Franz Waxman
Known for: Sound
Born: December 24, 1906
Died: February 24, 1967
Place of birth: 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 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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Filmography
158 movies · 1 TV show, newest first
8.5
Pioniere der Filmmusik - Europas Sound für Hollywood
2024
7.4
Screenwriter John Michael Hayes on 'Rear Window'
20017.0
To Die in Paris
1968
6.6
The Longest Hundred Miles
1967
6.2
Lost Command
1966
6.3
Taras Bulba
1962
5.6
Hemingway’s Adventures of a Young Man
1962
6.5
My Geisha
1962
6.4
King of the Roaring 20's – The Story of Arnold Rothstein
1961
6.6
Return to Peyton Place
1961
6.2
Cimarron
1960
6.0
Sunrise at Campobello
1960
7.5
The Story of Ruth
1960
6.0
Beloved Infidel
1959
6.7
Career
1959
8.5
The Twilight Zone
1959
7.2
The Nun's Story
1959
4.8
Count Your Blessings
1959
6.0
I Married a Monster from Outer Space
1958
7.0
Run Silent, Run Deep
1958
6.7
Sayonara
1957
6.7
Peyton Place
1957
6.7
The Spirit of St. Louis
1957
6.7
Back from Eternity
1956
6.2
Crime in the Streets
1956
6.9
Miracle in the Rain
1956
6.3
The Indian Fighter
1955
7.0
The Virgin Queen
1955
7.0
Mister Roberts
1955
6.0
Untamed
1955
6.2
Abbott and Costello Meet the Keystone Kops
1955
4.4
The Silver Chalice
1954
8.8
This Is My Love
1954
8.3
Rear Window
1954
6.5
Demetrius and the Gladiators
1954
5.9
Elephant Walk
1954
6.1
Prince Valiant
1954
5.4
A Lion Is in the Streets
1953
5.9
I, the Jury
1953
7.7
Stalag 17
1953
6.7
Man on a Tightrope
1953
7.3
Come Back, Little Sheba
1953
6.6
Botany Bay
1952
6.7
My Cousin Rachel
1952
6.1
Lure of the Wilderness
1952
6.4
Phone Call from a Stranger
1952
6.8
Decision Before Dawn
1951
6.8
The Blue Veil
1951
6.4
Anne of the Indies
1951
6.7
Red Mountain
1951
7.2
He Ran All the Way
1951
7.3
A Place in the Sun
1951
6.5
Only the Valiant
1951
6.5
Dark City
1950
8.3
Sunset Boulevard
1950
7.1
The Furies
1950
7.5
Night and the City
1950
7.5
Johnny Holiday
1949
6.9
Task Force
1949
5.8
Rope of Sand
1949
5.4
Night Unto Night
1949
6.8
Alias Nick Beal
1949
5.0
Whiplash
1948
7.1
No Minor Vices
1948
6.8
Sorry, Wrong Number
1948
6.3
The Paradine Case
1947
6.7
The Unsuspected
1947
7.3
Dark Passage
1947
6.1
Cry Wolf
1947
6.9
Possessed
1947
6.4
The Two Mrs. Carrolls
1947
6.2
Nora Prentiss
1947
7.0
Humoresque
1947
6.3
Her Kind of Man
1946
6.2
The Last Bomb
1945
5.5
Confidential Agent
1945
6.8
Pride of the Marines
1945
6.3
The Brighton Strangler
1945
5.9
The Horn Blows at Midnight
1945
6.2
Hotel Berlin
1945
6.9
Objective, Burma!
1945
7.5
To Have and Have Not
1945
6.8
Mr. Skeffington
1944
6.4
In Our Time
1944
6.9
Destination Tokyo
1943
7.1
Old Acquaintance
1943
6.3
Edge of Darkness
1943
6.5
Air Force
1943
6.5
Reunion in France
1942
6.7
Journey for Margaret
1942
6.3
Seven Sweethearts
1942
4.9
Her Cardboard Lover
1942
5.8
Tortilla Flat
1942
7.0
Woman of the Year
1942
6.0
Kathleen
1941
5.1
Design for Scandal
1941
7.1
Suspicion
1941
5.1
The Feminine Touch
1941
6.4
Honky Tonk
1941
6.5
Unfinished Business
1941
6.5
Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde
1941
5.9
Whistling in the Dark
1941
7.5
The Philadelphia Story
1940
7.5
Escape
1940
7.0
Boom Town
1940
4.2
Sporting Blood
1940
4.5
Florian
1940
7.9
Rebecca
1940
7.0
Strange Cargo
1940
6.4
At the Circus
1939
7.6
On Borrowed Time
1939
5.6
The Ice Follies of 1939
1939
6.7
The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn
1939
7.0
A Christmas Carol
1938
6.5
Dramatic School
1938
6.7
The Shining Hour
1938
6.0
Too Hot to Handle
1938
6.6
The Young in Heart
1938
10.0
Port of Seven Seas
1938
7.3
Three Comrades
1938
6.1
Test Pilot
1938
6.3
Arsène Lupin Returns
1938
6.5
Love Is a Headache
1938
5.2
Man-Proof
1938
6.7
The Bride Wore Red
1937
4.9
The Emperor's Candlesticks
1937
7.4
Captains Courageous
1937
7.1
A Day at the Races
1937
6.2
Night Key
1937
6.9
Personal Property
1937
6.5
Love on the Run
1936
7.0
Postal Inspector
1936
5.8
His Brother's Wife
1936
6.8
The Devil-Doll
1936
7.5
Fury
1936
6.5
Trouble for Two
1936
5.6
Absolute Quiet
1936
6.1
Love Before Breakfast
1936
7.0
Sutter's Gold
1936
8.0
First Offence
1936
6.4
Next Time We Love
1936
6.4
The Invisible Ray
1936
7.5
The Great Impersonation
1935
7.5
East of Java
1935
5.5
Remember Last Night?
1935
6.8
3 Kids and a Queen
1935
6.5
Diamond Jim
1935
7.5
Bride of Frankenstein
1935
5.7
Bad Seed
1934
6.5
Liliom
1934
7.0
The Only Girl
1933
6.2
The Only Girl
1933
6.0
Paprika
1932
NR
The Little One of Montparnasse
1932
9.0
In the act
1931
7.2
The Man in Search of His Murderer
1931
6.4
Burglars
1930
7.7
The Cabinet of Dr. Larifari
1930
7.3
The Blue Angel
1930