Franz Waxman
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.
Rebecca
(Original Music Composer)
Humoresque
(Conductor)
Bride of Frankenstein
(Original Music Composer)
The Philadelphia Story
(Original Music Composer)
Rear Window
(Original Music Composer)
Sunset Boulevard
(Original Music Composer)
Decision Before Dawn
(Original Music Composer)
Suspicion
(Original Music Composer)
The Paradine Case
(Original Music Composer)
Alias Nick Beal
(Original Music Composer)
The Two Mrs. Carrolls
(Original Music Composer)
Humoresque
(Original Music Composer)
The Furies
(Original Music Composer)
The Unsuspected
(Original Music Composer)
The Blue Angel
(Orchestrator)
Crime in the Streets
(Original Music Composer)
The Devil-Doll
(Original Music Composer)
Dark City
(Original Music Composer)
Fury
(Original Music Composer)
Taras Bulba
(Original Music Composer)
I, the Jury
(Original Music Composer)
Peyton Place
(Original Music Composer)
Mr. Skeffington
(Original Music Composer)
The Young in Heart
(Original Music Composer)
Cry Wolf
(Original Music Composer)
Rope of Sand
(Original Music Composer)
The Horn Blows at Midnight
(Original Music Composer)
Liliom
(Original Music Composer)
Cimarron
(Original Music Composer)
Mister Roberts
(Original Music Composer)
Air Force
(Original Music Composer)
Her Kind of Man
(Original Music Composer)
Prince Valiant
(Original Music Composer)
The Spirit of St. Louis
(Original Music Composer)
The Feminine Touch
(Original Music Composer)
Whiplash
(Original Music Composer)
My Geisha
(Conductor)
Remember Last Night?
(Original Music Composer)
Phone Call from a Stranger
(Original Music Composer)
At the Circus
(Music Director)
The Longest Hundred Miles
(Original Music Composer)
Unfinished Business
(Original Music Composer)
Red Mountain
(Original Music Composer)
Career
(Original Music Composer)
Edge of Darkness
(Original Music Composer)
Too Hot to Handle
(Original Music Composer)
No Minor Vices
(Original Music Composer)
Sutter's Gold
(Original Music Composer)
Personal Property
(Original Music Composer)
Woman of the Year
(Original Music Composer)
Task Force
(Original Music Composer)
Old Acquaintance
(Original Music Composer)
A Lion Is in the Streets
(Music)
Sorry, Wrong Number
(Original Music Composer)
The Nun's Story
(Original Music Composer)
Come Back, Little Sheba
(Original Music Composer)
Night Key
(Music)
Rebecca
(Orchestrator)
Kathleen
(Music)
Paprika
(Music)
Abbott and Costello Meet the Keystone Kops
(Music)
Captains Courageous
(Original Music Composer)
Tortilla Flat
(Original Music Composer)
The Bride Wore Red
(Original Music Composer)
Arsène Lupin Returns
(Original Music Composer)
The Cabinet of Dr. Larifari
(Music)
Man-Proof
(Original Music Composer)
Dark Passage
(Original Music Composer)
Captains Courageous
(Songs)
He Ran All the Way
(Original Music Composer)
Boom Town
(Original Music Composer)
Port of Seven Seas
(Original Music Composer)
Love on the Run
(Original Music Composer)
The Only Girl
(Original Music Composer)
Untamed
(Original Music Composer)
The Story of Ruth
(Original Music Composer)
Lure of the Wilderness
(Original Music Composer)
Night and the City
(Original Music Composer)
The Emperor's Candlesticks
(Original Music Composer)
To Have and Have Not
(Original Music Composer)
Test Pilot
(Original Music Composer)
Confidential Agent
(Original Music Composer)
Nora Prentiss
(Original Music Composer)
Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde
(Original Music Composer)
His Brother's Wife
(Original Music Composer)
Destination Tokyo
(Original Music Composer)
Miracle in the Rain
(Original Music Composer)
Sporting Blood
(Original Music Composer)
Stalag 17
(Original Music Composer)
The Only Girl
(Music Arranger)
Sunrise at Campobello
(Original Music Composer)
Escape
(Original Music Composer)
A Place in the Sun
(Original Music Composer)
Florian
(Original Music Composer)
Lost Command
(Original Music Composer)
Beloved Infidel
(Original Music Composer)
Return to Peyton Place
(Original Music Composer)
King of the Roaring 20's – The Story of Arnold Rothstein
(Original Music Composer)
My Geisha
(Original Music Composer)
Hemingway's Adventures of a Young Man
(Original Music Composer)
Run Silent, Run Deep
(Original Music Composer)
Count Your Blessings
(Original Music Composer)
Sayonara
(Original Music Composer)
The Indian Fighter
(Original Music Composer)
The Silver Chalice
(Original Music Composer)
Back from Eternity
(Original Music Composer)
Demetrius and the Gladiators
(Original Music Composer)
The Virgin Queen
(Original Music Composer)
This Is My Love
(Original Music Composer)
Elephant Walk
(Original Music Composer)
Anne of the Indies
(Original Music Composer)
The Last Bomb
(Music Score Producer)
Cimarron
(Conductor)
Her Cardboard Lover
(Original Music Composer)
Strange Cargo
(Original Music Composer)
In the act
(Music)
Postal Inspector
(Original Music Composer)
Botany Bay
(Original Music Composer)
My Cousin Rachel
(Conductor)
My Cousin Rachel
(Original Music Composer)
Night Unto Night
(Original Music Composer)
Love Before Breakfast
(Original Music Composer)
Design for Scandal
(Original Music Composer)
Seven Sweethearts
(Original Music Composer)
At the Circus
(Original Music Composer)
Burglars
(Original Music Composer)
A Christmas Carol
(Music)
Johnny Holiday
(Original Music Composer)
Only the Valiant
(Original Music Composer)
Possessed
(Original Music Composer)
Reunion in France
(Original Music Composer)
Pride of the Marines
(Original Music Composer)
Objective, Burma!
(Original Music Composer)
A Day at the Races
(Original Music Composer)
The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn
(Original Music Composer)
The Nun's Story
(Conductor)
The Shining Hour
(Original Music Composer)
The Ice Follies of 1939
(Original Music Composer)
First Offence
(Music)
Love Is a Headache
(Music)
Absolute Quiet
(Original Music Composer)
Three Comrades
(Original Music Composer)
On Borrowed Time
(Original Music Composer)
Journey for Margaret
(Original Music Composer)
Man on a Tightrope
(Original Music Composer)
Love Before Breakfast
(Music Director)
Dramatic School
(Original Music Composer)
The Great Impersonation
(Music)
East of Java
(Original Music Composer)
East of Java
(Music Director)
3 Kids and a Queen
(Original Music Composer)
3 Kids and a Queen
(Music Director)
In Our Time
(Original Music Composer)
Screenwriter John Michael Hayes on 'Rear Window'
(Music)
Mister Roberts
(Conductor)
Whistling in the Dark
(Music)
To Die in Paris
(Original Music Composer)
Trouble for Two
(Original Music Composer)
The Ice Follies of 1939
(Music Director)
I Married a Monster from Outer Space
(Original Music Composer)
The Little One of Montparnasse
(Music)
The Brighton Strangler
(Additional Music)
The Blue Veil
(Original Music Composer)
Bad Seed
(Music)
The Man in Search of His Murderer
(Music Director)
Next Time We Love
(Music Director)
Hotel Berlin
(Music)
The Invisible Ray
(Original Music Composer)
The Twilight Zone
(Original Music Composer)