Richard W. LaSalle (January 18, 1918 – April 5, 2015) was an American film score composer.[1][2][3]
Biography
LaSalle was born in Louisville, Colorado. He began as a performer for local hotels as a pianist and orchestra leader between the 1940s and 1950s. In 1958 he joined the American Society of Composers and Publishers in which started his main career in film composing.[4] He died in Carmel, California.[5]
Selected filmography
- Tank Battalion (1958)
- The Big Night (1960)
- Sniper's Ridge (1961)
- Naked Youth (1961)
- Gun Street (1961)
- The Purple Hills (1961)
- The Clown and the Kid (1961)
- Deadly Duo (1962)
- The Broken Land (1962)
- Hands of a Stranger (1962)
- Incident in an Alley (1962)
- The Firebrand (1962)
- The Day Mars Invaded Earth (1962)
- Diary of a Madman (1963)
- California (1963)
- Police Nurse (1963)
- Twice-Told Tales (1963)
- A Yank in Viet-Nam (1964)
- The Quick Gun (1964)
- Blood on the Arrow (1964)
- The Time Travelers (1964)
- Apache Rifles (1964)
- Fort Courageous (1965)
- Runaway Girl (1965)
- Convict Stage (1965)
- Arizona Raiders (1965)
- Ambush Bay (1966)
- Don't Worry, We'll Think of a Title (1966)
- Boy, Did I Get a Wrong Number! (1966)
- 40 Guns to Apache Pass (1967)
- City Beneath the Sea (1971)
- Superbeast (1972)
- Daughters of Satan (1972)
- Piranha, Piranha (1972)
- Doctor Death: Seeker of Souls (1973)
- Alice Doesn't Live Here Anymore (1974)
- The Thirsty Dead (1974)
- Flood! (1976)
- Fire! (1977)
- The Amazing Captain Nemo (1978)
- Hanging by a Thread (1979)
- The Memory of Eva Ryker (1980)
- The Night the Bridge Fell Down (1983)
- Cave-In! (1983)
External links
References
- "Search Results Page". afi.com.
- "Richard La Salle". BFI. Archived from the original on 2012-07-17.
- "Richard W. LaSalle Obituary". The Monterey Herald. 26 April 2015. Retrieved 27 April 2015.
- "Archived copy" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2015-02-09. Retrieved 2015-02-09.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link) - "Richard W. LaSalle Obituary". The Monterey Herald. 26 April 2015. Retrieved 27 April 2015.