Saul Chaplin

Biography

Saul Chaplin (February 19, 1912 – November 15, 1997) was an American composer and musical director. He was born Saul Kaplan in Brooklyn, New York. He had worked on stage, screen and television since the days of Tin Pan Alley. In film, he won three Oscars for collaborating on the scores and orchestrations of An American in Paris (1951), Seven Brides for Seven Brothers (1954) and West Side Story (1961).

Bio from Wikipedia

Discography

Records they worked on — most-collected first.

Credited work

4,593 releases · 978 albums · active 1950–2025

  • Performance · 4,641
  • Production · 314
  • Other credits · 258

Studios: Van Gelder Studio, Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey · Motown/Hitsville U.S.A. Recording Studios · Capitol Studios · Carnegie Hall

Frequent collaborators

Around the web