Louis Applebaum was born on April 3, 1918 in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. He is known for his work on Story of G.I. Joe (1945), Dreams That Money Can Buy (1947) and Paddle to the Sea (1966). He died on April 20, 2000 in Toronto.
Wrote concert works and scores for radio, film and television.
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Former music director for the National Film Board of Canada.
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Executive Director of the Ontario Arts Council, 1971-1979.
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Member of the Canadian League of Composers, Guild of Film Composers of Canada.
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He was awarded the O.C. (Officer of the Order of Canada) on December 15, 1976 and the C.C. (Companion of the Order of Canada) on November 15, 1995 for his services to music.
Composer
Title
Year
Status
Character
The Taming of the Shrew
1988
TV Movie
Karsh: The Searching Eye
1986
Documentary
Arthur Miller on Home Ground
1979
TV Movie documentary
Stacey
1978
TV Movie
Homage to Chagall: The Colours of Love
1977
Documentary
Tennessee Williams' South
1973
TV Movie documentary
The Discoverers
1972
The Boy Who Stopped Niagara
1967
Short
The Forest
1966
Short
Paddle to the Sea
1966
Documentary short musical score
The Twentieth Century
1960-1962
TV Series documentary 3 episodes
The Mask
1961
Wheat Country
1959
Short documentary
Wheat Rust
1958
Short documentary
Canadian Profile
1957
Oedipus Rex
1957
Man Against a Fungus
1955
Short
The Jolifou Inn
1955
Short
Scope
1955
TV Series 1 episode
Riches of the Earth
1954
Short
The Stratford Adventure
1954
Documentary short
A Thousand Million Years
1954
Short
All My Babies: A Midwife's Own Story
1953
Documentary
Highlights from Royal Journey
1953
Documentary short
Varley
1953
Short
Around Is Around
1953
Short
Operation A-Bomb
1953
Short
Land of the Long Day
1952
Documentary
Opera School
1952
Short documentary
Walk East on Beacon!
1952
Pen Point Percussion
1951
Documentary short
Royal Journey
1951
Documentary
The Whistle at Eaton Falls
1951
Teresa
1951
A Friend at the Door
1950
Documentary short
Farewell to Yesterday
1950
Documentary
Ballet Festival
1949
Documentary short
Lost Boundaries
1949
Dreams That Money Can Buy
1947
segment "Narcissus"
Métropole
1947
Documentary short
A Little Phantasy on a 19th-century Painting
1946
Short
New Faces Come Back
1946
Short
Guests of Honour
1945
Short documentary
Ordeal by Ice
1945
Short documentary
Story of G.I. Joe
1945
musical score
Grim Pastures
1944
Short
Ships and Men
1944
Short
Target: Berlin
1944
Documentary short
The Plots Thicken
1944
Short documentary
Tomorrow, the World!
1944
Corvette Port Arthur
1943
Documentary short
Dollar Dance
1943
Short
Terre de nos aïeux
1943
Documentary short
Coal Face, Canada
1943
Short
The Mask of Nippon
1942
Documentary
Call for Volunteers
1941
Short documentary
Music Department
Title
Year
Status
Character
In the Labyrinth
1979
Short conductor - as Lou Applebaum
The Mask
1961
conductor - uncredited
Festival
1960
TV Series conductor - 1 episode
The Bloody Brood
1959
music director
Oedipus Rex
1957
conductor
Scope
1955
TV Series musical director - 1 episode
Birthright
1951
musical director
The Fight: Science Against Cancer
1950
Documentary short music supervisor
Dreams That Money Can Buy
1947
musical director
The Three Blind Mice
1945
Short music adaptor - as Lou Applebaum
Story of G.I. Joe
1945
musical director - uncredited
Writer
Title
Year
Status
Character
Man of Music
1959
Documentary short writer
Soundtrack
Title
Year
Status
Character
3-D Rarities
2015
Documentary writer: "Music"
Self
Title
Year
Status
Character
The Magical Eye
1989
Documentary
Himself (composer)
Junior Magazine
1955
TV Series
Archive Footage
Title
Year
Status
Character
Making Movie History: The Composers
2014
Short
Himself
Won Awards
Year
Award
Ceremony
Nomination
Movie
1989
Gemini
Gemini Awards
Best Original Music Score for a Program or Mini-Series
Glory Enough for All (1988)
Nominated Awards
Year
Award
Ceremony
Nomination
Movie
1946
Oscar
Academy Awards, USA
Best Music, Scoring of a Dramatic or Comedy Picture
$800,000
