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Marlin Skiles
Marlin Skiles (December 17, 1906–May 1, 1981) was an American composer of film and television scores.
Pianist, arranger and composer Skiles was born in Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, in December 1906.[citation needed] He was the son of Mr. and Mrs. H. J. Stiles. He studied music at his local conservatory, later perfecting his training under Ernst Toch in Los Angeles.[citation needed] He graduated from Harrisburg Technical High School in 1925.
Skiles began his career when he was 17 years old. By the 1920s, he was employed as a pianist, arranger and orchestrator with big name dance bands like those of Paul Whiteman and Irving Aaronson and His Commanders. In Hollywood from 1932,[citation needed] he signed with Republic Pictures in 1943 was under contract there and at Columbia Pictures (1944–1948), often writing incidental music for second features. He occasionally composed original soundtracks for better productions, like A Thousand and One Nights (1945) or Dead Reckoning (1946). Skiles served as musical director for Columbia's mega-hit Gilda (1946), starring Rita Hayworth in her most famous role. He became a member of ASCAP that same year. Skiles worked as a free-lancer from the 1950s and retired in 1971.[citation needed]
Skiles and his orchestra provided music for the CBS radio program Crime Correspondent, and he was music director for the television series Death Valley Days.
Skiles married singer and actress Olive Jones, whose stage name was Olive Cromwell, on July 11, 1936, in Riverside, California. He died of cancer complications on May 1, 1981, in Rancho Bernardo, San Diego, California, aged 75.
Marlin Skiles
Marlin Skiles (December 17, 1906–May 1, 1981) was an American composer of film and television scores.
Pianist, arranger and composer Skiles was born in Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, in December 1906.[citation needed] He was the son of Mr. and Mrs. H. J. Stiles. He studied music at his local conservatory, later perfecting his training under Ernst Toch in Los Angeles.[citation needed] He graduated from Harrisburg Technical High School in 1925.
Skiles began his career when he was 17 years old. By the 1920s, he was employed as a pianist, arranger and orchestrator with big name dance bands like those of Paul Whiteman and Irving Aaronson and His Commanders. In Hollywood from 1932,[citation needed] he signed with Republic Pictures in 1943 was under contract there and at Columbia Pictures (1944–1948), often writing incidental music for second features. He occasionally composed original soundtracks for better productions, like A Thousand and One Nights (1945) or Dead Reckoning (1946). Skiles served as musical director for Columbia's mega-hit Gilda (1946), starring Rita Hayworth in her most famous role. He became a member of ASCAP that same year. Skiles worked as a free-lancer from the 1950s and retired in 1971.[citation needed]
Skiles and his orchestra provided music for the CBS radio program Crime Correspondent, and he was music director for the television series Death Valley Days.
Skiles married singer and actress Olive Jones, whose stage name was Olive Cromwell, on July 11, 1936, in Riverside, California. He died of cancer complications on May 1, 1981, in Rancho Bernardo, San Diego, California, aged 75.