Mischa Bakaleinikov
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| Birth name | Mikhail Romanovich Bakaleinikov |
| Born | November 10, 1890 Moscow, Russia |
| Died | August 10, 1960 (aged 69) Los Angeles, California, U.S. |
| Occupation(s) | Composer, conductor, musical director |
| Labels | Columbia Studios |
Mikhail Romanovich "Mischa" Bakaleinikov (also spelled Bakaleynikov and Bakaleinikoff; Russian: Михаил Романович Бакалейников; November 10, 1890 – August 10, 1960) was a noted musical director, film composer and conductor.
Personal life
Brother to Constantin, Nikolay and Vladimir, Bakaleinikoff was born in Moscow in 1890. He left the Soviet Union for the United States, travelling via Shanghai, China, to Los Angeles, in 1926, and joined Columbia Studios's music department in Hollywood in 1931.[1]
Bakaleinikoff was a member of a Masonic Lodge. At his funeral service in 1960, the music was played by a string ensemble from Columbia.[1] He died at age 69, and was survived by his wife, Yvonne (née Wilson) and their four children.[citation needed]
He is buried at Forest Lawn Memorial Park (Glendale).[2]
He was also married to actress Helen Gilbert.[3]
Career
Bakaleinikoff played the double bass viol in Columbia Studios' orchestra for films such as Lost Horizon before becoming the studio's music director in the early 1940s.[1]
Selected filmography
He scored the music to the following films:
- Ladies of Leisure (1930)
- Jane Eyre (1934)
- Behind the Green Lights (1935)
- Blondie (1938)
- The Pinto Kid (1941)
- Underground Agent (1942)
- Sergeant Mike (1944)
- The Girl of the Limberlost (1945)
- Terror Trail (1946)
- Galloping Thunder (1946)
- The Son of Rusty (1947)
- Sport of Kings (1947)
- The Last Round-up (1947)
- The Woman from Tangier (1948)
- The Strawberry Roan (1948)
- My Dog Rusty (1948)
- Rusty Leads the Way (1948)
- Thunderhoof (1948)
- Kazan (1949)
- The Blazing Sun (1950)
- The Kid from Amarillo (1951)
- Pecos River (1951)
- The Old West (1952)
- Laramie Mountains (1952)
- Flame of Calcutta (1953)
- The 49th Man (1953)
- Gun Fury (1953)
- Cell 2455, Death Row (1955)
- It Came from Beneath the Sea (1955)
- Earth vs. the Flying Saucers (1956)
- Reprisal! (1956)
- Hellcats of the Navy (1957)
- The Giant Claw (1957)
- 20 Million Miles to Earth (1957)
- The 27th Day (1957)
- Screaming Mimi (1958)
- Have Rocket, Will Travel (1959)
References
- ^ a b c "Bakaleinikoff". Monstrous Movie Music. Retrieved 2008-03-18.
- ^ Wilson, Scott. Resting Places: The Burial Sites of More Than 14,000 Famous Persons, 3d ed.: 2. McFarland & Company (2016) ISBN 0786479922
- ^ Othman, Frederick C. (April 21, 1939). "Hollywood Day By Day". The Danville Morning News. Pennsylvania, Danville. United Press. p. 2. Retrieved October 10, 2016 – via Newspapers.com.
External links
- Mischa Bakaleinikoff at IMDb
- All Movie Profile
- List of Movies at Cinefania
- Mischa Bakaleinikov at Find a Grave
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- 1890 births
- 1960 deaths
- Musicians from Moscow
- People from Moscow Governorate
- Soviet emigrants to the United States
- American film score composers
- Male film score composers
- American male conductors (music)
- Soviet conductors (music)
- Soviet composers
- Soviet male composers
- 20th-century American conductors (music)
- 20th-century American composers
- Disease-related deaths in California
- Burials at Forest Lawn Memorial Park (Glendale)
- 20th-century American male musicians