Phil Ohman
{{Infobox musical artist
|name = Phil Ohman
|background = non_vocal_instrumentalist
|image = Victor Arden & Phil Ohman.jpg
|caption = Victor Arden and Phil Ohman
|birth_date = {{birth date|1896|10|07}}
|birth_place = New Britain, Connecticut, U.S.
|death_date = {{death date and age|1954|08|08|1896|10|07}}
|death_place = Santa Monica, California, U.S.
|genre = Ragtime, Film scores
|occupation = Composer
|years_active =
|instrument = Piano
}}
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 in the 1920s and 1930s.
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.{{cite web|last=Chadbourne|first=Eugene|title=Phil Ohman – Music Biography, Credits and Discography : Allmusic|url=http://www.allmusic.com/artist/phil-ohman-mn0001262115|publisher=Allmusic|accessdate=March 10, 2013}} 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.
Partial filmography
- Try and Play It (1922)
- Up and Down the Keys (1922)
- Piano Pan (1922)
- Sparkles (1935)
- The Renegade Trail (1939)
- Captain Caution (1940)
- The Roundup (1941)
- Sweethearts of the U.S.A. (1944)
- Dick Tracy vs. Cueball (1946)
- Million Dollar Weekend (1948)
See also
References
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Further reading
- {{Cite book |last=Jasen |first=David A. |author2=Trebor Jay Tichenor |title=Rags and Ragtime: A Musical History |publisher=Dover Publications, Inc. |year=1978 |location=New York, NY |isbn=0-486-25922-6 |pages=[https://archive.org/details/ragsragtimemusic00jasen/page/231 231–232] |url-access=registration |url=https://archive.org/details/ragsragtimemusic00jasen/page/231 }}
External links
- {{IMDb name|id=0645117|name=Phil Ohman}}
- [https://adp.library.ucsb.edu/names/105530 Phil Ohman recordings] at the Discography of American Historical Recordings.
- {{IMSLP|id=Ohman, Phil}}
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Category:20th-century American composers
Category:American film score composers
Category:American pop pianists
Category:American male pianists
Category:American male film score composers
Category:20th-century American pianists
Category:20th-century American male musicians
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