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George Duning (February 25, 1908 – February 27, 2000) was an American musician and film composer. He was born in Richmond, Indiana, and educated in Cincinnati, Ohio, at the Cincinnati Conservatory of Music, where his mentor was Mario Castelnuovo-Tedesco.
George Duning. Composer: From Here to Eternity. George Duning was educated in Cincinnati, Ohio, and during his early 20s played trumpet and piano for the Kay Kyser band, later arranging most of the music for Kyser's popular "Kollege of Musical Knowledge" radio program.
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George William Duning (25 February 1908 – 27 February 2000; age 92) was a Richmond, Indiana-born, Academy Award-nominated film and television composer who composed the scores for several episodes of Star Trek: The Original Series.
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Mar 2, 2000 · George Duning, a prolific composer of music for television and motion pictures who was nominated for Academy Awards five times, has died at the age of 92.
Feb 27, 2000 · George William Duning. February 25, 1908 - February 27, 2000. FILM COMPOSER. HOME PAGE FOR GEORGE DUNING.
George Duning. Composer: From Here to Eternity. George Duning was educated in Cincinnati, Ohio, and during his early 20s played trumpet and piano for the Kay Kyser band, later arranging most of the music for Kyser's popular "Kollege of Musical Knowledge" radio program.
One of the least-known but most respected composers in film, George Duning earned five Oscar nominations and contributed one of the standards of the space age pop era, the medley of "Moonglow" and Duning's original theme to the motion picture, Picnic. Duning grew up in a musical family.
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