Composer
Birthday: (60) 1906-12-24 - Deathday: 1967-02-24
Birthplace: Königshütte, Upper Silesia, Germany [now Chorzów, Slaskie, Poland]Also known as: Franz Wachsmann, F. Wachsmann, F. 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.
This Is My Love
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The Twilight Z...
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Rear Window
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Sunset Bouleva...
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The Cabinet of...
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Rebecca
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Rebecca
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Stalag 17
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The Philadelph...
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To Have and Ha...
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On Borrowed Ti...
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Bride of Frank...
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Night and the ...
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Fury
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Captains Coura...
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Captains Coura...
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Escape
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The Blue Angel
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Come Back, Lit...
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The Story of R...
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A Place in the...
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Dark Passage
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Three Comrades
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He Ran All the...
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The Nun's Story
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The Nun's Story
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Suspicion
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The Furies
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The Virgin Que...
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A Day at the R...
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Humoresque
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Humoresque
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A Christmas Ca...
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Mister Roberts
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Task Force
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Strange Cargo
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Seven Sweethea...
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Johnny Holiday
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Screenwriter J...
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Mister Roberts
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Run Silent, Ru...
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Woman of the Y...
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Boom Town
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Alias Nick Beal
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Personal Prope...
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Old Acquaintan...
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Possessed
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Objective, Bur...
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The Devil-Doll
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No Minor Vices
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Sorry, Wrong N...
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Decision Befor...
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Mr. Skeffington
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The Bride Wore...
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Destination To...
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Miracle in the...
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Return to Peyt...
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My Cousin Rach...
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My Cousin Rach...
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Peyton Place
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Sayonara
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The Spirit of ...
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The Two Mrs. C...
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The Unsuspected
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The Young in H...
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My Geisha
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My Geisha
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Back from Eter...
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Reunion in Fra...
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The Shining Ho...
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Journey for Ma...
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The Blue Veil
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Dark City
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Career
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Test Pilot
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Demetrius and ...
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Botany Bay
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Pride of the M...
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Man on a Tight...
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The Man in Sea...
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The Adventures...
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Air Force
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Phone Call fro...
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Love on the Run
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Dr. Jekyll and...
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Beloved Infidel
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Anne of the In...
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In Our Time
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Next Time We L...
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Taras Bulba
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Liliom
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At the Circus
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At the Circus
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The Invisible ...
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Lost Command
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The Paradine C...
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The Longest Hu...
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Red Mountain
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Night Key
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Postal Inspect...
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Burglars
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Only the Valia...
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Dramatic School
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The Indian Fig...
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Edge of Darkne...
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Abbott and Cos...
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I Married a Mo...
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Hotel Berlin
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Cimarron
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Cimarron
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Crime in the S...
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The Only Girl
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Lure of the Wi...
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Nora Prentiss
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King of the Ro...
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East of Java
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East of Java
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3 Kids and a Q...
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3 Kids and a Q...
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Trouble for Two
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Sunrise at Cam...
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Cry Wolf
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The Brighton S...
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Prince Valiant
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Her Kind of Man
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Too Hot to Han...
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Arsène Lupin R...
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Elephant Walk
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Love Before Br...
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Love Before Br...
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Whistling in t...
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Bad Seed
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I, the Jury
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Love Is a Head...
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Rope of Sand
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Untamed
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Confidential A...
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His Brother's ...
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The Ice Follie...
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A Lion Is in t...
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Absolute Quiet
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Tortilla Flat
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Unfinished Bus...
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The Emperor's ...
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Design for Sca...
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The Feminine T...
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Her Cardboard ...
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Night Unto Nig...
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Kathleen
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Paprika
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Whiplash
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Man-Proof
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Hemingway's Ad...
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Remember Last ...
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The Silver Cha...
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Sporting Blood
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Count Your Ble...
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Florian
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Sutter's Gold
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The Only Girl
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In the act
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First Offence
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The Great Impe...
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