This article is about the American composer. For the British harpist, composer and conductor, see David Snell (musician).
David L. Snell (10 September 1897 – 27 March 1967) was a pianist, conductor, composer and music director. He composed the music for over 170 shorts, series or feature films.
David L. Snell was born on 10 September 1897 in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. He became a pianist, and studied at the Wisconsin Conservatory of Music, Wisconsin College and the Meyer Conservatory of Music. He formed his own orchestra, and was the musical director for several stage productions.[1]
Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer music director
Snell joined Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer's music department in 1937, turning out music for a range of films from low-cost "B" movies to expensive features.[2] He would spend his entire film career with MGM.[3] He was conductor, composer, and music director for MGM for twenty-one years.'[1] The work could be high pressure. In November 1938 Franz Waxman had just five days to put together the fifty-minute score for A Christmas Carol so it could be released in time for the holiday season. Snell helped out, writing the opening and closing credit cues and half a dozen other cues based on themes provided by Waxman.[4]
Snell wrote music for many full-length films, shorts and B-movie series such as Dr. Kildare, Maisie and The Thin Man. His songs include Under The Stars,Downstream Drifter,Come Back Little Girl Of Mine and Once Over Lightly.[1] Snell's scores often showed first-rate craftmanship, but his work has generally been ignored, perhaps because in most cases he chose to simply underscore the dialog as opposed to contributing complementary musical ideas.[5] However, for the 1947 Lady in the Lake, based on the Raymond Chandler novel and set around Christmas time, Snell chose to use a choir singing a cappella without musical accompaniment, providing an austere and effective "black and white" score to accompany the stark black and white cinematography.[6] The moody music echoed Christmas carols.[7]
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This article is about the American composer For the British harpist composer and conductor see David Snell musician David L Snell 10 September 1897 27 March 1967 was a pianist conductor composer and music director He composed the music for over 170 shorts series or feature films David L SnellBorn 1897 09 10 10 September 1897Milwaukee Wisconsin USADied27 March 1967 1967 03 27 aged 69 Glendale California USANationalityAmericanOccupationComposerKnown forShadow of the Thin Man Contents 1 Early years 2 Metro Goldwyn Mayer music director 3 Filmography 4 References 5 SourcesEarly years EditDavid L Snell was born on 10 September 1897 in Milwaukee Wisconsin He became a pianist and studied at the Wisconsin Conservatory of Music Wisconsin College and the Meyer Conservatory of Music He formed his own orchestra and was the musical director for several stage productions 1 Metro Goldwyn Mayer music director EditSnell joined Metro Goldwyn Mayer s music department in 1937 turning out music for a range of films from low cost B movies to expensive features 2 He would spend his entire film career with MGM 3 He was conductor composer and music director for MGM for twenty one years 1 The work could be high pressure In November 1938 Franz Waxman had just five days to put together the fifty minute score for A Christmas Carol so it could be released in time for the holiday season Snell helped out writing the opening and closing credit cues and half a dozen other cues based on themes provided by Waxman 4 Snell wrote music for many full length films shorts and B movie series such as Dr Kildare Maisie and The Thin Man His songs include Under The Stars Downstream Drifter Come Back Little Girl Of Mine and Once Over Lightly 1 Snell s scores often showed first rate craftmanship but his work has generally been ignored perhaps because in most cases he chose to simply underscore the dialog as opposed to contributing complementary musical ideas 5 However for the 1947 Lady in the Lake based on the Raymond Chandler novel and set around Christmas time Snell chose to use a choir singing a cappella without musical accompaniment providing an austere and effective black and white score to accompany the stark black and white cinematography 6 The moody music echoed Christmas carols 7 David L Snell died at home in Glendale California on March 27 1967 1 Filmography EditSnell is credited as composer in many films including 8 1935 Prince King of Dogs Documentary short uncredited 1935 Windy Short uncredited 1937 A Family Affair 1937 Bars and Stripes Short 1937 Candid Cameramaniacs Short uncredited 1937 Carnival in Paris Short 1937 Dangerous Number 1937 Equestrian Acrobats Documentary short uncredited 1937 Madame X 1937 Married Before Breakfast 1937 My Dear Miss Aldrich 1937 Some Time Soon Short musical score 1937 Song of Revolt Short musical score 1937 The Thirteenth Chair 1937 You re Only Young Once 1938 Aladdin s Lantern Short uncredited 1938 Anaesthesia Short uncredited 1938 Billy Rose s Casa Manana Revue Short uncredited 1938 Bravest of the Brave Short uncredited 1938 Captain Kidd s Treasure Short uncredited 1938 Electrical Power Documentary short as Dave Snell 1938 Football Thrills of 1937 Documentary short uncredited 1938 Grid Rules Documentary short uncredited 1938 Hollywood Goes to Town Short documentary 1938 Joaquin Murrieta Short 1938 Judge Hardy s Children 1938 Love Finds Andy Hardy musical score by 1938 Men of Steel Short musical score 1938 Music Made Simple Short uncredited 1938 Nostradamus Short 1938 Once Over Lightly Short musical score 1938 Out West with the Hardys 1938 Party Fever Short uncredited 1938 Passing Parade Short 1938 Snow Gets in Your Eyes Short musical score by 1938 Strange Glory Short 1938 That Mothers Might Live Short 1938 The Canary Comes Across Short 1938 The Forgotten Step Short uncredited 1938 The Great Heart Short 1938 The Historical Mystery Miracle of Salt Lake Documentary short 1938 The Little Ranger Short uncredited 1938 The Magician s Daughter Short 1938 The Man on the Rock Short 1938 The World Is Ours Short music score 1938 They Live Again Documentary short 1938 Tracking the Sleeping Death Short 1938 What Do You Think Number Three Short uncredited 1938 What Do You Think Tupapaoo Short as Dave Snell 1938 Young Dr Kildare 1939 Andy Hardy Gets Spring Fever 1939 Angel of Mercy Short 1939 Blackmail 1939 Burn Em Up O Connor 1939 Calling Dr Kildare 1939 Captain Spanky s Showboat Short 1939 Dancing Co Ed 1939 Football Thrills of 1938 Short uncredited 1939 Happily Buried Short 1939 Henry Goes Arizona 1939 Heroes at Leisure Documentary short 1939 Ice Antics Short 1939 Joe and Ethel Turp Call on the President 1939 Judge Hardy and Son 1939 Marine Circus Documentary short uncredited 1939 Miracle at Lourdes Short 1939 Prophet Without Honor Short 1939 Radio Hams Short uncredited 1939 Somewhat Secret Short 1939 Stronger Than Desire 1939 The Giant of Norway Short 1939 The Greener Hills Short uncredited 1939 The Hardys Ride High 1939 The Secret of Dr Kildare 1939 The Story of Alfred Nobel Short 1939 The Story of Dr Jenner Short 1939 The Story That Couldn t Be Printed Short 1939 The Women 1939 These Glamour Girls 1939 They All Come Out uncredited 1939 Thunder Afloat 1939 Yankee Doodle Goes to Town Short 1940 20 Mule Team 1940 A Way in the Wilderness Short 1940 Andy Hardy Meets Debutante 1940 Dr Kildare Goes Home musical score 1940 Dr Kildare s Crisis 1940 Dr Kildare s Strange Case 1940 Football Thrills of 1939 Short 1940 Gallant Sons 1940 Gold Rush Maisie 1940 Hollywood Style Center of the World Documentary short 1940 Phantom Raiders 1940 Sky Murder 1940 Stuffie Short 1940 The Big Premiere Short uncredited 1940 The Ghost Comes Home 1940 The Golden Fleecing 1940 The Hidden Master Short 1940 The Man from Dakota 1940 Third Finger Left Hand 1940 Wyoming 1941 Billy the Kid 1941 Down in San Diego 1941 Football Thrills of 1940 Short 1941 Love Crazy 1941 Main Street on the March Short 1941 Maisie Was a Lady 1941 Murder in 3 D Short uncredited 1941 Ringside Maisie 1941 Shadow of the Thin Man 1941 Tarzan s Secret Treasure 1941 The Penalty 1941 The People vs Dr Kildare 1941 The Wild Man of Borneo 1941 Unholy Partners 1941 Washington Melodrama 1942 Acro Batty Short uncredited 1942 Born to Sing uncredited 1942 Flag of Mercy Short 1942 Football Thrills of 1941 Short 1942 Grand Central Murder 1942 Jackass Mail 1942 Kid Glove Killer 1942 Melodies Old and New Short uncredited 1942 Nazi Agent uncredited 1942 Northwest Rangers 1942 Pacific Rendezvous 1942 Sunday Punch uncredited 1942 Tarzan s New York Adventure 1942 The Courtship of Andy Hardy 1942 The Greenie Short uncredited 1942 The Omaha Trail 1942 The Vanishing Virginian 1942 The War Against Mrs Hadley musical score 1942 Tish 1942 Victory Vittles Short uncredited 1942 What About Daddy Short uncredited 1943 First Aid Short uncredited 1943 The Man from Down Under 1943 The Youngest Profession 1944 Andy Hardy s Blonde Trouble 1944 Barbary Coast Gent 1944 Gentle Annie 1944 Maisie Goes to Reno 1944 Rationing 1944 See Here Private Hargrove 1944 Twenty Years After Short 1945 Between Two Women 1945 Dangerous Partners 1945 Keep Your Powder Dry 1945 The Hidden Eye 1945 The Thin Man Goes Home 1945 Twice Blessed uncredited 1945 What Next Corporal Hargrove 1946 Bad Bascomb 1946 Love Laughs at Andy Hardy 1946 The Cockeyed Miracle 1946 The Show Off 1946 Up Goes Maisie 1947 Dark Delusion 1947 Killer McCoy 1947 Lady in the Lake 1947 Merton of the Movies 1947 Song of the Thin Man 1947 The Mighty McGurk 1947 Undercover Maisie 1948 A Southern Yankee 1948 Alias a Gentleman 1948 It Can t Be Done Short uncredited 1948 My Old Town Short uncredited References Edit a b c d Dave Snell Monstrous Movie Music Neumeyer amp Platte 2011 p 9 McCarty 2000 p 12 Neumeyer amp Platte 2011 p 32 Helvering 2007 p 53 Phillips 2000 p 108 109 Brown 1994 p 40 David Snell IMDb Sources EditBrown Royal S 1994 Overtones and Undertones Reading Film Music University of California Press ISBN 978 0 520 08320 2 Retrieved 2014 06 11 David Snell IMDb Retrieved 2014 06 11 Dave Snell Monstrous Movie Music Retrieved 2014 06 11 Helvering David Allen 2007 Functions of Dialogue Underscoring in American Feature Film ProQuest ISBN 978 0 549 23504 0 Retrieved 2014 06 11 McCarty Clifford 2000 Film Composers in America A Filmography 1911 1970 Oxford University Press ISBN 978 0 19 511473 7 Retrieved 2014 06 11 Neumeyer David Platte Nathan 2011 12 06 Franz Waxman s Rebecca A Film Score Guide Scarecrow Press ISBN 978 0 8108 8366 6 Retrieved 2014 06 11 Phillips Gene D 2000 Creatures of Darkness Raymond Chandler Detective Fiction and Film Noir University Press of Kentucky p 108 ISBN 0 8131 2700 9 Retrieved 2014 06 11 Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title David Snell composer amp oldid 1116082773, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
