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 Birth | December 25, 1889, New York City, New York, United States |
Died | February 18, 1982, Franklin Square, New York, United States |
Place Of Birth | New York City, New York, USA |
Profession | Music Department, Composer, Soundtrack |
Children | Arthur Shilkret |
Siblings | Jack Shilkret, Lew Shilkret, Harry Shilkret |
Movies | Radio Salutes |
Star Sign | Capricorn |
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1 | Multi-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. |
2 | Between 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. |
3 | In Hollywood from 1935, under contract at RKO (1936-1937) and MGM (1943-1946), as composer, arranger and orchestrator. |
4 | Retired in 1958. |
5 | Received honorary Doctor of Music from Bethany College in 1934. |
6 | Brother-in-law of conductor and two-time Oscar nominee Nathaniel Finston. |
7 | Uncle of Neil Warner. |
8 | Former music director at both RKO Pictures and MGM Pictures. |
9 | Great-uncle of actress Julie Warner. |
10 | Brother of bandleader/pianist Jack Shilkret. |
Music Department
Title | Year | Status | Character |
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Blind Alibi | 1938 | composer: stock music - uncredited | |
Swiss Miss | 1938 | composer: stock music - uncredited | |
Gun Law | 1938 | composer: stock music - uncredited | |
Law of the Underworld | 1938 | composer: stock music - uncredited | |
Condemned Women | 1938 | composer: stock music - uncredited | |
Boy Meets Dog | 1938 | Short musical director | |
Everybody's Doing It | 1938 | composer: stock music - uncredited | |
The Lamp Lighter | 1938 | Short musical director | |
She's Got Everything | 1937 | composer: stock music - uncredited | |
Wise Girl | 1937 | composer: stock music - uncredited | |
Quick Money | 1937 | composer: stock music - uncredited | |
Danger Patrol | 1937 | composer: stock music - uncredited | |
Living on Love | 1937 | composer: stock music - uncredited | |
Fight for Your Lady | 1937 | composer: stock music - uncredited | |
There Goes the Groom | 1937 | composer: stock music - uncredited | |
Breakfast for Two | 1937 | composer: stock music - uncredited | |
The Keeper of the Lions | 1937 | Short musical director | |
Music for Madame | 1937 | musical director | |
Lovesick | 1937 | Short musical director | |
Night 'n' Gales | 1937 | Short composer: stock music - uncredited | |
The Toast of New York | 1937 | musical director | |
Super-Sleuth | 1937 | composer: stock music - uncredited | |
Border Cafe | 1937 | musical director | |
Behind the Headlines | 1937 | composer: stock music - uncredited | |
Shall We Dance | 1937 | musical director | |
Way Out West | 1937 | composer: stock music - uncredited | |
The Soldier and the Lady | 1937 | musical director | |
Sea Devils | 1937 | composer: stock music - uncredited | |
Criminal Lawyer | 1937 | composer: stock music - uncredited | |
Racing Lady | 1937 | composer: stock music - uncredited | |
That Girl from Paris | 1936 | musical director | |
The Plough and the Stars | 1936 | musical director | |
Winterset | 1936 | musical director | |
Smartest Girl in Town | 1936 | composer: music cues - uncredited / musical director | |
A Woman Rebels | 1936 | composer: stock music - uncredited | |
The Big Game | 1936 | musical director | |
Walking on Air | 1936 | musical director | |
Swing Time | 1936 | musical director | |
Second Wife | 1936 | composer: stock music - uncredited | |
The Last of the Mohicans | 1936 | composer: stock music - uncredited | |
Mary of Scotland | 1936 | musical director - uncredited | |
Sacred City of the Mayan Indians | 1936 | Documentary short conductor | |
The Bohemian Girl | 1936 | music adaptor - uncredited / musical director - uncredited | |
Honolulu: The Paradise of the Pacific | 1935 | Documentary short conductor | |
Los Angeles: 'Wonder City of the West' | 1935 | Documentary short conductor | |
Zeeland: 'The Hidden Paradise' | 1935 | Documentary short conductor - as Nat Shilkret | |
Ireland: 'The Emerald Isle' | 1934 | Documentary short composer: music cues - uncredited | |
Switzerland the Beautiful | 1934 | Documentary short musical director | |
Holland in Tulip Time | 1934 | Documentary short conductor: Traveltalk Orchestra | |
Glimpses of Erin | 1934 | Documentary short conductor | |
Social Register | 1934 | musical director | |
Dutch Guiana: 'Land of the Djuka' | 1933 | Documentary short conductor | |
Norway: Land of the Midnight Sun | 1933 | Documentary short conductor | |
Ireland 'The Melody Isle' | 1932 | Documentary short conductor | |
Rio 'The Magnificent' | 1932 | Documentary short musical director | |
Romantic Argentina | 1932 | Documentary short conductor | |
The Island Empire | 1932 | Documentary short musical director | |
Spuk um Mitternacht | 1931 | Short composer: stock music - uncredited | |
Siam to Korea | 1931 | Documentary short conductor | |
Charming Ceylon | 1930 | Documentary short conductor | |
The Laurel-Hardy Murder Case | 1930 | Short composer: stock music - uncredited | |
The Break Up | 1930 | Documentary music arranger | |
Bear Shooters | 1930 | Short composer: stock music - uncredited | |
When the Wind Blows | 1930 | Short composer: stock music - uncredited | |
Perfect Day | 1929 | Short composer: stock music - 1936 reissue, uncredited | |
Synthetic Sin | 1929 | orchestra director - uncredited | |
The Lady of the Lake | 1928 | conductor | |
Johannes Brahms | 1927 | Documentary short musical director | |
Franz Liszt | 1925 | Documentary short musical director - uncredited | |
Cry of the Hunted | 1953 | composer: stock music - uncredited | |
Desperate Search | 1952 | composer: stock music - uncredited | |
The Half-Breed | 1952 | composer: stock music - uncredited | |
Who Killed Doc Robbin? | 1948 | composer: stock music - uncredited | |
Song of the Thin Man | 1947 | composer: stock music - uncredited | |
Courage of Lassie | 1946 | composer: additional music - uncredited / conductor - uncredited | |
MGM Christmas Trailer | 1945 | Short musical director | |
Our Vines Have Tender Grapes | 1945 | composer: additional music - uncredited | |
Mrs. Parkington | 1944 | composer: additional music - uncredited | |
An American Romance | 1944 | conductor - uncredited | |
3 Men in White | 1944 | musical director - uncredited | |
For God and Country | 1943 | Short composer: additional music - uncredited | |
Cry 'Havoc' | 1943 | musical director - uncredited | |
The Cross of Lorraine | 1943 | conductor - uncredited | |
Ode to Victory | 1943 | Short composer: song - as Nat Shilkret | |
Above Suspicion | 1943 | composer: additional music - uncredited | |
Presenting Lily Mars | 1943 | composer: additional music - uncredited | |
Seven Miles from Alcatraz | 1942 | composer: stock music - uncredited | |
The Falcon Takes Over | 1942 | composer: stock music - uncredited | |
Journey Into Fear | 1942 | composer: stock music - uncredited | |
Jungle Cavalcade | 1941 | Documentary musical director | |
Stolen Paradise | 1940 | musical director | |
Wildcat Bus | 1940 | composer: stock music - uncredited | |
Yankee Doodle Home | 1939 | Short music supervisor | |
Di que me quieres | 1939 | musical director | |
Painted Desert | 1938 | composer: stock music - uncredited | |
Blond Cheat | 1938 | composer: stock music - uncredited | |
The Saint in New York | 1938 | composer: stock music - uncredited |
Composer
Title | Year | Status | Character |
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Lake Texoma | 1951 | Documentary short | |
Flying Padre | 1951 | Documentary short | |
Airline Glamour Girls | 1949 | Documentary short | |
Berlin Powderkeg | 1949 | Documentary short | |
Fighting Tarpon | 1948 | Documentary short | |
Athletic Stars | 1948 | Short | |
The 49th State | 1948 | Documentary short | |
Athletic Varieties | 1948 | Short | |
Children's Village | 1948 | Documentary short uncredited | |
Smoke Eaters | 1947 | Documentary short | |
A Nation Is Born | 1947 | Documentary short | |
Whistle in the Night | 1947 | Documentary short | |
I Am an Alcoholic | 1947 | Documentary short | |
This Is America: San Francisco-Pacific Gateway | 1947 | Documentary short | |
Mr. Bell | 1947 | Short | |
Beauty for Sale | 1946 | Short | |
Faithful in My Fashion | 1946 | ||
Boys' Ranch | 1946 | ||
The Hoodlum Saint | 1946 | ||
She Went to the Races | 1945 | ||
It Looks Like Rain | 1945 | Short | |
This Man's Navy | 1945 | musical score | |
A Great Day's Coming | 1944 | Short uncredited | |
Nostradamus IV | 1944 | Short | |
Dark Shadows | 1944 | Short | |
Nothing But Trouble | 1944 | ||
Blonde Fever | 1944 | ||
A Lady Fights Back | 1944 | Documentary short | |
Lost in a Harem | 1944 | uncredited | |
Return from Nowhere | 1944 | Short | |
An American Romance | 1944 | uncredited | |
Grandpa Called It Art | 1944 | Documentary short | |
3 Men in White | 1944 | ||
Patrolling the Ether | 1944 | Short | |
Sucker Bait | 1943 | Documentary short uncredited | |
This Is Tomorrow | 1943 | Documentary short | |
To My Unborn Son | 1943 | Short | |
Storm | 1943 | Documentary short | |
Ode to Victory | 1943 | Short as Nat Shilkret | |
Journey to Yesterday | 1943 | Short | |
Trifles That Win Wars | 1943 | Short as Nat Shilkret, musical score | |
Don't You Believe It | 1943 | Short | |
Nursery Rhyme Mysteries | 1943 | Short as Nat Shilkret | |
That's Why I Left You | 1943 | Short | |
Hitler's Madman | 1943 | uncredited | |
Heavenly Music | 1943 | Short as Nat Shilkret, musical score | |
Calling All Kids | 1943 | Short | |
Inca Gold | 1943 | Short | |
Plan for Destruction | 1943 | Short | |
Air Raid Wardens | 1943 | as Nat Shilkret, musical score | |
A Stranger in Town | 1943 | ||
Portrait of a Genius | 1943 | Documentary short uncredited | |
You, John Jones! | 1943 | Short uncredited | |
The Last Lesson | 1942 | Short music score | |
This Is America Series No. 33-101: Private Smith of the U.S.A. | 1942 | Documentary short | |
Jungle Cavalcade | 1941 | Documentary uncredited | |
Repent at Leisure | 1941 | uncredited | |
The Saint in Palm Springs | 1941 | uncredited | |
Stolen Paradise | 1940 | ||
Montmartre Madness | 1939 | Short uncredited | |
Glimpses of Australia | 1939 | Documentary short | |
...One Third of a Nation... | 1939 | ||
Singapore and Jahore | 1938 | Documentary short | |
This Marriage Business | 1938 | uncredited | |
Trade Mice | 1938 | Short | |
Quintupland | 1938 | Documentary short | |
Hitting a New High | 1937 | uncredited | |
Music for Madame | 1937 | uncredited | |
The Toast of New York | 1937 | uncredited | |
Rocky Mountain Grandeur | 1937 | Documentary short music score | |
Border Cafe | 1937 | uncredited | |
Serene Siam | 1937 | Documentary short | |
Hong Kong: 'The Hub of the Orient' | 1937 | Documentary short | |
The Soldier and the Lady | 1937 | uncredited | |
Glimpses of Java and Ceylon | 1937 | Documentary short | |
That Girl from Paris | 1936 | uncredited | |
Winterset | 1936 | uncredited | |
Walking on Air | 1936 | uncredited | |
Mary of Scotland | 1936 | ||
The Bohemian Girl | 1936 | uncredited | |
Los Angeles: 'Wonder City of the West' | 1935 | Documentary short uncredited | |
Rainbow Canyons | 1935 | Documentary short music score | |
Holland in Tulip Time | 1934 | Documentary short uncredited | |
Beer Is Here | 1933 | Short | |
Iceland, Land of the Vikings | 1933 | Documentary short | |
Barbados and Trinidad, Gardens of the Caribbean | 1932 | Short | |
Home Sweet Home, the World Over | 1932 | Documentary short | |
Leningrad, the Gateway to Soviet Russia | 1932 | Documentary short | |
Moscow, Heart of Soviet Russia | 1932 | Documentary short | |
Rio 'The Magnificent' | 1932 | Documentary short uncredited | |
Skyscraper Souls | 1932 | uncredited | |
It Happened in Paris | 1932 | ||
The Island Empire | 1932 | Documentary short uncredited | |
Blotto | 1930 | Short uncredited | |
Synthetic Sin | 1929 | uncredited | |
The Lady of the Lake | 1928 | musical interpretation | |
Lilac Time | 1928 |
Soundtrack
Title | Year | Status | Character |
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Magic in the Moonlight | 2014 | performer: "Dancing With Tears in My Eyes" - as Nat Shilkret & His Orchestra | |
Boardwalk Empire | 2011-2012 | TV Series music - 2 episodes | |
The Marty Stuart Show | 2011 | TV Series music - 1 episode | |
Crazy | 2008/II | writer: "Lonesome Road" | |
American Masters | 1999 | TV Series documentary performer - 1 episode | |
Wild Man Blues | 1997 | Documentary music: "Lonesome Road" | |
California Split | 1974 | writer: "Lonesome Road" - uncredited | |
Francis Albert Sinatra Does His Thing | 1968 | TV Movie music: "Lonesome Road" - uncredited | |
The Jonathan Winters Show | 1968 | TV Series music - 1 episode | |
Gomer Pyle: USMC | 1967 | TV Series music - 1 episode | |
The Andy Griffith Show | 1963 | TV Series music - 1 episode | |
The Ed Sullivan Show | TV Series music - 1 episode, 1962 writer - 1 episode, 1957 | ||
Peter Gunn | 1960 | TV Series writer - 1 episode | |
At the Movies | 1959 | TV Movie music: "The Lonesome Road" - uncredited | |
Country Style, U.S.A. | 1959 | TV Series short music - 1 episode | |
The Big Record | 1958 | TV Series writer - 1 episode | |
The Frank Sinatra Show | 1957 | TV Series music - 1 episode | |
Cha-Cha-Cha Boom! | 1956 | music: "Lonesome Road" | |
Lullaby of Broadway | 1951 | writer: "Have You Forgotten" | |
Out of the Past | 1947 | music: "The First Time I Saw You" - uncredited | |
Faithful in My Fashion | 1946 | music: "Jeannine, I Dream of Lilac Time" uncredited, "Love Is a Wondrous Thing" | |
Ode to Victory | 1943 | Short music: "Ode To Victory" 1943 - as Nat Shilkret | |
Doin' Their Bit | 1942 | Short music: "The Flag of Freedom" | |
The Falcon Takes Over | 1942 | music: "The First Time I Saw You" - uncredited | |
Citizen Kane | 1941 | arranger: "Una voce poco fa" 1816 - uncredited / music: "Theme" - uncredited | |
The Lonesome Road | 1941 | Short music: "The Lonesome Road" | |
Yankee Doodle Home | 1939 | Short performer: "The Great American Home", "I'm a Very Private Private Secretary" | |
Fight for Your Lady | 1937 | arranger: "The Blue Danube Waltz, Opus 314" 1867 - uncredited | |
Music for Madame | 1937 | music: "King of the Road" 1937 | |
Postal Union | 1937 | Short music: "March of the Gnomes" - uncredited | |
Night 'n' Gales | 1937 | Short music: "Funny And Mysterious" - uncredited | |
The Toast of New York | 1937 | music: "The First Time I Saw You" 1937, "Ooh, La, La" 1937, "Temptation Waltz" 1937 | |
Way Out West | 1937 | music: "Bohemian Girl" 1936 - uncredited | |
Two Against the World | 1936 | music: "Love Clouds" - uncredited | |
The Last Outlaw | 1936 | writer: "My Heart's on the Trail" | |
The Bohemian Girl | 1936 | music: "Heart of a Gypsy" 1936 | |
Balloon Land | 1935 | Short performer: "Buffoon" - uncredited | |
Ireland: 'The Emerald Isle' | 1934 | Documentary short performer: "Danny Boy", "When Irish Eyes Are Smiling" | |
The Divine Lady | 1929 | music: "Lady Divine" 1928 | |
Show Boat | 1929 | music: "The Lonesome Road" 1927 - uncredited | |
The Holy Terror | 1929 | Short music: "Kiddie Kapers" - uncredited | |
Children of the Ritz | 1929 | music: "Some Sweet Day" - as Nat Shilkret | |
Synthetic Sin | 1929 | music: "Betty" - uncredited | |
The Lady of the Lake | 1928 | writer: "Eileen, Sweet Eileen" | |
The Battle of the Sexes | 1928 | lyrics: "Just a Sweetheart" 1928 - uncredited / music: "Just a Sweetheart" 1928 - uncredited | |
Lilac Time | 1928 | music: "Jeannine, I Dream of Lilac Time" - uncredited |
Actor
Title | Year | Status | Character |
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Yankee Doodle Home | 1939 | Short | Band Leader |
It Happened in Paris | 1932 | Orchestra Leader (as Nathaniel Shilkret and His Orchestra) | |
Radio Salutes | 1931 | Short |
Self
Title | Year | Status | Character |
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Johannes Brahms | 1927 | Documentary short | Himself |
Franz Liszt | 1925 | Documentary short | Himself |
Archive Footage
Title | Year | Status | Character |
---|---|---|---|
American Masters | 1999 | TV Series documentary | Himself |
Nominated Awards
Year | Award | Ceremony | Nomination | Movie |
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1937 | Oscar | Academy Awards, USA | Best Music, Score | Winterset (1936) |