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369: 363: 376: 25: 472: 136:, with over 150 credits spanning the mid-1930s to early 1960s. Nevertheless, he remains relatively unknown except for the much-loved original arrangement of " 413: 452: 457: 462: 227: 35: 447: 209: 477: 442: 406: 50: 93: 65: 467: 270: 191: 142: 399: 173: 167: 126: 72: 233: 150:, Cutter's name has tended to be overshadowed by the popularity of the composers with whom he was most associated. 185: 153:
Cutter was unusual among orchestrators who tended to specialize, in that he was adept in all genres: musicals (
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he contributed the "metallic sound" for the Tin Woodman's "If I Only Had a Heart". Cutter told Oz historian
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for "Over the Rainbow" he made it sound as pretty as he could with many strings and a touch of woodwind.
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in 1946, Cutter occasionally wrote original music for the screen but rarely received a credit.
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After the war he collaborated most closely with Steiner during his golden period with
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An early assignment were the vocal arrangements for the 1937 film version of
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netted them a US #1 hit for the insistent theme song. Joining
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His last credit, along with Steiner's, was for the 1964
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