birthdate: '1906-10-30'
birthplace: Calumet, Michigan, United States
deathdate: '1985-01-25'
discography:
- catalog: WDL-4001
  date: '1956'
  link: album/112747
  reprint: false
  roles:
  - Scoring
  - Orchestra Director
  titles:
    en: Walt Disney's Song of the South - Music From the Original Sound Track
    ja: Walt Disney's Song of the South - Music From the Original Sound Track
    ja-latn: Walt Disney's Song of the South - Music From the Original Sound Track
  type: anime
- catalog: JBX-2003
  date: '1980'
  link: album/115049
  reprint: false
  roles:
  - Arranger
  titles:
    en: Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs (Song and Music)
    ja: ウォルト・ディズニー映画「白雪姫」日本語版オリジナル・サウンドトラック（歌と音楽）
    ja-latn: Walt Disney Eiga "Shirayuki Hime" Nihongoban Original Soundtrack (Uta
      to Ongaku)
  type: anime
- catalog: 60845-2
  date: '1992-06-09'
  link: album/110245
  reprint: false
  roles:
  - Conductor
  - Composer
  titles:
    en: Walt Disney's Pinocchio Original Motion Picture Soundtrack
    ja: Walt Disney's Pinocchio Original Motion Picture Soundtrack
    ja-latn: Walt Disney's Pinocchio Original Motion Picture Soundtrack
  type: anime
- catalog: 60850-7
  date: '1993-06-08'
  link: album/110117
  reprint: false
  roles:
  - Composer
  titles:
    en: Walt Disney's Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs Original Motion Picture Soundtrack
    ja: Walt Disney's Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs Original Motion Picture Soundtrack
    ja-latn: Walt Disney's Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs Original Motion Picture
      Soundtrack
  type: anime
- catalog: 60959-7
  date: '1997'
  link: album/110125
  reprint: false
  roles:
  - Music
  titles:
    en: Walt Disney's Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs Classic Soundtrack Series
    ja: Walt Disney's Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs Classic Soundtrack Series
    ja-latn: Walt Disney's Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs Classic Soundtrack Series
  type: anime
- catalog: 60880-7
  date: '1997-01-28'
  link: album/110412
  reprint: false
  roles:
  - Orchestrator
  titles:
    en: Walt Disney's Bambi An Original Walt Disney Records Soundtrack
    ja: Walt Disney's Bambi An Original Walt Disney Records Soundtrack
    ja-latn: Walt Disney's Bambi An Original Walt Disney Records Soundtrack
  type: anime
- catalog: 60879-7
  date: '1997-02-04'
  link: album/110504
  reprint: false
  roles:
  - Music Director
  - Music
  titles:
    en: Walt Disney's Cinderella An Original Walt Disney Records Soundtrack
    ja: Walt Disney's Cinderella An Original Walt Disney Records Soundtrack
    ja-latn: Walt Disney's Cinderella An Original Walt Disney Records Soundtrack
  type: anime
- catalog: 60701-7
  date: '2005-03-01'
  link: album/110422
  reprint: false
  roles:
  - Orchestrator
  titles:
    en: Walt Disney's Bambi
    ja: Walt Disney's Bambi
    ja-latn: Walt Disney's Bambi
  type: anime
- catalog: 61401-7
  date: '2005-10-04'
  link: album/110509
  reprint: false
  roles:
  - Music Director
  - Music
  titles:
    en: Walt Disney's Cinderella An Original Walt Disney Records Soundtrack (Special
      Edition)
    ja: Walt Disney's Cinderella An Original Walt Disney Records Soundtrack (Special
      Edition)
    ja-latn: Walt Disney's Cinderella An Original Walt Disney Records Soundtrack (Special
      Edition)
  type: anime
- catalog: D001412702
  date: '2012-11-19'
  link: album/110511
  reprint: false
  roles:
  - Music Director
  - Music
  titles:
    en: Cinderella An Original Walt Disney Records Soundtrack (Collector's Edition)
    ja: Cinderella An Original Walt Disney Records Soundtrack (Collector's Edition)
    ja-latn: Cinderella An Original Walt Disney Records Soundtrack (Collector's Edition)
  type: anime
- catalog: D002065992
  date: '2015-02-10'
  link: album/50432
  reprint: false
  roles:
  - Writer
  titles:
    en: 'The Legacy Collection: Pinocchio'
    ja: 'The Legacy Collection: Pinocchio'
    ja-latn: 'The Legacy Collection: Pinocchio'
  type: anime
- catalog: D002066092
  date: '2015-06-16'
  link: album/61818
  reprint: false
  roles:
  - Writer
  - Music Director
  - Score Composition
  titles:
    en: 'The Legacy Collection: Cinderella'
    ja: 'The Legacy Collection: Cinderella'
    ja-latn: 'The Legacy Collection: Cinderella'
  type: anime
- catalog: D002192002
  date: '2015-08-21'
  link: album/69849
  reprint: false
  roles:
  - Composer
  titles:
    en: 'The Legacy Collection: Disneyland'
    ja: 'The Legacy Collection: Disneyland'
    ja-latn: 'The Legacy Collection: Disneyland'
  type: works
featured_on:
- catalog: D004694625
  date: '2025-03-14'
  link: album/147666
  reprint: false
  roles:
  - Writer
  titles:
    en: Disney's Snow White (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack)
    ja: Disney's Snow White (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack)
    ja-latn: Disney's Snow White (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack)
  type: live
- catalog: D004728925
  date: '2025-03-20'
  link: album/147875
  reprint: false
  roles:
  - Writer
  titles:
    en: Disney's Snow White (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack/Deluxe Edition)
    ja: Disney's Snow White (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack/Deluxe Edition)
    ja-latn: Disney's Snow White (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack/Deluxe Edition)
  type: live
info:
  Birthdate: Oct 30, 1906
  Birthplace: Calumet, Michigan, United States
  Credited works:
  - 13 albums in database
  - 2 products in database
  Credits:
  - 5 music
  - 4 music director
  - 4 writer
  - 3 composer
  - 3 orchestrator
  - 1 scoring
  - 1 orchestra director
  - 1 arranger
  - 1 conductor
  - 1 score composition
  Variations:
  - names:
      en: Paul Joseph Smith
  - names:
      en: Paul Smith
link: artist/22543
meta:
  added_date: 2016-09-25T03:11
  edited_date: 2021-03-27T05:15
  fetched_date: 2025-11-13T07:34
  ttl: 86400
  visitors: 1748
name: Paul J. Smith
notes: American music composer and violinist. Joined The Walt Disney Studios in 1934,
  persuaded by his friend Larry Morey, where he served as orchestrator and conductor,
  thanks to his classically trained background. Later, he became a composer himself
  and scored nearly 70 animated shorts from the 1930s to the 1950s, as well as numerous
  animated features, including Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs, Pinocchio, Bambi,
  and Cinderella.
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picture_small: https://thumb-media.vgm.io/artists/34/22543/22543-1474802012.jpg
sex: male
type: Individual
vgmdb_link: https://vgmdb.net/artist/22543?perpage=99999
websites:
  Reference: []
