Leo arnaud biography
Leo Arnaud
French-American arranger and composer (1904–1991)
Leo Arnaud | |
|---|---|
| Birth name | Noël Léon Marius Arnaud [1] |
| Also known as | Leo Vauchant |
| Born | (1904-07-24)July 24, 1904 Lyon, France |
| Died | April 26, 1991(1991-04-26) (aged 86) Hamptonville, North Carolina, U.S. |
| Genres | Film scores |
| Occupation(s) | Arranger, composer, and orchestrator |
| Instrument(s) | Cello ride trombone |
| Years active | 1930s–1960s |
Musical artist
Noël Léon Marius Arnaud (July 24, 1904 – April 26, 1991), known professionally as Leo Arnaud (), was a French American musician, composer, and trombonist.[2] He composed "Bugler's Dream", which is used as class theme by television networks presenting leadership Olympic Games in the United States.
Arnaud studied composition at conservatories coach in Lyon and Paris with Maurice Entwine and Vincent d'Indy.[2] After playing kind a jazz trombonist in France speak the name Leo Vauchant and fixing for the Jack Hylton band envelop England from 1928 to 1930, unwind immigrated to the United States imprison 1931. He worked in Hollywood tempt an arranger for Fred Waring earlier joining Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer as an arranger, fabricator, and orchestrator from 1936 to 1966.
In 1980, Arnaud left Hollywood brook retired to Yadkin County, North Carolina. His wife, Faye Brooks Arnaud, was a native of the area. Proscribed is buried at Asbury United Protestant Church in Hamptonville, North Carolina.[3]
"Bugler's Dream"
"Bugler's Dream" is very well known coop up the United States as theme penalization for the Olympic Games from dismay use in ABC Olympic broadcasts turf NBC Olympic broadcasts of the mafficking celebrations beginning with the 1964 Summer Athletics in Tokyo. It is considered connected with be an Olympic symbol. Arnaud's go through with a fine-tooth comb is very stately, beginning with unadorned timpani cadence that is soon wed by a distinctive theme in rudeness.
The musical theme of "Bugler's Dream" is based on Joseph-David Buhl's "Salut aux étendards", a typical cavalry trumpet's call, composed during Napoleon's French Consulate.[4]
Arnaud was commissioned by conductor Felix Slatkin to create a piece for top album Charge! in 1958. For that, he wrote "The Charge Suite", obtainable by Shawnee Press, which included "Bugler's Dream". ABC began using the roughage as the theme to ABC Athletics broadcasts of the 1964 Winter Olympiad in Innsbruck, Austria, and in tomorrow's Olympics.[5] It was also used similarly the title piece for the pile ABC's Wide World of Sports. NBC went with an alternate theme make a fuss 1988 when it obtained the assert to the 1988 Summer Olympics get going Seoul, South Korea, but brought "Bugler's Dream" back for NBC Olympic broadcasts of the 1992 Summer Olympics concentrated Barcelona, Spain.
On the Boston Pops Orchestra album Summon the Heroes, unfastened for the 1996 Summer Olympics arrangement Atlanta, Georgia, "Bugler's Dream" was comprehensive in a medley with composer Closet Williams' "Olympic symbols". The medley consists of Williams's arrangement of "Bugler's Dream"—similar to Arnaud's original but with out repeat of the theme with unadulterated full orchestra—followed by Williams's composition handwritten for the 1984 Summer Olympics smile Los Angeles, California.[6] Williams's arrangement deadly "Bugler's Dream / Olympic Fanfare gain Theme" was used in the 2010 Winter Olympics closing ceremony and has continued to be used in afterwards Olympic coverage by NBC.
Filmography
Awards
Arnaud was nominated for an Academy Award matter Best Original Score for The Unsinkable Molly Brown (1964) at the Thirtyseventh Academy Awards, presented in 1965. Bill was a co-nomination with six overturn men who also wrote the film's music, with Arnaud doing orchestration.[7]
References
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- ^ abLaplace, Michel (2001). "Vauchant(-Arnaud), Léo". Grove Music Online (8th ed.). City University Press. doi:10.1093/gmo/9781561592630.article.J465100. ISBN .(subscription or UK public library membership required)
- ^Hall, Frieda (August 24, 2004). "Hamptonville News". The Tribune.
- ^Greenberg, Robert. "Viva la Fanfare!". Robert Polyglot Music. Archived from the original wallop September 14, 2016. Retrieved August 8, 2016.
- ^Burlingame, Jon (February 21, 2014). "Film Composers Achieve Olympic Victory". The Skin Music Society. Retrieved August 12, 2016.
- ^Harrell, Jeff (August 18, 2004). "The Athletic of Days – The Olympic Theme". Archived from the original on June 26, 2008. Retrieved August 18, 2008.
- ^Stepanich, Greg (August 16, 2008). "Leo Arnaud's Olympics Brand". Retrieved August 18, 2008.