Known For
Sound
Born
Dec 24, 1906
Died
Feb 24, 1967
Place of Birth
Königshütte, Upper Silesia, Germany [now Chorzów, Slaskie, Poland]
Credits
159 titles
Franz Waxman
Biography
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.
Known For
Filmography
Pioniere der Filmmusik - Europas Sound für Hollywood
Self (archive footage)
Screenwriter John Michael Hayes on 'Rear Window'
Music
To Die in Paris
Original Music Composer
The Longest Hundred Miles
Original Music Composer
Lost Command
Original Music Composer
Taras Bulba
Original Music Composer
Hemingway’s Adventures of a Young Man
Original Music Composer
My Geisha
Conductor
King of the Roaring 20's – The Story of Arnold Rothstein
Original Music Composer
Return to Peyton Place
Original Music Composer
Cimarron
Original Music Composer
Sunrise at Campobello
Original Music Composer
The Story of Ruth
Original Music Composer
Beloved Infidel
Original Music Composer
Career
Original Music Composer
The Twilight Zone
Original Music Composer
The Nun's Story
Original Music Composer
Count Your Blessings
Original Music Composer
I Married a Monster from Outer Space
Original Music Composer
Run Silent, Run Deep
Original Music Composer
Sayonara
Original Music Composer
Peyton Place
Original Music Composer
The Spirit of St. Louis
Original Music Composer
Back from Eternity
Original Music Composer
Crime in the Streets
Original Music Composer
Miracle in the Rain
Original Music Composer
The Indian Fighter
Original Music Composer
The Virgin Queen
Original Music Composer
Mister Roberts
Original Music Composer
Untamed
Original Music Composer
Abbott and Costello Meet the Keystone Kops
Music
The Silver Chalice
Original Music Composer
This Is My Love
Original Music Composer
Rear Window
Original Music Composer
Demetrius and the Gladiators
Original Music Composer
Elephant Walk
Original Music Composer
Prince Valiant
Original Music Composer
A Lion Is in the Streets
Music
I, the Jury
Original Music Composer
Stalag 17
Original Music Composer
Man on a Tightrope
Original Music Composer
Come Back, Little Sheba
Original Music Composer
Botany Bay
Original Music Composer
My Cousin Rachel
Original Music Composer
Lure of the Wilderness
Original Music Composer
Phone Call from a Stranger
Original Music Composer
Decision Before Dawn
Original Music Composer
The Blue Veil
Original Music Composer
Anne of the Indies
Original Music Composer
Red Mountain
Original Music Composer