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name: "Conrad Salinger"
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roles: ["Orchestrator"]
born: "30 August 1901"
died: "17 June 1962"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 6
average_fi1m_score: 81
average_over: 6
updated: "2026-09-20T02:41:31.076263+00:00"
licence: "© Fi1m Ltd. Written by AI under a human editor; checked against sources before publication. Quote with attribution and a link to the canonical URL."
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# Conrad Salinger

Orchestrator. Born 30 August 1901 in Brookline, Massachusetts, USA. Died 17 June 1962.

## Details

- **Work:** Orchestrator
- **Born:** 30 August 1901, Brookline, Massachusetts, USA
- **Died:** 17 June 1962
- **Active:** 1931–1954
- **Also known as:** Salinger
- **Academy Awards:** 1 Oscar nomination
- **Fi1m score by decade:** 1930s 78 (1), 1940s 82 (2), 1950s 82 (3)
- **Fi1m against the critics:** 82 to 77 across 5 titles
- **Score spread:** 3 at 80+, 3 at 60–79, 0 under 60
- **Genres:** Comedy 4, Romance 3, Drama 2, Western 2, Crime 1, Music 1
- **Screen time:** 10 hours of reviewed films
- **Box office:** $24m across 4 films with figures
- **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Conrad_Salinger, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q2993623, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0758404/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/554823

## Streaming the US now

- **Tubi:** [*Seven Brides for Seven Brothers*](https://film.one/film/seven-brides-for-seven-brothers.md) (76)

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## Biography

Conrad Salinger (30 August 1901 – 17 June 1962) was an American arranger, orchestrator and composer. He studied classical composition at the Paris Conservatoire and worked as an arranger on Broadway productions from 1931 to 1938. He moved to Hollywood in the late 1930s and joined MGM, where he became the studio’s principal orchestrator of musicals under long-term contracts from 1939.

Salinger provided orchestrations for more than seventy-five films. His MGM credits include *An American in Paris* (1951), *Singin’ in the Rain* (1952), *Seven Brides for Seven Brothers* (1954), *Meet Me in St. Louis* (1944), *On the Town* (1949) and *Gigi* (1958). He frequently collaborated with musical directors Johnny Green and Roger Edens on Arthur Freed productions.

*Sources: en.wikipedia.org, imdb.com, catalog.afi.com.*

## On Fi1m (6)

- *Seven Brides for Seven Brothers* (1954), Fi1m 76, Music, Orchestrator — [page](https://film.one/film/seven-brides-for-seven-brothers.md)
- *Singin' in the Rain* (1952), Fi1m 93, Orchestrator — [page](https://film.one/film/singin-in-the-rain.md)
- *An American in Paris* (1951), Fi1m 76, Music, Original Music Composer, Orchestrator — [page](https://film.one/film/an-american-in-paris.md)
- *Gaslight* (1944), Fi1m 81, Orchestrator — [page](https://film.one/film/gaslight.md)
- *The Ox-Bow Incident* (1943), Fi1m 84, Orchestrator — [page](https://film.one/film/the-ox-bow-incident.md)
- *The Smiling Lieutenant* (1931), Fi1m 78, Music Arranger — [page](https://film.one/film/the-smiling-lieutenant.md)

## Complete filmography (53)

Every credit, newest first. Titles without a page can be requested for review on the HTML page.

- *That's Entertainment, Part II* (1976), Thanks
- *Billy Rose's Jumbo* (1962), Orchestrator
- *The Slowest Gun in the West* (1960), Original Music Composer
- *Startime* (1959), series, Original Music Composer
- *Lonelyhearts* (1959), Original Music Composer
- *The Big Country* (1958), Orchestrator
- *Funny Face* (1957), Orchestrator
- *High Society* (1956), Orchestrator
- *Gaby* (1956), Original Music Composer
- *Kismet* (1955), Music Arranger
- *It's Always Fair Weather* (1955), Orchestrator
- *The Scarlet Coat* (1955), Original Music Composer
- *Hit the Deck* (1955), Original Music Composer
- *The Last Time I Saw Paris* (1954), Original Music Composer
- *Brigadoon* (1954), Orchestrator
- *Seven Brides for Seven Brothers* (1954), Music, Orchestrator — Fi1m 76, [page](https://film.one/film/seven-brides-for-seven-brothers.md)
- *Tennessee Champ* (1954), Original Music Composer
- *Kiss Me Kate* (1953), Orchestrator
- *The Band Wagon* (1953), Orchestrator
- *Dream Wife* (1953), Original Music Composer
- *Carbine Williams* (1952), Music
- *Singin' in the Rain* (1952), Orchestrator — Fi1m 93, [page](https://film.one/film/singin-in-the-rain.md)
- *The Unknown Man* (1951), Original Music Composer
- *An American in Paris* (1951), Original Music Composer, Orchestrator — Fi1m 76, [page](https://film.one/film/an-american-in-paris.md)
- *Summer Stock* (1950), Orchestrator, Original Music Composer
- *Stars in My Crown* (1950), Orchestrator
- *On the Town* (1949), Orchestrator
- *That Midnight Kiss* (1949), Original Music Composer
- *The Great Sinner* (1949), Orchestrator
- *The Barkleys of Broadway* (1949), Orchestrator
- *Take Me Out to the Ball Game* (1949), Original Music Composer
- *Easter Parade* (1948), Orchestrator
- *The Pirate* (1948), Orchestrator, Original Music Composer, Music Arranger
- *Summer Holiday* (1948), Music
- *Good News* (1947), Original Music Composer
- *Till the Clouds Roll By* (1946), Orchestrator
- *Two Sisters from Boston* (1946), Original Music Composer
- *The Harvey Girls* (1946), Orchestrator, Original Music Composer
- *Ziegfeld Follies* (1945), Orchestrator
- *Meet Me in St. Louis* (1944), Orchestrator, Original Music Composer
- *Gaslight* (1944), Orchestrator — Fi1m 81, [page](https://film.one/film/gaslight.md)
- *Main Street Today* (1944), Orchestrator
- *The Ox-Bow Incident* (1943), Orchestrator — Fi1m 84, [page](https://film.one/film/the-ox-bow-incident.md)
- *The Black Swan* (1942), Orchestrator
- *You Were Never Lovelier* (1942), Music Arranger
- *For Me and My Gal* (1942), Orchestrator
- *Panama Hattie* (1942), Orchestrator, Vocals
- *This Above All* (1942), Orchestrator
- *Lady Be Good* (1941), Orchestrator
- *Ziegfeld Girl* (1941), Orchestrator
- *Andy Hardy Meets Debutante* (1940), Orchestrator
- *The Cowboy and the Lady* (1938), Orchestrator
- *The Smiling Lieutenant* (1931), Music Arranger — Fi1m 78, [page](https://film.one/film/the-smiling-lieutenant.md)

## Awards

### Academy Awards — 0 won, 1 nominated

- 1952: Best Original Musical Score (nominated), for *Show Boat*

*From Wikidata, which records wins more completely than nominations.*

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