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

1949
Dynamite poster

Dynamite

Movie · Original Music Composer

1946
Equestrian Quiz: What's Your I.Q.? No. 11

Equestrian Quiz: What's Your I.Q.? No. 11

Movie · Music

1945
Bud Abbott and Lou Costello in Hollywood poster

Bud Abbott and Lou Costello in Hollywood

Movie · Music

1940
Untamed poster

Untamed

Movie · Music

1939
Tell No Tales poster

Tell No Tales

Movie · Music

1939
Miracles for Sale poster

Miracles for Sale

Movie · Original Music Composer

1939
The Kid From Texas poster

The Kid From Texas

Movie · Original Music Composer

1939
Sergeant Madden poster

Sergeant Madden

Movie · Original Music Composer

1939
Stand Up and Fight poster

Stand Up and Fight

Movie · Original Music Composer

1939
Heroes at Leisure poster

Heroes at Leisure

Movie · Music

1939
Fast and Loose poster

Fast and Loose

Movie · Music Director

1938
Three Loves Has Nancy poster

Three Loves Has Nancy

Movie · Music

1938
The Girl Downstairs poster

The Girl Downstairs

Movie · Music

1938
Fast Company poster

Fast Company

Movie · Music

1938
Listen, Darling poster

Listen, Darling

Movie · Original Music Composer

1938
Everybody Sing poster

Everybody Sing

Movie · Original Music Composer

1938
Rich Man, Poor Girl poster

Rich Man, Poor Girl

Movie · Original Music Composer

1938
The First Hundred Years poster

The First Hundred Years

Movie · Music Score Producer

1938
Yellow Jack poster

Yellow Jack

Movie · Original Music Composer

1938
Spring Madness poster

Spring Madness

Movie · Music Score Producer

1937
Espionage poster

Espionage

Movie · Music

1937
Thoroughbreds Don't Cry poster

Thoroughbreds Don't Cry

Movie · Music, Original Music Composer

1937
The Bad Man of Brimstone poster

The Bad Man of Brimstone

Movie · Music

1937
The Last of Mrs. Cheyney poster

The Last of Mrs. Cheyney

Movie · Original Music Composer

1937
Big City poster

Big City

Movie · Original Music Composer

1937
Beg, Borrow or Steal poster

Beg, Borrow or Steal

Movie · Original Music Composer

1937
Between Two Women poster

Between Two Women

Movie · Original Music Composer

1937
Under Cover of Night poster

Under Cover of Night

Movie · Original Music Composer

1937
Parnell poster

Parnell

Movie · Original Music Composer

1936
Three Godfathers poster

Three Godfathers

Movie · Original Music Composer

1936
Suzy poster

Suzy

Movie · Music

1936
The Jonker Diamond poster

The Jonker Diamond

Movie · Music

1936
Revolt of the Zombies poster

Revolt of the Zombies

Movie · Music

1936
Three Live Ghosts poster

Three Live Ghosts

Movie · Original Music Composer

1936
Tough Guy poster

Tough Guy

Movie · Original Music Composer

1936
Petticoat Fever poster

Petticoat Fever

Movie · Original Music Composer

1936
The Garden Murder Case poster

The Garden Murder Case

Movie · Original Music Composer

1936
Libeled Lady poster

Libeled Lady

Movie · Original Music Composer

1936
Wanted - A Master poster

Wanted - A Master

Movie · Music

1936
Old Shep

Old Shep

Movie · Music

1936
The Unguarded Hour poster

The Unguarded Hour

Movie · Music Score Producer

1936
Mad Holiday poster

Mad Holiday

Movie · Original Music Composer

1935
Woman Wanted poster

Woman Wanted

Movie · Music

1935
Pitcairn Island Today poster

Pitcairn Island Today

Movie · Music

1935
Last of the Pagans poster

Last of the Pagans

Movie · Original Music Composer

1935
Whipsaw poster

Whipsaw

Movie · Original Music Composer

1935
It's in the Air poster

It's in the Air

Movie · Original Music Composer

1935
The Murder Man poster

The Murder Man

Movie · Original Music Composer

1935
Buried Loot poster

Buried Loot

Movie · Original Music Composer

1935
O'Shaughnessy's Boy poster

O'Shaughnessy's Boy

Movie · Music

1935
Memories and Melodies poster

Memories and Melodies

Movie · Music

1935
Trained Hoofs poster

Trained Hoofs

Movie · Music

1935
The Perfect Tribute poster

The Perfect Tribute

Movie · Music

1935
Rendezvous poster

Rendezvous

Movie · Original Music Composer

1934
Hide-Out poster

Hide-Out

Movie · Music

1934
The Mystery of Mr. X poster

The Mystery of Mr. X

Movie · Music

1934
Paris Interlude poster

Paris Interlude

Movie · Music

1934
This Side of Heaven poster

This Side of Heaven

Movie · Original Music Composer

1934
Goofy Movies Number Two poster

Goofy Movies Number Two

Movie · Original Music Composer

1934
Operator 13 poster

Operator 13

Movie · Original Music Composer

1934
Men in White poster

Men in White

Movie · Original Music Composer

1934
Straight Is the Way poster

Straight Is the Way

Movie · Original Music Composer

1934
Stamboul Quest poster

Stamboul Quest

Movie · Original Music Composer

1934
Death on the Diamond poster

Death on the Diamond

Movie · Original Music Composer

1934
A Wicked Woman poster

A Wicked Woman

Movie · Original Music Composer

1934
You Can't Buy Everything poster

You Can't Buy Everything

Movie · Original Music Composer

1934
The Girl from Missouri poster

The Girl from Missouri

Movie · Original Music Composer

1934
The Thin Man poster

The Thin Man

Movie · Original Music Composer

1934
Manhattan Melodrama poster

Manhattan Melodrama

Movie · Original Music Composer

1934
Forsaking All Others poster

Forsaking All Others

Movie · Original Music Composer

1934
Sadie McKee poster

Sadie McKee

Movie · Original Music Composer

1933
Penthouse poster

Penthouse

Movie · Original Music Composer

1933
Broadway to Hollywood poster

Broadway to Hollywood

Movie · Music

1933
Midnight Mary poster

Midnight Mary

Movie · Original Music Composer

1933
The Secret of Madame Blanche poster

The Secret of Madame Blanche

Movie · Original Music Composer

1933
Should Ladies Behave poster

Should Ladies Behave

Movie · Music

1933
Sons of the Desert poster

Sons of the Desert

Movie · Music

1933
Menu poster

Menu

Movie · Original Music Composer

1933
Reunion in Vienna poster

Reunion in Vienna

Movie · Original Music Composer

1933
Storm at Daybreak poster

Storm at Daybreak

Movie · Original Music Composer

1933
Gabriel Over the White House poster

Gabriel Over the White House

Movie · Original Music Composer

1933
Bombshell poster

Bombshell

Movie · Original Music Composer

1933
Fast Workers poster

Fast Workers

Movie · Original Music Composer

1933
Today We Live poster

Today We Live

Movie · Original Music Composer

1933
Whistling in the Dark poster

Whistling in the Dark

Movie · Music

1933
Dinner at Eight poster

Dinner at Eight

Movie · Original Music Composer

1933
Eskimo poster

Eskimo

Movie · Original Music Composer

1933
When Ladies Meet poster

When Ladies Meet

Movie · Original Music Composer

1932
Blondie of the Follies poster

Blondie of the Follies

Movie · Original Music Composer

1932
As You Desire Me poster

As You Desire Me

Movie · Music

1932
The Mask of Fu Manchu poster

The Mask of Fu Manchu

Movie · Original Music Composer

1932
Polly of the Circus poster

Polly of the Circus

Movie · Music

1932
The Washington Masquerade poster

The Washington Masquerade

Movie · Music Score Producer

1932
Microscopic Mysteries

Microscopic Mysteries

Movie · Music

1932
Faithless poster

Faithless

Movie · Original Music Composer

1932
Letty Lynton poster

Letty Lynton

Movie · Original Music Composer

1932
Sea Spiders

Sea Spiders

Movie · Music

1932
The Wet Parade poster

The Wet Parade

Movie · Original Music Composer

1931
Sporting Blood poster

Sporting Blood

Movie · Music

1931
Mata Hari poster

Mata Hari

Movie · Music

1931
Private Lives poster

Private Lives

Movie · Music

1931
Love-Tails of Morocco poster

Love-Tails of Morocco

Movie · Music

1931
Susan Lenox poster

Susan Lenox

Movie · Music

1931
Wild and Woolly poster

Wild and Woolly

Movie · Music

1931
Inspiration poster

Inspiration

Movie · Original Music Composer

1930
The Woman Racket poster

The Woman Racket

Movie · Music

1930
Chasing Rainbows poster

Chasing Rainbows

Movie · Original Music Composer

1930
When the Wind Blows poster

When the Wind Blows

Movie · Music

1930
Romance poster

Romance

Movie · Music

1930
The Big Dog House poster

The Big Dog House

Movie · Music

1930
Doughboys poster

Doughboys

Movie · Music

1930
Call of the Flesh poster

Call of the Flesh

Movie · Music

1929
Navy Blues poster

Navy Blues

Movie · Music

1929
Where East Is East poster

Where East Is East

Movie · Music

1929
The Single Standard poster

The Single Standard

Movie · Music

1929
The Pagan poster

The Pagan

Movie · Music

1929
Speedway poster

Speedway

Movie · Original Music Composer

1929
Tide of Empire poster

Tide of Empire

Movie · Music

1929
The Mysterious Island poster

The Mysterious Island

Movie · Music

1929
Untamed poster

Untamed

Movie · Music

1929
The Unholy Night poster

The Unholy Night

Movie · Original Music Composer

1929
Our Modern Maidens poster

Our Modern Maidens

Movie · Music

1929
It's a Great Life poster

It's a Great Life

Movie · Music

1929
Their Own Desire poster

Their Own Desire

Movie · Conductor

1928
West of Zanzibar poster

West of Zanzibar

Movie · Original Music Composer

1928
Our Dancing Daughters poster

Our Dancing Daughters

Movie · Original Music Composer

1928
The Wind poster

The Wind

Movie · Music

1928
The Masks of the Devil poster

The Masks of the Devil

Movie · Music

1928
The Student Prince in Old Heidelberg poster

The Student Prince in Old Heidelberg

Movie · Original Music Composer

1928
Show People poster

Show People

Movie · Original Music Composer

1928
While the City Sleeps poster

While the City Sleeps

Movie · Original Music Composer

1928
The Man Who Laughs poster

The Man Who Laughs

Movie · Music

1928
The Viking poster

The Viking

Movie · Original Music Composer

1927
Camille poster

Camille

Movie · Original Music Composer

1927
Annie Laurie poster

Annie Laurie

Movie · Original Music Composer

1926
Don Juan poster

Don Juan

Movie · Original Music Composer

1926
La Bohème poster

La Bohème

Movie · Original Music Composer

1926
Bardelys the Magnificent poster

Bardelys the Magnificent

Movie · Original Music Composer

1925
The Big Parade poster

The Big Parade

Movie · Music

1925
Ben-Hur: A Tale of the Christ poster

Ben-Hur: A Tale of the Christ

Movie · Original Music Composer

1924
The Navigator poster

The Navigator

Movie · Original Music Composer

1924
Greed poster

Greed

Movie · Original Music Composer

1923
Scaramouche poster

Scaramouche

Movie · Original Music Composer

1919
Madame DuBarry poster

Madame DuBarry

Movie · Music