Dimitri Zinovievich Tiomkin (May 10, 1894November 11, 1979) was a
Russian-American film score composer and conductor. Musically trained in Russia, he is best known for his western scores, including
Duel in the Sun,
Red River,
High Noon,
Gunfight at the O.K. Corral, and
Last Train from Gun Hill. Tiomkin received twenty-two
Academy Award nominations and won four Oscars, three for
Best Original Score for
High Noon,
The High and the Mighty and
The Old Man and the Sea, and one for Best Original Song for "
The Ballad of High Noon" from the former film.