Louis Applebaum
| Louis Applebaum | |
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Louis Applebaum, Dec 1945
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| Born |
April 3, 1918 Toronto, Ontario, Canada |
| Died | April 19, 2000 (aged 82) Toronto, Ontario, Canada |
| Known for | Composer, administrator, conductor |
| Awards |
Order of Canada Order of Ontario |
Louis Applebaum, CC OOnt (April 3, 1918 – April 19, 2000) was a Canadian film score composer, administrator, and conductor.
He was born in Toronto, Ontario and studied at the Toronto Conservatory of Music with Leo Smith and the University of Toronto with Boris Berlin, Healey Willan and Ernest MacMillan. He also studied composition privately in New York.
Applebaum composed approximately 250 film scores for the National Film Board of Canada (NFB) between 1942 and 1960, serving as its music director from 1942 to 1948, then as a consultant from 1949 to 1953. His NFB credits include Royal Journey (1951), The Stratford Adventure (1954) and Paddle to the Sea (1966).
He was nominated, along with co-composer Ann Ronell, for an Academy Award for the score of the 1945 war film, The Story of G.I. Joe. He won a 1968 Canadian Film Award for his non-feature music score of Athabasca. He won a 1989 Gemini Award in the category Best Original Music Score for a Program or Mini-Series for Glory Enough for All.
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