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Marlin Skiles

Composer · Died May 1, 1981, aged 74 · Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, USA

Born
December 17, 1906
Died
May 1, 1981 (aged 74)
From
Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, USA
Works as
Composer
Titles
57 on MovieCove · 100 credits in all
Links
IMDb (opens in a new tab)TMDB (opens in a new tab)Wikidata (opens in a new tab)

Known for

TMDB popularity, last 38 days to Oct 27Up 11% in 30 days

What are Marlin Skiles' films like?

Across their 49 MovieCove titles with a thematic analysis, their films lean Morality and Bonds.

Genres

Drama22 titlesTypical Midcredits score: 36th percentile
: browse their Drama movies
Comedy10 titlesTypical Midcredits score: 49th percentile, at or above their average across these genres
: browse their Comedy movies
Horror5 titlesTypical Midcredits score: 8th percentile
: browse their Horror movies
Adventure3 titlesTypical Midcredits score: 39th percentile
: browse their Adventure movies
Crime3 titlesTypical Midcredits score: 78th percentile, at or above their average across these genres
: browse their Crime movies
Western2 titlesTypical Midcredits score: 53rd percentile, at or above their average across these genres
: browse their Western movies

Their MovieCove films by primary genre. The badge is the typical Midcredits score of the genre's films, the median percentile; an up arrow marks a genre at or above their average across these genres.

Themes

share of theme weight
Morality
35%
Bonds
26%
Self
11%
Survival
10%
Society
8%
Power
7%
Ideas
3%
Justice14 titles, browse their movies with this themeRomantic love10 titles, browse their movies with this themeDeception13 titles, browse their movies with this themeSurvival8 titles, browse their movies with this themeCommunity9 titles, browse their movies with this themeLoyalty8 titles, browse their movies with this themeIdentity6 titles, browse their movies with this themeRedemption6 titles, browse their movies with this theme

What they feel like to watch

their average across 49 films
ToneFeelDemandtheir average · filled zone: the category
Light: How heavy the subject matter and outlook get. Browse their light movies.
Tone · Weight
lightdark

Light 31 · Serious 15 · Dark 3

Stylized: How far its world departs from everyday reality. Browse their stylized movies.
Tone · Style
naturalisticheightened

A split, not a type: Grounded 29 · Stylized 16 · Heightened 4

Charged: How hard the emotional peaks hit while you watch. Browse their charged movies.
Feel · Intensity
gentleintense

A split, not a type: Gentle 26 · Charged 18 · Intense 5

Steady: How much it swings between very different feelings. Browse their steady movies.
Feel · Swings
steadyswings

Steady 33 · Shifting 15 · Whiplash 1

Some laughs: How much of the runtime is played for laughs. Browse their some laughs movies.
Feel · Humor
noneconstant

A split, not a type: Straight-faced 22 · Some laughs 18 · Funny 9

Even-paced: How fast it moves from scene to scene. Browse their even-paced movies.
Demand · Pace
slowrelentless

A split, not a type: Slow burn 25 · Even-paced 22 · Relentless 2

Casual: How much focus it asks of you — look away and lose the thread? Browse their casual movies.
Demand · Attention
casualfull focus

Casual 39 · Engaged 9 · Full focus 1

Resolved: How much is left for you to interpret. Browse their resolved movies.
Demand · Resolution
resolvedambiguous

Resolved 43 · Open-ended 5 · Ambiguous 1

Moods and endings

endings are an aggregate; no title is named

Dominant moods · mentions across their titles

Tense
26
Warm
15
Hopeful
16
Joyful
12
Thrilling
14
Other
37

How their films linger

Feel-good26 titles, browse their movies with this aftertasteFun22 titles, browse their movies with this aftertasteHopeful17 titles, browse their movies with this aftertasteBittersweet14 titles, browse their movies with this aftertasteRousing6 titles, browse their movies with this aftertasteUnsettling5 titles, browse their movies with this aftertaste

How their films end · 7 with a twist

  • Happy33
  • Bittersweet14
  • Ambiguous2

AI-generated from each title's plot synopsis and cast list, with extra plot summaries, reviews and Parents Guide notes for titles the model may not know, and the model's own knowledge of the ones it recognizes. Only analyzed titles count, so this covers part of the filmography; the feel axes count films only for now.

Where can I watch Marlin Skiles' films?

As of October 24, 2026, 28 of their 57 MovieCove titles stream on a subscription or free service, most on Tubi (18).

Also on these channels

Subscription and free streaming for Marlin Skiles' titles on MovieCove; rent and buy are not counted. Titles are listed by Midcredits score, highest first, at most 12 per service; a dashed chip is a producer credit or a minor one, such as a thanks. A service opens the browse page, which counts movies only, so its number can differ.

Filmography

100 credits, 57 with a MovieCove page.

  • The Resurrection of Zachary Wheeler(1971)

    Composer

    Midcredits score: 23rd percentile of all films

  • Dayton's Devils (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1968)

    Composer

  • The Violent Ones (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1967)

    Composer

  • Gallery of Horror(1967)

    Composer

    Midcredits score: 1st percentile of all films

  • Time Warp(1967)

    Composer

    Midcredits score: 4th percentile of all films

  • D-Day on Mars (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1966)

    Composer

  • Space Probe Taurus(1965)

    Composer

    Midcredits score: 5th percentile of all films

  • The Shepherd of the Hills (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1964)

    Composer

  • The Strangler (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1964)

    Composer

  • Gunfight at Comanche Creek(1963)

    Composer

    Midcredits score: 49th percentile of all films

  • Europe in the Raw (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1963)

    Composer

  • The Crawling Hand(1963)

    Composer

    Midcredits score: 1st percentile of all films

  • Wild Gals of the Naked West (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1962)

    Composer

  • The Deadly Companions(1961)

    Composer

    Midcredits score: 39th percentile of all films

  • The Hypnotic Eye(1960)

    Composer

    Midcredits score: 38th percentile of all films

  • King of the Wild Stallions(1959)

    Composer

    Midcredits score: 32nd percentile of all films

  • Queen of Outer Space(1958)

    Composer

    Midcredits score: 13th percentile of all films

  • Fort Massacre(1958)

    Composer

    Midcredits score: 49th percentile of all films

  • Quantrill's Raiders(1958)

    Composer

    Midcredits score: 19th percentile of all films

  • Cole Younger, Gunfighter(1958)

    Composer

    Midcredits score: 32nd percentile of all films

  • The Beast of Budapest (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1958)

    Composer

  • Man from God's Country(1958)

    Composer

    Midcredits score: 23rd percentile of all films

  • Up In Smoke (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1957)

    Composer

  • The Tijuana Story (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1957)

    Composer

  • The Disembodied(1957)

    Composer

    Midcredits score: 8th percentile of all films

  • My Gun Is Quick(1957)

    Composer

    Midcredits score: 46th percentile of all films

  • Spook Chasers (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1957)

    Music Editor

  • The Giant Claw(1957)

    Composer

    Midcredits score: 11th percentile of all films

  • Footsteps in the Night (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1957)

    Composer

  • Calling Homicide (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1956)

    Composer

  • The Young Guns(1956)

    Composer

    Midcredits score: 30th percentile of all films

  • Canyon River(1956)

    Composer

    Midcredits score: 43rd percentile of all films

  • Sudden Danger (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1955)

    Composer

  • Chicago Syndicate(1955)

    Composer

    Midcredits score: 57th percentile of all films

  • Dial Red O (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1955)

    Composer

  • The Bowery Boys Meet the Monsters(1954)

    Composer · Music Director

    Midcredits score: 48th percentile of all films

  • Arrow in the Dust(1954)

    Cinematographer · Composer

    Midcredits score: 25th percentile of all films

  • Bowery to Bagdad(1954)

    Composer

    Midcredits score: 60th percentile of all films

  • Private Eyes (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1953)

    Composer

  • Fighter Attack (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1953)

    Composer

  • Hot News (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1953)

    Composer

  • The Maze (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1953)

    Composer

  • Son of Belle Starr (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1953)

    Composer

  • Safari Drums (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1953)

    Composer

  • Loose in London (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1953)

    Composer · Music Director

  • White Lightning (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1953)

    Composer

  • Kansas Pacific(1953)

    Music Director

    Midcredits score: 29th percentile of all films

  • Jalopy (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1953)

    Composer

  • Hiawatha(1952)

    Composer

    Midcredits score: 52nd percentile of all films

  • Battle Zone(1952)

    Composer

    Midcredits score: 17th percentile of all films

  • Flat Top (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1952)

    Composer

  • Wild Stallion(1952)

    Composer

    Midcredits score: 30th percentile of all films

  • Aladdin and His Lamp (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1952)

    Composer

  • Fort Osage (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1952)

    Composer

  • Army Bound(1952)

    Composer

  • The Rose Bowl Story(1952)

    Composer

    Midcredits score: 12th percentile of all films

  • Callaway Went Thataway (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1951)

    Composer

  • Flight to Mars (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1951)

    Composer

  • Cavalry Scout (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1951)

    Composer

  • The Lion Hunters (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1951)

    Composer

  • The Doolins of Oklahoma(1949)

    Composer

    Midcredits score: 62nd percentile of all films

  • Mickey(1948)

    Composer

    Midcredits score: 62nd percentile of all films

  • Relentless(1948)

    Composer

    Midcredits score: 60th percentile of all films

  • The Woman from Tangier (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1948)

    Composer

  • Framed(1947)

    Composer

    Midcredits score: 78th percentile of all films

  • Dead Reckoning(1946)

    Composer

    Midcredits score: 80th percentile of all films

  • Gallant Journey (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1946)

    Composer

  • The Walls Came Tumbling Down (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1946)

    Composer

  • Gilda(1946)

    Music Director

    Midcredits score: 95th percentile of all films

  • Talk About a Lady(1946)

    Composer

    Midcredits score: 35th percentile of all films (provisional, few ratings)

  • She Wouldn't Say Yes(1945)

    Composer

    Midcredits score: 50th percentile of all films

  • Over 21(1945)

    Composer · Musical

    Midcredits score: 50th percentile of all films

  • Eadie Was a Lady (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1945)

    Composer

  • Tonight and Every Night(1945)

    Composer

    Midcredits score: 51st percentile of all films

  • A Thousand and One Nights(1945)

    Composer

    Midcredits score: 42nd percentile of all films

  • Strange Affair (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1944)

    Composer

  • The Impatient Years (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1944)

    Composer

  • The Girl Who Dared(1944)

    Composer

    Midcredits score: 38th percentile of all films

  • The Yellow Rose of Texas(1944)

    Composer

    Midcredits score: 30th percentile of all films

  • The Lady and the Monster(1944)

    Composer · Orchestrator

    Midcredits score: 27th percentile of all films

  • Call of the South Seas (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1944)

    Composer

  • Cowboy and the Senorita(1944)

    Composer

    Midcredits score: 29th percentile of all films

  • Rosie the Riveter(1944)

    Composer

    Midcredits score: 51st percentile of all films

  • O, My Darling Clementine (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1943)

    Composer

  • Nobody's Darling (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1943)

    Composer

  • Silver Spurs(1943)

    Composer

    Midcredits score: 39th percentile of all films

  • Song of Texas(1943)

    Composer

    Midcredits score: 38th percentile of all films

  • Hands Across the Border(1943)

    Composer

    Midcredits score: 38th percentile of all films

  • Idaho(1943)

    Composer

    Midcredits score: 44th percentile of all films

  • Dr. Broadway(1942)

    Orchestrator

    Midcredits score: 54th percentile of all films

  • The Lady Has Plans(1942)

    Orchestrator

    Midcredits score: 56th percentile of all films

  • Cowboy Serenade(1942)

    Composer

    Midcredits score: 61st percentile of all films (provisional, few ratings)

  • Bad Man of Deadwood(1941)

    Composer

    Midcredits score: 33rd percentile of all films

  • Under Fiesta Stars(1941)

    Composer

    Midcredits score: 50th percentile of all films

  • 23 1/2 Hours Leave(1937)

    Composer

    Midcredits score: 13th percentile of all films (provisional, few ratings)

  • When's Your Birthday?(1937)

    Composer

    Midcredits score: 18th percentile of all films

  • Great Guy (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1936)

    Composer · Music Director

  • Wedding Present (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1936)

    Composer

  • The Big Broadcast of 1937 (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1936)

    Composer

  • Postal Inspector(1936)

    Composer

    Midcredits score: 12th percentile of all films

Career shape

A full career of 86 titles from 1936 to 1971.

Biggest box office

Dead Reckoning (1946)

$84 worldwide

Highest rated

Dead Reckoning (1946)

Midcredits 80th

Most popular right now

A Thousand and One Nights (1945)

By role

only this rolewith another role
Writing1 of 86: 1 only writing, 0 with another roleMusic79 of 86: 75 only music, 4 with another role · typical Midcredits score38thCinematography1 of 86: 1 only cinematography, 0 with another roleOther crew9 of 86: 5 only other crew, 4 with another role · typical Midcredits score51st

86 titles, 4 with more than one role — music and other crew overlap on 4 of them.

By decade

1930s4 · crew1940s27 · crew1950s42 · crew1960s12 · crew1970s1 · crew

Counts from TMDB across their full career, self appearances out; a title counts in every role they held on it. The ring is the typical Midcredits score (the median percentile) of the role's titles that are on MovieCove, shown from 5 scored.

How do Marlin Skiles' films land?

Their typical MovieCove film has a Midcredits score in the 38th percentile, the median of the 56 of 57 with a score; across their 49 films with reception data, the typical film sits in the 42nd percentile for acclaim.

Acclaim · how much people like their films

42ndpercentile
Typical film, the median of 49

Approval · how many liked their films

33rdpercentile
Typical film, the median of 49

Reach · how many have seen their films

22ndpercentile
Typical film, the median of 49

Midcredits score across 56 titles, by percentile

  • 75th and up3
  • 50th to 74th14
  • 25th to 49th24
  • Below 25th15

Shape of the crowd

20 of their 56 titles are Mixed.

  • Universally Loved1
  • Universally Panned3
  • Cult Classic1
  • Crowd Pleaser13
  • Broadly Agreed18
  • Mixed20

Most divisive · composer

Talk About a Lady (1946)

80th percentile spread · 31% rated it 4 or lower

Most loved · composer

Dead Reckoning (1946)

Midcredits 80th · 75% liked

Reviewers score the sound and music 48/100 in their films, across 38 reviewed titles; fans 60, detractors 37. The element that speaks to their work as a composer.

Percentiles are each film's standing among all films on MovieCove; the typical film is the median, so one outlier cannot drag it. Percentiles and reviewer scores count the films IMDb credits them on, for now; the Midcredits score bands, the shape of the crowd and the two cards count their MovieCove titles, shows included (a show ranked among shows), appearances as themselves left out. A descriptor is the shape of a title's IMDb rating distribution against the catalog; "most divisive" needs a spread wider than half of all titles, and a card names only a principal credit: a craft role, and on a show a crew role or a run of episodes, never a courtesy credit or a one-off guest spot.

Who does Marlin Skiles work with?

People who share at least 2 of Marlin Skiles' MovieCove titles, grouped by what they did on them; Harry Neumann shares the most, 11.

Directors

Writers

Actors

Composers, cinematographers and editors

Producers