Alfred Newman

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Alfred Newman

Sound March 17, 1901

New Haven, Connecticut, USA

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Alfred Newman (March 17, 1900 – February 17, 1970) was an American composer, arranger, and conductor of film music. From his start as a musi…

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Modern Times

Modern Times

8.3 1936 Movie
City Lights

City Lights

8.2 1931 Movie
All About Eve

All About Eve

8.1 1950 Movie
The Grapes of Wrath

The Grapes of Wrath

7.8 1940 Movie
The Seven Year Itch

The Seven Year Itch

7.0 1955 Movie
Miracle on 34th Street

Miracle on 34th Street

7.4 1947 Movie
How to Marry a Millionaire

How to Marry a Millionaire

6.8 1953 Movie
How the West Was Won

How the West Was Won

7.0 1962 Movie
My Darling Clementine

My Darling Clementine

7.5 1946 Movie
Airport

Airport

6.5 1970 Movie
How Green Was My Valley

How Green Was My Valley

7.3 1941 Movie
Foreign Correspondent

Foreign Correspondent

7.0 1940 Movie

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From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Alfred Newman (March 17, 1900 – February 17, 1970) was an American composer, arranger, and conductor of film music. From his start as a music prodigy, he came to be regarded as a respected figure in the history of film music. He won nine Academy Awards and was nominated forty-three times. In a career spanning more than four decades, Newman composed the scores for over 200 motion pictures. Some of his most famous scores include Wuthering Heights, The Hunchback of Notre Dame, The Mark of Zorro, How Green Was My Valley, The Song of Bernadette, Captain from Castile, All About Eve, Love is a Many Splendored Thing, Anastasia, The Diary of Anne Frank, How The West Was Won, The Greatest Story Ever Told, and his final score, Airport, all of which were nominated for or won Academy Awards. Newman was also highly regarded as a conductor, and arranged and conducted many scores by other composers, including George Gershwin, Charlie Chaplin, and Irving Berlin. He also conducted the music for many film adaptations of Broadway musicals (having worked on Broadway for ten years before coming to Hollywood), as well as many original Hollywood musicals. He was among the first musicians to compose and conduct original music during Hollywood's Golden Age of movies, later becoming a respected and powerful music director in the history of Hollywood. Newman and two of his fellow composers, Max Steiner and Dimitri Tiomkin, were considered the "three godfathers of film music"

Filmography

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  1. 1981
    Perfectly Frank: Frank Loesser Revued

    Movie Songs

  2. 1976
    That's Entertainment, Part II

    Movie Thanks

  3. 1970
    Airport

    Movie Original Music Composer

  4. 1968
    Firecreek

    Movie Original Music Composer

  5. 1967
    Camelot

    Movie Music

  6. 1966
    Nevada Smith

    Movie Original Music Composer

  7. 1965
    The Greatest Story Ever Told

    Movie Original Music Composer

  8. 1962
    How the West Was Won

    Movie Original Music Composer

  9. 1962
    The Counterfeit Traitor

    Movie Original Music Composer

  10. 1962
    State Fair

    Movie Original Music Composer

  11. 1961
    Flower Drum Song

    Movie Original Music Composer

  12. 1961
    The Pleasure of His Company

    Movie Original Music Composer

  13. 1959
    The Best of Everything

    Movie Original Music Composer

  14. 1959
    The Diary of Anne Frank

    Movie Original Music Composer

  15. 1958
    A Certain Smile

    Movie Original Music Composer

  16. 1958
    South Pacific

    Movie Original Music Composer

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  1. 1958
    The Gift of Love

    Movie Original Music Composer

  2. 1956
    Anastasia

    Movie Original Music Composer

  3. 1956
    Bus Stop

    Movie Conductor

  4. 1956
    The King and I

    Movie Original Music Composer

  5. 1956
    Carousel

    Movie Music Supervisor

  6. 1955
    Love Is a Many-Splendored Thing

    Movie Original Music Composer

  7. 1955
    The Seven Year Itch

    Movie Original Music Composer

  8. 1955
    Daddy Long Legs

    Movie Original Music Composer

  9. 1955
    A Man Called Peter

    Movie Original Music Composer

  10. 1954
    There's No Business Like Show Business

    Movie Music Supervisor

  11. 1954
    The Egyptian

    Movie Original Music Composer

  12. 1954
    The Miracle of Stereophonic Sound

    Movie Self - Conductor

  13. 1954
    Hell and High Water

    Movie Original Music Composer

  14. 1953
    How to Marry a Millionaire

    Movie Orchestra Conductor in Prologue (uncredited)

  15. 1953
    The Robe

    Movie Original Music Composer

  16. 1953
    Dangerous Crossing

    Movie Additional Music

  17. 1953
    The President's Lady

    Movie Original Music Composer

  18. 1953
    The Desert Rats

    Movie Music Director

  19. 1953
    Call Me Madam

    Movie Music Director

  20. 1953
    Treasure of the Golden Condor

    Movie Music Director

  21. 1952
    Stars and Stripes Forever

    Movie Music

  22. 1952
    The Prisoner of Zenda

    Movie Original Music Composer

  23. 1952
    O. Henry's Full House

    Movie Original Music Composer

  24. 1952
    What Price Glory

    Movie Music