Heinz Roemheld
- Known for
- Sound
- Born
- May 1, 1901
- Died
- February 11, 1985 (aged 83)
- Birthplace
- Milwaukee, Wisconsin, USA
Biography
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Heinz Roemheld (Milwaukee, May 1, 1901 – Huntington Beach, California, February 11, 1985) was an American composer. Born Heinz Eric Roemheld in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, he was one of four children of German immigrant Heinrich Roemheld and his wife Fanny Rauterberg Roemheld. Heinrich was a pharmacist, but all the members of the family were musical. Heinz's brother Edgar (1898-1964) became a conductor, while sister Irmgard (1904-1995) became a well-known Milwaukee music teacher and radio broadcaster. Roemheld was a child prodigy who began playing the piano at the age of 4. He graduated from the Milwaukee College of Music at 19, and performed in theaters to earn money to study piano in Europe. In 1920, he went to Berlin, where he studied with Hugo Kaun, Ferruccio Busoni, and Egon Petri. While he was there, he appeared in concert with the Berlin Philharmonic. When he returned to America, Roemheld became involved in music for silent films, both as a pianist and as a conductor. In 1925, he was sent back to Berlin as head of Universal Pictures theaters there, but had to leave in 1929 due to the rise of Nazism. Back in America, Roemheld moved to Los Angeles and became a prominent cinema composer. He scored some scenes in Gone with the Wind, including the burning of Atlanta, although he was not credited on-screen. In 1942, he won the Academy Award for Best Original Music Score for Yankee Doodle Dandy. Among the more than 400 other films for which he composed music were Gentleman Jim, The Lady From Shanghai, The Invisible Man, and Shine On, Harvest Moon. After World War II, Roemheld once again returned to Germany to become Chief of the Film, Theatre, and Music Section of the Information Central Division of The American Armies in Europe. He continued writing for several major film studios until the late 1950s, and after briefly working in television, he retired in 1964 to concentrate on his classical composition. He is best known for the song "Ruby" from the movie Ruby Gentry (1952), which has become a standard. He married a former Miss Milwaukee, Emeline Defnet (1901-1980), from whom he was later divorced. They had two daughters, Mary Lou Roemheld, who was married for years to game show host Jack Narz, and Ann, who married game show host Bill Cullen. Roemheld died on February 11, 1985, at a convalescent home in Huntington Beach after contracting pneumonia three weeks earlier.
Known For
Filmography
Let's Kill Uncle
Movie · Music
King Kong vs. Godzilla
Movie · Music
Lad: A Dog
Movie · Music
Ride Lonesome
Movie · Original Music Composer
This Is Russia!
Movie · Music
Step Down to Terror
Movie · Music
The Monster That Challenged the World
Movie · Conductor, Original Music Composer, Music Director
The Tall T
Movie · Original Music Composer
The Land Unknown
Movie · Original Music Composer
Decision at Sundown
Movie · Conductor, Original Music Composer
The Night Runner
Movie · Music
Miami Exposé
Movie · Music
There's Always Tomorrow
Movie · Original Music Composer
World in My Corner
Movie · Music
The Creature Walks Among Us
Movie · Original Music Composer
Pillars of the Sky
Movie · Original Music Composer
Away All Boats
Movie · Original Music Composer
The Mole People
Movie · Original Music Composer
The Square Jungle
Movie · Original Music Composer
Captain Lightfoot
Movie · Music
Female on the Beach
Movie · Original Music Composer
The Moonlighter
Movie · Music
Ruby Gentry
Movie · Original Music Composer
Loan Shark
Movie · Original Music Composer
Jack and the Beanstalk
Movie · Original Music Composer
The Big Trees
Movie · Original Music Composer
Chicago Calling
Movie · Original Music Composer
Insurance Investigator
Movie · Original Music Composer
Valentino
Movie · Original Music Composer
Union Station
Movie · Original Music Composer
The Good Humor Man
Movie · Original Music Composer
The Fuller Brush Girl
Movie · Original Music Composer
Kill the Umpire
Movie · Original Music Composer
Mr. Soft Touch
Movie · Original Music Composer
The Lucky Stiff
Movie · Original Music Composer
Miss Grant Takes Richmond
Movie · Original Music Composer
Station West
Movie · Original Music Composer
I, Jane Doe
Movie · Original Music Composer
Here Comes Trouble
Movie · Music
On Our Merry Way
Movie · Original Music Composer
My Dear Secretary
Movie · Original Music Composer
The Fuller Brush Man
Movie · Original Music Composer
The Girl from Manhattan
Movie · Music, Original Music Composer
The Woman from Tangier
Movie · Original Music Composer
The Lady from Shanghai
Movie · Original Music Composer
The Flame
Movie · Original Music Composer
Curley
Movie · Original Music Composer
Christmas Eve
Movie · Music
A Scandal in Paris
Movie · Conductor
O.S.S.
Movie · Music
The Chase
Movie · Music Director
Too Young to Know
Movie · Original Music Composer
Janie
Movie · Original Music Composer
Make Your Own Bed
Movie · Original Music Composer
The Hard Way
Movie · Original Music Composer
Thank Your Lucky Stars
Movie · Music
Find the Blackmailer
Movie · Original Music Composer
The Mummy's Tomb
Movie · Music
Black Dragons
Movie · Music
Always in My Heart
Movie · Music
Yankee Doodle Dandy
Movie · Original Music Composer
Gentleman Jim
Movie · Original Music Composer
The Male Animal
Movie · Original Music Composer
Blues in the Night
Movie · Original Music Composer
The Strawberry Blonde
Movie · Original Music Composer
The Wagons Roll at Night
Movie · Original Music Composer
Flight from Destiny
Movie · Original Music Composer
Invisible Ghost
Movie · Music
Riders of Death Valley
Movie · Original Music Composer
Out of the Fog
Movie · Original Music Composer
Thieves Fall Out
Movie · Original Music Composer
Law of the Tropics
Movie · Original Music Composer
Affectionately Yours
Movie · Original Music Composer
Honeymoon for Three
Movie · Music
Four Mothers
Movie · Original Music Composer
Brother Orchid
Movie · Original Music Composer
No Time for Comedy
Movie · Music
The Man Who Talked Too Much
Movie · Music
Lady with Red Hair
Movie · Original Music Composer
Brother Rat and a Baby
Movie · Original Music Composer
It All Came True
Movie · Original Music Composer
My Love Came Back
Movie · Music
The Roaring Twenties
Movie · Original Music Composer
Invisible Stripes
Movie · Original Music Composer
Nancy Drew... Reporter
Movie · Original Music Composer
King of the Underworld
Movie · Original Music Composer
A Child is Born
Movie · Original Music Composer
Nancy Drew... Trouble Shooter
Movie · Original Music Composer
Nancy Drew and the Hidden Staircase
Movie · Original Music Composer
The Mad Empress
Movie · Music
You Can't Get Away with Murder
Movie · Original Music Composer
The Young in Heart
Movie · Original Music Composer
Hollywood Hotel
Movie · Music
Men Are Such Fools
Movie · Original Music Composer
Four's a Crowd
Movie · Original Music Composer
I Met My Love Again
Movie · Original Music Composer, Music Director
Love, Honor and Behave
Movie · Original Music Composer
A Slight Case of Murder
Movie · Original Music Composer
Gold Diggers in Paris
Movie · Original Music Composer
Nancy Drew… Detective
Movie · Music
Comet Over Broadway
Movie · Music
Kid Galahad
Movie · Original Music Composer
Draegerman Courage
Movie · Original Music Composer
Night Key
Movie · Music
It's Love I'm After
Movie · Original Music Composer
West of Shanghai
Movie · Original Music Composer
The Perfect Specimen
Movie · Original Music Composer
The Adventurous Blonde
Movie · Music
Stand-In
Movie · Original Music Composer
The Outer Gate
Movie · Original Music Composer
Alcatraz Island
Movie · Original Music Composer
Call It a Day
Movie · Music
Marked Woman
Movie · Original Music Composer
Mountain Justice
Movie · Music
The Mandarin Mystery
Movie · Original Music Composer
The White Angel
Movie · Original Music Composer
The Golden Arrow
Movie · Original Music Composer
Satan Met a Lady
Movie · Original Music Composer
Two in a Crowd
Movie · Original Music Composer
The Case of the Black Cat
Movie · Music
Cain and Mabel
Movie · Original Music Composer
Road Gang
Movie · Original Music Composer
Three Smart Girls
Movie · Original Music Composer
Two Against the World
Movie · Music
Tough Guy
Movie · Original Music Composer
The Voice of Bugle Ann
Movie · Original Music Composer
Give Me Your Heart
Movie · Music
Her Master's Voice
Movie · Original Music Composer
Dracula's Daughter
Movie · Original Music Composer
Postal Inspector
Movie · Original Music Composer
Gold Diggers of 1937
Movie · Original Music Composer
The Story of Louis Pasteur
Movie · Original Music Composer
I Married a Doctor
Movie · Original Music Composer
Rose of the Rancho
Movie · Original Music Composer
Hearts Divided
Movie · Original Music Composer
The Law in Her Hands
Movie · Music
The Luckiest Girl in the World
Movie · Sound
Snowed Under
Movie · Original Music Composer
The Devil Is a Woman
Movie · Music
Peter Ibbetson
Movie · Original Music Composer
Living on Velvet
Movie · Music
Stormy
Movie · Music
The Bride Comes Home
Movie · Music
The Girl from 10th Avenue
Movie · Original Music Composer
Front Page Woman
Movie · Original Music Composer
Dangerous
Movie · Original Music Composer
The Payoff
Movie · Original Music Composer
The Irish in Us
Movie · Original Music Composer
The Last Outpost
Movie · Original Music Composer
Mary Jane's Pa
Movie · Original Music Composer
Bright Lights
Movie · Original Music Composer
Maybe It's Love
Movie · Original Music Composer
Mary Burns, Fugitive
Movie · Original Music Composer
Four Hours to Kill!
Movie · Original Music Composer
Stranded
Movie · Original Music Composer
The Lives of a Bengal Lancer
Movie · Original Music Composer
Dr. Socrates
Movie · Original Music Composer
Werewolf of London
Movie · Music
Enter Madame
Movie · Original Music Composer
We're in the Money
Movie · Original Music Composer
Storm Over the Andes
Movie · Original Music Composer
Hands Across the Table
Movie · Original Music Composer
Love in Bloom
Movie · Original Music Composer
I Found Stella Parish
Movie · Original Music Composer
The Good Fairy
Movie · Music Director
Gold Diggers of 1935
Movie · Music
Broadway Gondolier
Movie · Music
The Glass Key
Movie · Original Music Composer
East of Java
Movie · Original Music Composer
3 Kids and a Queen
Movie · Original Music Composer
Private Worlds
Movie · Music, Original Music Composer
Page Miss Glory
Movie · Music
As the Earth Turns
Movie · Music
Mandalay
Movie · Music
Cross Country Cruise
Movie · Original Music Composer
Imitation of Life
Movie · Music
The Black Cat
Movie · Music
Journal of a Crime
Movie · Original Music Composer
A Modern Hero
Movie · Original Music Composer
Sweet Adeline
Movie · Original Music Composer
Fashions of 1934
Movie · Original Music Composer
Housewife
Movie · Original Music Composer
A Lost Lady
Movie · Original Music Composer
Four Frightened People
Movie · Original Music Composer
Desirable
Movie · Original Music Composer
British Agent
Movie · Original Music Composer
Easy to Love
Movie · Original Music Composer
Merry Wives of Reno
Movie · Original Music Composer
Flirtation Walk
Movie · Music
Bombay Mail
Movie · Original Music Composer
Happiness Ahead
Movie · Music
Ready for Love
Movie · Original Music Composer
Father Brown, Detective
Movie · Original Music Composer
Madame du Barry
Movie · Original Music Composer
Madame Spy
Movie · Original Music Composer
The Invisible Man
Movie · Original Music Composer, Conductor
Too Much Harmony
Movie · Music
I'm No Angel
Movie · Original Music Composer
Secret of the Blue Room
Movie · Music
The Sin of Nora Moran
Movie · Original Music Composer
Murders in the Rue Morgue
Movie · Music
The Doomed Battalion
Movie · Music
Up for Murder
Movie · Music
Dracula
Movie · Music Supervisor, Conductor
Drácula
Movie · Conductor, Music Supervisor
A Lady Surrenders
Movie · Music
What Men Want
Movie · Music
Captain of the Guard
Movie · Songs
Hell's Heroes
Movie · Original Music Composer