| Intro | American pianist and composer |
| Was |
Musician Composer Songwriter Pianist Film score composer |
| From | United States of America |
| Type |
Film, TV, Stage & Radio Music |
| Gender | male |
| Birth | 7 October 1896, New Britain |
| Death |
8 August 1954, Santa Monica (aged 57 years) |
Phil Ohman (October 7, 1896 – August 8, 1954) was an American film composer and pianist. He is most well known for his collaboration with fellow musician Victor Arden.
Biography
Ohman was born Fillmore Wellington Ohman in New Britain, Connecticut in 1896. He is remembered as being one half of one of the pre-eminent piano duos in the 1922-1932, paired with Victor Arden. They were the pit pianists in many of George Gershwin’s musicals, and recorded hundreds of piano rolls and records. Starting in mid 1927, just as they signed to Victor Records, they developed a large studio orchestra specializing in Broadway show songs that became quite popular. These particular records employed a rather large, brassy powerful sound (it is not known who they used as arranger), always with a space for a twin piano duet section.
Ohman died in Santa Monica, California on August 8, 1954.
Partial filmography
- Try and Play It (1922)
- Up and Down the Keys (1922)
- Piano Pan (1922)
- Sparkles (1935)
- The Renegade Trail (1939)
- Captain Caution (1940)
- The Roundup (1941)
- Dick Tracy vs. Cueball (1946)
- Million Dollar Weekend (1948)