Mischa Bakaleinikoff

Mischa Bakaleinikoff
Background information
Birth name Mikhail Romanovich Bakaleinikov
Born (1890-11-10)November 10, 1890
Moscow, Russia
Died August 10, 1960(1960-08-10) (aged 69)
Los Angeles, California, U.S.
Occupation(s) Composer, conductor, musical director
Labels Columbia Studios

Mikhail Romanovich "Mischa" Bakaleinikov (also spelled Bakaleynikov and Bakaleinikoff; Russian: Михаил Романович Бакалейников; November 10, 1890 – August 10, 1960) was a noted musical director, film composer and conductor.

Personal life

Brother to Constantin, Nikolay and Vladimir, Bakaleinikoff was born in Moscow in 1890. He left the Soviet Union for the United States in 1926, and joined Columbia Studios's music department in Hollywood in 1931.[1]

Bakaleinikoff was a member of the Masonic Lodge. At his funeral service in 1960, the music was played by a string ensemble from Columbia.[1] He died at age 69, and was survived by his wife, Yvonne (née Wilson) and their four children.

He was also married to actress Helen Gilbert.[2]

Career

Bakaleinikoff played the double bass viol in Columbia Studios' orchestra for films such as Lost Horizon before becoming the studio's music director in the early 1940s.[1]

He scored the music to the following films:

References

  1. 1 2 3 "Bakaleinikoff". Monstrous Movie Music. Retrieved 2008-03-18.
  2. ↑ Othman, Frederick C. (April 21, 1939). "Hollywood Day By Day". The Danville Morning News. Pennsylvania, Danville. United Press. p. 2. Retrieved October 10, 2016 – via Newspapers.com.
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