Oscar-Winning Composer Paul Joseph Smith, 78, Dies
Paul Joseph Smith, a composer best known for his scorings of many of Walt Disney’s most memorable films, died Jan. 25 in Glendale of complications from Alzheimer’s disease.
Smith was 78 and in 1940 with Leigh Harline and Ned Washington shared an Academy Award for the music from “Pinocchio.”.
Smith attended UCLA and the Bush Conservatory of Music in Chicago and began a long affiliation with the Disney studios in 1930, retiring in 1962.
He also recorded an album, “True Life Adventures,” a compilation of his nature story scores.
He is survived by a daughter, Theresa Colesworthy; a son, Jerome Smith; three brothers; five grandchildren, and three great-grandchildren.
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