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Leigh Harline

Leigh Harline

Composer · Died December 10, 1969, aged 62 · Salt Lake City, Utah, USA

Academy Award-winning composer (score, Pinocchio (1940), conductor, songwriter ("When You Wish Upon a Star" [Academy award, Best Song, 1940) and arranger Leigh Harline was educated at the University of Utah. He was a music student of J. Spencer Cornwall. He arranged the first transcontinental broadcast from Los Angeles in 1932, and that year joined the Walt Disney Studios. From 1941 he freelanced among various Hollywood studios. He joined ASCAP in 1940. His other popular song compositions include "Hi-Diddle-Dee-Dee", "Give a Little Whistle" and "Jiminy Cricket".

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Biography from TMDB.

Born
March 26, 1907
Died
December 10, 1969 (aged 62)
From
Salt Lake City, Utah, USA
Works as
Composer
Titles
109 on MovieCove · 176 credits in all
TMDB popularity, last 37 days to Oct 26Down 12% in 30 days

What are Leigh Harline's films like?

Across their 104 MovieCove titles with a thematic analysis, their films lean Bonds and Morality.

What they feel like to watch

their average across 104 films
ToneFeelDemandtheir average · filled zone: the category

Light 67 · Serious 21 · Dark 16

A split, not a type: Grounded 47 · Stylized 39 · Heightened 18

A split, not a type: Gentle 56 · Charged 39 · Intense 9

Steady 60 · Shifting 43 · Whiplash 1

A split, not a type: Straight-faced 36 · Some laughs 30 · Funny 38

Slow burn 43 · Even-paced 58 · Relentless 3

Casual 77 · Engaged 25 · Full focus 2

Easy watch 68 · Affecting 26 · Heavy 10

Resolved 95 · Open-ended 7 · Ambiguous 2

Moods and endings

endings are an aggregate; no title is named

Dominant moods · mentions across their titles

Joyful
52
Tense
38
Warm
28
Romantic
34
Melancholic
25
Other
87

How their films end · 8 with a twist

  • Happy66
  • Bittersweet28
  • Tragic2
  • Ambiguous8

AI-generated from each title's plot synopsis and cast list, with extra plot summaries, reviews and Parents Guide notes for titles the model may not know, and the model's own knowledge of the ones it recognizes. Only analyzed titles count, so this covers part of the filmography; the feel axes count films only for now.

Where can I watch Leigh Harline's films?

As of October 24, 2026, 38 of their 109 MovieCove titles stream on a subscription or free service, most on Disney+ (19).

Subscription and free streaming for Leigh Harline's titles on MovieCove; rent and buy are not counted. Titles are listed by Midcredits score, highest first, at most 12 per service; a dashed chip is a producer credit or a minor one, such as a thanks. A service opens the browse page, which counts movies only, so its number can differ.

Filmography

176 credits, 109 with a MovieCove page.

  • Everybody Loves Mickey (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2001)

    Composer

  • Strange Bedfellows(1965)

    Composer

    Midcredits score: 46th percentile of all films
  • Guns of Diablo(1964)

    Composer

    Midcredits score: 31st percentile of all films
  • Man's Search for Happiness (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1964)

    Composer

  • 7 Faces of Dr. Lao(1964)

    Composer

    Midcredits score: 81st percentile of all films
  • Midcredits score: 58th percentile of all films
  • The Honeymoon Machine(1961)

    Composer

    Midcredits score: 49th percentile of all films
  • All Hands on Deck(1961)

    Composer

    Midcredits score: 33rd percentile of all films
  • The Facts of Life(1960)

    Composer · Conductor

    Midcredits score: 54th percentile of all films
  • Midcredits score: 36th percentile of all films
  • Warlock(1959)

    Composer

    Midcredits score: 85th percentile of all films
  • Midcredits score: 53rd percentile of all films
  • Say One for Me(1959)

    Composer

    Midcredits score: 28th percentile of all films
  • Man of the West(1958)

    Composer

    Midcredits score: 81st percentile of all films
  • Midcredits score: 53rd percentile of all films
  • Ten North Frederick (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1958)

    Composer

  • The Enemy Below(1957)

    Composer

    Midcredits score: 93rd percentile of all films
  • No Down Payment(1957)

    Composer

    Midcredits score: 83rd percentile of all films
  • The Wayward Bus(1957)

    Composer

    Midcredits score: 59th percentile of all films
  • Midcredits score: 52nd percentile of all films
  • Midcredits score: 75th percentile of all films
  • Teenage Rebel(1956)

    Composer

    Midcredits score: 39th percentile of all films
  • The Best Things in Life Are Free (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1956)

    Composer

  • Midcredits score: 77th percentile of all films
  • Midcredits score: 51st percentile of all films
  • The Last Frontier(1955)

    Composer

    Midcredits score: 56th percentile of all films
  • Midcredits score: 77th percentile of all films
  • Midcredits score: 59th percentile of all films
  • House of Bamboo(1955)

    Composer

    Midcredits score: 74th percentile of all films
  • Black Widow(1954)

    Composer

    Midcredits score: 70th percentile of all films
  • Broken Lance(1954)

    Composer

    Midcredits score: 76th percentile of all films
  • Susan Slept Here(1954)

    Composer

    Midcredits score: 56th percentile of all films
  • River of No Return(1954)

    Composer

    Midcredits score: 67th percentile of all films
  • Money from Home(1953)

    Composer

    Midcredits score: 49th percentile of all films
  • Vicki (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1953)

    Composer

  • Midcredits score: 69th percentile of all films
  • Midcredits score: 95th percentile of all films
  • The Desert Rats(1953)

    Composer

    Midcredits score: 71st percentile of all films
  • Taxi (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1953)

    Composer

  • My Pal Gus (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1952)

    Composer

  • My Wife's Best Friend (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1952)

    Composer

  • Monkey Business(1952)

    Composer

    Midcredits score: 76th percentile of all films
  • Sailor Beware(1952)

    Composer

    Midcredits score: 55th percentile of all films
  • The Las Vegas Story(1952)

    Composer

    Midcredits score: 55th percentile of all films
  • Midcredits score: 39th percentile of all films
  • Midcredits score: 16th percentile of all films
  • I Want You (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1951)

    Composer

  • The Guy Who Came Back(1951)

    Composer

    Midcredits score: 39th percentile of all films
  • His Kind of Woman(1951)

    Composer

    Midcredits score: 80th percentile of all films
  • That's My Boy(1951)

    Composer

    Midcredits score: 45th percentile of all films
  • The Company She Keeps(1951)

    Composer

    Midcredits score: 54th percentile of all films
  • Double Dynamite(1951)

    Composer

    Midcredits score: 39th percentile of all films
  • The Happy Years (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1950)

    Composer

  • Midcredits score: 38th percentile of all films
  • The Woman on Pier 13(1949)

    Composer

    Midcredits score: 38th percentile of all films
  • Perfect Strangers(1950)

    Composer

    Midcredits score: 46th percentile of all films
  • They Live by Night(1948)

    Composer

    Midcredits score: 92nd percentile of all films
  • The Big Steal (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1949)

    Composer

  • Midcredits score: 72nd percentile of all films
  • Midcredits score: 55th percentile of all films
  • Midcredits score: 67th percentile of all films
  • The Velvet Touch(1948)

    Composer

    Midcredits score: 71st percentile of all films
  • Midcredits score: 64th percentile of all films
  • Midcredits score: 86th percentile of all films
  • The Judge Steps Out(1948)

    Composer

    Midcredits score: 73rd percentile of all films
  • Midcredits score: 83rd percentile of all films
  • A Likely Story (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1947)

    Composer

  • The Farmer's Daughter(1947)

    Composer

    Midcredits score: 88th percentile of all films
  • Beat the Band(1947)

    Composer

    Midcredits score: 37th percentile of all films (provisional, few ratings)
  • Tycoon(1947)

    Composer

    Midcredits score: 46th percentile of all films
  • Nocturne(1946)

    Composer

    Midcredits score: 60th percentile of all films
  • Child of Divorce (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1946)

    Composer

  • Crack-Up (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1946)

    Composer

  • Till the End of Time(1946)

    Composer

    Midcredits score: 70th percentile of all films
  • Midcredits score: 30th percentile of all films
  • From This Day Forward(1946)

    Composer

    Midcredits score: 55th percentile of all films
  • Road to Utopia(1945)

    Composer

    Midcredits score: 87th percentile of all films
  • The Notorious Lone Wolf (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1946)

    Composer

  • Man Alive (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1945)

    Composer

  • Johnny Angel (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1945)

    Composer

  • Midcredits score: 30th percentile of all films
  • Isle of the Dead(1945)

    Composer

    Midcredits score: 59th percentile of all films
  • China Sky(1945)

    Composer

    Midcredits score: 33rd percentile of all films
  • The Brighton Strangler (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1945)

    Composer

  • Having Wonderful Crime (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1945)

    Composer

  • Leave It to Blondie (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1945)

    Composer

  • What a Blonde (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1945)

    Composer

  • First Yank Into Tokyo(1945)

    Composer

    Midcredits score: 19th percentile of all films
  • No Dough Boys (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1944)

    Music Arranger

  • Heavenly Days (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1944)

    Composer

  • Music in Manhattan (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1944)

    Composer

  • A Night of Adventure (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1944)

    Composer

  • Tender Comrade (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1944)

    Composer

  • Follow the Boys (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1944)

    Composer

  • Show Business(1944)

    Composer

    Midcredits score: 50th percentile of all films
  • Midcredits score: 41st percentile of all films
  • Step Lively(1944)

    Composer

    Midcredits score: 41st percentile of all films
  • Government Girl(1943)

    Composer

    Midcredits score: 26th percentile of all films
  • Footlight Glamour (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1943)

    Composer

  • Johnny Come Lately (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1943)

    Composer · Music Director

  • The Sky's the Limit(1943)

    Composer · Music Director

    Midcredits score: 51st percentile of all films
  • It's a Great Life (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1943)

    Composer

  • The More the Merrier(1943)

    Composer

    Midcredits score: 93rd percentile of all films
  • They Came to Blow Up America (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1943)

    Composer

  • They Got Me Covered(1943)

    Composer

    Midcredits score: 65th percentile of all films
  • Margin for Error (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1943)

    Composer

  • Around the World(1943)

    Composer

    Midcredits score: 26th percentile of all films
  • Jitterbugs(1943)

    Composer

    Midcredits score: 49th percentile of all films
  • The Nazis Strike(1943)

    Composer

    Midcredits score: 74th percentile of all films
  • You Were Never Lovelier(1942)

    Composer · Music Director

    Midcredits score: 87th percentile of all films
  • Bambi(1942)

    Composer

    Midcredits score: 89th percentile of all films
  • Wings for the Eagle (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1942)

    Additional Music

  • Midcredits score: 92nd percentile of all films
  • The Sleepwalker (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1942)

    Composer

  • My Gal Sal(1942)

    Composer

    Midcredits score: 47th percentile of all films
  • Rings on Her Fingers(1942)

    Composer

    Midcredits score: 69th percentile of all films
  • On the Sunny Side(1942)

    Composer

    Midcredits score: 48th percentile of all films
  • The Lady Has Plans(1942)

    Composer

    Midcredits score: 56th percentile of all films
  • Blondie Goes to College (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1942)

    Composer

  • Girl Trouble(1942)

    Composer

    Midcredits score: 68th percentile of all films
  • Midcredits score: 24th percentile of all films
  • Midcredits score: 64th percentile of all films (provisional, few ratings)
  • Why We Fight(1942)

    Composer

    Midcredits score: 73rd percentile of all films
  • The Art of Self Defense (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1941)

    Composer

  • Mr. Bug Goes to Town(1941)

    Composer

    Midcredits score: 74th percentile of all films
  • Secrets of the Lone Wolf (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1941)

    Composer

  • Lend a Paw(1941)

    Composer

    Midcredits score: 76th percentile of all films
  • Blondie in Society (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1941)

    Composer

  • A Good Time for a Dime (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1941)

    Composer

  • Baggage Buster (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1941)

    Composer

  • Golden Eggs (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1941)

    Composer

  • Old MacDonald Duck(1941)

    Composer

    Midcredits score: 59th percentile of all films
  • Midcredits score: 78th percentile of all films
  • Blondie Plays Cupid (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1940)

    Composer

  • So You Won't Talk(1940)

    Composer

    Midcredits score: 37th percentile of all films (provisional, few ratings)
  • Pluto's Dream House (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1940)

    Composer

  • Blondie Has Servant Trouble (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1940)

    Composer

  • Donald's Dog Laundry(1940)

    Composer

    Midcredits score: 67th percentile of all films
  • Blondie on a Budget (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1940)

    Composer

  • Pinocchio(1940)

    Composer · Songs

    Midcredits score: 91st percentile of all films
  • Blondie Brings Up Baby (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1939)

    Composer

  • Blondie Takes a Vacation (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1939)

    Composer

  • The Lady and the Mob (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1939)

    Composer

  • Blondie Meets the Boss (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1939)

    Composer

  • Blondie(1938)

    Composer

    Midcredits score: 76th percentile of all films
  • Farmyard Symphony (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1938)

    Composer

  • Wynken, Blynken & Nod(1938)

    Composer

    Midcredits score: 68th percentile of all films
  • Boat Builders(1938)

    Composer

    Midcredits score: 82nd percentile of all films
  • Midcredits score: 91st percentile of all films
  • The Old Mill(1937)

    Composer

    Midcredits score: 94th percentile of all films
  • Walt Disney's A Trip Through the Walt Disney Studios (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1937)

    Actor

  • Woodland Café (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1937)

    Composer

  • Mother Pluto (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1936)

    Composer

  • The Country Cousin (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1936)

    Composer

  • Toby Tortoise Returns(1936)

    Composer

    Midcredits score: 61st percentile of all films
  • Thru the Mirror(1936)

    Composer

    Midcredits score: 91st percentile of all films
  • Elmer Elephant(1936)

    Composer

    Midcredits score: 72nd percentile of all films
  • Mickey's Grand Opera (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1936)

    Composer

  • Music Land (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1935)

    Composer

  • On Ice(1935)

    Composer

    Midcredits score: 83rd percentile of all films
  • Mickey's Garden (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1935)

    Composer

  • The Cookie Carnival (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1935)

    Composer

  • Water Babies (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1935)

    Composer

  • The Band Concert(1935)

    Composer

    Midcredits score: 94th percentile of all films
  • Two-Gun Mickey (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1934)

    Composer

  • The Goddess of Spring(1934)

    Composer

    Midcredits score: 66th percentile of all films
  • Peculiar Penguins (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1934)

    Composer

  • The Wise Little Hen(1934)

    Composer

    Midcredits score: 77th percentile of all films
  • Funny Little Bunnies (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1934)

    Composer

  • Midcredits score: 77th percentile of all films
  • The China Shop (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1934)

    Composer

  • The Night Before Christmas (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1933)

    Composer

  • The Pied Piper(1933)

    Composer

    Midcredits score: 68th percentile of all films
  • Lullaby Land (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1933)

    Composer

  • Mickey's Mechanical Man (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1933)

    Composer

  • Father Noah's Ark (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1933)

    Composer

Career shape

A full career of 159 titles from 1933 to 2001.

By role

only this rolewith another role
Acting1 of 159: 1 only acting, 0 with another roleMusic154 of 159: 150 only music, 4 with another role · typical Midcredits score68thOther crew8 of 159: 4 only other crew, 4 with another role · typical Midcredits score56th

159 titles, 4 with more than one role — music and other crew overlap on 4 of them.

By decade

1930s36 · 1 acting · 35 crew1940s71 · crew1950s42 · crew1960s9 · crew2000s1 · crew

Counts from TMDB across their full career, self appearances out; a title counts in every role they held on it. The ring is the typical Midcredits score (the median percentile) of the role's titles that are on MovieCove, shown from 5 scored.

How do Leigh Harline's films land?

Their typical MovieCove film has a Midcredits score in the 64th percentile, the median of all 109; across their 104 films with reception data, the typical film sits in the 64th percentile for acclaim.

Acclaim · how much people like their films

64thpercentile
Typical film, the median of 104

Approval · how many liked their films

63rdpercentile
Typical film, the median of 104

Reach · how many have seen their films

57thpercentile
Typical film, the median of 104

Midcredits score across 109 titles, by percentile

  • 75th and up33
  • 50th to 74th45
  • 25th to 49th28
  • Below 25th3

Reviewers score the sound and music 62/100 in their films, across 81 reviewed titles; fans 69, detractors 48. The element that speaks to their work as a composer.

Percentiles are each film's standing among all films on MovieCove; the typical film is the median, so one outlier cannot drag it. Percentiles and reviewer scores count the films IMDb credits them on, for now; the Midcredits score bands, the shape of the crowd and the two cards count their MovieCove titles, shows included (a show ranked among shows), appearances as themselves left out. A descriptor is the shape of a title's IMDb rating distribution against the catalog; "most divisive" needs a spread wider than half of all titles, and a card names only a principal credit: a craft role, and on a show a crew role or a run of episodes, never a courtesy credit or a one-off guest spot.

Is Leigh Harline's work okay for kids?

Across up to 7 MovieCove titles with content scores, sex & nudity runs lighter than most films.

Their medianMedian of all filmsMiddle 80% of their titles
Violence & Gore5 titles32–47 · median 39 · moderatenear the median of all filmsMedian of all films: 44
Sex & Nudity7 titles10–33 · median 15 · mildlighter than most filmsMedian of all films: 32
Profanity4 titlesmedian 12 · minimalMedian of all films: 36
Alcohol & Drugs5 titles5–53 · median 30 · mildnear the median of all filmsMedian of all films: 33
Frightening / Intense5 titles34–66 · median 46 · moderatenear the median of all filmsMedian of all films: 39

Severity 0–100 from the Content Guide. Categories with under 10 votes on a title are not counted. The band's colour is the severity of their median, named beside it.

Who does Leigh Harline work with?

People who share at least 2 of Leigh Harline's MovieCove titles, grouped by what they did on them; Walt Disney shares the most, 19.

Directors

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Actors

Composers and cinematographers

Producers

Mixed roles