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name: "Leonard Rosenman"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/leonard-rosenman"
fi1m_id: "leonard-rosenman"
imdb_id: "nm0006260"
tmdb_id: 2027
wikidata_id: "Q1346580"
roles: ["Composer"]
born: "7 September 1924"
died: "4 March 2008"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 7
average_fi1m_score: 67
average_over: 7
updated: "2026-10-04T16:58:47.821086+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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# Leonard Rosenman

## Identity

Leonard Rosenman

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/leonard-rosenman
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** leonard-rosenman
- **IMDb ID:** nm0006260
- **TMDB ID:** 2027
- **Wikidata ID:** Q1346580
- **Same entity:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Leonard_Rosenman, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1346580, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0006260/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/2027

Composer. Born 7 September 1924 in Brooklyn, New York, USA. Died 4 March 2008.

## Details

- **Work:** Composer
- **Born:** 7 September 1924, Brooklyn, New York, USA
- **Died:** 4 March 2008
- **Active:** 1955–2020
- **Frequently works with:** [Arthur P. Jacobs](https://film.one/person/arthur-p-jacobs.md)
- **Academy Awards:** 2 Oscars (2 won · 2 nominated)
- **Fi1m score by decade:** 1950s 84 (1), 1970s 60 (4), 1980s 78 (1), 2020s 64 (1)
- **Fi1m against the critics:** 67 to 63 across 7 titles
- **Score spread:** 2 at 80+, 3 at 60–79, 2 under 60
- **Genres:** Drama 4, Science Fiction 3, Adventure 2, Action 1, Action & Adventure 1, History 1
- **Screen time:** 13 hours of reviewed films
- **Box office:** $197m across 5 films with figures
- **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Leonard_Rosenman, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1346580, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0006260/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/2027

## Streaming the US now

- **Hulu:** [*Star Trek IV: The Voyage Home*](https://film.one/film/star-trek-iv-the-voyage-home.md) (78)
- **Apple TV:** [*Star Trek: Picard*](https://film.one/tv/star-trek-picard.md) (64)

For United States; add `?region=XX` for another country.

## Biography

Leonard Rosenman was an American composer of film, television and concert music. Born in Brooklyn, New York, on 7 September 1924, he studied composition with Arnold Schoenberg, Roger Sessions and Luigi Dallapiccola after serving in the US Army Air Forces during the Second World War. He began his film career in 1955 with the scores for *East of Eden* and *Rebel Without a Cause*.

Rosenman composed for more than 130 works. His credits include *Barry Lyndon* (1975), for which he won an Academy Award for adaptation of classical music, *Bound for Glory* (1976), also an Oscar winner for adaptation, *Beneath the Planet of the Apes* (1970), *The Lord of the Rings* (1978) and *Star Trek IV: The Voyage Home* (1986). He received two Emmy Awards for television scores. Rosenman died in Woodland Hills, California, on 4 March 2008.

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

## On Fi1m (7)

- *Star Trek: Picard* (2020), Fi1m 64, Music — [page](https://film.one/tv/star-trek-picard.md)
- *Star Trek IV: The Voyage Home* (1986), Fi1m 78, Music, Original Music Composer — [page](https://film.one/film/star-trek-iv-the-voyage-home.md)
- *Bound for Glory* (1976), Fi1m 71, Conductor, Music Arranger — [page](https://film.one/film/bound-for-glory.md)
- *Barry Lyndon* (1975), Fi1m 85, Music, Original Music Composer — [page](https://film.one/film/barry-lyndon.md)
- *Battle for the Planet of the Apes* (1973), Fi1m 36, Original Music Composer, Music — [page](https://film.one/film/battle-for-the-planet-of-the-apes.md)
- *Beneath the Planet of the Apes* (1970), Fi1m 50, Music, Original Music Composer — [page](https://film.one/film/beneath-the-planet-of-the-apes.md)
- *Rebel Without a Cause* (1955), Fi1m 84, Music, Original Music Composer — [page](https://film.one/film/rebel-without-a-cause.md)

## Complete filmography (81)

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

- *Star Trek: Picard* (2020), series, Music — Fi1m 64, [page](https://film.one/tv/star-trek-picard.md)
- *The Face on the Milk Carton* (1995), Music
- *Mrs. Munck* (1995), Music
- *Charlton Heston Presents The Bible: The Story of Moses* (1993), Music, Music Arranger
- *Keeper of the City* (1991), Original Music Composer
- *Ambition* (1991), Original Music Composer
- *Aftermath: A Test of Love* (1991), Original Music Composer
- *The Color of Evening* (1990), Music
- *RoboCop 2* (1990), Original Music Composer
- *Where Pigeons Go to Die* (1990), Music
- *Promised a Miracle* (1988), Original Music Composer
- *Star Trek IV: The Voyage Home* (1986), Original Music Composer — Fi1m 78, [page](https://film.one/film/star-trek-iv-the-voyage-home.md)
- *Sylvia* (1986), Original Music Composer
- *Amazing Stories* (1985), series, Music
- *First Steps* (1985), Original Music Composer
- *Heartsounds* (1984), Music
- *Heart of the Stag* (1984), Original Music Composer
- *Celebrity* (1984), series, Original Music Composer
- *Cross Creek* (1983), Original Music Composer
- *The Wall* (1982), Music
- *Making Love* (1982), Original Music Composer
- *The Jazz Singer* (1980), Original Music Composer
- *Friendly Fire* (1980), Original Music Composer
- *City in Fear* (1980), Original Music Composer
- *Hide in Plain Sight* (1980), Original Music Composer
- *Nero Wolfe* (1979), Original Music Composer
- *Promises in the Dark* (1979), Music
- *Prophecy* (1979), Original Music Composer
- *The Lord of the Rings* (1978), Original Music Composer
- *An Enemy of the People* (1978), Original Music Composer
- *The Other Side of Hell* (1978), Original Music Composer
- *Mary White* (1977), Music
- *September 30, 1955* (1977), Conductor, Original Music Composer, Orchestrator
- *The Car* (1977), Original Music Composer
- *The Possessed* (1977), Original Music Composer
- *Bound for Glory* (1976), Music Arranger, Conductor — Fi1m 71, [page](https://film.one/film/bound-for-glory.md)
- *Sybil* (1976), series, Original Music Composer
- *Kingston* (1976), Music
- *Lanigan's Rabbi* (1976), Music
- *Birch Interval* (1976), Original Music Composer
- *Barry Lyndon* (1975), Original Music Composer — Fi1m 85, [page](https://film.one/film/barry-lyndon.md)
- *Race with the Devil* (1975), Original Music Composer
- *Sky Hei$t* (1975), Original Music Composer
- *Hanuman and the Five Kamen Riders* (1975), Music
- *Judge Dee and the Monastery Murders* (1974), Original Music Composer
- *Nakia* (1974), Music
- *The Phantom of Hollywood* (1974), Music
- *The Cat Creature* (1973), Original Music Composer
- *Battle for the Planet of the Apes* (1973), Original Music Composer — Fi1m 36, [page](https://film.one/film/battle-for-the-planet-of-the-apes.md)
- *The Bravos* (1972), Original Music Composer
- *The Todd Killings* (1971), Original Music Composer
- *In Broad Daylight* (1971), Original Music Composer
- *Banyon* (1971), Original Music Composer
- *Vanished* (1971), series, Original Music Composer
- *The 48-Hour Mile* (1970), Music
- *A Man Called Horse* (1970), Original Music Composer
- *Beneath the Planet of the Apes* (1970), Original Music Composer — Fi1m 50, [page](https://film.one/film/beneath-the-planet-of-the-apes.md)
- *This Savage Land* (1969), Original Music Composer
- *Marcus Welby, M.D.: A Matter of Humanities* (1969), Original Music Composer
- *Any Second Now* (1969), Original Music Composer
- *Hellfighters* (1968), Original Music Composer
- *Shadow Over Elveron* (1968), Music
- *Alexander The Great* (1968), Original Music Composer
- *Stranger on the Run* (1967), Original Music Composer
- *Countdown* (1967), Original Music Composer
- *Fantastic Voyage* (1966), Original Music Composer
- *The Chapman Report* (1962), Original Music Composer
- *Convicts 4* (1962), Original Music Composer
- *Hell Is for Heroes* (1962), Original Music Composer, Conductor
- *The Plunderers* (1960), Original Music Composer, Conductor
- *The Crowded Sky* (1960), Original Music Composer
- *The Bramble Bush* (1960), Original Music Composer
- *The Rise and Fall of Legs Diamond* (1960), Original Music Composer
- *Pork Chop Hill* (1959), Original Music Composer
- *Lafayette Escadrille* (1958), Music
- *Bombers B-52* (1957), Original Music Composer
- *The Young Stranger* (1957), Original Music Composer, Conductor
- *Edge of the City* (1957), Original Music Composer, Conductor
- *Rebel Without a Cause* (1955), Original Music Composer — Fi1m 84, [page](https://film.one/film/rebel-without-a-cause.md)
- *The Cobweb* (1955), Original Music Composer
- *East of Eden* (1955), Original Music Composer

## Awards

### Academy Awards — 2 won, 2 nominated

- 1987: Best Original Score (nominated), for *Star Trek IV: The Voyage Home*
- 1984: Best Original Score (nominated), for *Cross Creek*
- 1977: Best Original Song Score (won), for *Bound for Glory*
- 1976: Best Original Song Score (won), for *Barry Lyndon*

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

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