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name: "Jerome Moross"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/jerome-moross"
roles: ["Composer"]
born: "1 August 1913"
died: "25 July 1983"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 2
average_fi1m_score: 74
average_over: 2
updated: "2026-09-20T05:06:34.180102+00:00"
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# Jerome Moross

Composer. Born 1 August 1913 in Brooklyn, New York, USA. Died 25 July 1983.

## Details

- **Work:** Composer
- **Born:** 1 August 1913, Brooklyn, New York, USA
- **Died:** 25 July 1983
- **Active:** 1947–1968
- **Also known as:** Jerome Morross
- **Academy Awards:** 1 Oscar nomination
- **Fi1m score by decade:** 1940s 74 (1), 1960s 73 (1)
- **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jerome_Moross, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q2748374, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0606108/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/30777

## Biography

Jerome Moross (1913–1983) was an American composer of film and television scores, concert works, chamber music and musical theatre. Born in Brooklyn, New York, he studied at New York University and began composing early, later orchestrating for composers including Aaron Copland.

He composed original scores for sixteen films between 1948 and 1969. His best-known work is the music for *The Big Country* (1958), which earned an Academy Award nomination for Best Original Score. Other film scores include *The Proud Rebel* (1958), *The Cardinal* (1963), *The War Lord* (1965), *Rachel, Rachel* (1968) and *The Valley of Gwangi* (1969). He also wrote the main theme for several seasons of the television series *Wagon Train*.

Moross achieved success on Broadway with the musical *The Golden Apple* (1954). He continued composing concert and stage works alongside his film and television assignments until his death in Miami, Florida.

*Sources: en.wikipedia.org, allmusic.com, filmmusic.com.*

## On Fi1m (2)

- *Rachel, Rachel* (1968), Fi1m 73, Original Music Composer, Music — [page](https://film.one/film/rachel-rachel.md)
- *The Bishop's Wife* (1947), Fi1m 74, Orchestrator — [page](https://film.one/film/the-bishops-wife.md)

## Complete filmography (24)

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

- *Hail, Hero!* (1969), Original Music Composer
- *The Valley of Gwangi* (1969), Original Music Composer
- *Rachel, Rachel* (1968), Original Music Composer — Fi1m 73, [page](https://film.one/film/rachel-rachel.md)
- *The War Lord* (1965), Original Music Composer
- *The Cardinal* (1963), Original Music Composer
- *Five Finger Exercise* (1962), Original Music Composer
- *The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn* (1960), Original Music Composer
- *The Mountain Road* (1960), Original Music Composer
- *The Jayhawkers!* (1959), Original Music Composer
- *The Big Country* (1958), Original Music Composer
- *The Proud Rebel* (1958), Music, Original Music Composer
- *The Sharkfighters* (1956), Original Music Composer
- *The Captive City* (1952), Original Music Composer
- *When I Grow Up* (1951), Music
- *Joan of Arc* (1948), Music Arranger
- *Close-Up* (1948), Original Music Composer
- *The Bishop's Wife* (1947), Orchestrator — Fi1m 74, [page](https://film.one/film/the-bishops-wife.md)
- *Three Strangers* (1946), Orchestrator
- *Christmas in Connecticut* (1945), Orchestrator
- *Conflict* (1945), Music Arranger
- *The Mask of Dimitrios* (1944), Orchestrator
- *Northern Pursuit* (1943), Orchestrator, Music Arranger
- *The Big Shot* (1942), Orchestrator
- *They Drive by Night* (1940), Orchestrator

## Awards

### Academy Awards — 0 won, 1 nominated

- 1959: Best Original Dramatic or Comedy Score (nominated), for *The Big Country*

### Other awards — 1 won

- Guggenheim Fellowship 1947: Guggenheim Fellowship (won)

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

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