{{Short description|American composer (1919–2010)}} {{Infobox musical artist <!-- See Wikipedia:WikiProject Musicians --> | name = Paul Dunlap | image = Paul Dunlap.jpg | caption = | image_size = | background = non_performing_personnel | birth_name = Paul A. Dunlap | alias = | birth_date = {{birth date|1919|7|19|mf=y}} | death_date = {{death date and age|2010|3|11|1919|7|19}} | death_place = [[Palm Springs, California]] | origin = [[Springfield, Ohio]], United States | instrument = | genre = [[Film score]], [[Soundtrack]] | occupation = [[Composer]], [[Arranger]] | years_active = 1950&ndash;1980 | label = | associated_acts = | website = }}

'''Paul Dunlap''' (July 19, 1919 &ndash; March 11, 2010) was an American [[composer]]. He wrote music for over 200 films during his 30-year career. He is best known for his work with Western movies.

==Early life== William Paul Dunlap was born to William P. and Janice P. Dunlap in 1919. He was born in [[Springfield, Ohio]]. He studied with [[Arnold Schoenberg]], [[Nadia Boulanger]], and [[Ernst Toch]].<ref name="finding aid">{{Cite archival metadata |author = James V. D'Arc and John N. Gillespie |title = Paul Dunlap papers |url = http://archives.lib.byu.edu/repositories/14/resources/11293 |repository = L. Tom Perry Special Collections |location = Provo, UT |date = 2013 |accessdate = June 22, 2016 }}</ref> He wanted to be a concert hall or opera composer; however, there was a greater opportunity to build a career as a composer in the film industry. When he was 31 years old, Dunlap left for [[Hollywood, Los Angeles|Hollywood]] to begin his career.<ref name="encyclopedia">{{cite book|last1=Hirschak|first1=Thomas S.|title=The Encyclopedia of Film Composers|date=April 2015|publisher=Rowman & Littlefield Publishers|isbn=9781442245495|pages=200–204|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=Xz99CAAAQBAJ&q=paul+dunlap+&pg=PA200|access-date=22 June 2016}}</ref>

== Career == Dunlap's film career began in 1950 when he scored ''[[The Baron of Arizona]]''. This was a [[Sam Fuller]] film, and led to Dunlap producing other scores for his movies like ''[[The Naked Kiss]]'' and ''[[Shock Corridor]].'' During the 1950s and 60s, Dunlap also wrote music for low-budget films in the horror and sci-fi genres.<ref name="variety">{{cite news|last1=Burlingame|first1=Jon|title=Composer Paul Dunlap dies|url=https://variety.com/2010/film/news/composer-paul-dunlap-dies-1118017075/|access-date=22 June 2016|agency=Variety|date=30 March 2010}}</ref>

Dunlap wrote the [[Sheet music|score]]s for as more than 200 films and [[television program]]s throughout his career.<ref name="dead rockstars"/> These included several [[Three Stooges]] feature films, including ''[[The Three Stooges Meet Hercules]]'', ''[[The Three Stooges in Orbit]]'', ''[[The Three Stooges Go Around the World in a Daze]]'' and ''[[The Outlaws Is Coming]]''.<ref name="three stooges">{{cite web|url=http://www.threestooges.net/crew/member/394 |title=Crew Member: Paul Dunlap |website=ThreeStooges.net |url-status=unfit |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160130144829/http://www.threestooges.net/crew/member/394 |archive-date=January 30, 2016 }}</ref> Dunlap also scored the last [[Abbott and Costello]] film ''[[Dance With Me, Henry]]'' as well.<ref name="dead rockstars">{{cite web|url=http://www.thedeadrockstarsclub.com/2010.html|website=Thedeadrockstarsclub.com|title=2010 January to June|access-date=15 March 2010}}</ref> Dunlap is also known for his scores for numerous genre-films including ''[[I Was a Teenage Werewolf]]'', ''[[I Was a Teenage Frankenstein]]'', ''[[Blood of Dracula]]'', and ''[[The Angry Red Planet]]''.<ref name="variety" />

His career spanned three decades and he contributed as musical director, musical supervisor, and orchestrator. He wrote soundtracks for several movies by [[Harold D. Schuster]]. Dunlap also worked on many [[B movies]] during his career and was recognized for his Western scores.<ref name="hollywood report" />

Throughout his life, Dunlap did not forget his love of classical music. He wrote piano concertos and choral music after his retirement from Hollywood films in 1968.<ref name="encyclopedia" /> In his later life, he wrote an [[opera]].<ref name="hollywood report">{{cite news|last1=Barnes|first1=Mike|title=Film composer Paul Dunlap dies at 90|url=http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/film-composer-paul-dunlap-dies-22014|access-date=22 June 2016|agency=The Hollywood Reporter|date=25 Mar 2010}}</ref> He composed again for movies, however, when he wrote the music for ''[[Gorp (film)|Gorp]]'' which was produced in 1980.<ref name="encyclopedia" />

==Death== Dunlap died of natural causes<ref name="variety" /> on March 11, 2010, in [[Palm Springs, California]].<ref name="dead rockstars" />

==Selected filmography== {{columns-list|colwidth=300px| *''[[The Baron of Arizona]]'' (1950) *''[[Hi-Jacked]]'' (1950) *''[[The Steel Helmet]]'' (1951) *''[[Cry Danger]]'' (1951) *''[[Little Big Horn (film)|Little Big Horn]]'' (1951) *''[[Lost Continent (1951 film)|Lost Continent]]'' (1951) *''[[Journey into Light]]'' (1951) *''[[The San Francisco Story]]'' (1952) *''[[Breakdown (1952 film)|Breakdown]]'' (1952) *''[[Big Jim McLain]]'' (1952) *''[[Park Row (film)|Park Row]]'' (1952) *''[[Hellgate (1952 film)|Hellgate]]'' (1952) *''[[Fort Vengeance]]'' (1953) *''[[Hannah Lee]]'' (1953) *''[[The Royal African Rifles]]'' (1953) *''[[Combat Squad]]'' (1953) * ''[[Jack Slade (film)|Jack Slade]]'' (1953) *''[[Duffy of San Quentin]]'' (1954) *''[[Loophole (1954 film)|Loophole]]'' (1954) *''[[Fangs of the Wild (1954 film)|Fangs of the Wild]]'' (1954) *''[[Dragonfly Squadron]]'' (1954) *''[[Return from the Sea]]'' (1954) *''[[Shield for Murder]]'' (1954) *''[[Target Earth (film)|Target Earth]]'' (1954) *''[[Cry Vengeance]]'' (1954) *''[[Black Tuesday (film)|Black Tuesday]]'' (1954) *''[[Big House, U.S.A.]]'' (1955) *''[[Stranger on Horseback]]'' (1955) *''[[Finger Man]]'' (1955) *''[[Fort Yuma (film)|Fort Yuma]]'' (1955) *''[[The Return of Jack Slade]]'' (1955) *''[[Desert Sands]]'' (1955) *''[[Shack Out on 101]]'' (1955) *''[[Last of the Desperados]]'' (1955) *''[[Three Bad Sisters]]'' (1956) *''[[The Wild Dakotas]]'' (1956) *''[[Crime Against Joe]]'' (1956) *''[[Ghost Town (1956 film)|Ghost Town]]'' (1956) *''[[The Come On]]'' (1956) *''[[Walk the Dark Street]]'' (1956) *''[[The Broken Star]]'' (1956) *''[[The Three Outlaws]]'' (1956) *''[[Frontier Gambler]]'' (1956) *''[[Magnificent Roughnecks]]'' (1956) *''[[Strange Intruder]]'' (1956) *''[[The Cruel Tower]]''(1956) *''[[Emergency Hospital (film)|Emergency Hospital]]'' (1956) *''[[The Brass Legend]]'' (1956) *''[[Stagecoach to Fury]]'' (1956) *''[[Dance with Me, Henry]]''(1956) *''[[The Women of Pitcairn Island]]'' (1956) *''[[Crime of Passion (1957 film)|Crime of Passion]]'' (1957) *''[[The Quiet Gun]]'' (1957) *''[[Curfew Breakers]]'' (1957) *''[[Dragoon Wells Massacre]]'' (1957) *''[[Lure of the Swamp]]'' (1957) *''[[I Was a Teenage Werewolf]]'' (1957) *''[[God Is My Partner ]]'' (1957) *''[[Apache Warrior]]'' (1957) *''[[Portland Exposé]]'' (1957) *''[[Under Fire (1957 film)|Under Fire]]'' (1957) *''[[Guns Don't Argue]]'' (1957) *''[[Young and Dangerous (1957 film)|Young and Dangerous]]'' (1957) *''[[I Was a Teenage Frankenstein]]'' (1957) *''[[Blood of Dracula]]'' (1957) *''[[Oregon Passage]]'' (1957) *''[[Gun Fever (film)|Gun Fever]]'' (1958) *''[[Toughest Gun in Tombstone]]'' (1958) *''[[How to Make a Monster (1958 film)|How to Make a Monster]]'' (1958) *''[[Frankenstein 1970]]'' (1958) *''[[Gang War (1958 film)|Gang War]]'' (1958) *''[[Wolf Larsen (film)|Wolf Larsen]]'' (1958) *''[[Frontier Gun]]'' (1958) *''[[The Power of the Resurrection]]'' (1958) *''[[Lone Texan]]'' (1959) *''[[Invisible Invaders]]'' (1959) *''[[The Rebel Set]]'' (1959) *''[[The Oregon Trail (1959 film)|The Oregon Trail]]'' (1959) *''[[Here Come the Jets]]'' (1959) *''[[Five Gates to Hell]]'' (1959) *''[[The Four Skulls of Jonathan Drake]]'' (1959) *''[[The Angry Red Planet]]'' (1959) *''[[The Purple Gang (film)|The Purple Gang]]'' (1959) *''[[The Rookie (1959 film)|The Rookie]]'' (1959) *''[[Desire in the Dust]]'' (1960) *''[[Walk Like a Dragon]]'' (1960) *''[[Twelve Hours to Kill ]]'' (1960) *''[[The Three Stooges in Orbit]]'' (1962) *''[[The Three Stooges Meet Hercules]]'' (1962) *''[[Black Zoo]]'' (1963) *''[[The Three Stooges Go Around the World in a Daze]]'' (1963) *''[[Shock Corridor]]'' (1963) *''[[Law of the Lawless (1963 film)|Law of the Lawless]]'' (1964) *''[[The Naked Kiss]]'' (1964) *''[[Stage to Thunder Rock]]'' (1964) *''[[Young Fury]]'' (1965) *''[[The Outlaws Is Coming]]'' (1965) *''[[Destination Inner Space]]'' (1966) *''[[Dimension 5 (film)|Dimension 5]]'' (1966) *''[[Cyborg 2087]]'' (1966) *''[[Castle of Evil]]'' (1966) *''[[The Money Jungle]]'' (1968) *''[[Panic in the City]]'' (1968) *''[[Gorp (film)|Gorp]]'' (1980) }}

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==External links== * {{IMDb name|0242406}} * [http://www.epdlp.com/compbso.php?id=4177 Paul Dunlap in ''Epdlp''] *[http://archives.lib.byu.edu/repositories/14/resources/11293 Paul Dunlap papers, MSS 2292] at [https://sites.lib.byu.edu/sc/ L. Tom Perry Special Collections], [[Brigham Young University]]

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