title: Alberto Columbo filmography
text: # Alberto Columbo filmography
  
  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 | The Silver Streak | 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 | The Return of Peter Grimm | 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 | A Dog of Flanders | 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 | The Last Outlaw | Music Director | Christy Cabanne | RKO Radio Pictures |
  | 1936 | Second Wife | Music Director | Edward Killy | RKO Radio Pictures |
  | 1936 | The Farmer in the Dell | 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 | The Sheik Steps Out | 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 | The Duke Comes Back | Music Director | Irving Pichel | Republic Pictures |
  | 1937 | The Wrong Road | 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 | The Hit Parade | 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 | The Old Barn Dance | 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 | The Purple Vigilantes | 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 | The Power of God | Music Score | Hamilton MacFadden | Roland Reed Productions |
  | 1943 | The Fighting Devil Dogs | 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 | The Sickle or the Cross | Music Director | Frank R. Strayer | Lutheran Laymen's League |
  | 1949 | The Pilgrimage Play | Music Director | Frank R. Strayer | Roland Reed Productions |
  | 1950 | Black Hand | Music Score | Richard Thorpe | Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer |
  | 1950 | The Sundowners | 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 | A Slight Case of Larceny | Composer | Don Weis | Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer |
  