Alfred Newman
Known for: Sound
Born: March 17, 1901
Died: February 17, 1970
Place of birth: 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 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"
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Filmography
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Perfectly Frank: Frank Loesser Revued
1981
7.0
That's Entertainment, Part II
1976
6.5
Airport
1970
6.2
Firecreek
1968
6.2
Camelot
1967
6.7
Nevada Smith
1966
6.4
The Greatest Story Ever Told
1965
7.0
How the West Was Won
1962
6.4
The Counterfeit Traitor
1962
4.9
State Fair
1962
6.3
Flower Drum Song
1961
6.4
The Pleasure of His Company
1961
6.3
The Best of Everything
1959
7.2
The Diary of Anne Frank
1959
6.3
A Certain Smile
1958
6.1
South Pacific
1958
7.3
The Gift of Love
1958
6.8
Anastasia
1956
6.1
Bus Stop
1956
7.1
The King and I
1956
5.3
Carousel
1956
6.1
Love Is a Many-Splendored Thing
1955
7.0
The Seven Year Itch
1955
6.4
Daddy Long Legs
1955
6.6
A Man Called Peter
1955
6.1
There's No Business Like Show Business
1954
6.5
The Egyptian
1954
9.0
The Miracle of Stereophonic Sound
1954
6.0
Hell and High Water
1954
6.8
How to Marry a Millionaire
1953
6.8
The Robe
1953
6.4
Dangerous Crossing
1953
6.9
The President's Lady
1953
6.3
The Desert Rats
1953
6.2
Call Me Madam
1953
6.3
Treasure of the Golden Condor
1953
6.8
Stars and Stripes Forever
1952
6.9
The Prisoner of Zenda
1952
6.9
O. Henry's Full House
1952
5.8
What Price Glory
1952
5.8
Wait Till the Sun Shines, Nellie
1952
6.1
With a Song in My Heart
1952
6.8
Viva Zapata!
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The CinemaScope Parade
1951
5.8
David and Bathsheba
1951
5.3
Take Care of My Little Girl
1951
6.4
The House on Telegraph Hill
1951
6.1
On the Riviera
1951
7.3
Fourteen Hours
1951
7.0
For Heaven's Sake
1950
8.1
All About Eve
1950
6.2
Two Flags West
1950
6.9
No Way Out
1950
6.9
Panic in the Streets
1950
6.7
Broken Arrow
1950
7.4
The Gunfighter
1950
6.9
The Big Lift
1950
6.9
When Willie Comes Marching Home
1950
7.2
Twelve O'Clock High
1949
6.0
Dancing in the Dark
1949
6.3
Prince of Foxes
1949
7.1
Pinky
1949
7.3
Thieves' Highway
1949
4.8
You're My Everything
1949
7.3
Mr. Belvedere Goes to College
1949
6.0
The Fan
1949
9.0
Mother Is a Freshman
1949
7.2
Down to the Sea in Ships
1949
7.2
A Letter to Three Wives
1949
7.0
Yellow Sky
1948
5.6
The Walls of Jericho
1948
5.5
When My Baby Smiles at Me
1948
7.1
The Snake Pit
1948
6.7
Cry of the City
1948
6.0
That Lady in Ermine
1948
7.1
Sitting Pretty
1948
6.7
Call Northside 777
1948
7.2
Captain from Castile
1947
6.6
Daisy Kenyon
1947
7.0
Gentleman's Agreement
1947
5.7
Mother Wore Tights
1947
7.5
I Wonder Who's Kissing Her Now
1947
7.4
Miracle on 34th Street
1947
6.6
Moss Rose
1947
7.0
The Late George Apley
1947
6.0
The Brasher Doubloon
1947
8.8
The Shocking Miss Pilgrim
1947
6.9
The Razor's Edge
1946
7.5
My Darling Clementine
1946
7.1
Margie
1946
5.9
Centennial Summer
1946
6.6
Dragonwyck
1946
7.5
Leave Her to Heaven
1945
6.0
A Bell for Adano
1945
6.9
A Royal Scandal
1945
7.5
A Tree Grows in Brooklyn
1945
7.1
The Keys of the Kingdom
1944
5.8
Irish Eyes Are Smiling
1944
5.6
Wilson
1944
6.1
The Purple Heart
1944
6.3
The Fighting Sullivans
1944
5.9
The Gang's All Here
1943
7.1
The Song of Bernadette
1943
7.5
Claudia
1943
6.9
Heaven Can Wait
1943
6.9
The Moon Is Down
1943
5.8
December 7th
1943
5.4
China Girl
1942
6.7
Life Begins at Eight-Thirty
1942
6.5
The Black Swan
1942
5.9
The Battle of Midway
1942
5.9
It's Everybody's War
1942
6.5
Orchestra Wives
1942
5.8
Just Off Broadway
1942
6.9
The Pied Piper
1942
6.4
Ten Gentlemen from West Point
1942
6.4
Why We Fight: Prelude to War
1942
6.8
This Above All
1942
5.8
My Gal Sal
1942
5.5
To the Shores of Tripoli
1942
7.0
Roxie Hart
1942
7.2
Son of Fury: The Story of Benjamin Blake
1942
7.4
Ball of Fire
1941
6.9
I Wake Up Screaming
1941
7.3
How Green Was My Valley
1941
5.6
A Yank in the R.A.F.
1941
5.9
Belle Starr
1941
7.5
The Little Foxes
1941
6.5
Wild Geese Calling
1941
6.3
Charley's Aunt
1941
6.9
Man Hunt
1941
6.5
Blood and Sand
1941
6.1
Hudson's Bay
1940
5.4
Tin Pan Alley
1940
7.1
The Mark of Zorro
1940
6.0
They Knew What They Wanted
1940
4.6
Brigham Young
1940
7.0
Foreign Correspondent
1940
4.9
Earthbound
1940
5.6
Girl in 313
1940
7.8
The Grapes of Wrath
1940
6.2
Blondie on a Budget
1940
5.3
Little Old New York
1940
5.9
Vigil in the Night
1940
5.8
The Blue Bird
1940
6.5
Barricade
1939
6.5
Drums Along the Mohawk
1939
6.3
The Real Glory
1939
6.1
The Rains Came
1939
7.3
The Hunchback of Notre Dame
1939
7.0
The Star Maker
1939
6.5
They Shall Have Music
1939
7.0
Beau Geste
1939
7.2
Young Mr. Lincoln
1939
4.8
The Gorilla
1939
7.2
Wuthering Heights
1939
6.5
Gunga Din
1939
6.5
Jesse James
1939
6.4
Trade Winds
1938
7.0
Blondie
1938
6.3
The Cowboy and the Lady
1938
6.8
Alexander's Ragtime Band
1938
6.2
The Adventures of Marco Polo
1938
7.0
52nd Street
1937
6.7
The Hurricane
1937
7.5
The Prisoner of Zenda
1937
7.0
Dead End
1937
6.8
Stella Dallas
1937
6.6
Wee Willie Winkie
1937
5.1
Slave Ship
1937
5.9
Woman Chases Man
1937
6.7
History Is Made at Night
1937
7.1
You Only Live Once
1937
6.3
Beloved Enemy
1936
6.1
Born to Dance
1936
6.8
Come and Get It
1936
3.7
The Gay Desperado
1936
5.8
Ramona
1936
7.1
Dodsworth
1936
5.7
Dancing Pirate
1936
5.0
One Rainy Afternoon
1936
7.1
These Three
1936
8.3
Modern Times
1936
6.6
Strike Me Pink
1936
6.7
Splendor
1935
6.4
Barbary Coast
1935
6.5
Broadway Melody of 1936
1935
6.0
Red Salute
1935
6.2
The Dark Angel
1935
6.3
Call of the Wild
1935
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The Melody Lingers on
1935
7.1
Les Misérables
1935
7.3
Cardinal Richelieu
1935
5.9
The Wedding Night
1935
6.0
Folies Bergère de Paris
1935
5.1
Clive of India
1935
4.3
The Mighty Barnum
1934
6.7
Kid Millions
1934
4.6
Transatlantic Merry-Go-Round
1934
6.8
We Live Again
1934
6.7
Our Daily Bread
1934
6.8
The Count of Monte Cristo
1934
5.2
The Affairs of Cellini
1934
5.6
Bulldog Drummond Strikes Back
1934
5.8
Born to Be Bad
1934
5.0
The Last Gentleman
1934
6.2
The House of Rothschild
1934
6.7
Looking for Trouble
1934
6.0
Nana
1934
7.3
Advice to the Lovelorn
1933
5.8
Roman Scandals
1933
7.1
Blood Money
1933
6.3
Broadway Thru a Keyhole
1933
5.4
The Bowery
1933
5.0
The Masquerader
1933
5.1
I Cover the Waterfront
1933
5.2
Secrets
1933
7.6
Hallelujah, I'm a Bum
1933
5.1
Cynara
1932
5.8
Flesh
1932
6.6
The Kid from Spain
1932
6.6
Rain
1932
6.4
Movie Crazy
1932
6.3
Mr. Robinson Crusoe
1932
6.8
Night World
1932
5.0
Sky Devils
1932
5.6
The Greeks Had a Word for Them
1932
7.7
Cock of the Air
1932
6.6
Arrowsmith
1931
4.4
Corsair
1931
10.0
Around the World in 80 Minutes with Douglas Fairbanks
1931
9.0
The Age for Love
1931
6.8
The Unholy Garden
1931
6.8
Street Scene
1931
8.2
City Lights
1931
6.2
Tonight or Never
1931
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Monty and the Movies
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