---
name: "Matty Malneck"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/matty-malneck"
fi1m_id: "matty-malneck"
imdb_id: "nm0540338"
tmdb_id: 1467693
wikidata_id: "Q162283"
roles: ["Composer"]
born: "9 December 1903"
died: "25 February 1981"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 2
average_fi1m_score: 90
average_over: 2
updated: "2026-09-17T23:14:44.652456+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."
---

# Matty Malneck

## Identity

Matty Malneck

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/matty-malneck
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** matty-malneck
- **IMDb ID:** nm0540338
- **TMDB ID:** 1467693
- **Wikidata ID:** Q162283
- **Same entity:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Matty_Malneck, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q162283, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0540338/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/1467693

Composer. Born 9 December 1903 in Newark. Died 25 February 1981.

## Details

- **Work:** Composer
- **Born:** 9 December 1903, Newark
- **Died:** 25 February 1981
- **Active:** 1957–1959
- **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Matty_Malneck, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q162283, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0540338/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/1467693

## Streaming the US now

- **Tubi:** [*Witness for the Prosecution*](https://film.one/film/witness-for-the-prosecution.md) (87)

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

## Biography

Matty Malneck was an American composer, jazz violinist, songwriter and bandleader. Born in Newark, New Jersey, on 9 December 1903, he began his professional career as a violinist at the age of 16. He played in the Paul Whiteman orchestra from 1926 to 1937 and recorded with artists including Frank Signorelli, Frankie Trumbauer, Bix Beiderbecke and Mildred Bailey.

Malneck led his own big band in the late 1930s and composed several popular standards, among them "Goody Goody", "I'm Thru With Love" and "I'll Never Be the Same". His film work included the musical score for *Witness for the Prosecution* (1957) and contributions as music supervisor and conductor on *Some Like It Hot* (1959). He died in Hollywood, California, on 25 February 1981.

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

## On Fi1m (2)

- *Some Like It Hot* (1959), Fi1m 92, Music Supervisor, Conductor — [page](https://film.one/film/some-like-it-hot.md)
- *Witness for the Prosecution* (1957), Fi1m 87, Music, Original Music Composer — [page](https://film.one/film/witness-for-the-prosecution.md)

## Complete filmography (6)

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

- *Some Like It Hot* (1959), Music Supervisor, Conductor — Fi1m 92, [page](https://film.one/film/some-like-it-hot.md)
- *Witness for the Prosecution* (1957), Original Music Composer — Fi1m 87, [page](https://film.one/film/witness-for-the-prosecution.md)
- *Paris in the Springtime* (1956), as Songs
- *You're in the Army Now* (1941), as Matty Malneck and his Orchestra
- *Man About Town* (1939), as Matty Malneck, Songs
- *East Side of Heaven* (1939), as Orchestra Leader

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