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Herschel Burke Gilbert

American violist, orchestrator, musical supervisor, & composer of film & TV scores. Born April 20, 1918, Milwaukee, Wisconsin, USA. Died June 8, 2003, Los Angeles, California, USA. In 1974, he founded [l=Laurel Records] (aka [l=Laurel Record]), as an outlet for classical chamber music and jazz, featuring mainly American composers. He was in Hollywood between 1944 and 1958, variously under contract with Columbia, United Artists and 20th Century Fox as arranger/music director. His most productive spell was between 1952 and 1954, when he became the first person to receive Oscar nominations for the categories of Original Score, Song and Musical Adaptation in the course of three successive years.