Bronisław Kaper

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Bronisław Kaper (misspelled by the U.S. immigration authorities as Bronislau Kaper) (1902 - 1983) was a Jewish Polish-born composer of popular music.

Kaper met Walter Jurmann in Berlin in the late 1920s, and the two decided to work as a team, first in Berlin and then in Paris, France. On being offered a seven-year contract with MGM by Louis B. Mayer, Kaper and Jurmann emigrated to the United States, where they continued their work.

Kaper composed for nearly 150 Hollywood movies, and won an Oscar for the musical Lili. He co-write the song "San Francisco" for the film San Francisco. He was, however, better known for composing the theme music and several scores for the Quinn Martin television series The F.B.I..

[edit] Credits on Broadway

Polonaise (1945) - musical - composer
Mostly Sondheim (2002) - concert - featured songwriter

[edit] Recordings - Film Scores

Compared with other film composers, Kaper was less well-represented in commercially available recordings of his film scores during his lifetime. This has changed recently, as Them! has been released on compact disc in a re-recording by the Monstrous Movie Music label. Recent changes in legal issues related to older music has also allowed original music tracks to many of his scores to be released on compact disc, primarily by another specialty label, Film Score Monthly (Lili, Home from the Hill, and others).