Nathaniel Shilkret Net Worth

Nathaniel Shilkret Net Worth is
$1.6 Million

Nathaniel Shilkret Bio/Wiki, Net Worth, Married 2018

Nathaniel Shilkret was born on December 25, 1889 in New York City, New York, USA as Naftule Schüldkraut. He is known for his work on Swing Time (1936), Shall We Dance (1937) and The Toast of New York (1937). He died on February 18, 1982 in New York City.

Date Of BirthDecember 25, 1889, New York City, New York, United States
DiedFebruary 18, 1982, Franklin Square, New York, United States
Place Of BirthNew York City, New York, USA
ProfessionMusic Department, Composer, Soundtrack
ChildrenArthur Shilkret
SiblingsJack Shilkret, Lew Shilkret, Harry Shilkret
MoviesRadio Salutes
Star SignCapricorn
#Fact
1Multi-instrumentalist (clarinettist and pianist), a child prodigy from the age of five, also composer and conductor. Played with the New York Philharmonic and the Metropolitan Opera Orchestra, and subsequently led various 'hot' jazz bands in the 1920's and early 30's. Conducted Paul Whiteman's orchestra on Victor's electrical re-recording of Gershwin's "Rhapsody in Blue" before Paul Whiteman. One of his early studio ensembles, the All Star Orchestra, included in its line-up such future luminaries as Joe Venuti, Benny Goodman, Tommy Dorsey, Artie Shaw and Glenn Miller.
2Between 1924 and 1945, worked for RCA Victor as director of their light music division. Prolific composer and recording artist with more than 50 chart topping hits, including "Rio Rita", "Me and My Shadow" and "Pagan Love Song". Active in radio for CBS and NBC in the 1930's and,again, during the 1950's. Founded the Nathaniel Shilkret Music Company in 1940. Composed and recorded classical and jazz music, including "Concerto for Trombone" for Tommy Dorsey. Inductee in the Songwriters Hall of Fame.
3In Hollywood from 1935, under contract at RKO (1936-1937) and MGM (1943-1946), as composer, arranger and orchestrator.
4Retired in 1958.
5Received honorary Doctor of Music from Bethany College in 1934.
6Brother-in-law of conductor and two-time Oscar nominee Nathaniel Finston.
7Uncle of Neil Warner.
8Former music director at both RKO Pictures and MGM Pictures.
9Great-uncle of actress Julie Warner.
10Brother of bandleader/pianist Jack Shilkret.

Music Department

TitleYearStatusCharacter
Blind Alibi1938composer: stock music - uncredited
Swiss Miss1938composer: stock music - uncredited
Gun Law1938composer: stock music - uncredited
Law of the Underworld1938composer: stock music - uncredited
Condemned Women1938composer: stock music - uncredited
Boy Meets Dog1938Short musical director
Everybody's Doing It1938composer: stock music - uncredited
The Lamp Lighter1938Short musical director
She's Got Everything1937composer: stock music - uncredited
Wise Girl1937composer: stock music - uncredited
Quick Money1937composer: stock music - uncredited
Danger Patrol1937composer: stock music - uncredited
Living on Love1937composer: stock music - uncredited
Fight for Your Lady1937composer: stock music - uncredited
There Goes the Groom1937composer: stock music - uncredited
Breakfast for Two1937composer: stock music - uncredited
The Keeper of the Lions1937Short musical director
Music for Madame1937musical director
Lovesick1937Short musical director
Night 'n' Gales1937Short composer: stock music - uncredited
The Toast of New York1937musical director
Super-Sleuth1937composer: stock music - uncredited
Border Cafe1937musical director
Behind the Headlines1937composer: stock music - uncredited
Shall We Dance1937musical director
Way Out West1937composer: stock music - uncredited
The Soldier and the Lady1937musical director
Sea Devils1937composer: stock music - uncredited
Criminal Lawyer1937composer: stock music - uncredited
Racing Lady1937composer: stock music - uncredited
That Girl from Paris1936musical director
The Plough and the Stars1936musical director
Winterset1936musical director
Smartest Girl in Town1936composer: music cues - uncredited / musical director
A Woman Rebels1936composer: stock music - uncredited
The Big Game1936musical director
Walking on Air1936musical director
Swing Time1936musical director
Second Wife1936composer: stock music - uncredited
The Last of the Mohicans1936composer: stock music - uncredited
Mary of Scotland1936musical director - uncredited
Sacred City of the Mayan Indians1936Documentary short conductor
The Bohemian Girl1936music adaptor - uncredited / musical director - uncredited
Honolulu: The Paradise of the Pacific1935Documentary short conductor
Los Angeles: 'Wonder City of the West'1935Documentary short conductor
Zeeland: 'The Hidden Paradise'1935Documentary short conductor - as Nat Shilkret
Ireland: 'The Emerald Isle'1934Documentary short composer: music cues - uncredited
Switzerland the Beautiful1934Documentary short musical director
Holland in Tulip Time1934Documentary short conductor: Traveltalk Orchestra
Glimpses of Erin1934Documentary short conductor
Social Register1934musical director
Dutch Guiana: 'Land of the Djuka'1933Documentary short conductor
Norway: Land of the Midnight Sun1933Documentary short conductor
Ireland 'The Melody Isle'1932Documentary short conductor
Rio 'The Magnificent'1932Documentary short musical director
Romantic Argentina1932Documentary short conductor
The Island Empire1932Documentary short musical director
Spuk um Mitternacht1931Short composer: stock music - uncredited
Siam to Korea1931Documentary short conductor
Charming Ceylon1930Documentary short conductor
The Laurel-Hardy Murder Case1930Short composer: stock music - uncredited
The Break Up1930Documentary music arranger
Bear Shooters1930Short composer: stock music - uncredited
When the Wind Blows1930Short composer: stock music - uncredited
Perfect Day1929Short composer: stock music - 1936 reissue, uncredited
Synthetic Sin1929orchestra director - uncredited
The Lady of the Lake1928conductor
Johannes Brahms1927Documentary short musical director
Franz Liszt1925Documentary short musical director - uncredited
Cry of the Hunted1953composer: stock music - uncredited
Desperate Search1952composer: stock music - uncredited
The Half-Breed1952composer: stock music - uncredited
Who Killed Doc Robbin?1948composer: stock music - uncredited
Song of the Thin Man1947composer: stock music - uncredited
Courage of Lassie1946composer: additional music - uncredited / conductor - uncredited
MGM Christmas Trailer1945Short musical director
Our Vines Have Tender Grapes1945composer: additional music - uncredited
Mrs. Parkington1944composer: additional music - uncredited
An American Romance1944conductor - uncredited
3 Men in White1944musical director - uncredited
For God and Country1943Short composer: additional music - uncredited
Cry 'Havoc'1943musical director - uncredited
The Cross of Lorraine1943conductor - uncredited
Ode to Victory1943Short composer: song - as Nat Shilkret
Above Suspicion1943composer: additional music - uncredited
Presenting Lily Mars1943composer: additional music - uncredited
Seven Miles from Alcatraz1942composer: stock music - uncredited
The Falcon Takes Over1942composer: stock music - uncredited
Journey Into Fear1942composer: stock music - uncredited
Jungle Cavalcade1941Documentary musical director
Stolen Paradise1940musical director
Wildcat Bus1940composer: stock music - uncredited
Yankee Doodle Home1939Short music supervisor
Di que me quieres1939musical director
Painted Desert1938composer: stock music - uncredited
Blond Cheat1938composer: stock music - uncredited
The Saint in New York1938composer: stock music - uncredited

Composer

TitleYearStatusCharacter
Lake Texoma1951Documentary short
Flying Padre1951Documentary short
Airline Glamour Girls1949Documentary short
Berlin Powderkeg1949Documentary short
Fighting Tarpon1948Documentary short
Athletic Stars1948Short
The 49th State1948Documentary short
Athletic Varieties1948Short
Children's Village1948Documentary short uncredited
Smoke Eaters1947Documentary short
A Nation Is Born1947Documentary short
Whistle in the Night1947Documentary short
I Am an Alcoholic1947Documentary short
This Is America: San Francisco-Pacific Gateway1947Documentary short
Mr. Bell1947Short
Beauty for Sale1946Short
Faithful in My Fashion1946
Boys' Ranch1946
The Hoodlum Saint1946
She Went to the Races1945
It Looks Like Rain1945Short
This Man's Navy1945musical score
A Great Day's Coming1944Short uncredited
Nostradamus IV1944Short
Dark Shadows1944Short
Nothing But Trouble1944
Blonde Fever1944
A Lady Fights Back1944Documentary short
Lost in a Harem1944uncredited
Return from Nowhere1944Short
An American Romance1944uncredited
Grandpa Called It Art1944Documentary short
3 Men in White1944
Patrolling the Ether1944Short
Sucker Bait1943Documentary short uncredited
This Is Tomorrow1943Documentary short
To My Unborn Son1943Short
Storm1943Documentary short
Ode to Victory1943Short as Nat Shilkret
Journey to Yesterday1943Short
Trifles That Win Wars1943Short as Nat Shilkret, musical score
Don't You Believe It1943Short
Nursery Rhyme Mysteries1943Short as Nat Shilkret
That's Why I Left You1943Short
Hitler's Madman1943uncredited
Heavenly Music1943Short as Nat Shilkret, musical score
Calling All Kids1943Short
Inca Gold1943Short
Plan for Destruction1943Short
Air Raid Wardens1943as Nat Shilkret, musical score
A Stranger in Town1943
Portrait of a Genius1943Documentary short uncredited
You, John Jones!1943Short uncredited
The Last Lesson1942Short music score
This Is America Series No. 33-101: Private Smith of the U.S.A.1942Documentary short
Jungle Cavalcade1941Documentary uncredited
Repent at Leisure1941uncredited
The Saint in Palm Springs1941uncredited
Stolen Paradise1940
Montmartre Madness1939Short uncredited
Glimpses of Australia1939Documentary short
...One Third of a Nation...1939
Singapore and Jahore1938Documentary short
This Marriage Business1938uncredited
Trade Mice1938Short
Quintupland1938Documentary short
Hitting a New High1937uncredited
Music for Madame1937uncredited
The Toast of New York1937uncredited
Rocky Mountain Grandeur1937Documentary short music score
Border Cafe1937uncredited
Serene Siam1937Documentary short
Hong Kong: 'The Hub of the Orient'1937Documentary short
The Soldier and the Lady1937uncredited
Glimpses of Java and Ceylon1937Documentary short
That Girl from Paris1936uncredited
Winterset1936uncredited
Walking on Air1936uncredited
Mary of Scotland1936
The Bohemian Girl1936uncredited
Los Angeles: 'Wonder City of the West'1935Documentary short uncredited
Rainbow Canyons1935Documentary short music score
Holland in Tulip Time1934Documentary short uncredited
Beer Is Here1933Short
Iceland, Land of the Vikings1933Documentary short
Barbados and Trinidad, Gardens of the Caribbean1932Short
Home Sweet Home, the World Over1932Documentary short
Leningrad, the Gateway to Soviet Russia1932Documentary short
Moscow, Heart of Soviet Russia1932Documentary short
Rio 'The Magnificent'1932Documentary short uncredited
Skyscraper Souls1932uncredited
It Happened in Paris1932
The Island Empire1932Documentary short uncredited
Blotto1930Short uncredited
Synthetic Sin1929uncredited
The Lady of the Lake1928musical interpretation
Lilac Time1928

Soundtrack

TitleYearStatusCharacter
Magic in the Moonlight2014performer: "Dancing With Tears in My Eyes" - as Nat Shilkret & His Orchestra
Boardwalk Empire2011-2012TV Series music - 2 episodes
The Marty Stuart Show2011TV Series music - 1 episode
Crazy2008/IIwriter: "Lonesome Road"
American Masters1999TV Series documentary performer - 1 episode
Wild Man Blues1997Documentary music: "Lonesome Road"
California Split1974writer: "Lonesome Road" - uncredited
Francis Albert Sinatra Does His Thing1968TV Movie music: "Lonesome Road" - uncredited
The Jonathan Winters Show1968TV Series music - 1 episode
Gomer Pyle: USMC1967TV Series music - 1 episode
The Andy Griffith Show1963TV Series music - 1 episode
The Ed Sullivan ShowTV Series music - 1 episode, 1962 writer - 1 episode, 1957
Peter Gunn1960TV Series writer - 1 episode
At the Movies1959TV Movie music: "The Lonesome Road" - uncredited
Country Style, U.S.A.1959TV Series short music - 1 episode
The Big Record1958TV Series writer - 1 episode
The Frank Sinatra Show1957TV Series music - 1 episode
Cha-Cha-Cha Boom!1956music: "Lonesome Road"
Lullaby of Broadway1951writer: "Have You Forgotten"
Out of the Past1947music: "The First Time I Saw You" - uncredited
Faithful in My Fashion1946music: "Jeannine, I Dream of Lilac Time" uncredited, "Love Is a Wondrous Thing"
Ode to Victory1943Short music: "Ode To Victory" 1943 - as Nat Shilkret
Doin' Their Bit1942Short music: "The Flag of Freedom"
The Falcon Takes Over1942music: "The First Time I Saw You" - uncredited
Citizen Kane1941arranger: "Una voce poco fa" 1816 - uncredited / music: "Theme" - uncredited
The Lonesome Road1941Short music: "The Lonesome Road"
Yankee Doodle Home1939Short performer: "The Great American Home", "I'm a Very Private Private Secretary"
Fight for Your Lady1937arranger: "The Blue Danube Waltz, Opus 314" 1867 - uncredited
Music for Madame1937music: "King of the Road" 1937
Postal Union1937Short music: "March of the Gnomes" - uncredited
Night 'n' Gales1937Short music: "Funny And Mysterious" - uncredited
The Toast of New York1937music: "The First Time I Saw You" 1937, "Ooh, La, La" 1937, "Temptation Waltz" 1937
Way Out West1937music: "Bohemian Girl" 1936 - uncredited
Two Against the World1936music: "Love Clouds" - uncredited
The Last Outlaw1936writer: "My Heart's on the Trail"
The Bohemian Girl1936music: "Heart of a Gypsy" 1936
Balloon Land1935Short performer: "Buffoon" - uncredited
Ireland: 'The Emerald Isle'1934Documentary short performer: "Danny Boy", "When Irish Eyes Are Smiling"
The Divine Lady1929music: "Lady Divine" 1928
Show Boat1929music: "The Lonesome Road" 1927 - uncredited
The Holy Terror1929Short music: "Kiddie Kapers" - uncredited
Children of the Ritz1929music: "Some Sweet Day" - as Nat Shilkret
Synthetic Sin1929music: "Betty" - uncredited
The Lady of the Lake1928writer: "Eileen, Sweet Eileen"
The Battle of the Sexes1928lyrics: "Just a Sweetheart" 1928 - uncredited / music: "Just a Sweetheart" 1928 - uncredited
Lilac Time1928music: "Jeannine, I Dream of Lilac Time" - uncredited

Actor

TitleYearStatusCharacter
Yankee Doodle Home1939ShortBand Leader
It Happened in Paris1932Orchestra Leader (as Nathaniel Shilkret and His Orchestra)
Radio Salutes1931Short

Self

TitleYearStatusCharacter
Johannes Brahms1927Documentary shortHimself
Franz Liszt1925Documentary shortHimself

Archive Footage

TitleYearStatusCharacter
American Masters1999TV Series documentaryHimself

Nominated Awards

YearAwardCeremonyNominationMovie
1937OscarAcademy Awards, USABest Music, ScoreWinterset (1936)

Known for movies

Source
IMDB Wikipedia

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