964)
    Man's Search for Happiness
    7.4
    Short
    • Composer
    • 1964
  • The Great Adventure (1963)
    The Great Adventure
    8.2
    TV Series
    • Composer
    • 1964

Music Department



  • Tom Hanks and Benjamin Evan Ainsworth in Pinocchio (2022)
    Pinocchio
    5.1
    • composer: original songs (uncredited)
    • 2022
  • Mannecchio (2021)
    Mannecchio
    Short
    • Music Department
    • 2021
  • Fantasmic! (1992)
    Fantasmic!
    9.3
    Short
    • music: "I've Got No Strings" (uncredited)
    • 1992
  • The Walt Disney Comedy and Magic Revue (1985)
    The Walt Disney Comedy and Magic Revue
    8.6
    Video
    • musical director: archive footage
    • 1985
  • Gunsmoke (1955)
    Gunsmoke
    8.1
    TV Series
    • music conducted by
    • 1966
  • June Lockhart, Angela Cartwright, Mark Goddard, Jonathan Harris, Marta Kristen, Bill Mumy, Dick Tufeld, and Guy Williams in Lost in Space (1965)
    Lost in Space
    7.3
    TV Series
    • composer: stock music (uncredited)
    • 1966
  • Raymond Burr in Perry Mason (1957)
    Perry Mason
    8.3
    TV Series
    • conductor
    • 1965
  • Barbara Eden and Tony Randall in 7 Faces of Dr. Lao (1964)
    7 Faces of Dr. Lao
    7.1
    • conductor (uncredited)
    • 1964
  • "The Travels of Jaimie McPheeters" Kurt Russell, Jean Engstrom 1963 MGM
    The Travels of Jaimie McPheeters
    7.5
    TV Series
    • composer: theme music
    • 1963–1964
  • Junius Matthews, Rickie Sorensen, Karl Swenson, and Martha Wentworth in The Sword in the Stone (1963)
    The Sword in the Stone
    7.1
    • musical director (uncredited)
    • 1963
  • Barbara Eden, Claire Bloom, Laurence Harvey, Karlheinz Böhm, Yvette Mimieux, and Russ Tamblyn in The Wonderful World of the Brothers Grimm (1962)
    The Wonderful World of the Brothers Grimm
    6.5
    • conductor (uncredited)
    • 1962
  • The Honeymoon Machine (1961)
    The Honeymoon Machine
    6.1
    • conductor (uncredited)
    • 1961
  • Elvis Presley, Barbara Eden, Steve Forrest, Dolores Del Río, and Rodolfo Acosta in Flaming Star (1960)
    Flaming Star
    6.5
    • composer: additional music (uncredited)
    • 1960
  • Lucille Ball, Bob Hope, Don DeFore, Melvin Frank, Ruth Hussey, Louis Nye, and Norman Panama in The Facts of Life (1960)
    The Facts of Life
    6.3
    • conductor
    • 1960
  • Ernie Kovacs, Margo Moore, Dick Shawn, and Jack Warden in Wake Me When It's Over (1960)
    Wake Me When It's Over
    6.3
    • composer: additional music (uncredited)
    • 1960

Soundtrack



  • Jaafar Jackson in Michael (2026)
    Michael
    7.4
    • performer: "Jackass Frenzy, To the Rescue, Out of the Sea, Fairy Theme"
    • writer: "Jackass Frenzy, To the Rescue, Out of the Sea, Fairy Theme"
    • 2026
  • Welcome to Wrexham (2022)
    Welcome to Wrexham
    8.3
    TV Series
    • writer: "When You Wish Upon a Star" (uncredited)
    • 2025
  • Tom Hanks and Robin Wright in Here (2024)
    Here
    6.3
    • arranger: "Three Blind Mice (Main Title)"
    • 2024
  • Alan Tudyk, Chris Pine, and Ariana DeBose in Wish (2023)
    Wish
    5.5
    • music: "When You Wish Upon A Star"
    • 2023
  • Katja Ståhl, Noora Louhimo, Tuure Kilpeläinen, Lauri Mikkola, Johanna Rauma, Suvi Teräsniska, Diandra Flores, and Henri Piispanen in Elämäni Biisi (2019)
    Elämäni Biisi
    7.3
    TV Series
    • writer: "When You Wish Upon A Star"
    • 2023
  • Lang Lang in Lang Lang Plays Disney (2023)
    Lang Lang Plays Disney
    6.8
    TV Special
    • writer: "When You Wish Upon a Star"
    • 2023
  • Jason Bateman, Sterling Holloway, Nathan Lane, Stan Alexander, Peter Behn, Kristen Bell, Chris Diamantopoulos, Cliff Edwards, Paul A. Felix, Verna Felton, Ginnifer Goodwin, Mike Hill, Barbara Luddy, Chris Sanders, Scott Weinger, Dave Metzger, Brad Simonsen, Josh Gad, Yvett Merino, Jonathan Groff, Dan Abraham, Michael Louis Hill, Ryan Lang, Trent Correy, Kaitlyn Robrock, John Hasbrook, and Auli'i Cravalho in Once Upon a Studio (2023)
    Once Upon a Studio
    8.3
    Short
    • music: "When You Wish Upon a Star"
    • 2023
  • Rogue Not Quite One (2023)
    Rogue Not Quite One
    5.6
    TV Special
    • music: "When You Wish Upon a Star" (uncredited)
    • 2023
  • Tom Hanks and Benjamin Evan Ainsworth in Pinocchio (2022)
    Pinocchio
    5.1
    • music: "Hi-Diddle-Dee-Dee (An Actor's Life for Me)", "I've Got No Strings", "When You Wish Upon a Star"
    • 2022
  • Andy Samberg and John Mulaney in Chip 'n Dale: Rescue Rangers (2022)
    Chip 'n Dale: Rescue Rangers
    6.9
    • writer: "When You Wish Upon a Star"
    • 2022
  • Goofy in How to Stay at Home (2021)
    Goofy in How to Stay at Home
    6.6
    TV Mini Series
    • writer: "Baggage Buster" and "Baggage Buster Incidental #2"
    • writer: "Baggage Buster" and "Elusive Rabbit"
    • writer: "The Goof Packs His Trunk"
    • 2021
  • Pretend It's a City (2021)
    Pretend It's a City
    8.0
    TV Mini Series
    • writer: "Morning Bath"
    • 2021
  • The Wonderful World of Mickey Mouse (2020)
    The Wonderful World of Mickey Mouse
    7.9
    TV Series
    • writer: "When You Wish Upon A Star"
    • 2020
  • Bernadette Peters in Bernadette Peters: A Special Concert (2020)
    Bernadette Peters: A Special Concert
    TV Special
    • lyrics: "When You Wish Upon A Star"
    • music: "When You Wish Upon A Star"
    • 2020
  • Prop Culture (2020)
    Prop Culture
    8.0
    TV Series
    • music: "When You Wish Upon a Star" (uncredited)
    • 2020

Personal details

  • Born
    • March 26, 1907
    • Salt Lake City, Utah, USA
  • Died
    • December 10, 1969
    • Long Beach, California, USA(complications from throat cancer)
  • Other works
    Work: "Civic Center Suite".

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    Attended Granite High School in Salt Lake City.

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