Jerome Moross

Jerome Moross (August 1, 1913 – July 25, 1983) was an American composer best known for his music for film and television. He also composed works for symphony orchestras, chamber ensembles, soloists and musical theater, as well as orchestrating scores for other composers.

Biography He was born in Brooklyn, New York City, United States, in 1913 In 1931, he met Aaron Copland and joined his Young Composers Group, whose members also included Herrmann. Copland supported his work and Herrmann provided him an introduction to the entertainment media, beginning with the composition of music cues for radio shows in 1935. In the 1940s he began to work in Hollywood, California, where he would compose the music scores for sixteen films from 1948 to 1969.

In 1956 he composed the score for the World War II drama The Sharkfighters,

His best-known film score is that for the 1958 movie The Big Country, for which he was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Original Score. He was buried in Mount Ararat Cemetery in East Farmingdale, New York, next to Hazel.

Theatre works Mother (1935) – play – co-incidental music composer Susanna and the Elders (1948) – one-act musical – composer Willie the Weeper (1948) – one-act musical – composer The Eccentricities of Davey Crockett (1948) – one-act musical – composer The Golden Apple (1954) – musical – composer Gentlemen, Be Seated! (1963) – musical – composer