William Axt
- Known for
- Sound
- Born
- April 19, 1888
- Died
- February 13, 1959 (aged 70)
- Birthplace
- New York City, New York, USA
Biography
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia William Axt (April 19, 1888 – February 13, 1959) was an American composer of nearly two hundred film scores. Born in New York City, Axt graduated from DeWitt Clinton High School in The Bronx and studied at the National Conservatory of Music of America. He served as an assistant conductor for the Hammerstein Grand Opera Company and was the musical director for the Capitol Theatre in Manhattan before joining the music department at Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer in 1919. He earned a Doctor of Musical Arts degree from the University of Chicago in 1922.
Known For
Filmography

Dynamite
Movie · Original Music Composer
Equestrian Quiz: What's Your I.Q.? No. 11
Movie · Music

Bud Abbott and Lou Costello in Hollywood
Movie · Music

Untamed
Movie · Music

Tell No Tales
Movie · Music

Miracles for Sale
Movie · Original Music Composer

The Kid From Texas
Movie · Original Music Composer

Sergeant Madden
Movie · Original Music Composer

Stand Up and Fight
Movie · Original Music Composer

Heroes at Leisure
Movie · Music

Fast and Loose
Movie · Music Director

Three Loves Has Nancy
Movie · Music

The Girl Downstairs
Movie · Music

Fast Company
Movie · Music

Listen, Darling
Movie · Original Music Composer

Everybody Sing
Movie · Original Music Composer

Rich Man, Poor Girl
Movie · Original Music Composer

The First Hundred Years
Movie · Music Score Producer

Yellow Jack
Movie · Original Music Composer

Spring Madness
Movie · Music Score Producer

Espionage
Movie · Music

Thoroughbreds Don't Cry
Movie · Music, Original Music Composer

The Bad Man of Brimstone
Movie · Music

The Last of Mrs. Cheyney
Movie · Original Music Composer

Big City
Movie · Original Music Composer

Beg, Borrow or Steal
Movie · Original Music Composer

Between Two Women
Movie · Original Music Composer

Under Cover of Night
Movie · Original Music Composer

Parnell
Movie · Original Music Composer

Three Godfathers
Movie · Original Music Composer

Suzy
Movie · Music

The Jonker Diamond
Movie · Music

Revolt of the Zombies
Movie · Music

Three Live Ghosts
Movie · Original Music Composer

Tough Guy
Movie · Original Music Composer

Petticoat Fever
Movie · Original Music Composer

The Garden Murder Case
Movie · Original Music Composer

Libeled Lady
Movie · Original Music Composer

Wanted - A Master
Movie · Music
Old Shep
Movie · Music

The Unguarded Hour
Movie · Music Score Producer

Mad Holiday
Movie · Original Music Composer

Woman Wanted
Movie · Music

Pitcairn Island Today
Movie · Music

Last of the Pagans
Movie · Original Music Composer

Whipsaw
Movie · Original Music Composer

It's in the Air
Movie · Original Music Composer

The Murder Man
Movie · Original Music Composer

Buried Loot
Movie · Original Music Composer

O'Shaughnessy's Boy
Movie · Music

Memories and Melodies
Movie · Music

Trained Hoofs
Movie · Music

The Perfect Tribute
Movie · Music

Rendezvous
Movie · Original Music Composer

Hide-Out
Movie · Music

The Mystery of Mr. X
Movie · Music

Paris Interlude
Movie · Music

This Side of Heaven
Movie · Original Music Composer

Goofy Movies Number Two
Movie · Original Music Composer

Operator 13
Movie · Original Music Composer

Men in White
Movie · Original Music Composer

Straight Is the Way
Movie · Original Music Composer

Stamboul Quest
Movie · Original Music Composer

Death on the Diamond
Movie · Original Music Composer

A Wicked Woman
Movie · Original Music Composer

You Can't Buy Everything
Movie · Original Music Composer

The Girl from Missouri
Movie · Original Music Composer

The Thin Man
Movie · Original Music Composer

Manhattan Melodrama
Movie · Original Music Composer

Forsaking All Others
Movie · Original Music Composer

Sadie McKee
Movie · Original Music Composer

Penthouse
Movie · Original Music Composer

Broadway to Hollywood
Movie · Music

Midnight Mary
Movie · Original Music Composer

The Secret of Madame Blanche
Movie · Original Music Composer

Should Ladies Behave
Movie · Music

Sons of the Desert
Movie · Music

Menu
Movie · Original Music Composer

Reunion in Vienna
Movie · Original Music Composer

Storm at Daybreak
Movie · Original Music Composer

Gabriel Over the White House
Movie · Original Music Composer

Bombshell
Movie · Original Music Composer

Fast Workers
Movie · Original Music Composer

Today We Live
Movie · Original Music Composer

Whistling in the Dark
Movie · Music

Dinner at Eight
Movie · Original Music Composer

Eskimo
Movie · Original Music Composer

When Ladies Meet
Movie · Original Music Composer

Blondie of the Follies
Movie · Original Music Composer

As You Desire Me
Movie · Music

The Mask of Fu Manchu
Movie · Original Music Composer

Polly of the Circus
Movie · Music

The Washington Masquerade
Movie · Music Score Producer
Microscopic Mysteries
Movie · Music

Faithless
Movie · Original Music Composer

Letty Lynton
Movie · Original Music Composer
Sea Spiders
Movie · Music

The Wet Parade
Movie · Original Music Composer

Sporting Blood
Movie · Music

Mata Hari
Movie · Music

Private Lives
Movie · Music

Love-Tails of Morocco
Movie · Music

Susan Lenox
Movie · Music

Wild and Woolly
Movie · Music

Inspiration
Movie · Original Music Composer

The Woman Racket
Movie · Music

Chasing Rainbows
Movie · Original Music Composer

When the Wind Blows
Movie · Music

Romance
Movie · Music

The Big Dog House
Movie · Music

Doughboys
Movie · Music

Call of the Flesh
Movie · Music

Navy Blues
Movie · Music

Where East Is East
Movie · Music

The Single Standard
Movie · Music

The Pagan
Movie · Music

Speedway
Movie · Original Music Composer

Tide of Empire
Movie · Music

The Mysterious Island
Movie · Music

Untamed
Movie · Music

The Unholy Night
Movie · Original Music Composer

Our Modern Maidens
Movie · Music

It's a Great Life
Movie · Music

Their Own Desire
Movie · Conductor

West of Zanzibar
Movie · Original Music Composer

Our Dancing Daughters
Movie · Original Music Composer

The Wind
Movie · Music

The Masks of the Devil
Movie · Music

The Student Prince in Old Heidelberg
Movie · Original Music Composer

Show People
Movie · Original Music Composer

While the City Sleeps
Movie · Original Music Composer

The Man Who Laughs
Movie · Music

The Viking
Movie · Original Music Composer

Camille
Movie · Original Music Composer

Annie Laurie
Movie · Original Music Composer

Don Juan
Movie · Original Music Composer

La Bohème
Movie · Original Music Composer

Bardelys the Magnificent
Movie · Original Music Composer

The Big Parade
Movie · Music

Ben-Hur: A Tale of the Christ
Movie · Original Music Composer

The Navigator
Movie · Original Music Composer

Greed
Movie · Original Music Composer

Scaramouche
Movie · Original Music Composer

Madame DuBarry
Movie · Music

