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David Buttolph
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Composer (Music Score), Musical Direction/Supervision Born: August 3, 1902 in New York City, NY Biography:Despite his participation in the scoring of more than 300 movies from the '30s through the '50s, David Buttolph never ascended to the front rank of Hollywood composers -- yet his name crops up in association with movies that remain popular (and are sometimes even still considered important) in the 21st century, among them Henry Hathaway's Kiss of Death, Alfred Hitchcock's Rope, and Eugène Lourié's (and Ray Harryhausen's) The Beast From 20,000 Fathoms. Born James David Buttolph in New York in 1902, he showed an early appreciation of music, and was singing in church at age eight. He began studying the piano at ten, and reached his teens just as jazz was starting to appear as an influence in popular music. Buttolph played in various local groups and took up the study of music formally. After earning a degree in music in New York, he set out for Europe in 1923 and, while studying in Austria and later in... Full Biography
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