Samuel Yakovlevich Pokrass (Самуил Яковлевич Покрасс) (1894 in Kiev – June 15, 1939 in New York City) was a Soviet composer of Russian and Jewish origin. In 1920, during the Russian Civil War, he and the poet P. Grigoryev wrote fighting songs for the Red Army, including " White Army, Black Baron". That song's melody was used for the song " Die Arbeiter von Wien" ("The Workers of Vienna") in Red Vienna.

Pokrass later^{[ when?]} emigrated to the United States, where he worked as a composer in Hollywood from 1934 to 1939, and was known primarily for the 1939 musical film The Three Musketeers.

• A. V. Shilov, Из истории первых советских песен (1917–24), М., 1963
• A. Sokhor, Как начиналась советская музыка, "МЖ", 1967, No 2.

• Samuel Pokrass at IMDb

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