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Bronisław Kaper is a Actor and Sound Polonais born on 5 february 1902 at Warsaw (Pologne)
Bronisław Kaper (February 5, 1902 – April 26, 1983) was a Polish film composer who scored films and musical theater in Germany, France, and the USA. The American immigration authorities misspelled his name as Bronislau Kaper. He was also variously credited as Bronislaw Kaper, Bronislaw Kapper, Benjamin Kapper, and Edward Kane.
Kaper is now perhaps best remembered as the composer of the jazz standards "On Green Dolphin Street" (lyrics by Ned Washington) and "Invitation" (lyrics by Paul Francis Webster) which were originally the respective title tracks for Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer's films Green Dolphin Street (1947) and Invitation (1952). He also scored the MGM film musical Lili (1953) and the TV series The F.B.I. (1965–1974).
In Berlin, in the late 1920s, Kaper met another young composer, the Austrian Walter Jurmann. The two decided to work as a team, first in Berlin and then, after the Nazis took power in Germany, in Paris. The emergence of sound film created a major market for their talents. In Paris, they composed music for films directed by persons who had fled Hitler.
In 1935, upon being offered a seven-year contract with MGM by Louis B. Mayer, Kaper and Jurmann emigrated to the United States, where they continued their work. One of their first American films was the Marx Brothers comedy A Night at the Opera (1935), for which they scored the song "Cosi-Cosa". Kaper went on to compose the music for nearly 150 Hollywood movies, and won an Oscar for the musical Lili. His score for the Orson Welles film The Stranger (1946) is an interesting example of how much the soundtrack can contribute to a classic Hollywood film. With Walter Jurmann he co-wrote the theme song for the 1936 film San Francisco, and the theme music and several scores for the Quinn Martin television series The F.B.I.
In 1959, Kaper composed most of the music for MGM's production on Green Mansions with Audrey Hepburn and Anthony Perkins, after MGM had asked Brazilian composer Heitor Villa-Lobos to write the score. Only some of Villa-Lobos' music was actually used in the film; much of the rest was later arranged as the secular cantata Forest of the Amazons, which Villa-Lobos recorded in stereophonic sound for United Artists Records with the Symphony of the Air. One of Kaper's last projects under his MGM contract was also his most ambitious: scoring the massive 1962 remake of Mutiny on the Bounty, involving epic sea themes and native Polynesian music. Kaper's interest in melding exotic indigenous music with traditional cues continued in Lord Jim, which introduced the unique sound of gamelan orchestras to Western audiences for the first time in the mid-1960s.
In Los Angeles during the 1940s, Kaper was part of a significant community of exiles, including Thomas and Heinrich Mann, Bertolt Brecht, Arnold Schoenberg, Lion Feuchtwanger, Max Reinhardt, Hanns Eisler, and Berthold and Salka Viertel.
(1960)
(Original Music Composer)
(1947)
(Music)
(1953)
(Music)
(1950)
(Original Music Composer)
(1936)
(Sound)
(1965)
(Original Music Composer)
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Birth name Bronisław Kaper
Nationality Pologne
Birth 5 february 1902 at Warsaw (Pologne)
Death 26 april 1983 (at 81 years) at Hollywood (USA)
Nationality Pologne
Birth 5 february 1902 at Warsaw (Pologne)
Death 26 april 1983 (at 81 years) at Hollywood (USA)
Bronisław Kaper (February 5, 1902 – April 26, 1983) was a Polish film composer who scored films and musical theater in Germany, France, and the USA. The American immigration authorities misspelled his name as Bronislau Kaper. He was also variously credited as Bronislaw Kaper, Bronislaw Kapper, Benjamin Kapper, and Edward Kane.
Kaper is now perhaps best remembered as the composer of the jazz standards "On Green Dolphin Street" (lyrics by Ned Washington) and "Invitation" (lyrics by Paul Francis Webster) which were originally the respective title tracks for Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer's films Green Dolphin Street (1947) and Invitation (1952). He also scored the MGM film musical Lili (1953) and the TV series The F.B.I. (1965–1974).
Biography
Bronisław Kaper began playing the piano at the age of six, and soon demonstrated considerable talent on this instrument. He studied composition and piano at the Warsaw Conservatory, and law at Warsaw University, in deference to his father's wishes. Soon after completing his studies, Kaper went to Berlin - then a city with many theaters and cabarets, where many artists from Eastern Europe - mainly Russia, Poland and Hungary were trying their luck.In Berlin, in the late 1920s, Kaper met another young composer, the Austrian Walter Jurmann. The two decided to work as a team, first in Berlin and then, after the Nazis took power in Germany, in Paris. The emergence of sound film created a major market for their talents. In Paris, they composed music for films directed by persons who had fled Hitler.
In 1935, upon being offered a seven-year contract with MGM by Louis B. Mayer, Kaper and Jurmann emigrated to the United States, where they continued their work. One of their first American films was the Marx Brothers comedy A Night at the Opera (1935), for which they scored the song "Cosi-Cosa". Kaper went on to compose the music for nearly 150 Hollywood movies, and won an Oscar for the musical Lili. His score for the Orson Welles film The Stranger (1946) is an interesting example of how much the soundtrack can contribute to a classic Hollywood film. With Walter Jurmann he co-wrote the theme song for the 1936 film San Francisco, and the theme music and several scores for the Quinn Martin television series The F.B.I.
In 1959, Kaper composed most of the music for MGM's production on Green Mansions with Audrey Hepburn and Anthony Perkins, after MGM had asked Brazilian composer Heitor Villa-Lobos to write the score. Only some of Villa-Lobos' music was actually used in the film; much of the rest was later arranged as the secular cantata Forest of the Amazons, which Villa-Lobos recorded in stereophonic sound for United Artists Records with the Symphony of the Air. One of Kaper's last projects under his MGM contract was also his most ambitious: scoring the massive 1962 remake of Mutiny on the Bounty, involving epic sea themes and native Polynesian music. Kaper's interest in melding exotic indigenous music with traditional cues continued in Lord Jim, which introduced the unique sound of gamelan orchestras to Western audiences for the first time in the mid-1960s.
In Los Angeles during the 1940s, Kaper was part of a significant community of exiles, including Thomas and Heinrich Mann, Bertolt Brecht, Arnold Schoenberg, Lion Feuchtwanger, Max Reinhardt, Hanns Eisler, and Berthold and Salka Viertel.
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(1960)(Original Music Composer)
(1947)(Music)
(1953)(Music)
(1950)(Original Music Composer)
(1936)(Sound)
(1965)(Original Music Composer)
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Filmography of Bronisław Kaper (114 films)
| Year | Name | Job | Roles |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1972 | The Salzburg Connection | Original Music Composer | |
| 1968 | A Flea In Her Ear | Original Music Composer | |
| 1967 | Counterpoint | Original Music Composer | |
| 1967 | Tobruk | Original Music Composer | |
| 1967 | The Way West | Original Music Composer | |
| 1965 | Lord Jim | Original Music Composer | |
| 1964 | Kisses for My President | Original Music Composer | |
| 1962 | Sweet Bird of Youth | Sound | |
| 1962 | Mutiny on the Bounty | Original Music Composer | |
| 1961 | Two Loves | Original Music Composer | |
| 1961 | Ada | Original Music Composer | |
| 1960 | The Angel Wore Red | Music | |
| 1960 | BUtterfield 8 | Original Music Composer | |
| 1960 | Home from the Hill | Original Music Composer | |
| 1959 | The Scapegoat | Music | |
| 1959 | Green Mansions | Music Editor | |
| 1958 | Auntie Mame | Original Music Composer | |
| 1958 | The Brothers Karamazov | Music | |
| 1957 | Jet Pilot | Music | |
| 1957 | The Barretts of Wimpole Street | Sound | |
| 1957 | Don't Go Near the Water | Original Music Composer | |
| 1956 | The Swan | Original Music Composer | |
| 1956 | The Power and the Prize | Sound | |
| 1956 | Somebody Up There Likes Me | Original Music Composer | |
| 1956 | Forever, Darling | Original Music Composer | |
| 1955 | Quentin Durward | Original Music Composer | |
| 1955 | The Prodigal | Original Music Composer | |
| 1955 | The Glass Slipper | Songs | |
| 1954 | Her Twelve Men | Music | |
| 1954 | Betrayed | Sound | |
| 1954 | Them! | Original Music Composer | |
| 1953 | The Actress | Sound | |
| 1953 | The Naked Spur | Original Music Composer | |
| 1953 | Lili | Music | |
| 1953 | Ride, Vaquero! | Sound | |
| 1953 | Saadia | Music | |
| 1952 | Invitation | Original Music Composer | |
| 1952 | The Wild North | Music | |
| 1952 | Shadow in the Sky | Original Music Composer | |
| 1951 | Mr. Imperium | Music | |
| 1951 | The Red Badge of Courage | Original Music Composer | |
| 1951 | Grounds for Marriage | Original Music Composer | |
| 1951 | Three Guys Named Mike | Original Music Composer | |
| 1950 | Key to the City | Original Music Composer | |
| 1950 | Kim | Original Music Composer | |
| 1950 | A Life of Her Own | Original Music Composer | |
| 1950 | To Please a Lady | Original Music Composer | |
| 1950 | The Skipper Surprised His Wife | Music | |
| 1950 | Spy Hunt | Music | |
| 1949 | That Forsyte Woman | Original Music Composer | |
| 1949 | The Secret Garden | Original Music Composer | |
| 1949 | The Great Sinner | Original Music Composer | |
| 1949 | Malaya | Original Music Composer | |
| 1949 | Act of Violence | Original Music Composer | |
| 1948 | Homecoming | Original Music Composer | |
| 1948 | The Secret Land | Music | |
| 1947 | Green Dolphin Street | Music | |
| 1947 | Cynthia | Original Music Composer | |
| 1947 | High Wall | Music | |
| 1946 | The Stranger | Original Music Composer | |
| 1946 | Courage of Lassie | Original Music Composer | |
| 1946 | The Secret Heart | Original Music Composer | |
| 1946 | Three Wise Fools | Original Music Composer | |
| 1945 | Nob Hill | Songs | |
| 1945 | Without Love | Original Music Composer | |
| 1945 | Bewitched | Original Music Composer | |
| 1945 | Our Vines Have Tender Grapes | Original Music Composer | |
| 1944 | Gaslight | Original Music Composer | |
| 1944 | Mrs. Parkington | Music | |
| 1944 | Marriage Is a Private Affair | Sound | |
| 1944 | The Heavenly Body | Original Music Composer | |
| 1944 | Maisie Goes to Reno | Original Music Composer | |
| 1943 | Slightly Dangerous | Original Music Composer | |
| 1943 | Above Suspicion | Original Music Composer | |
| 1943 | Bataan | Original Music Composer | |
| 1943 | The Cross of Lorraine | Sound | |
| 1943 | Keeper of the Flame | Original Music Composer | |
| 1942 | We Were Dancing | Sound | |
| 1942 | The Affairs of Martha | Music | |
| 1942 | Crossroads | Original Music Composer | |
| 1942 | Johnny Eager | Original Music Composer | |
| 1942 | Nazi Agent | Music | |
| 1942 | Somewhere I'll Find You | Original Music Composer | |
| 1942 | White Cargo | Original Music Composer | |
| 1942 | A Yank at Eton | Sound | |
| 1942 | Fingers at the Window | Original Music Composer | |
| 1941 | Two-Faced Woman | Original Music Composer | |
| 1941 | A Woman's Face | Original Music Composer | |
| 1941 | H.M. Pulham, Esq. | Sound | |
| 1941 | Barnacle Bill | Sound | |
| 1941 | Dr. Kildare's Wedding Day | Original Music Composer | |
| 1941 | Rage in Heaven | Original Music Composer | |
| 1941 | When Ladies Meet | Music | |
| 1941 | Whistling in the Dark | Music | |
| 1941 | Blonde Inspiration | Original Music Composer | |
| 1940 | I Take This Woman | Original Music Composer | |
| 1940 | The Mortal Storm | Original Music Composer | |
| 1940 | Comrade X | Original Music Composer | |
| 1940 | Florian | Sound | |
| 1940 | We Who Are Young | Original Music Composer | |
| 1940 | Dulcy | Original Music Composer | |
| 1940 | The Captain Is a Lady | Original Music Composer | |
| 1937 | A Day at the Races | Sound | |
| 1936 | San Francisco | Actor, Sound | Conductor (uncredited) |
| 1936 | Three Smart Girls | Songs | |
| 1936 | Trouble for Two | Music | |
| 1935 | Mutiny on the Bounty | Sound | |
| 1935 | Escapade | Music | |
| 1935 | Moscow Nights | Sound | |
| 1934 | A Man Has Been Stolen | Music | |
| 1933 | Adventure on the Lido | Music | |
| 1933 | Her Majesty Love | Original Music Composer | |
| 1932 | A Shot at Dawn | Music | |
| 1930 | Alraune | Original Music Composer |