What movie composed by Dimitri Tiomkin grossed $8.5 million in its theatrical release?
Dimitri Tiomkin Dimitri Zinovievich Tiomkin (May 10, 1894November 11, 1979) was a Russian-born American film composer and conductor. Musically trained in Russia, he was best known for his western scores, including "Duel in the Sun", "Red River", "High Noon", "The Big Sky", "Gunfight at the O.K. Corral", and "Last Train from Gun Hill". Tiomkin received twenty-two Academy Award nominations and won four Oscars, three for Best Original Score for "High Noon", "The High and the Mighty", and "The Old Man and the Sea", and one for Best Original Song for "The Ballad of High Noon" from the former film.
Serenity (soundtrack) The soundtrack to the 2005 motion picture "Serenity" was released on September 27, 2005. The film's score was composed by David Newman, and performed by the Hollywood Studio Symphony under Newman's direction. According to director Joss Whedon's sleeve notes for the album, Newman was recommended by Universal's music executives when he requested a musician capable of "everything." It is of note that the acoustic guitar version of the "Ballad of Serenity", which was used at the end of the film's credits, is absent from the soundtrack.