Franz Waxman
male
Born on December 24, 1906 (119 years old)
Passed Away on February 24, 1967
From Königshütte, Upper Silesia, Germany [now Chorzów, Slaskie, Poland]
Known for Sound
Biography
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Franz Waxman (né Wachsmann; 24 December 1906 – 24 February 1967) was a German and American composer of Jewish descent, known primarily for his work in the film music genre. His film scores include Bride of Frankenstein, Rebecca, Sunset Boulevard, A Place in the Sun, Stalag 17, Rear Window, Peyton Place, The Nun's Story, and Taras Bulba. He received twelve Academy Award nominations, and won two Oscars in consecutive years (for Sunset Boulevard and A Place in the Sun). He also received a Golden Globe Award for the former film. Bernard Herrmann said that the score for Taras Bulba was "the score of a lifetime." He also composed concert works, including the oratorio Joshua (1959), and The Song of Terezin (1965), a work for orchestra, chorus, and children's chorus based upon poetry written by children in the Theresienstadt concentration camp during World War II. Waxman also founded the Los Angeles Music Festival in 1947 with which he conducted a number of West Coast premieres by fellow film composers, and concert composers alike.
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Crew Credits
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Decision Before Dawn
as
Original Music Composer
1951
Red Mountain
as
Original Music Composer
1951
He Ran All the Way
as
Original Music Composer
1951
A Place in the Sun
as
Original Music Composer
1951
Anne of the Indies
as
Original Music Composer
1951
Only the Valiant
as
Original Music Composer
1951
The Blue Veil
as
Original Music Composer
1951
- 1950
- 1949
- 1948
- 1947
Humoresque
as
Conductor
1947
The Paradine Case
as
Original Music Composer
1947
The Two Mrs. Carrolls
as
Original Music Composer
1947
Humoresque
as
Original Music Composer
1947
The Unsuspected
as
Original Music Composer
1947
Cry Wolf
as
Original Music Composer
1947
Dark Passage
as
Original Music Composer
1947
Nora Prentiss
as
Original Music Composer
1947
Possessed
as
Original Music Composer
1947
- 1946
- 1945
The Horn Blows at Midnight
as
Original Music Composer
1945
To Have and Have Not
as
Original Music Composer
1945
Confidential Agent
as
Original Music Composer
1945
The Last Bomb
as
Music Score Producer
1945
Pride of the Marines
as
Original Music Composer
1945
Objective, Burma!
as
Original Music Composer
1945
The Brighton Strangler
as
Additional Music
1945
Hotel Berlin
as
Music
1945
- 1944
- 1943
- 1942
- 1941
Suspicion
as
Original Music Composer
1941
The Feminine Touch
as
Original Music Composer
1941
Unfinished Business
as
Original Music Composer
1941
Kathleen
as
Music
1941
Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde
as
Original Music Composer
1941
Design for Scandal
as
Original Music Composer
1941
Whistling in the Dark
as
Music
1941
Honky Tonk
as
Original Music Composer
1941
- 1940
Rebecca
as
Original Music Composer
1940
The Philadelphia Story
as
Original Music Composer
1940
Rebecca
as
Orchestrator
1940
Boom Town
as
Original Music Composer
1940
Sporting Blood
as
Original Music Composer
1940
Escape
as
Original Music Composer
1940
Florian
as
Original Music Composer
1940
Strange Cargo
as
Original Music Composer
1940
- 1939
- 1938
The Young in Heart
as
Original Music Composer
1938
Too Hot to Handle
as
Original Music Composer
1938
Arsène Lupin Returns
as
Original Music Composer
1938
Man-Proof
as
Original Music Composer
1938
Port of Seven Seas
as
Original Music Composer
1938
Test Pilot
as
Original Music Composer
1938
A Christmas Carol
as
Music
1938
The Shining Hour
as
Original Music Composer
1938
Love Is a Headache
as
Music
1938
Three Comrades
as
Original Music Composer
1938
Dramatic School
as
Original Music Composer
1938
- 1937
- 1936
The Devil-Doll
as
Original Music Composer
1936
Fury
as
Original Music Composer
1936
Sutter's Gold
as
Original Music Composer
1936
Love on the Run
as
Original Music Composer
1936
His Brother's Wife
as
Original Music Composer
1936
Postal Inspector
as
Original Music Composer
1936
Love Before Breakfast
as
Original Music Composer
1936
First Offence
as
Music
1936
Absolute Quiet
as
Original Music Composer
1936
Love Before Breakfast
as
Music Director
1936
Trouble for Two
as
Original Music Composer
1936
Next Time We Love
as
Music Director
1936
The Invisible Ray
as
Original Music Composer
1936
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