Upon graduating high school, Smith studied music at The College of Idaho from 1923 to 1925 before he was accepted into the Bush Conservatory of Music in Chicago, Illinois. His musical genius in theory and composition earned him a scholarship in music theory to study at Julliard. However, it is unclear if he ever pursued this invitation.Ā Smith spent much of his life working atĀ DisneyĀ as composer for many of its films' scores, animated and live-action alike, movie and television alike (from 1962 t...
Upon graduating high school, Smith studied music at The College of Idaho from 1923 to 1925 before he was accepted into the Bush Conservatory of Music in Chicago, Illinois. His musical genius in theory and composition earned him a scholarship in music theory to study at Julliard. However, it is unclear if he ever pursued this invitation.Ā Smith spent much of his life working atĀ DisneyĀ as composer for many of its films' scores, animated and live-action alike, movie and television alike (from 1962 to 1963, he also composed music forĀ Leave It to Beaver). InĀ Fantasia, he is one of the studio employees in the orchestra. He also composed the scores for several of theĀ True-Life AdventuresĀ episodes. His addition to this series would be his most influential mark in music and become a fundamental part of the education for generations of American students.[2]Ā His main collaborator and partner was Hazel "Gil" George. She wrote the song title forĀ The Light in the ForestĀ with him andĀ Lawrence Edward Watkin. Smith also did theĀ stock musicĀ for theĀ BlondieĀ series of the late 1940s and early 1950s. He won anĀ Academy Award for Best Original ScoreĀ withĀ Leigh HarlineĀ andĀ Ned WashingtonĀ forĀ PinocchioĀ as his first and only Oscar win. -Wikipedia
Upon graduating high school, Smith studied music at The College of Idaho from 1923 to 1925 before he was accepted into the Bush Conservatory of Music in Chicago, Illinois. His musical genius in theory and composition earned him a scholarship in music theory to study at Julliard. However, it is unclear if he ever pursued this invitation.Ā Smith spent much of his life working atĀ DisneyĀ as composer for many of its films' scores, animated and live-action alike, movie and television alike (from 1962 to 1963, he also composed music forĀ Leave It to Beaver). InĀ Fantasia, he is one of the studio employees in the orchestra. He also composed the scores for several of theĀ True-Life AdventuresĀ episodes. His addition to this series would be his most influential mark in music and become a fundamental part of the education for generations of American students.[2]Ā His main collaborator and partner was Hazel "Gil" George. She wrote the song title forĀ The Light in the ForestĀ with him andĀ Lawrence Edward Watkin. Smith also did theĀ stock musicĀ for theĀ BlondieĀ series of the late 1940s and early 1950s. He won anĀ Academy Award for Best Original ScoreĀ withĀ Leigh HarlineĀ andĀ Ned WashingtonĀ forĀ PinocchioĀ as his first and only Oscar win. -Wikipedia
