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Jerome Moross
Person · male · United States · New York City · born 1913 · died 1983 · recording since 1963
American composer; film score composer (1913-1983)
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Also known as Jérôme Morass · Moross & LaTouche · 傑羅姆·莫羅斯
Timeline
7 events▣ Album 3◦ Birth 1✦ Award 1★ Debut release 1† Death 1
1910s
1940s
1960s
· Debut release
Debut release: The Cardinal
First documented Album in the MusicBrainz discography.
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1980s
1990s
2000s
2010s
Biography
English biography554 words · 3 sectionssource: wikipedia-en · licence CC BY-SA 4.0 · revision 1365378176
Biography
Jerome Moross (August 1, 1913 – July 25, 1983) was an American composer best known for his music for film and television. He also composed works for symphony orchestras, chamber ensembles, soloists and musical theater, as well as orchestrating scores for other composers.
Biography
He was born in Brooklyn, New York City, United States, in 1913 to Jewish parents: Mollie (Greenberg) Moross, born in New York, and Samuel Moross, born in Russia. He became a talented piano player and composed music for the theater. During his early years, Moross met and became lifelong friends with Bernard Herrmann. In 1931, he met Aaron Copland and joined his Young Composers Group, whose members also included Herrmann. Copland supported his work and Herrmann provided him an introduction to the entertainment media, beginning with the composition of music cues for radio shows in 1935. In the 1940s he began to work in Hollywood, California, where he would compose the music scores for sixteen films from 1948 to 1969.
In 1956 he composed the score for the World War II drama The Sharkfighters, possibly traveling to Cuba with the film company. The score is distinctive in its use of ethnic themes featuring syncopation and percussion instruments that stress the ostinato rhythm that soon became the signature style element of his scores for many westerns.
His best-known film score is that for the 1958 movie The Big Country, for which he was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Original Score. According to Moross, he composed the main title after recalling a walk he took in the flatlands around Albuquerque, New Mexico, during a visit in October 1936, shortly before he moved to Hollywood.
His other works include the music for the films The Proud Rebel (1958), The Mountain Road (1960), The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn (1960), Five Finger Exercise (1962), The Cardinal (1963), The War Lord (1965), Rachel, Rachel (1968), The Valley of Gwangi (1969) and Hail, Hero! (1969). He also composed the main theme for the 3rd–8th seasons of the television western series Wagon Train, the theme of which was based on his score for the 1959 historical western The Jayhawkers!.
Moross wrote the music for the musical The Golden Apple, which premiered Off-Broadway in 1954 and then transferred to Broadway. Its best-known song was "Lazy Afternoon."
He also orchestrated for other composers, usually uncredited, including such films as Our Town for Copland and The Best Years of Our Lives for Hugo Friedhofer.
Moross's concert works included a sonata for a piano duet and string quartet, and a symphony that was premiered by conductor Sir Thomas Beecham on October 18, 1943 in Seattle, Washington.
In 1939, in New York City, he married Hazel Abrams, the daughter of Jewish immigrants from Russia. They had a daughter. Moross died in Miami on July 25, 1983, aged 69, from complications of a stroke and congestive heart failure, just 4 months after Hazel died. He was buried in Mount Ararat Cemetery in East Farmingdale, New York, next to Hazel.
Theatre works
Mother (1935) – play – co-incidental music composer
Susanna and the Elders (1948) – one-act musical – composer
Willie the Weeper (1948) – one-act musical – composer
The Eccentricities of Davey Crockett (1948) – one-act musical – composer
The Golden Apple (1954) – musical – composer
Gentlemen, Be Seated! (1963) – musical – composer
Discography & profile
Normalised profile
Percentiles are computed over every artist in the database, so a tier-3 artist can still sit in the 95th percentile on a single axis.
| Metric | Value | Percentile |
|---|---|---|
| Wikipedia language versions | 10 | 58.3th |
| Spotify monthly listeners | — | no data |
| Release groups in DB | 14 | 84.5th |
| Studio albums | 3 | 80.9th |
| Awards recorded | 1 | 89th |
| Timeline events | 7 | 82.6th |
| Recording span (years) | 20 | 45.6th |
| Genres | 1 | 56th |
Percentiles are computed at render time; missing values mean the artist has no data on that axis.
Discography (14 release groups · 3 studio albums)
Albums · 3
Symphony no. 1 / The Last Judgement / Variations on a Waltz
1993 · studio album
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Tracklist · 24 tracks · 59:34
1Symphony no. 1: Theme and Variations4:262Symphony no. 1: Sonata-Scherzo7:063Symphony no. 1: Invention5:134Symphony no. 1: Fugue5:095The Last Judgement: I. The Resurrection of Eve: Poco allegretto2:116The Last Judgement: II. Eve Is Refused Admittance Into Heaven: Agitato ma non troppo1:137The Last Judgement: III. Adam Charges Eve With the Original Sin: Allegro marcato1:088The Last Judgement: IV. Adam's Story (a.) Adam and Eve in Eden: Andante con moto2:189The Last Judgement: V. Adam's Story (b.) Adam and Eve and the Benefactor: Allegretto1:3010The Last Judgement: VI. Adam's Story (c.) Eve and the Benefactor: Allegro moderato4:4511The Last Judgement: VII. Eve's Denial: Allegro ma non troppo1:1712The Last Judgement: VII. The Exorcising of the Evil One: Allegro molto2:3313The Last Judgement: IX. Eve's Story: Allegro moderato e marcato4:4714The Last Judgement: X. The Beatification of Eve: Andante con moto1:2615Variations on a Waltz: Waltz: Allegretto1:2516Variations on a Waltz: Variation 1: Allegro molto1:0217Variations on a Waltz: Variation 2: Con brio1:1118Variations on a Waltz: Variation 3: Grazioso1:3119Variations on a Waltz: Variation 4: Presto1:1920Variations on a Waltz: Variation 5: Andante2:2621Variations on a Waltz: Variation 6: Allegro ma non troppo0:3622Variations on a Waltz: Variation 7: Allegro leggiero0:5823Variations on a Waltz: Variation 8: Allegretto cantabile2:3124Variations on a Waltz: Variation 9: Vivace1:33The Cardinal - The Classic Film Music Of Jerome Moross
2000 · studio album
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Tracklist · 17 tracks · 1:24:42
Disc 11The Jayhawkers (Suite)- Main Titles / Cam5:202The Jayhawkers - The Lynching / The Two Brothers / The Jayhawkers6:023The Jayhawkers - Attack on Abilene / Death of Darcy / Finale5:304Seven Wonders of the World - The Holy Land4:415Close-Up - Suite9:116Seven Wonders of the World - The Mediterranean4:527The Captive City - Suite6:55Disc 21The Proud Rebel (Suite) - Main Titles2:512The Proud Rebel - The Wagon Ride / The Dress2:253The Proud Rebel - Fight in the Alley / The Farm4:484The Proud Rebel - Night Scene2:025The Proud Rebel - The Sheep are Expelled / The Promise / The Final Fight / Finale6:476The Cardinal (Suite) - Prologue3:437The Cardinal - Stonebury / The Cardinal's Faith (Scherzo and Elegy)6:088The Cardinal - Annemarie (Quickstep)1:359The Cardinal - The Cardinal in Vienna (Waltz)6:3410The Cardinal - The Cardinal's Decision / Finale5:18The Golden Apple (First Full-Length Recording)
2015 · studio album
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Tracklist · 45 tracks
Disc 11Overture2Nothing Ever Happens in Angel's Roost3Angel's Roost Has Its Situation4Mother Hare's Séance5My Love Is on the Way6The Heroes Come Home7It Was a Glad Adventure8Come Along Boys9It's the Going Home Together10Mother Hare's Prophecy11Good Is a Word That Fools Believe12It's the Going Home Together (Continuation)13Helen Is Always Willing14The Arrival of Paris15Let's Pay a Visit16The Picnic Table17Mother Hare's Return18An Impartial Judge19The Judgement of Paris: If You Select My Angel Food / I'll Teach You / The Loveliest Things in Life / It's a Fraud20Paris Visits Helen21Lazy Afternoon22The Departure for RhododendronDisc 21My Picture in the Papers2Let's Go Home3Form a Committee4The Prize Fight5Let's Go Home (Continuation)6Hector's Song7A Good Girl8Windflowers9Store-Bought Suit10Hurry! Hurry!11Calypso12Paradise Alley13Scylla and Charybdis14A Carefree Diversion15Goona-Goona16One Hell of a Bender17Doomed, Doomed, Doomed18Enough Is Enough!19Circe20Ulysses' Soliloquy21Busy Little Sewing Bee22Penelope's Tirade23We've Just Begun
Album · 11
| Cover | Year | Title | Notes | First release |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1963 | The CardinalSearch SpotifySearch YouTube MusicTracklist · 12 tracks · 40:021Main Title4:02 2Stonebury1:55 3The Monks At Casamari2:18 4Dixieland: Tango2:50 5The Cardinal's Faith4:51 6They Haven't Got the Girls in the U.S.A.2:50 7The Cardinal in Vienna6:07 8Annemarie2:55 9The Cardinal's Decision3:35 10Way Down South1:55 11Alleluia (Mozart)1:45 12The Cardinal's Themes4:59 | Soundtrack | 1963 | |
| 1965 | The War LordSearch SpotifySearch YouTube MusicTracklist · 11 tracks · 30:43A1Main Title3:20 A2Forsaken Village1:50 A3Love Theme2:27 A4The Ascent to the Tower and Frustrated Love3:38 A5The Druid Wedding2:56 B1Nocturnal Procession2:39 B2Chrysagon and Bronwyn2:18 B3The War Lord in Battle3:21 B4Premonitions2:16 B5The Death of Draco1:53 B6The Reckoning and End Title4:05 | Soundtrack | 1965 | |
| 1995 | The Big CountrySearch SpotifySearch YouTube MusicTracklist · 18 tracks · 55:151Main Title3:15 2Julie's House1:58 3The Welcoming3:20 4Courtin' Time1:25 5Old Thunder1:46 6The Raid & Capture4:58 7Major Terill's Party - Dance I1:48 8Major Terill's Party - Dance II1:04 9Major Terill's Party - Waltz2:47 10Major Terill's Party - Polka1:00 11McKay's Ride / McKay Is Missing / The Old House5:31 12Waiting1:55 13The Big Muddy3:03 14McKay Alone / Night at Ladder / Ranch / The Fight4:30 15Cattle at the River2:19 16Attempted Rape1:46 17The War Party Gathers / McKay in Blanco Canyon / The Major Alone7:17 18The Duel / The Death of Buck Hannassey / End Title5:33 | Soundtrack | 1995 | |
| 1995 | The Valley Of Gwangi - The Classic Film Music Of Jerome MorossSearch SpotifySearch YouTube MusicTracklist · 14 tracks · 1:17:071The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn Suite: Prelude3:59 2The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn Suite: Huck’s Escape3:10 3The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn Suite: The Mississippi3:15 4The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn Suite: Flight and Finale3:58 5Five Finger Exercise: Romanza (From the Concert Suite Music for the Flicks)5:27 6Wagon Train: Theme3:08 7The War Lord Suite: Prelude & Main Title4:18 8The War Lord Suite: What of the Future? / Vengeance & Death / Finale7:22 9The Sharkfighters: Overture11:22 10Rachel, Rachel: Americana Miniature (Japonica Street / Shadow Pictures / A Walk in the Country / End Titles)6:02 11The Mountain Road: Overture (Main Title / The Men / The Airplane / Destroying the Airbase)6:22 12The Valley of Gwangi Suite: The Landscape / The Forbidden Valley / Pterodactyl Attack5:15 13The Valley of Gwangi Suite: Capture of Gwangi / Gwangi Enchained5:58 14The Valley of Gwangi Suite: Night in the Valley / Gwangi at the Cathedral / Death of Gwangi / Finale7:31 | Compilation | 1995 | |
| 2000 | The Proud RebelSearch SpotifySearch YouTube MusicTracklist · 24 tracks · 56:141Main Title2:39 2The Town1:06 3Father And Son0:43 4The Fight In The Alley1:35 5The Wagon Ride1:21 6The Wagon Ride (Alternate Version)1:54 7The New Home0:57 8The Farm4:09 9The Sheep Invade1:28 10The Sheep Are Expelled1:51 11Scene At The Brook1:08 12Night Scene5:06 13The Doctor Arrives1:53 14No Sale1:38 15The Swing1:16 16Barn Burning5:17 17The Burnt Barn1:46 18The Dress1:44 19Conversation Piece2:42 20The Search2:30 21The Bandage0:42 22The Promise4:04 23The Final Fight6:10 24My Rebel Heart (Instrumental)2:35 | Soundtrack | 2000 | |
| 2002 | WindflowersSearch SpotifySearch YouTube MusicTracklist · 19 tracks · 45:371Beer And Flowers3:09 2Lazy Afternoon2:47 3Come Live With Me1:59 4Oh Baby, Gee Baby2:04 5Windflowers3:20 6I've Got Me2:35 7Prologue To Underworld1:18 8That Extra Bit1:54 9I've Even Been In Love2:39 10Baby's Gonna Shake It1:55 11It's Almost Time Now2:45 12Love Me2:39 13Fare You Well4:02 14I Can't Remember1:51 15It's The Going Home Together2:57 16Some Day2:09 17My Yellow Flower1:08 18Ridin' On The Breeze2:23 19Stay With Me2:03 | Compilation | 5 February 2002 | |
| 2003 | The Adventures of Huckleberry FinnSearch SpotifySearch YouTube MusicTracklist · 23 tracks · 59:071Main Title / Hannibal, Missouri3:48 2Huck and Jim/Huckleberry Finn0:52 3Pap / Pap's Cabin / Pap and Huck/Huck's Murder4:59 4Huck Gets Away2:55 5Starting Down the River2:11 6After the Feud / Jim's Sins / On to Pikesville / The Placard3:06 7In Pikesville1:25 8The Blessing / Huck Hunts the Gold / Huck Gets the Gold / Huck Hides the Gold3:49 9The English Uncles / On the Raft1:51 10Huckleberry Finn / A Houseboat in the Fog3:12 11The Raft Is Destroyed2:03 12The Riverboat / I Ain't Never Felt So Good Before / I'll Wait for You by the River / In the Pilothouse / The River4:22 13Back to the River / Carmody's Circus3:02 14Jim Is Caught / The Sheriff / Jim in Chains2:54 15The Sheriff's Wife / Huck Frees Jim1:50 16The Chase2:19 17The New Raft1:27 18Hannibal, Missouri / End Title2:55 19Main Title/Hannibal, Missouri (film version)3:48 20Huckleberry Finn (demo)1:10 21Pittsburgh Blue2:46 22Huckleberry Finn (demo)1:03 23Huckleberry Finn (demo)1:20 | Soundtrack | June 2003 | |
| 2012 | The JayhawkersSearch SpotifySearch YouTube MusicTracklist · 27 tracks · 53:1601Seal And Main Title4:35 02Cam Recovers0:55 03Jeanne Hides Cam3:10 04Chopping Wood1:02 05Jeanne's House0:19 06Cam's Capture1:13 07A Smashed Guitar And Cam Saves Jake3:13 08Cam Shoots Evans And The Stronghold4:14 09Attempted Assault4:10 10Raid Montage3:24 11Cam Riding And Lorden In Town2:36 12Posse1:03 13Brothers And A Raid3:38 14Accusation2:10 15Cam's Return0:31 16Cam Arrives In Abilene0:48 17Darcy Arrives2:13 18Premonitions1:22 19Zero Hour2:07 20The Last Act2:16 21Darcy Shoots Lorden (Danger Trill)0:14 22Prelude To Death2:06 23Death1:20 24Finale1:27 25Premonitions (Alternate)1:09 26New Guitar0:48 27Hippy-Happy-Henny1:13 | Soundtrack | 3 September 2012 | |
| 2014 | Seven Wonders of the WorldSearch SpotifySearch YouTube MusicTracklist · 20 tracks · 1:04:251Seven Wonders of the World Suite – The Holy Land / The Mediterranean9:25 2Seven Wonders Theme0:41 3Pyramids1:16 4Rio / Brazil2:41 5Gong / Japanese Garden1:34 6Wonder Story of the World / Bible3:55 7Taj Mahal0:57 8Seven Wonders Entr'acte2:24 9Africa1:46 10Timbuktu / Sahara Desert3:55 11Arabia1:04 12Istanbul0:43 13Greece / Mount Olympus1:32 14Mediterranean / Italy1:38 15Vatican City1:38 16Epilogue4:57 17Seven Wonders Exit Music3:53 18Admiral Hi-Fidelity Records Demo LP Selections From Seven Wonders of the World10:25 19Nikreis Records Presents Selections From Seven Wonders of the World Part 14:14 20Nikreis Records Presents Selections From Seven Wonders of the World Part 25:47 | Soundtrack | 10 June 2014 | |
| 2018 | The Valley of GwangiSearch SpotifySearch YouTube MusicTracklist · 44 tracks · 1:11:051The Landscape0:59 2Gwangi Main Title (Revised)2:21 3The Professor0:25 4The Bull Ring0:15 5Lope and the Bull0:57 6Night in the Valley No. 11:34 7Music Box0:56 8The Eohippus Theft0:41 9The Fleeing Gypsies1:01 10The Forbidden Valley1:24 11The Eohippus Escapes1:32 12Pterodactyl (Revised)4:51 13The Ornithomimus1:23 14Gwangi1:24 15Night in the Valley No. 22:05 16The Capture of Gwangi Pt. I7:41 17The Capture of Gwangi Pt. II1:56 18Gwangi Enchained1:52 19The Gypsy Curse/Grand Finale Pt. II1:19 20Gwangi’s Fanfare0:14 21Gwangi Escapes2:13 22The Capture of Gwangi No. 21:08 23Gwangi at the Cathedral0:55 24The Death of Gwangi & End Credits3:02 25Gwangi Main Title (original)2:19 26Pterodactyl (original)4:00 27The Capture of Gwangi (Section 1 alternate)2:49 28The Capture of Gwangi (Section 2 alternate)1:55 29Dissonant Organ Chord0:37 30Gypsy Flamenco0:55 31Gypsy Guitar1:25 32Entrance March No. 12:49 33Cowboys and Indians1:15 34T.J.’s Act1:03 35Grand Finale Pt. I (original)1:38 36Grand Finale Pt. I (Revised)2:03 37Grand Finale Pt. I (Second Part)0:08 38T.J.’s Exit I1:00 39Entrance March No. 22:15 40Elephant Polka0:49 41Fanfare0:13 42Gwangi’s Act0:06 43T.J.’s Exit II0:52 44Gwangi End Credits0:46 | Soundtrack | 31 May 2018 | |
| — | The Golden Apple (1954 original Broadway cast)Search SpotifySearch YouTube MusicTracklist · 35 tracks · 50:351Overture0:57 2Narration #10:10 3My Love Is on the Way0:58 4The Heroes Come Home1:32 5It Was a Glad Adventure1:16 6Come Along Boys0:40 7It's the Going Home Together2:25 8Narration #20:09 9Mother Hare's Prophecy2:12 10Narration #30:05 11Helen Is Always Willing1:47 12Narration #40:09 13The Judgement of Paris6:54 14Narration #50:05 15Lazy Afternoon3:33 16Narration #60:08 17The Departure for Rhododendron2:30 18My Picture in the Papers1:46 19Narration #70:12 20Hector's Song1:33 21Narration #80:04 22Windflowers2:46 23Narration #90:05 24Store-Bought Suit1:06 25Narration #10: The Big Spree0:10 26Calypso2:05 27Scylla and Charybdis1:53 28Goona-Goona2:42 29Doomed, Doomed, Doomed2:35 30Circe2:25 31Narration #110:07 32Ulysses' Soliloquy2:12 33The Sewing Bee0:38 34The Tirade1:17 35Finale: Going Home Together1:29 | Soundtrack | — |
Stats & PK
Percentile within all 23,672 published artists.Put Jerome Moross head-to-head →
| Metric | Value | Percentile |
|---|---|---|
| Wikipedia language versions | 10 | 58.3th |
| Spotify monthly listeners | — | no data |
| Release groups in DB | 14 | 84.5th |
| Studio albums | 3 | 80.9th |
| Awards recorded | 1 | 89th |
| Timeline events | 7 | 82.6th |
| Recording span (years) | 20 | 45.6th |
| Genres | 1 | 56th |
Awards & honours
| Year | Award | Category | Result |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1947 | Guggenheim Fellowship | won |
Line-up
| Name | From | To | Role |
|---|---|---|---|
| Young Composers' Group(band) | — | present |
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