Paul Sawtell
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Paul Sawtell's musical talents have contributed to a variety of Hollywood productions. Sawtell began his entertainment career with his music featured in films like "Wagon Train" (1940), the George Sanders mystery "The Gay Falcon" (1941) and "A Date With the Falcon" (1941). His music also appeared in "Scattergood Rides High" (1942) and the Lucille Ball western "Valley of the Sun" (19...
Biography
Paul Sawtell's musical talents have contributed to a variety of Hollywood productions. Sawtell began his entertainment career with his music featured in films like "Wagon Train" (1940), the George Sanders mystery "The Gay Falcon" (1941) and "A Date With the Falcon" (1941). His music also appeared in "Scattergood Rides High" (1942) and the Lucille Ball western "Valley of the Sun" (1942). In the forties, Sawtell's music continued to appear on the silver screen, including in films like "For You I Die" (1948), the Dennis O'Keefe documentary "T-Men" (1948) and "Raw Deal" (1948). He appeared multiple times in Peter Jackson's epic "Lord of the Rings" franchise, including roles in "The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring" (2001), "The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King" (2003) and "The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers" (2002). Sawtell's music was also featured in "Monkey on My Back" (1957) with Cameron Mitchell, the adaptation "The Deerslayer" (1957) with Lex Barker and the Ronald Colman comedic drama "The Story of Mankind" (1957). His music was also featured in "Stopover Tokyo" (1957) with Robert Wagner and the drama "Machete" (1958) with Mari Blanchard. Sawtell was most recently credited in "The Water Horse" (2007) with Emily Watson. Sawtell passed away in August 1971 at the age of 65.
Filmography
Music (Feature Film)
The Gatling Gun
(1972)
Music
The Christine Jorgensen Story
(1970)
Music
The Bubble
(1966)
Music
The Bubble
(1966)
Music
Motor Psycho
(1965)
Composer
Faster, Pussycat! Kill! Kill!
(1965)
Composer
Island of the Blue Dolphins
(1964)
Music
The Last Man on Earth
(1964)
Music
Harbor Lights
(1963)
Music
Thunder Island
(1963)
Music
Young Guns of Texas
(1963)
Music comp & Conductor
Cattle King
(1963)
Music Score
Young Guns of Texas
(1963)
Composer
Jack the Giant Killer
(1962)
Music
Five Weeks in a Balloon
(1962)
Music
Gun Fight
(1961)
Music
The Long Rope
(1961)
Music (see note)
Wild Harvest
(1961)
Music
Pirates of Tortuga
(1961)
Music
Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea
(1961)
Music
The Big Show
(1961)
Music
Frontier Uprising
(1961)
Music
Misty
(1961)
Music
Five Guns to Tombstone
(1961)
Music
Wild Harvest
(1961)
Composer
The Walking Target
(1960)
Music
Noose for a Gunman
(1960)
Music
Three Came to Kill
(1960)
Music
A Dog of Flanders
(1960)
Music
The Lost World
(1960)
Music
Cage of Evil
(1960)
Music
The Music Box Kid
(1960)
Music
A Dog's Best Friend
(1960)
Music
Tess of the Storm Country
(1960)
Music Composition and Conducting
Virgin Sacrifice
(1960)
Music
Vice Raid
(1960)
Music
The Miracle of the Hills
(1959)
Music
The Sad Horse
(1959)
Music
Counterplot
(1959)
Music
Return of the Fly
(1959)
Music
Pier 5, Havana
(1959)
Music
The Big Circus
(1959)
Music Composition and Conducting
The Cosmic Man
(1959)
Original Music
The Fly
(1958)
Music
Sierra Baron
(1958)
Music
Cattle Empire
(1958)
Music
It! The Terror from Beyond Space
(1958)
Music
Ambush at Cimarron Pass
(1958)
Music
The Hunters
(1958)
Music Director
Villa!!
(1958)
Music
Machete
(1958)
Music
Hong Kong Confidential
(1958)
Music
Tarzan and the Trappers
(1958)
Music
Last of the Bad Men
(1957)
Music Composition and Conducting
The Black Scorpion
(1957)
Music Composition and Conducting
Gun Duel in Durango
(1957)
Music
Stopover Tokyo
(1957)
Music
The Deerslayer
(1957)
Music
Ghost Diver
(1957)
Music
The Story of Mankind
(1957)
Music Composition and Conducting
Hell Ship Mutiny
(1957)
Music
Monkey on My Back
(1957)
Music
5 Steps to Danger
(1957)
Music
Kronos
(1957)
Music
She Devil
(1957)
Music
Pawnee
(1957)
Music Composition and Conducting
Last of the Bad Men
(1957)
Composer
Scandal Incorporated
(1956)
Music
The Animal World
(1956)
Music Composition and Conducting
The First Texan
(1956)
Conductor
The Desperados Are in Town
(1956)
Music Director
Tall Man Riding
(1955)
Music
Quest for the Lost City
(1955)
Music Score
Ten Wanted Men
(1955)
Music Score
A Lawless Street
(1955)
Music Composition and Conducting
Texas Lady
(1955)
Music Score
Rage at Dawn
(1955)
Music Score
The Marauders
(1955)
Music
Tarzan's Hidden Jungle
(1955)
Music
Not As a Stranger
(1955)
Music Conductor
Texas Lady
(1955)
Composer
Africa Adventure
(1954)
Music Composition
Return to Treasure Island
(1954)
Music
Three Hours to Kill
(1954)
Music
They Rode West
(1954)
Music Score
Down Three Dark Streets
(1954)
Music Composition and Conducting
Inferno
(1953)
Music
Tarzan and the She-Devil
(1953)
Music
Flight to Tangier
(1953)
Music Score
Below the Sahara
(1953)
Music
The Diamond Queen
(1953)
Music Composition and Conducting
Pony Express
(1953)
Music Score
Half a Hero
(1953)
Music
The Sea Around Us
(1953)
Music
Arrowhead
(1953)
Music Score
The Diamond Queen
(1953)
Composer
Raiders of the Seven Seas
(1953)
Music
Desert Passage
(1952)
Music
Trail Guide
(1952)
Music
Hurricane Smith
(1952)
Music Score
Another Man's Poison
(1952)
Music
Denver & Rio Grande
(1952)
Music Score
Tarzan's Savage Fury
(1952)
Music
Kansas City Confidential
(1952)
Music
Road Agent
(1952)
Music
And Now Tomorrow
(1952)
Music
Flaming Feather
(1952)
Music Score
Sky Full of Moon
(1952)
Music
Target
(1952)
Music
The Savage
(1952)
Music Score
The Half-Breed
(1952)
Music
New Mexico
(1951)
Conductor
Roadblock
(1951)
Music
Pistol Harvest
(1951)
Music
Silver City
(1951)
Music Score
The Whip Hand
(1951)
Music
Hot Lead
(1951)
Music
Overland Telegraph
(1951)
Music
Gunplay
(1951)
Music
Hunt the Man Down
(1951)
Music
Jungle Headhunters
(1951)
Music score comp and Conductor
Stage to Tucson
(1951)
Music Score
The Son of Dr. Jekyll
(1951)
Music Score
Saddle Legion
(1951)
Music
The Great Missouri Raid
(1951)
Music Score
Warpath
(1951)
Music Composition and Conducting
Best of the Badmen
(1951)
Music
Fort Defiance
(1951)
Music
Santa Fe
(1951)
Music Score
The Cariboo Trail
(1950)
Music
Davy Crockett, Indian Scout
(1950)
Music
Southside 1-1000
(1950)
Music Score
Outrage
(1950)
Music
Fortunes of Captain Blood
(1950)
Music Score
Rio Grande Patrol
(1950)
Music
Bunco Squad
(1950)
Music
Storm Over Wyoming
(1950)
Music
Dynamite Pass
(1950)
Music
Law of the Badlands
(1950)
Music
Rider from Tucson
(1950)
Music
Border Treasure
(1950)
Music
Tarzan and the Slave Girl
(1950)
Music
Rogue River
(1950)
Music
Savage Splendor
(1949)
Music Score
Bad Boy
(1949)
Music Score
A Kiss for Corliss
(1949)
Conductor
Riders of the Range
(1949)
Music
Fighting Man of the Plains
(1949)
Music
Brothers in the Saddle
(1949)
Music
The Clay Pigeon
(1949)
Music
Rustlers
(1949)
Music
The Doolins of Oklahoma
(1949)
Music Score
Stagecoach Kid
(1949)
Music
The Threat
(1949)
Music
The Mysterious Desperado
(1949)
Music
The Big Cat
(1949)
Music Score
Masked Raiders
(1949)
Music
Black Magic
(1949)
Music Score
The Black Arrow
(1948)
Music
Bodyguard
(1948)
Music
Four Faces West
(1948)
Music Composition and Conducting
Return of the Bad Men
(1948)
Music
Guns of Hate
(1948)
Music
Northwest Stampede
(1948)
Music Score
Western Heritage
(1948)
Music
Mystery in Mexico
(1948)
Music
Gun Smugglers
(1948)
Music
The Arizona Ranger
(1948)
Music
For You I Die
(1948)
Music Director and score
Walk a Crooked Mile
(1948)
Music
River Lady
(1948)
Music
Design for Death
(1948)
Music
T-Men
(1948)
Music Score
Raw Deal
(1948)
Music
The Devil Thumbs a Ride
(1947)
Music
Dick Tracy Meets Gruesome
(1947)
Music
Trail Street
(1947)
Music
Born to Kill
(1947)
Music
Code of the West
(1947)
Music
Dick Tracy's Dilemma
(1947)
Music
Wild Horse Mesa
(1947)
Music
Under the Tonto Rim
(1947)
Music
The Vigilantes Return
(1947)
Music Director
Tarzan and the Huntress
(1947)
Music
Seven Keys to Baldpate
(1947)
Music
Thunder Mountain
(1947)
Music
Keeper of the Bees
(1947)
Music Score
Desperate
(1947)
Music
Blind Spot
(1947)
Music Score
Alias Mr. Twilight
(1946)
Music Director
Perilous Holiday
(1946)
Music Score
Strange Conquest
(1946)
Music Director
San Quentin
(1946)
Music
Criminal Court
(1946)
Music
Danger Woman
(1946)
Music Director
Step by Step
(1946)
Music
Sunset Pass
(1946)
Music
The Falcon's Adventure
(1946)
Music
Vacation in Reno
(1946)
Music
Wild Beauty
(1946)
Music Director
Tarzan and the Leopard Woman
(1946)
Music Score
Renegades
(1946)
Music Score
The Cat Creeps
(1946)
Music Director
The Jungle Captive
(1945)
Music Director
The Fighting Guardsman
(1945)
Music Score
West of the Pecos
(1945)
Music
The House of Fear
(1945)
Music Director
Renegades of the Rio Grande
(1945)
Music Director
Snafu
(1945)
Music Score
A Game of Death
(1945)
Music
The Falcon in San Francisco
(1945)
Music
Tarzan and the Amazons
(1945)
Music Score
The Mummy's Curse
(1945)
Music Director
Beyond the Pecos
(1945)
Music Director
The Crime Doctor's Warning
(1945)
Music Director
Wanderer of the Wasteland
(1945)
Music
I Love a Bandleader
(1945)
Music Director
Secret Command
(1944)
Music Score
Jungle Woman
(1944)
Music Director
Weird Woman
(1944)
Music Director
Trigger Trail
(1944)
Music Director
Riders of the Santa Fe
(1944)
Music Director
Gildersleeve's Ghost
(1944)
Music
Youth Runs Wild
(1944)
Music
The Pearl of Death
(1944)
Music Director
The Scarlet Claw
(1944)
Music Director
Trail to Gunsight
(1944)
Music Director
Mr. Winkle Goes to War
(1944)
Music Score
Oklahoma Raiders
(1944)
Music Director
Nevada
(1944)
Music
The Old Texas Trail
(1944)
Music Director
Dead Man's Eyes
(1944)
Music Director
The Avenging Rider
(1943)
Music Director
Calling Dr. Death
(1943)
Music Director
Cinderella Swings It
(1943)
Music Score
Fighting Frontier
(1943)
Music Director
Frontier Law
(1943)
Music Director
Sagebrush Law
(1943)
Music Director
Tarzan Triumphs
(1943)
Music
Arizona Trail
(1943)
Music Director
Tarzan's Desert Mystery
(1943)
Music Score
Scattergood Survives a Murder
(1942)
Music Score
Scattergood Rides High
(1942)
Music Score
Land of the Open Range
(1942)
Music Director
Hillbilly Blitzkrieg
(1942)
Music Director
Bandit Ranger
(1942)
Music Director
Valley of the Sun
(1942)
Music
A Date with the Falcon
(1942)
Music
Pirates of the Prairie
(1942)
Music Director
Red River Robin Hood
(1942)
Music Director
Riding the Wind
(1942)
Music Director
Robbers of the Range
(1941)
Music Director
The Gay Falcon
(1941)
Music Score
Redhead
(1941)
Music score and Director
Dude Cowboy
(1941)
Music Director
The Bandit Trail
(1941)
Music Director
Thundering Hoofs
(1941)
Music Director
Along the Rio Grande
(1941)
Music Director
Six-Gun Gold
(1941)
Music Director
Cyclone on Horseback
(1941)
Music Director
Come on Danger
(1941)
Music Director
Play Girl
(1941)
Music Director
No Hands on the Clock
(1941)
Music Score
Pop Always Pays
(1940)
Music Director
Legion of the Lawless
(1940)
Music Director
Prairie Law
(1940)
Music Director
Triple Justice
(1940)
Music Director
Wagon Train
(1940)
Music Score
Stage to Chino
(1940)
Music Director
Millionaire Playboy
(1940)
Music Score
Mexican Spitfire
(1940)
Music Director
The Fargo Kid
(1940)
Music Director
Bullet Code
(1940)
Music Director
Little Orvie
(1940)
Music Score
Music (Short)
Seeing Ceylon
(1953)
Music Conductor
Johannesburg "City of Gold"
(1953)
Music Conductor
In the Land of Diamonds
(1952)
Music Conductor
Pretoria to Durban
(1952)
Music Conductor
Jasper National Park
(1952)
Music Conductor
Ancient India
(1952)
Music Conductor
Land of the Taj Mahal
(1952)
Music Conductor
Calling on Cape Town
(1952)
Music Conductor
Glimpses of Argentina
(1952)
Music Conductor
Life in the Andes
(1952)
Music Conductor
Land of the Zuider Zee
(1951)
Music Conductor
Beautiful Brazil
(1951)
Music Composer
Springtime in the Netherlands
(1951)
Music Conductor
Roaming Through Michigan
(1950)
Music Conductor
Colorful Holland
(1950)
Music Conductor
Ontario "Land of Lakes"
(1949)
Music Conductor
QUEBEC IN SUMMERTIME
(1949)
Music Conductor
From Liverpool to Stratford
(1949)
Music Conductor
Mighty Manhattan, New York's Wonder City
(1949)
Music Conductor
In Old Amsterdam
(1949)
Music Conductor
Playlands of Michigan
(1949)
Music Conductor
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