Name Mischa Bakaleinikoff Role Music Director | Labels Columbia Pictures | |
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Birth name Mikhail Romanovich Bakaleinikov Born November 10, 1890
Moscow, Russia ( 1890-11-10 ) Occupation(s) Composer, conductor, musical director Died August 10, 1960, Los Angeles, California, United States Spouse Yvonne Marie Wilson (m. 1944–1960), Helen Gilbert (m. 1936–1939) Children Victoria Chituni, William Bakaleinikoff, Tony Bakaleinikoff, Annie Bakaleinikoff Siblings Constantin Bakaleinikoff, Vladimir Bakaleinikov, Nikolay Bakaleinikov Similar People Constantin Bakaleinikoff, George Duning, Helen Gilbert, Nathan H Juran, Ray Nazarro | ||
SOUND TRACK FROM MISCHA BAKALEINIKOFF,Serial movie Mysteriois Island.
Mikhail Romanovich "Mischa" Bakaleinikov (also spelled Bakaleynikov and Bakaleinikoff; Russian: Михаил Романович Бакалейников; November 10, 1890 – August 10, 1960) was a noted musical director, film composer and conductor.
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Personal life
Brother to Constantin, Nikolay and Vladimir, Bakaleinikoff was born in Moscow in 1890. He left the Soviet Union for the United States in 1926, and joined Columbia Studios's music department in Hollywood in 1931.
Bakaleinikoff was a member of the Masonic Lodge. At his funeral service in 1960, the music was played by a string ensemble from Columbia. He died at age 69, and was survived by his wife, Yvonne (née Wilson) and their four children.
He is buried at Forest Lawn Memorial Park (Glendale).
He was also married to actress Helen Gilbert.
Career
Bakaleinikoff played the double bass viol in Columbia Studios' orchestra for films such as Lost Horizon before becoming the studio's music director in the early 1940s.
He scored the music to the following films: