219:. This church assignment was approved by the first presidency of the LDS Church. His teaching schedule and local church service did not leave him much time to compose, so the score was not complete until 1957. During this time, he studied composition with Ernst Toch at UCLA in 1954. After having difficulty composing the Christ theme for the Hill Cumorah Pageant, he received a blessing from Harold B. Lee, which told him he would "hear the music in the night." After hearing the music in a dream, Gates composed what he felt was the "right" theme.
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226:'s new script for the Hill Cumorah Pageant. Gates conducted the Mormon Tabernacle Choir, Utah Symphony Orchestra, and Salt Lake Children's choir to make a recording of the new score to use in rehearsals. He composed two hymns in the
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on their ways home from missionary service. In fact, Gates's mission occurred seven years after
Hinckley's, and concluded after the family he visits in the film had returned home. The Gates role is portrayed by Joseph Skousen.
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