Alberto Colombo (November 27, 1888 – March 24, 1954) was an American composer and music director whose career spanned 20 years, from 1934 through 1953. At the 10th Academy Awards he was nominated for an Oscar in the category of Best Score for the film Portia on Trial.

Filmography (as per AFI's database)

Year Title Credit Director Production Co. 1934 Red Morning Music Director Wallace W. Fox RKO Radio Pictures 1934 Music Director Tommy Atkins RKO Radio Pictures 1935 Annie Oakley Music Director George Stevens RKO Radio Pictures 1935 His Family Tree Music Director Charles Vidor RKO Radio Pictures 1935 Music Director George Nicholls Jr. RKO Radio Pictures 1935 Hooray for Love Music Director Walter Lang RKO Radio Pictures 1935 Hot Tip Music Director Ray McCarey, James Gleason RKO Radio Pictures 1935 Village Tale Music Director John Cromwell RKO Radio Pictures 1935 Chasing Yesterday Music Director George Nicholls Jr. RKO Radio Pictures 1935 Seven Keys to Baldpate Music Director William Hamilton, Edward Killy RKO Radio Pictures 1935 Music Director Edward Sloman RKO Radio Pictures 1935 Jalna Music Director John Cromwell RKO Radio Pictures 1935 Powdersmoke Range Music Director Wallace W. Fox RKO Radio Pictures 1935 Freckles Music Director Edward Killy, William Hamilton RKO Radio Pictures 1935 To Beat the Band Music Director Benjamin Stoloff RKO Radio Pictures 1935 Romance in Manhattan Music Director Stephen Roberts RKO Radio Pictures 1936 Two in the Dark Music Director Benjamin Stoloff RKO Radio Pictures 1936 M'Liss Music Director George Nicholls Jr. RKO Radio Pictures 1936 Two in Revolt Music Director Glenn Tryon RKO Radio Pictures 1936 Yellow Dust Music Director Wallace W. Fox RKO Radio Pictures 1936 Love on a Bet Music Director Leigh Jason RKO Radio Pictures 1936 Chatterbox Music Director George Nicholls Jr. RKO Radio Pictures 1936 Grand Jury Music Director Albert S. Rogell RKO Radio Pictures 1936 Music Director Christy Cabanne RKO Radio Pictures 1936 Second Wife Music Director Edward Killy RKO Radio Pictures 1936 Music Director Ben Holmes RKO Radio Pictures 1937 Dangerous Holiday Music Supervisor Nicholas Barrows Republic Pictures 1937 It Could Happen to You Music Supervisor Phil Rosen Republic Pictures 1937 Exiled to Shanghai Music Director Nick Grinde Republic Pictures 1937 Meet the Boyfriend Music Director Ralph Staub Republic Pictures 1937 Portia on Trial Music Score George Nicholls Jr. Republic Pictures 1937 Affairs of Cappy Ricks Music Supervisor Ralph Staub Republic Pictures 1937 Music Director Irving Pichel Republic Pictures 1937 Springtime in the Rockies Music Director Joseph I. Kane Republic Pictures 1937 Rhythm in the Clouds Music Supervisor John H. Auer Republic Pictures 1937 Wild Horse Rodeo Music Director George Sherman Republic Pictures 1937 Escape by Night Music Director Hamilton MacFadden Republic Pictures 1937 Music Director Irving Pichel Republic Pictures 1937 Music Director James Cruze Republic Pictures 1937 Youth on Parole Music Director Phil Rosen Republic Pictures 1937 Sea Racketeers Music Director Hamilton MacFadden Republic Pictures 1937 Music Director Gus Meins Republic Pictures 1937 Michael O'Halloran Music Supervisor Karl Brown Republic Pictures 1937 All Over Town Music Director James W. Horne Republic Pictures 1937 Manhattan Merry-Go-Round Music Director Charles F. Reisner, John H. Auer Republic Pictures 1938 Outside of Paradise Music Director John H. Auer Republic Pictures 1938 Arson Gang Busters Music Director Joseph I. Kane Republic Pictures 1938 Call the Mesquiteers Music Director John English Republic Pictures 1938 Hollywood Stadium Mystery Music Director David Howard Republic Pictures 1938 Call of the Yukon Music Score B. Reeves Eason Republic Pictures 1938 Gold Mine in the Sky Music Score Joseph I. Kane Republic Pictures 1938 Born to be Wild Music Director Joseph I. Kane Republic Pictures 1938 King of the Newsboys Music Director Bernard Vorhaus Republic Pictures 1938 Music Director Joseph I. Kane Republic Pictures 1938 Romance on the Run Music Director Gus Meins Republic Pictures 1938 Ladies in Distress Music Director Gus Meins Republic Pictures 1938 Riders of the Black Hills Music Director George Sherman Republic Pictures 1938 Army Girl Music Score George Nicholls Jr. Republic Pictures 1938 Invisible Enemy Music Director John H. Auer Republic Pictures 1938 Gangs of New York Music Director James Cruze Republic Pictures 1938 Under Western Stars Music Director Joseph I. Kane Republic Pictures 1938 Outlaws of Sonora Music Director George Sherman Republic Pictures 1938 Music Director George Sherman Republic Pictures 1938 Prison Nurse Music Director James Cruze Republic Pictures 1938 Lady Behave! Music Director Lloyd Corrigan Republic Pictures 1938 Mama Runs Wild Music Director Ralph Staub Republic Pictures 1938 Billy the Kid Returns Co-composer Joseph I. Kane Republic Pictures 1938 Heroes of the Hills Co-composer George Sherman Republic Pictures 1940 Hi-Yo Silver Music Director William Witney, John English Republic Pictures 1941 Federal Fugitives Music Director William Beaudine Producers Releasing Corporation 1941 South of Panama Music Director Jean Yarbrough T. H. Richmond Productions 1942 Music Score Hamilton MacFadden Roland Reed Productions 1943 Music Director William Witney, John English Republic Pictures 1945 Youth for the Kingdom Music Director Hamilton MacFadden Lutheran Laymen's League 1947 Messenger of Peace Music Director Frank R. Strayer Lutheran Laymen's League 1948 Reaching from Heaven Music Director Frank R. Strayer Lutheran Church–Missouri Synod 1949 Music Director Frank R. Strayer Lutheran Laymen's League 1949 Music Director Frank R. Strayer Roland Reed Productions 1950 Black Hand Music Score Richard Thorpe Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer 1950 Composer George "Dink" Templeton LeMay-Templeton Productions 1951 Inside Straight Additional music Gerald Mayer Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer 1951 All That I Have Music Score William F. Claxton Family Films 1951 Go for Broke! Music Director Robert Pirosh Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer 1951 Talents Music Director William F. Claxton Family Films 1951 Across the Wide Missouri Composer William A. Wellman Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer 1952 Holiday for Sinners Music Director Gerald Mayer Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer 1952 You for Me Music Director Don Weis Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer 1952 It's a Big Country Music Adaptation 8 sequence directors Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer 1952 Apache War Smoke Music Director Harold F. Kress Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer 1953 Rogue's March Music Director Allan Davis Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer 1953 Big Leaguer Music Director Robert Aldrich Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer 1953 Code Two Music Director Fred M. Wilcox Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer 1953 Fast Company Music Director John Sturges Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer 1953 Composer Don Weis Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer

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