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name: "John Leipold"
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roles: ["Composer"]
born: "25 February 1888"
died: "8 March 1970"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 2
average_fi1m_score: 89
updated: "2026-09-16T11:54:07.687761+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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# John Leipold

Composer. Born 25 February 1888 in Ulster County, New York, USA. Died 8 March 1970.

## Details

- **Work:** Composer
- **Born:** 25 February 1888, Ulster County, New York, USA
- **Died:** 8 March 1970
- **Active:** 1933–1941
- **Also known as:** John Max Leipold, John M. Leipold

## Biography

John Leipold was an American film and radio score composer. Born John Max Leipold on 26 February 1888 in Hunter, New York, he began his career conducting vaudeville and light opera in New York before serving as music director for the Al G. Field Minstrels. In 1928 he moved to Hollywood and joined Paramount Studios' music department, initially working as a librarian and later contributing music and arrangements to hundreds of films, most uncredited.

His credited work includes the score for *Duck Soup* (1933). In 1939 he shared the Academy Award for Best Original Score for *Stagecoach* with Richard Hageman, W. Franke Harling and Leo Shuken. He scored numerous westerns for Harry Sherman Productions between 1939 and 1942, and from 1942 composed and conducted primarily for CBS, including work on Three Stooges films. Leipold died on 8 March 1970 in Dallas, Texas.

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

## On Fi1m (2)

- *The Lady Eve* (1941), Fi1m 90, Music — [page](https://film.one/film/the-lady-eve.md)
- *Duck Soup* (1933), Fi1m 88, Music — [page](https://film.one/film/duck-soup.md)

## Also known for

- *Cat People* (1942), Orchestrator
- *Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde* (1931), Music
- *Shanghai Express* (1932), Original Music Composer
- *Design for Living* (1933), Original Music Composer
- *The Flying Deuces* (1939), Original Music Composer
- *A Farewell to Arms* (1932), Original Music Composer
- *Blonde Venus* (1932), Original Music Composer
- *She Done Him Wrong* (1933), Original Music Composer

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