James V. Monaco

James V. Monaco ( born January 13, 1885 in Fornia, Italy, † October 16, 1945 in Beverly Hills, California ) was a native of Italy, American lyricist and composer who has been nominated four times for an Oscar for best song.

Biography

Monaco already wrote music for the very first sound film The Jazz Singer (1927) and was involved until his death in the musical accompaniment of over 100 movies.

At the Academy Awards in 1941, he was first nominated along with Johnny Burke for the Oscar for best song and indeed for " Only Forever " from Rhythm on the River ( 1940). Other nominees in this category were followed in 1944 by Al Dubin for "We Must not Say Good Bye " from Stage Door Canteen (1943 ), 1945 with Mack Gordon for " I'm Making Believe" from Sweet and Lowdown and finally posthumously at the Academy Awards 1947 again with Mack Gordon for the song "I Can not Begin to Tell You" from the film The Dolly Sisters ( 1945).

In 1970, he was posthumously inducted into the Songwriters included Hall of Fame. His music is even decades after his death for film scores like used for example in 1913 written by Joseph McCarthy song "You Made Me Love You" in the movies Hannah and Her Sisters (1986 ), Awakenings (1990 ), Sphere - The Power from Space (1998 ) and The greatest Game Ever Played ( 2005).