---
name: "Nacio Herb Brown"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/nacio-herb-brown"
fi1m_id: "nacio-herb-brown"
imdb_id: "nm0005978"
tmdb_id: 1147360
wikidata_id: "Q1282487"
roles: ["Composer"]
born: "22 February 1896"
died: "28 September 1964"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 4
average_fi1m_score: 72
average_over: 4
updated: "2026-09-19T22:47:01.188321+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."
---

# Nacio Herb Brown

## Identity

Nacio Herb Brown

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/nacio-herb-brown
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** nacio-herb-brown
- **IMDb ID:** nm0005978
- **TMDB ID:** 1147360
- **Wikidata ID:** Q1282487
- **Same entity:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nacio_Herb_Brown, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1282487, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0005978/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/1147360

Composer. Born 22 February 1896 in Deming, New Mexico, USA. Died 28 September 1964.

## Details

- **Work:** Composer
- **Born:** 22 February 1896, Deming, New Mexico, USA
- **Died:** 28 September 1964
- **Active:** 1929–1952
- **Also known as:** Ignacio Herb Brown
- **Fi1m score by decade:** 1920s 61 (2), 1930s 72 (1), 1950s 93 (1)
- **Score spread:** 1 at 80+, 3 at 60–79, 0 under 60
- **Lead roles:** 0 of 1 acting credits billed first or second
- **Genres:** Comedy 3, Music 3, Romance 2, Drama 1
- **Screen time:** 7 hours of reviewed films
- **Box office:** $12m across 2 films with figures
- **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nacio_Herb_Brown, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1282487, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0005978/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/1147360

## Streaming the US now

- **HBO Max:** [*Singin' in the Rain*](https://film.one/film/singin-in-the-rain.md) (93)
- **The Roku Channel:** [*The Broadway Melody*](https://film.one/film/the-broadway-melody.md) (60)

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## Biography

Nacio Herb Brown was an American composer of popular songs, film scores and Broadway music. Born Ignacio Herbert Brown in Deming, New Mexico, he moved with his family to Los Angeles in 1901 and later worked as a realtor before becoming a full-time songwriter in the early 1920s.

From 1928 he was employed by MGM to compose for sound films, often collaborating with lyricist Arthur Freed. Their songs include those featured in *The Broadway Melody* (1929), *Dancing Lady* (1933) and *Ziegfeld Girl* (1941). Brown also contributed to Broadway productions such as *Take a Chance*.

He is best known for the score of the 1952 musical *Singin' in the Rain*, which drew heavily on his earlier MGM work. Brown died in San Francisco in 1964.

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

## On Fi1m (4)

- *Singin' in the Rain* (1952), Fi1m 93, Music — [page](https://film.one/film/singin-in-the-rain.md)
- *Broadway Melody of 1936* (1935), Fi1m 72, Music — [page](https://film.one/film/broadway-melody-of-1936.md)
- *The Broadway Melody* (1929), Fi1m 60, as Pianist (uncredited) — [page](https://film.one/film/the-broadway-melody.md)
- *The Hollywood Revue of 1929* (1929), Fi1m 62, Songs — [page](https://film.one/film/the-hollywood-revue-of-1929.md)

## Complete filmography (21)

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

- *Singin' in the Rain* (2008), Original Music Composer
- *Singin' in the Rain* (2003), Original Music Composer
- *That's Entertainment, Part II* (1976), as (archive footage) (uncredited)
- *Singin' in the Rain* (1952), Music — Fi1m 93, [page](https://film.one/film/singin-in-the-rain.md)
- *The Kissing Bandit* (1948), Music
- *A Date with Judy* (1948), as Songs
- *Ziegfeld Girl* (1941), as Songs
- *Broadway Melody of 1938* (1937), Original Music Composer, Songs
- *Broadway Melody of 1936* (1935), Music — Fi1m 72, [page](https://film.one/film/broadway-melody-of-1936.md)
- *Hollywood Party* (1934), Original Music Composer, Lyricist
- *The Hot Choc-late Soldiers* (1934), Music
- *Sadie McKee* (1934), as Songs
- *Dancing Lady* (1933), as Songs
- *A Woman Commands* (1932), Original Music Composer
- *Millie* (1931), Music
- *One Heavenly Night* (1930), as Songs
- *Whoopee!* (1930), as Songs
- *Good News* (1930), as Songs
- *Lord Byron of Broadway* (1930), as Songs
- *The Hollywood Revue of 1929* (1929), as Songs — Fi1m 62, [page](https://film.one/film/the-hollywood-revue-of-1929.md)
- *The Broadway Melody* (1929), as Pianist (uncredited), Songs · Music — Fi1m 60, [page](https://film.one/film/the-broadway-melody.md)

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