Richard LaSalle (January 18, 1918 – April 5, 2015) was an American
film score composer
A film score is original music written specifically to accompany a film. The score comprises a number of orchestral, instrumental, or choral pieces called cue (theatrical), cues, which are timed to begin and end at specific points during the f ...
.
LaSalle was born in
Louisville, Colorado
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. 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.
Selected filmography
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Tank Battalion
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Sniper's Ridge
''Sniper's Ridge'' is a 1961 Korean War drama film directed by John A. Bushelman and starring Jack Ging and Stanley Clements.
Plot
In the days before the Korean War#Armistice .28July 1953 .E2.80.93 November 1954.29, cease-fire, a hard-luck platoo ...
Gun Street
''Gun Street'' is a 1961 American Western film directed by Edward L. Cahn and starring James Brown, Jean Willes and John Clarke.
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The Purple Hills
''The Purple Hills'' (originally titled "The Vanishing Frontier") is a 1961 American Western film directed by Maury Dexter and written by Russ Bender and Edith Cash Pearl. The film stars Gene Nelson, Kent Taylor, Danny Zapien, Medford Salway, ...
The Broken Land
''The Broken Land'' is a 1962 CinemaScope DeLuxe Western film directed by John A. Bushelman, and starring Kent Taylor, Diana Darrin and Jack Nicholson.
Plot
The film is about a cowboy who rides into a small town that is ruled with an iron fis ...
Incident in an Alley
''Incident in an Alley'' is a 1962 American neo noir crime film directed by Edward L. Cahn and starring Chris Warfield, Erin O'Donnell and Harp McGuire.
The film's premise rests on a legal precedent that police may use force against fleeing s ...
California
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Twice-Told Tales
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The Quick Gun
''The Quick Gun'' is a 1964 American Techniscope Western film directed by Sidney Salkow and starring Audie Murphy. It was the second of four films produced by Grant Whytock and Edward Small's Admiral Pictures in the 1960s.Blood on the Arrow'' (1964)
*'' The Time Travelers'' (1964)
*'' Apache Rifles'' (1964)
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Fort Courageous
''Fort Courageous'' is a 1965 American Western film directed by Lesley Selander and written by Richard H. Landau. The film stars Fred Beir, Don "Red" Barry, Hanna Landy, Harry Lauter, Walter Reed and Joe Patridge. The film was released on May 1 ...
40 Guns to Apache Pass
''40 Guns to Apache Pass'' is a 1967 American Western film directed by William Witney and starring Audie Murphy.
Plot
In the Arizona Territory of 1868, the Apaches, led by Cochise (Michael Keep), are on the warpath. Army Captain Bruce Coburn (A ...
Superbeast
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Daughters of Satan
''Daughters of Satan'' is a 1972 American horror film directed by Hollingsworth Morse and written by John C. Higgins. The film stars Tom Selleck, Barra Grant, Tani Guthrie, Paraluman, Vic Silayan and Vic Díaz. The film was released by United ...
Flood!
''Flood!'' is a 1976 American made-for-television adventure film directed by Earl Bellamy.
Plot summary
The earthen dam above Brownsville, Texas shows signs of imminent collapse, but the mayor, John Cutler, refuses to act. A maverick town boa ...
The Amazing Captain Nemo
''The Return of Captain Nemo'' (theatrical title: ''The Amazing Captain Nemo'') is a 1978 American science fiction adventure film, adventure miniseries, television miniseries directed by Alex March and Paul Stader (the latter directed the underwat ...
The Memory of Eva Ryker
''The Memory of Eva Ryker'' is a 1980 American television drama film starring Natalie Wood, Robert Foxworth and Ralph Bellamy. It was produced by Irwin Allen and directed by Walter Grauman.
It was based on a 1978 novel by Donald Stanwood which wa ...
Cave-In!
''Cave-In!'' (sometimes listed as ''Cave In!'') is a 1983 American made-for-television action disaster film starring Dennis Cole, Leslie Nielsen and James Olson. The movie was produced by Irwin Allen in 1979 in association with Warner Bros ...