Leonard Rosenman
Leonard Rosenman · Arts & Literature
Film composer
1924, Brooklyn, New York, United States — 2008, Woodland Hills, California, United States
United States
Leonard Rosenman is recognized among Jewish contributors to Arts & Literature — Film composer
Leonard Rosenman was an American Jewish film and television composer who brought modernist concert-hall techniques into Hollywood scoring, working on films such as East of Eden and Rebel Without a Cause. Born to a Jewish family in Brooklyn, he won two Academy Awards, for adapting the scores of Barry Lyndon and Bound for Glory. His willingness to use dissonance and avant-garde methods expanded the vocabulary of American film music.
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Source: Jinfo.org — Jews in Music
Film composer
Source: Jinfo.org — Jews in Music
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