From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Charles Previn (January 11, 1888 - September 21, 1973) was an American film composer who was highly active at Universal in Hollywood during the 1940s and 1950s. Before going to Hollywood, Previn had arranged music for over 100 Broadway productions. Previn was born in Brooklyn. He was the great-uncle of German-born composer, pianist, conductor André Previn and TV and film director Steve Previn (brothers). He graduated from Brooklyn High School and obtained a bachelor's degree from Cornell University in 1910. He obtained a master's degree from New York College of Music. From 1936 to 1944, Previn was musical director at Universal, overseeing everything from horror pictures to Arabian Nights fantasies. He began working at other studios after 1944 and retired in 1953. He died in Los Angeles, aged 85. He won an Oscar for Best Score in 1937 for One Hundred Men and a Girl. He was nominated for six other Oscars between 1938 and 1944.
The Bank Dick
(Original Music Composer)
My Man Godfrey
(Music Director)
The Black Cat
(Music)
Danger on the Air
(Music Director)
It Started with Eve
(Music Director)
The Black Castle
(Music)
Young Fugitives
(Music Director)
Mad About Music
(Music)
The Spoilers
(Music Director)
The Flame of New Orleans
(Songs)
The Mummy's Tomb
(Music)
The Mummy's Ghost
(Music)
Hollow Triumph
(Conductor)
The Mummy's Curse
(Music)
Nightmare
(Music Director)
White Savage
(Music Director)
When Tomorrow Comes
(Music Director)
3 Is a Family
(Music Director)
Rio
(Music Director)
Shadow of a Doubt
(Music)
Night Key
(Music)
The Wolf Man
(Music)
First Love
(Music)
It's a Date
(Music Director)
Sherlock Holmes and the Secret Weapon
(Music Director)
Pardon My Sarong
(Music Director)
Hold That Ghost
(Music)
Ride 'Em Cowboy
(Music Director)
Ride 'Em Cowboy
(Music)
Riders of Death Valley
(Music Director)
Society Smugglers
(Music)
Hit the Ice
(Music Director)
It Ain't Hay
(Music)
Who Done It?
(Music Director)
It Ain't Hay
(Music Director)
Who Done It?
(Music)
Crazy House
(Music Director)
All by Myself
(Music Director)
Riders of Death Valley
(Original Music Composer)
Moonlight in Hawaii
(Music Director)
South of Tahiti
(Music Director)
Destry Rides Again
(Music Director)
Behind the Eight Ball
(Music Director)
Saboteur
(Music Director)
Winchester '73
(Music)
House of Frankenstein
(Music)
Arabian Nights
(Music Director)
Man-Made Monster
(Orchestrator)
In the Navy
(Music Director)
Postal Inspector
(Music Director)
Postal Inspector
(Original Music Composer)
Son of Frankenstein
(Music Director)
The Ghost of Frankenstein
(Music)
Tower of London
(Music Director)
Horror Island
(Music)
The Witness Vanishes
(Music Director)
That Midnight Kiss
(Original Music Composer)
The Jungle Captive
(Music)
Captive Wild Woman
(Music)
Get Hep to Love
(Music)
Nice Girl?
(Music Director)
Hired Wife
(Music Director)
Song of the Open Road
(Original Music Composer)
Wives Under Suspicion
(Music Director)
And Then There Were None
(Music Director)
The Sun Never Sets
(Music Director)
The Rage of Paris
(Original Music Composer)
The Rage of Paris
(Music Director)
State Police
(Original Music Composer)
Ex-Champ
(Music Director)
State Police
(Music Director)
The Jury's Secret
(Music Director)
The Mighty Treve
(Music Director)
The Mighty Treve
(Original Music Composer)
Green Hell
(Music Director)
The Invisible Woman
(Music Director)
One Night in the Tropics
(Music Director)
Midnight Intruder
(Music Director)
The Wolf Man
(Music Director)
One Hundred Men and a Girl
(Music)
Green Dolphin Street
(Conductor)
My Little Chickadee
(Music Director)
The Invisible Man Returns
(Music Director)
Four Days Wonder
(Music)
The Luckiest Girl in the World
(Music)
Lady in a Jam
(Music Director)