Occupation(s) Composer Genres Ragtime, Film score Role Composer | Name Phil Ohman Instruments Piano | |
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Born October 7, 1896
New Britain, Connecticut, U.S. ( 1896-10-07 ) Died August 8, 1954, Santa Monica, California, United States Music director Dick Tracy vs. Cueball, Million Dollar Weekend Similar People Arden‑Ohman Orchestra, Frank Luther, Max Kortlander, Scrappy Lambert, Nathaniel Shilkret | ||
Face the music medley irving berlin played by phil ohman 1932
Phil Ohman (October 7, 1896 – August 8, 1954) was an American film composer and pianist. He is most well known for his collaboration with fellow musician Victor Arden.
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- Face the music medley irving berlin played by phil ohman 1932
- Orchestrelle Push Up Pianola Blue Skies Phil Ohman
- Biography
- Partial filmography
- References
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Biography
Ohman was born Fillmore Wellington Ohman in New Britain, Connecticut in 1896. He is remembered as being one half of one of the pre-eminent piano duos in the 1922-1932, paired with Victor Arden. They were the pit pianists in many of George Gershwin's musicals, and recorded hundreds of piano rolls and records. Starting in mid 1927, just as they signed to Victor Records, they developed a large studio orchestra specializing in Broadway show songs that became quite popular. These particular records employed a rather large, brassy powerful sound (it is not known who they used as arranger), always with a space for a twin piano duet section.
Ohman died in Santa Monica, California on August 8, 1954.