Dates

• Existence: 1919 - 2010

Biography

Paul Dunlap (1919-2010) was an American film music composer.

William Paul Dunlap was born on July 19, 1919, in Springfield, Ohio, to William P. and Janice P. Dunlap. By 1930, Dunlap had moved west as his mother had remarried William H. Brock from Los Angeles, California. He studied music composition with Arnold Schoenberg, Ernst Toch, and Nadia Boulanger, and eventually found work as a film composer himself. He eventually wrote the scores for 133 films, mostly in the 1950s and 1960s. He also composed a piano concerto, choral work, and an opera. Dunlap died on March 11, 2010, in Palm Springs, California.

Citation:

OCLC, 11-6-95 (hdg.: Dunlap, Paul, 1919-)

Internet movie database WWW site, April 6, 2010 (Paul Dunlap; b. July 19, 1919, Springfield, Ohio; birth name, Paul William Dunlap; d. March 11, 2010; film composer; alternate name, Paul A. Dunlap)

Ancestry.com, Mar. 20, 2012 (William P. Dunlap, Jr.; parents William P. and Janice P. Dunlap; father was a milkman; mother remarried William H. Brock of Los Angeles, Calif. by 1930)

IMDB.com, via WWW, Mar. 20, 2012 (Paul Dunlap; William Paul Dunlap; Paul A. Dunlap; d. in Palm Springs, Calif.; scored 133 films, mostly in 1950s-1960s)

Variety, via WWW, Mar. 30, 2010 (Paul Dunlap; studied with Arnold Schoenberg, Ernst Toch, and Nadia Boulanger; film composer; also composed piano concerto, choral work, and an opera)

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