| Birth: | Oct. 16, 1892 | | Death: | Mar. 16, 1948 | 
Film Composer, Conductor. Born in St. Louis, he began playing the violin at age four and became Music Director of Grauman's Egyptian Theatre in Hollywood in 1922. As head of the Warner Bros. Music Department from 1926 until his death, Forbstein arranged and conducted the scores for hundreds of Warner films and was largely responsible for their distinctive brassy sound. He brought composers Max Steiner and Erich Wolfgang Korngold to the studio, shared an Academy Award with Korngold for "Anthony Adverse" (1936), and was Oscar-nominated (with Steiner) for "The Charge of the Light Brigade" (1936) and "The Life of Emile Zola" (1937). It is debatable whether Forbstein deserved these honors, however, since in the early years of Oscar competition the heads of studio music departments were automatically nominated along with the composers. (This practice was discontinued in 1938). He died of a heart attack while preparing the music for the 1948 Academy Awards ceremony. (bio by: Bobb Edwards)
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Children:
Harriett Forbstein Dellar (1915 - 1999)*
*Calculated relationship
Cause of death: Heart attack
Search Amazon for Leo Forbstein | | | Burial:
Home of Peace Memorial Park
East Los Angeles
Los Angeles County
California, USA
Plot: Mausoleum, Corridor of Immortality, Crypt 205 SW |
Maintained by: Find A Grave
Record added: Apr 05, 2000
Find A Grave Memorial# 9012 |
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