Sidney Fine (composer)

Sidney Fine (December 25, 1904 – May 20, 2002) was an American orchestrator and television composer.

This article is about Orchestrator and television composer. For others with the same name, see Sidney Fine.
Sidney Fine
Born(1904-12-25)December 25, 1904
Waterbury, Connecticut, U.S.
DiedMay 20, 2002(2002-05-20) (aged 97)
Burbank, California, U.S.
EducationUniversity of Connecticut
Alma materCity College of New York
Occupation(s)Orchestrator, television composer
Years active1920's–1999
Spouse
Rose Mishkin
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(died 2000)​
Children2

Career

Fine started his career, as an orchestrator playing the piano in silent movie theaters.[1]

In 1930s-1950s, Fine moved to Los Angeles, California to study with composer, Arnold Schoenberg.[2]

Fine freelance for many Hollywood studios such as Paramount pictures, MGM, Republic Pictures and Disney. Fine orchestrated Love Crazy, the Gallop of the Stags from Bambi, Victory Through Air Power, the songs for Blue Skies, Fun and Fancy Free and orchestrated and co-composed Lady’s theme from Lady and the Tramp and also worked on The Mickey Mouse Club television series.

In 1950s-1970s, Fine moved to New York, to arrange for a radio show. He worked on The Jack Benny Program, The George Burns and Gracie Allen Show and The Dinah Shore Show.[3] In 1957, he was nominated for a Primetime Emmy for Best Musical Contribution for Television.[4][5]

In 1999, Fine worked on a Michael Jackson album Seeing Voices, which was a tribute to Fine's son, who died of a brain disease in 1975.[6]

Death

Fine died in May 2002 of pneumonia at the Providence Saint Joseph Medical Center in Burbank, California, at the age of 97.[7][8]

References
  1. A History of Television's The Virginian, 1962-1971. McFarland. January 10, 2014. p. 219. ISBN 9780786457991.
  2. A Call to Assembly (The Autobiography of a Musical Storyteller). Viking. 1991. p. 328. ISBN 9780670838004.
  3. "Sidney Fine (Aged 97)". Retrieved April 25, 2021.
  4. "Sidney Fine". Retrieved April 25, 2021.
  5. "Sidney Fine, 97; Veteran Composer, Arranger for TV, Films, Broadway". Los Angeles Times. Retrieved April 25, 2021.
  6. Man in the Music (The Creative Life and Work of Michael Jackson). Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group. 2019. p. 457. ISBN 9780525566571.
  7. "Sidney Fine Obituary (1904 - 2002) - Los Angeles Times". Legacy.com. Retrieved April 25, 2021.
  8. "Paid Notice: Deaths FINE, SIDNEY". The New York Times. Retrieved April 25, 2021.

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