Sound
Franz Waxman
DE, EN, FR cinema · 158 credits
Born
24 December 1906
Died
24 February 1967 (aged 60)
Birthplace
Königshütte, Upper Silesia, Germany [now Chorzów, Slaskie, Poland]
Also known as Franz Wachsmann · F. Wachsmann · F. Waxman
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
as Self (archive footage)
To Die in Paris
1968
To Die in Paris
Original Music Composer
The Longest Hundred Miles
Original Music Composer
Lost Command
Original Music Composer
Taras Bulba
Original Music Composer
My Geisha
Conductor, Original Music Composer
Hemingway’s Adventures of a Young Man
Original Music Composer
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, Conductor
The Story of Ruth
Original Music Composer
Sunrise at Campobello
Original Music Composer
Career
Original Music Composer
The Nun's Story
Original Music Composer, Conductor
Beloved Infidel
Original Music Composer
Count Your Blessings
Original Music Composer
Run Silent, Run Deep
Original Music Composer
I Married a Monster from Outer Space
Original Music Composer
Peyton Place
Original Music Composer
The Spirit of St. Louis
Original Music Composer
Sayonara
Original Music Composer
Crime in the Streets
Original Music Composer
Miracle in the Rain
Original Music Composer
Back from Eternity
Original Music Composer
Mister Roberts
Original Music Composer, Conductor
Untamed
Original Music Composer
The Indian Fighter
Original Music Composer
The Virgin Queen
Original Music Composer
Rear Window
Original Music Composer
Prince Valiant
Original Music Composer
The Silver Chalice
Original Music Composer
This Is My Love
Original Music Composer
Demetrius and the Gladiators
Original Music Composer
Elephant Walk
Original Music Composer
I, the Jury
Original Music Composer
Come Back, Little Sheba
Original Music Composer
Stalag 17
Original Music Composer
Man on a Tightrope
Original Music Composer
Phone Call from a Stranger
Original Music Composer
Lure of the Wilderness
Original Music Composer
Botany Bay
Original Music Composer
My Cousin Rachel
Original Music Composer
Decision Before Dawn
Original Music Composer
Red Mountain
Original Music Composer
He Ran All the Way
Original Music Composer
A Place in the Sun
Original Music Composer
Anne of the Indies
Original Music Composer
Only the Valiant
Original Music Composer
The Blue Veil
Original Music Composer
Sunset Boulevard
Original Music Composer
The Furies
Original Music Composer
Dark City
Original Music Composer
Night and the City
Original Music Composer
Alias Nick Beal
Original Music Composer
Rope of Sand
Original Music Composer
Task Force
Original Music Composer
Night Unto Night
Original Music Composer
Johnny Holiday
Original Music Composer
Whiplash
Original Music Composer
No Minor Vices
Original Music Composer
Sorry, Wrong Number
Original Music Composer
Humoresque
Conductor, Original Music Composer
The Paradine Case
Original Music Composer
The Two Mrs. Carrolls
Original Music Composer
The Unsuspected
Original Music Composer
Cry Wolf
Original Music Composer
Dark Passage
Original Music Composer
Nora Prentiss
Original Music Composer
Possessed
Original Music Composer
Her Kind of Man
Original Music Composer
The Horn Blows at Midnight
Original Music Composer
Confidential Agent
Original Music Composer
To Have and Have Not
Original Music Composer
The Last Bomb
Music Score Producer
Pride of the Marines
Original Music Composer
Objective, Burma!
Original Music Composer
The Brighton Strangler
Additional Music
Mr. Skeffington
Original Music Composer
In Our Time
Original Music Composer
Air Force
Original Music Composer
Edge of Darkness
Original Music Composer
Old Acquaintance
Original Music Composer
Destination Tokyo
Original Music Composer
Woman of the Year
Original Music Composer
Tortilla Flat
Original Music Composer
Her Cardboard Lover
Original Music Composer
Seven Sweethearts
Original Music Composer
Reunion in France
Original Music Composer
Journey for Margaret
Original Music Composer
Suspicion
Original Music Composer
The Feminine Touch
Original Music Composer
Unfinished Business
Original Music Composer
Kathleen
Music
Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde
Original Music Composer
Design for Scandal
Original Music Composer
Honky Tonk
Original Music Composer
Rebecca
Original Music Composer
The Philadelphia Story
Original Music Composer
Boom Town
Original Music Composer
Sporting Blood
Original Music Composer
Escape
Original Music Composer
Florian
Original Music Composer
Strange Cargo
Original Music Composer
At the Circus
Music Director, Original Music Composer
The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn
Original Music Composer
The Ice Follies of 1939
Original Music Composer, Music Director
On Borrowed Time
Original Music Composer
The Young in Heart
Original Music Composer
Too Hot to Handle
Original Music Composer
Arsène Lupin Returns
Original Music Composer
Man-Proof
Original Music Composer
Port of Seven Seas
Original Music Composer
Test Pilot
Original Music Composer
The Shining Hour
Original Music Composer
Three Comrades
Original Music Composer
Dramatic School
Original Music Composer
Personal Property
Original Music Composer
Captains Courageous
Original Music Composer, Songs
The Bride Wore Red
Original Music Composer
The Emperor's Candlesticks
Original Music Composer
A Day at the Races
Original Music Composer
The Devil-Doll
Original Music Composer
Fury
Original Music Composer
Sutter's Gold
Original Music Composer
Love on the Run
Original Music Composer
His Brother's Wife
Original Music Composer
Postal Inspector
Original Music Composer
Love Before Breakfast
Original Music Composer, Music Director
Absolute Quiet
Original Music Composer
Trouble for Two
Original Music Composer
Next Time We Love
Music Director
The Invisible Ray
Original Music Composer
Bride of Frankenstein
Original Music Composer
Remember Last Night?
Original Music Composer
East of Java
Original Music Composer, Music Director
3 Kids and a Queen
Original Music Composer, Music Director
Diamond Jim
Original Music Composer
Liliom
Original Music Composer
Bad Seed
Original Music Composer
The Only Girl
Original Music Composer
The Only Girl
Music Arranger
Paprika
Music
The Man in Search of His Murderer
Music Director
The Cabinet of Dr. Larifari
as Piano, Music
The Blue Angel
Orchestrator
Burglars
Original Music Composer