Alfred Newman

Birthday:

03/17/1901

Place of birth:

New Haven, Connecticut, USA:

Biography:

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"



Credits

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