Charles Ives(1874-1954)

Music Department
Composer
Soundtrack

Charles Ives was born on 20 October 1874 in Danbury, Connecticut, USA. He was a composer, known for Run Lola Run (1998), The Thin Red Line (1998) and Neruda (2016). He was married to Harmony Twitchell. He died on 19 May 1954 in New York City, New York, USA.

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Awards
- 1 win & 2 nominations total

Known for

Run Lola Run

7.6

Soundtrack

1998

The Thin Red Line

7.6

Soundtrack

1998

Neruda

6.8

Soundtrack

2016

From A Darkened Room - The Diary of a Nobody

Composer

Credits

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Music Department

Our Beds Are Burning
- Music Department
- 2021
The Domain
6.7
- music
- 2019
The Light at Walden
Short
- composer: additional music
- 2014
Romeo Eleven
6.5
- music
- 2011
New World Symphony Wallcast Concert Ii
Video
- stock music
- 2011
Life, Love & Celluloid
5.0
- composer: non-original music
- 2005
The Unanswered Question
6.0
Short
- Music Department
- 1986
The Red Tapes
- Music Department
- 1977
Ach Viola
Short
- Music Department
- 1971

Composer

Soundtrack

American Experience
8.6
TV Series
- writer: "Symphony N°1"
- 2023
Moffie
6.8
- writer: "The Unanswered Question"
- 2019
The Heart Dances - the journey of The Piano: the ballet
7.8
- writer: "The Unanswered Question"
- 2018
Neruda
6.8
- writer: "The Unanswered Question", "Washington's Birthday from Holiday Symphony"
- 2016
A Quiet Passion
6.4
- writer: "Decoration Day", "The Unanswered Question"
- 2016
Valley of Love
6.1
- writer: "The Unanswered Question"
- 2015
Material
7.0
- writer: "Orchestral Set No. 2 - III. Hannover Square North, at the End of a Tragic Day, the Voice of the People Again Arose"
- 2009
Epílogo
Short
- writer: "The Unanswered Question"
- 2008
Way Down Low
5.3
- writer: "In the Night", "Barn Dance"
- 2007
Ten Minutes Older: The Cello
6.6
- writer: "Symphony No.2 Adajio Cantabile"
- 2002
Wit
7.9
TV Movie
- writer: "The Unanswered Question"
- 2001
The Thin Red Line
7.6
- writer: "The Unanswered Question"
- 1998
Run Lola Run
7.6
- music: "The Unanswered Question"
- 1998
Marsalis on Music
8.4
TV Series
- Soundtrack ("Variations on America")
- 1995
Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau: La voix de l'âme
8.0
TV Movie
- music: "Symphony No. 2"
- 1995

Personal details

Born
- October 20, 1874
- Danbury, Connecticut, USA
Died
- May 19, 1954
- New York City, New York, USA
Spouse
- Harmony Twitchell1908 - May 19, 1954 (his death, 1 child)
Other works
(2014-2015 Season) His play, "Charles Ives, Take Me Home," was performed at the Strawdog Theatre Company in Chicago, Illinois with Stephanie Chavara in the cast.
Publicity listings
- 3 Print Biographies

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Trivia
Pictured on one of a set of eight 32¢ US commemorative postage stamps in the Legends of American Music series, issued 12 September 1997, celebrating "Classical Composers & Conductors". Others honored in this issue are Leopold Stokowski, Arthur Fiedler, George Szell, Eugene Ormandy, Samuel Barber, Ferde Grofé Sr., and Louis Moreau Gottschalk.