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Franz Waxman

Franz Waxman
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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,

Bio:

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.

Other:

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

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