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Franz Waxman
Königshütte, Upper Silesia, Germany [now Chorzów, Slaskie, Poland]
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 h…
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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.
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2024
Pioniere der Filmmusik - Europas Sound für Hollywood
Movie Self (archive footage)
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2001
Screenwriter John Michael Hayes on 'Rear Window'
Movie Music
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1968
To Die in Paris
Movie Original Music Composer
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1967
The Longest Hundred Miles
Movie Original Music Composer
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1966
Lost Command
Movie Original Music Composer
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1962
Taras Bulba
Movie Original Music Composer
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1962
Hemingway’s Adventures of a Young Man
Movie Original Music Composer
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1962
My Geisha
Movie Conductor
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1961
King of the Roaring 20's – The Story of Arnold Rothstein
Movie Original Music Composer
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1961
Return to Peyton Place
Movie Original Music Composer
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1960
Cimarron
Movie Original Music Composer
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1960
Sunrise at Campobello
Movie Original Music Composer
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1960
The Story of Ruth
Movie Original Music Composer
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1959
Beloved Infidel
Movie Original Music Composer
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1959
Career
Movie Original Music Composer
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1959
The Twilight Zone
TV show Original Music Composer
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1959
The Nun's Story
Movie Original Music Composer
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1959
Count Your Blessings
Movie Original Music Composer
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1958
I Married a Monster from Outer Space
Movie Original Music Composer
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1958
Run Silent, Run Deep
Movie Original Music Composer
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1957
Sayonara
Movie Original Music Composer
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1957
Peyton Place
Movie Original Music Composer
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1957
The Spirit of St. Louis
Movie Original Music Composer
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1956
Back from Eternity
Movie Original Music Composer
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1956
Crime in the Streets
Movie Original Music Composer
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1956
Miracle in the Rain
Movie Original Music Composer
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1955
The Indian Fighter
Movie Original Music Composer
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1955
The Virgin Queen
Movie Original Music Composer
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1955
Mister Roberts
Movie Original Music Composer
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1955
Untamed
Movie Original Music Composer
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1955
Abbott and Costello Meet the Keystone Kops
Movie Music
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1954
The Silver Chalice
Movie Original Music Composer
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1954
This Is My Love
Movie Original Music Composer
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1954
Rear Window
Movie Original Music Composer
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1954
Demetrius and the Gladiators
Movie Original Music Composer
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1954
Elephant Walk
Movie Original Music Composer
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1954
Prince Valiant
Movie Original Music Composer
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1953
A Lion Is in the Streets
Movie Music
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1953
I, the Jury
Movie Original Music Composer
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1953
Stalag 17
Movie Original Music Composer
