Джозеф Гершенсон

В 1917 году переехал с родителями в США. С 1920 года выступал дирижёром и руководителем театральных оркестров, сопровождавших немое кино. Работал в компании Universal Pictures, где с 1940 года и до выхода на пенсию в 1969 году был директором музыкального департамента. Был музыкальным директором практически всех картин киностудии между 1949 и 1969 годами. Как продюсер и режиссёр с 1940 по 1948 год выступал также под псевдонимом Джозеф Сэнфорд (Joseph G. Sanford). Был дирижёром и руководителем «The Universal International Orchestra», принимавшим участие как в записи саундтрэков к картинам киностудии, так и в сольной деятельности и звукозаписи (оркестр, в частности, сопровождал Фрэнка Синатру и Сэмми Дэвиса-младшего).

Джозеф Гершенсон был номинирован на премию «Оскар» в 1955 году за кинокартину «История Глена Миллера» (англ. ), с Джеймсом Стюартом в главной роли, и в 1967 году за музыкальную кинокартину «Весьма современная Милли» (англ. ), с Джули Эндрюс в главной роли.

Автор музыки к советскому мультипликационному фильму «Снежная королева» (1957, с Фрэнком Скиннером и Артемием Айвазяном). Среди известных фильмов Дж. Гершенсона — «Спартак», «Папа Гусь» (англ. ), «Имитация жизни». Особенно плодотворно работал в жанре вестерна.

Музыкальный директор, дирижёр

• Angel in My Pocket (1969)
• Sweet Charity (1969)
• Hellfighters (1968)
• The Pink Jungle (1968)
• The Hell with Heroes (1968)
• In Enemy Country (1968)
• Did You Hear the One About the Traveling Saleslady? (1968)
• The Shakiest Gun in the West (1968)
• Journey to Shiloh (1968)
• What’s So Bad About Feeling Good? (1968)
• Madigan (1968)
• Nobody’s Perfect (1968)
• Rosie! (1967)
• Counterpoint (1967)
• Games (1967)
• Banning (1967)
• The King’s Pirate (1967)
• Rough Night in Jericho (1967)
• The Reluctant Astronaut (1967)
• Ride to Hangman’s Tree (1967)
• Thoroughly Modern Millie (1967)
• Tobruk (1967)
• Gunfight in Abilene (1967)
• The Ballad of Josie (1967)
• Gambit (1966)
• Let’s Kill Uncle, Before Uncle Kills Us (1966)
• Texas Across the River (1966)
• The Appaloosa (1966)
• Beau Geste (1966)
• And Now Miguel (1966)
• A Man Could Get Killed (1966)
• Gunpoint (1966)
• Madame X (1966)
• Incident at Phantom Hill (1966)
• The Rare Breed (1966)
• The Ghost and Mr. Chicken (1966)
• Moment to Moment (1965)
• Blindfold (1965)
• The War Lord (1965)
• That Funny Feeling (1965)
• Love and Kisses (1965)
• A Very Special Favor (1965)
• I Saw What You Did (1965)
• The Art of Love (1965)
• Fluffy (1965)
• Shenandoah (1965)
• Mirage (1965)
• The Sword of Ali Baba (1965)
• The World of Abbott and Costello (1965)
• Bus Riley’s Back in Town (1965)
• Strange Bedfellows (1965)
• The Night Walker (1964)
• Taggart (1964)
• Father Goose (1964)
• Kitten with a Whip (1964)
• Send Me No Flowers (1964)
• The Lively Set (1964)
• I’d Rather Be Rich (1964)
• Island of the Blue Dolphins (1964)
• Bullet for a Badman (1964)
• Bedtime Story (1964)
• The Brass Bottle (1964)
• Captain Newman, M.D. (1963)
• For Love or Money (1963)
• The Thrill of It All (1963)
• A Gathering of Eagles (1963)
• Tammy and the Doctor (1963)
• The List of Adrian Messenger (1963)
• Showdown (1963)
• The Ugly American (1963)
• Freud (1962)
• If a Man Answers (1962)
• Kingu Kongu tai Gojira (King Kong vs. Godzilla, 1962)
• The Spiral Road (1962)
• Lonely Are the Brave (1962)
• Six Black Horses (1962)
• Lover Come Back (1961)
• Back Street (1961)
• Come September (1961)
• The Last Sunset (1961)
• Posse from Hell (1961)
• The Secret Ways (1961)
• The Great Impostor (1961)
• Midnight Lace (1960)
• Spartacus (1960)
• Seven Ways from Sundown (1960)
• Portrait in Black (1960)
• Hell Bent for Leather (1960)
• Operation Petticoat (1959)
• Pillow Talk (1959)
• The Big Fisherman (1959)
• This Earth Is Mine (1959)
• The Wild and the Innocent (1959)
• Imitation of Life (1959)
• A Stranger in My Arms (1959)
• No Name on the Bullet (1959)
• Never Steal Anything Small (1959)
• Money, Women and Guns (1958)
• The Perfect Furlough (1958)
• The Restless Years (1958)
• Once Upon a Horse… (1958)
• Ride a Crooked Trail (1958)
• Kathy O' (1958)
• Raw Wind in Eden (1958)
• The Saga of Hemp Brown (1958)
• Wild Heritage (1958)
• Voice in the Mirror (1958)
• The Thing That Couldn’t Die (1958)
• This Happy Feeling (1958)
• The Last of the Fast Guns (1958)
• Girls on the Loose (1958)
• Live Fast, Die Young (1958)
• Touch of Evil (1958)
• Summer Love (1958)
• Damn Citizen (1958)
• Flood Tide (1958)
• Day of the Bad Man (1958)
• The Lady Takes a Flyer (1958)
• The Female Animal (1958)
• Love Slaves of the Amazons (1957)
• The Monolith Monsters (1957)
• Slim Carter (1957)
• The Tarnished Angels (1957)
• My Man Godfrey (1957)
• Appointment with a Shadow (1957)
• Joe Dakota (1957)
• Interlude (1957)
• Man in the Shadow (1957)
• Slaughter on Tenth Avenue (1957)
• The Land Unknown (1957)
• Man of a Thousand Faces (1957)
• The Midnight Story (1957)
• Quantez (1957)
• The Deadly Mantis (1957)
• Joe Butterfly (1957)
• The Kettles on Old MacDonald’s Farm (1957)
• Tammy and the Bachelor (1957)
• The Girl in the Kremlin (1957)
• Man Afraid (1957)
• The Night Runner (1957)
• Kelly and Me (1957)
• The Tattered Dress (1957)
• Mister Cory (1957)
• The Incredible Shrinking Man (1957)
• Battle Hymn (1957)
• Gun for a Coward (1957)
• Four Girls in Town (1957)
• Istanbul (1957)
• This Is Russia! (1957)
• Rock, Pretty Baby (1956)
• The Great Man (1956)
• The Mole People (1956)
• Written on the Wind (1956)
• The Unguarded Moment (1956)
• Showdown at Abilene (1956)
• Pillars of the Sky (1956)
• Walk the Proud Land (1956)
• Away All Boats (1956)
• I’ve Lived Before (1956)
• Behind the High Wall (1956)
• Congo Crossing (1956)
• Francis in the Haunted House (1956)
• The Toy Tiger (1956)
• Star in the Dust (1956)
• A Day of Fury (1956)
• The Kettles in the Ozarks (1956)
• The Creature Walks Among Us (1956)
• Red Sundown (1956)
• Raw Edge (1956)
• Backlash (1956)
• The Price of Fear (1956)
• Never Say Goodbye (1956)
• World in My Corner (1956)
• The Benny Goodman Story (1956)
• There’s Always Tomorrow (1956)
• The Square Jungle (1955)
• The Spoilers (1955)
• Tarantula (1955)
• The Rawhide Years (1955)
• Running Wild (1955)
• Lady Godiva of Coventry (1955)
• The Second Greatest Sex (1955)
• Kiss of Fire (1955)
• All That Heaven Allows (1955)
• Female on the Beach (1955)
• To Hell and Back (1955)
• Francis in the Navy (1955)
• The Private War of Major Benson (1955)
• One Desire (1955)
• Foxfire (1955)
• Abbott and Costello Meet the Mummy (1955)
• Ain’t Misbehavin' (1955)
• The Shrike (1955)
• The Purple Mask (1955)
• This Island Earth (1955)
• The Looters (1955)
• Cult of the Cobra (1955)
• Ma and Pa Kettle at Waikiki (1955)
• Chief Crazy Horse (1955)
• The Man from Bitter Ridge (1955)
• Smoke Signal (1955)
• Revenge of the Creature (1955)
• Man Without a Star (1955)
• Captain Lightfoot (1955)
• So This Is Paris (1955)
• Abbott and Costello Meet the Keystone Kops (1955)
• Six Bridges to Cross (1955)
• Destry (1954)
• Sign of the Pagan (1954)
• The Yellow Mountain (1954)
• Bengal Brigade (1954)
• Four Guns to the Border (1954)
• Ricochet Romance (1954)
• Naked Alibi (1954)
• The Black Shield of Falworth (1954)
• Dawn at Socorro (1954)
• Magnificent Obsession (1954)
• Francis Joins the WACS (1954)
• Далёкий край, где золото под ногами (The Far Country, 1954)
• Black Horse Canyon (1954)
• Drums Across the River (1954)
• Johnny Dark (1954)
• Tanganyika (1954)
• Fireman Save My Child (1954)
• Playgirl (1954)
• Rails Into Laramie (1954)
• Yankee Pasha (1954)
• Saskatchewan (1954)
• Ma and Pa Kettle at Home (1954)
• Creature from the Black Lagoon (1954)
• Ride Clear of Diablo (1954)
• The Glenn Miller Story (1954)
• Border River (1954)
• Tumbleweed (1953)
• War Arrow (1953)
• Walking My Baby Back Home (1953)
• The Glass Web (1953)
• The Veils of Bagdad (1953)
• The All American (1953)
• East of Sumatra (1953)
• The Golden Blade (1953)
• Abbott and Costello Meet Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde (1953)
• All I Desire (1953)
• The Great Sioux Uprising (1953)
• Take Me to Town (1953)
• Francis Covers the Big Town (1953)
• The Lone Hand (1953)
• It Came from Outer Space (1953)
• Column South (1953)
• Law and Order (1953)
• Abbott and Costello Go to Mars (1953)
• It Happens Every Thursday (1953)
• Ma and Pa Kettle on Vacation (1953)
• Gunsmoke (1953)
• Seminole (1953)
• City Beneath the Sea (1953)
• Girls in the Night (1953)
• The Lawless Breed (1953)
• The Redhead from Wyoming (1953)
• Meet Me at the Fair (1953)
• The Black Castle (1952)
• The Raiders (1952)
• Back at the Front (1952)
• Horizons West (1952)
• Yankee Buccaneer (1952)
• Lost in Alaska (1952)
• Son of Ali Baba (1952)
• The Duel at Silver Creek (1952)
• Francis Goes to West Point (1952)
• Ma and Pa Kettle at the Fair (1952)
• Just Across the Street (1952)
• Has Anybody Seen My Gal (1952)
• Scarlet Angel (1952)
• Red Ball Express (1952)
• Bronco Buster (1952)
• Steel Town (1952)
• The Treasure of Lost Canyon (1952)
• Here Come the Nelsons (1952)
• The Cimarron Kid (1952)
• Meet Danny Wilson (1951)
• Flame of Araby (1951)
• The Strange Door (1951)
• Cave of Outlaws (1951)
• Reunion in Reno (1951)
• The Lady from Texas (1951)
• Little Egypt (1951)
• Iron Man (1951)
• Cattle Drive (1951)
• Comin' Round the Mountain (1951)
• Hollywood Story (1951)
• The Fat Man (1951)
• Smuggler’s Island (1951)
• Ma and Pa Kettle Back on the Farm (1951)
• Air Cadet (1951)
• Abbott and Costello Meet the Invisible Man (1951)
• Up Front (1951)
• Under the Gun (1951)
• Target Unknown (1951)
• Mystery Submarine (1950)
• Kansas Raiders (1950)
• Undercover Girl (1950)
• Wyoming Mail (1950)
• Saddle Tramp (1950)
• Shakedown (1950)
• Western Courage (1950, Joe Gershenson)
• Winchester '73 (1950)
• Peggy (1950)
• Spy Hunt (1950)
• Abbott and Costello in the Foreign Legion (1950)
• South of Santa Fe (1949)
• Side Show Fakir (1938)
• Fits and Benefits (1938, Josef Gershenson)

Продюсер

• The Leech Woman (1960)
• Curse of the Undead (1959)
• Monster on the Campus (1958)
• Step Down to Terror (1958)
• Bob and Sally (1948, J. G. Sanford)
• The Time of Their Lives (1946)
• The Runaround (1946)
• She Wrote the Book (1946, Joe Gershenson)
• Tangier (1946, Joe Gershenson)
• Little Giant (1946)
• House of Dracula (1945)
• Shady Lady (1945, Joe Gershenson)
• Enter Arsene Lupin (1944)
• Hat Check Honey (1944)
• So’s Your Uncle (1943)
• He’s My Guy (1943)
• The Great Impersonation (1942)
• Strictly in the Groove (1942, Joseph G. Sanford)
• Juke Box Jenny (1942, Joseph G. Sanford)
• Swing It Soldier (1941, Joseph G. Sanford)
• Cracked Nuts (1941, Joseph G. Sanford)
• Too Many Blondes (1941, Joseph G. Sanford)
• Double Date (1941, Joseph G. Sanford)
• Six Lessons from Madame La Zonga (1941, Joseph G. Sanford)
• Where Did You Get That Girl? (1941, Joseph G. Sanford)
• Dark Streets of Cairo (1940, Joseph G. Sanford)
• Law and Order (1940, Joseph G. Sanford)
• I’m Nobody’s Sweetheart Now (1940, Joseph Sanford)
• Meet the Wildcat (1940, Joseph G. Sanford)
• Ragtime Cowboy Joe (1940, Joseph G. Sanford)
• Son of Roaring Dan (1940, Joseph G. Sanford)
• Bad Man from Red Butte (1940, Joseph Sanford)
• Riders of Pasco Basin (1940, Joseph G. Sanford)
• Ma, He’s Making Eyes at Me (1940, Joseph G. Sanford)
• West of Carson City (1940, Joseph G. Sanford)

Композитор

• Six Black Horses (1962)
• The Snow Queen (1957)

Саундтрэк

• Get Shorty (1995)
• The Reluctant Astronaut (1967)
• The Brass Bottle (1964)
• Touch of Evil (1958)
• Slim Carter (1957)

Актёр

• Midnight Lace (1960) — дирижёр
• Fits and Benefits (1938, Josef Gershenson) — дирижёр

Книги

• The reminiscences of Joseph Gershenson (воспоминания Джозефа Гершенсона). American Film Institute, 1976.
• Joseph Gershenson. American National Biography. т. 8, 1999.