Alfred Newman
- Known for
- Sound
- Born
- March 17, 1901
- Died
- February 17, 1970 (aged 68)
- Birthplace
- 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"
Known For
Filmography
Perfectly Frank: Frank Loesser Revued
Movie · Songs
Airport
Movie · Original Music Composer
Firecreek
Movie · Original Music Composer
Camelot
Movie · Music, Original Music Composer
Nevada Smith
Movie · Original Music Composer
The Greatest Story Ever Told
Movie · Original Music Composer
How the West Was Won
Movie · Original Music Composer, Conductor
The Counterfeit Traitor
Movie · Original Music Composer
State Fair
Movie · Original Music Composer
Flower Drum Song
Movie · Original Music Composer, Music Supervisor, Conductor
The Pleasure of His Company
Movie · Original Music Composer
The Diary of Anne Frank
Movie · Original Music Composer
The Best of Everything
Movie · Original Music Composer, Songs
South Pacific
Movie · Original Music Composer, Music Supervisor, Conductor
The Gift of Love
Movie · Original Music Composer
A Certain Smile
Movie · Original Music Composer
The King and I
Movie · Original Music Composer
Anastasia
Movie · Original Music Composer
Bus Stop
Movie · Original Music Composer, Conductor
Carousel
Movie · Music Supervisor, Conductor
A Man Called Peter
Movie · Original Music Composer
The Seven Year Itch
Movie · Original Music Composer
Love Is a Many-Splendored Thing
Movie · Original Music Composer
Daddy Long Legs
Movie · Original Music Composer, Music Supervisor, Conductor
Hell and High Water
Movie · Original Music Composer
The Egyptian
Movie · Original Music Composer
There's No Business Like Show Business
Movie · Music Supervisor
The Miracle of Stereophonic Sound
Movie · Music Supervisor
How to Marry a Millionaire
Movie · Original Music Composer, Music Director
The President's Lady
Movie · Original Music Composer
The Robe
Movie · Original Music Composer
The Desert Rats
Movie · Music Director
Treasure of the Golden Condor
Movie · Music Director
Call Me Madam
Movie · Music Director
Viva Zapata!
Movie · Original Music Composer
The Prisoner of Zenda
Movie · Original Music Composer
O. Henry's Full House
Movie · Original Music Composer
Wait Till the Sun Shines, Nellie
Movie · Original Music Composer
With a Song in My Heart
Movie · Original Music Composer, Music Director
Stars and Stripes Forever
Movie · Music, Music Director
What Price Glory
Movie · Original Music Composer
The House on Telegraph Hill
Movie · Music Director
David and Bathsheba
Movie · Original Music Composer
Take Care of My Little Girl
Movie · Original Music Composer
Fourteen Hours
Movie · Original Music Composer
On the Riviera
Movie · Original Music Composer, Music Director
The CinemaScope Parade
Movie · Music
All About Eve
Movie · Original Music Composer
Broken Arrow
Movie · Music Director
Panic in the Streets
Movie · Original Music Composer, Conductor
The Gunfighter
Movie · Original Music Composer, Conductor
For Heaven's Sake
Movie · Original Music Composer
Two Flags West
Movie · Music Director
No Way Out
Movie · Original Music Composer
The Big Lift
Movie · Original Music Composer
When Willie Comes Marching Home
Movie · Original Music Composer
Thieves' Highway
Movie · Original Music Composer
Mother Is a Freshman
Movie · Original Music Composer
You're My Everything
Movie · Music Director, Original Music Composer
Twelve O'Clock High
Movie · Original Music Composer
Pinky
Movie · Original Music Composer
Mr. Belvedere Goes to College
Movie · Original Music Composer
A Letter to Three Wives
Movie · Original Music Composer
Prince of Foxes
Movie · Original Music Composer
Dancing in the Dark
Movie · Music Director
The Fan
Movie · Music Director
Chicken Every Sunday
Movie · Original Music Composer
Down to the Sea in Ships
Movie · Original Music Composer
Call Northside 777
Movie · Original Music Composer, Music Director
The Snake Pit
Movie · Original Music Composer
Cry of the City
Movie · Original Music Composer
Sitting Pretty
Movie · Original Music Composer
Yellow Sky
Movie · Original Music Composer
When My Baby Smiles at Me
Movie · Original Music Composer
That Lady in Ermine
Movie · Original Music Composer
Give My Regards to Broadway
Movie · Original Music Composer
Deep Waters
Movie · Original Music Composer
The Walls of Jericho
Movie · Original Music Composer
Road House
Movie · Original Music Composer
Moss Rose
Movie · Music Director
Mother Wore Tights
Movie · Music Director
Miracle on 34th Street
Movie · Music Director
Captain from Castile
Movie · Original Music Composer
Gentleman's Agreement
Movie · Original Music Composer
The Shocking Miss Pilgrim
Movie · Original Music Composer
The Brasher Doubloon
Movie · Music Director
Daisy Kenyon
Movie · Music Director
I Wonder Who's Kissing Her Now
Movie · Music Director, Original Music Composer
The Late George Apley
Movie · Music Director
Dragonwyck
Movie · Original Music Composer
Margie
Movie · Music Director, Original Music Composer
My Darling Clementine
Movie · Music Director
The Razor's Edge
Movie · Original Music Composer
Centennial Summer
Movie · Original Music Composer
A Tree Grows in Brooklyn
Movie · Original Music Composer
A Bell for Adano
Movie · Original Music Composer
Leave Her to Heaven
Movie · Original Music Composer, Music Director
A Royal Scandal
Movie · Original Music Composer
State Fair
Movie · Original Music Composer
The Dolly Sisters
Movie · Original Music Composer
The Keys of the Kingdom
Movie · Original Music Composer
Irish Eyes Are Smiling
Movie · Music Director, Original Music Composer
Wilson
Movie · Original Music Composer
The Purple Heart
Movie · Original Music Composer
The Fighting Sullivans
Movie · Music Director
Sunday Dinner for a Soldier
Movie · Original Music Composer
The Song of Bernadette
Movie · Original Music Composer
Heaven Can Wait
Movie · Original Music Composer
The Moon Is Down
Movie · Original Music Composer
December 7th
Movie · Original Music Composer
Claudia
Movie · Original Music Composer
My Friend Flicka
Movie · Original Music Composer
The Gang's All Here
Movie · Original Music Composer
The Black Swan
Movie · Music Director, Original Music Composer
The Pied Piper
Movie · Original Music Composer, Music Director
China Girl
Movie · Original Music Composer
To the Shores of Tripoli
Movie · Original Music Composer
The Battle of Midway
Movie · Original Music Composer
This Above All
Movie · Original Music Composer, Music Director
Son of Fury: The Story of Benjamin Blake
Movie · Original Music Composer
It's Everybody's War
Movie · Original Music Composer
Orchestra Wives
Movie · Music Director, Original Music Composer
Ten Gentlemen from West Point
Movie · Original Music Composer
My Gal Sal
Movie · Music Director
Roxie Hart
Movie · Original Music Composer
Just Off Broadway
Movie · Music
Why We Fight: Prelude to War
Movie · Music Director
Secret Agent of Japan
Movie · Original Music Composer
The Loves of Edgar Allan Poe
Movie · Original Music Composer
Girl Trouble
Movie · Original Music Composer
Springtime in the Rockies
Movie · Original Music Composer
Life Begins at Eight-Thirty
Movie · Original Music Composer
How Green Was My Valley
Movie · Original Music Composer
A Yank in the R.A.F.
Movie · Music Director, Original Music Composer
Ball of Fire
Movie · Original Music Composer
Wild Geese Calling
Movie · Original Music Composer
Man Hunt
Movie · Original Music Composer
Blood and Sand
Movie · Original Music Composer
The Little Foxes
Movie · Music Director
Belle Starr
Movie · Original Music Composer
Charley's Aunt
Movie · Original Music Composer
That Night in Rio
Movie · Original Music Composer
Week-End in Havana
Movie · Original Music Composer
Rise and Shine
Movie · Original Music Composer
Remember the Day
Movie · Original Music Composer
The Grapes of Wrath
Movie · Original Music Composer, Music Director
Blondie on a Budget
Movie · Original Music Composer
Foreign Correspondent
Movie · Original Music Composer
Hudson's Bay
Movie · Original Music Composer
Vigil in the Night
Movie · Original Music Composer
Little Old New York
Movie · Original Music Composer
Earthbound
Movie · Original Music Composer
They Knew What They Wanted
Movie · Original Music Composer, Conductor
Brigham Young
Movie · Original Music Composer
Girl in 313
Movie · Original Music Composer
The Mark of Zorro
Movie · Original Music Composer
Tin Pan Alley
Movie · Music Director, Original Music Composer
The Blue Bird
Movie · Original Music Composer
Lillian Russell
Movie · Original Music Composer
Maryland
Movie · Original Music Composer
The Westerner
Movie · Original Music Composer
Public Deb No. 1
Movie · Original Music Composer
The Hunchback of Notre Dame
Movie · Original Music Composer
Drums Along the Mohawk
Movie · Original Music Composer
The Gorilla
Movie · Music
Barricade
Movie · Music Director
The Real Glory
Movie · Original Music Composer
The Rains Came
Movie · Original Music Composer
Beau Geste
Movie · Original Music Composer
The Star Maker
Movie · Original Music Composer
Young Mr. Lincoln
Movie · Original Music Composer
Wuthering Heights
Movie · Original Music Composer
They Shall Have Music
Movie · Original Music Composer, Music Director
Gunga Din
Movie · Original Music Composer
The Cowboy and the Lady
Movie · Music Director, Original Music Composer
Trade Winds
Movie · Original Music Composer, Music Director
Alexander's Ragtime Band
Movie · Music Director, Original Music Composer
The Adventures of Marco Polo
Movie · Music Director
Blondie
Movie · Music
You Only Live Once
Movie · Music Director, Original Music Composer
52nd Street
Movie · Original Music Composer
The Hurricane
Movie · Original Music Composer, Music Director
The Prisoner of Zenda
Movie · Original Music Composer
Dead End
Movie · Original Music Composer, Music Director
Stella Dallas
Movie · Original Music Composer, Music Director
Wee Willie Winkie
Movie · Original Music Composer
Slave Ship
Movie · Original Music Composer
Woman Chases Man
Movie · Original Music Composer
History Is Made at Night
Movie · Original Music Composer, Music Director
When You're in Love
Movie · Original Music Composer
The Gay Desperado
Movie · Original Music Composer, Music Director
Dodsworth
Movie · Music Director, Original Music Composer
Beloved Enemy
Movie · Original Music Composer, Music Director
Come and Get It
Movie · Original Music Composer
Ramona
Movie · Original Music Composer
These Three
Movie · Original Music Composer, Music Director
Strike Me Pink
Movie · Original Music Composer
Modern Times
Movie · Conductor
Born to Dance
Movie · Music Director
One Rainy Afternoon
Movie · Original Music Composer, Music Director
Dancing Pirate
Movie · Original Music Composer
Red Salute
Movie · Original Music Composer
Clive of India
Movie · Original Music Composer
Barbary Coast
Movie · Original Music Composer
The Dark Angel
Movie · Original Music Composer
Call of the Wild
Movie · Original Music Composer
Splendor
Movie · Original Music Composer
Cardinal Richelieu
Movie · Original Music Composer
Folies Bergère de Paris
Movie · Original Music Composer
The Wedding Night
Movie · Original Music Composer
Les Misérables
Movie · Original Music Composer
Broadway Melody of 1936
Movie · Music Director
The Melody Lingers on
Movie · Original Music Composer
Born to Be Bad
Movie · Original Music Composer
Looking for Trouble
Movie · Original Music Composer
Nana
Movie · Original Music Composer
The Last Gentleman
Movie · Original Music Composer
Bulldog Drummond Strikes Back
Movie · Original Music Composer, Music Director
The Affairs of Cellini
Movie · Original Music Composer
We Live Again
Movie · Original Music Composer
Kid Millions
Movie · Original Music Composer
The Mighty Barnum
Movie · Original Music Composer
Transatlantic Merry-Go-Round
Movie · Original Music Composer
The House of Rothschild
Movie · Original Music Composer
Our Daily Bread
Movie · Original Music Composer
The Cat's-Paw
Movie · Original Music Composer
The Count of Monte Cristo
Movie · Original Music Composer
Blood Money
Movie · Music Director
Roman Scandals
Movie · Original Music Composer
I Cover the Waterfront
Movie · Original Music Composer
The Masquerader
Movie · Original Music Composer, Music Director
The Bowery
Movie · Original Music Composer
Broadway Thru a Keyhole
Movie · Original Music Composer
Hallelujah, I'm a Bum
Movie · Original Music Composer, Music Director
Secrets
Movie · Original Music Composer, Music Director
Advice to the Lovelorn
Movie · Original Music Composer
Gallant Lady
Movie · Original Music Composer
Rain
Movie · Original Music Composer
Movie Crazy
Movie · Original Music Composer
Flesh
Movie · Original Music Composer
The Greeks Had a Word for Them
Movie · Original Music Composer
Sky Devils
Movie · Original Music Composer
Night World
Movie · Original Music Composer
The Kid from Spain
Movie · Original Music Composer
Cynara
Movie · Original Music Composer, Music Director
Mr. Robinson Crusoe
Movie · Original Music Composer
Cock of the Air
Movie · Original Music Composer
Arrowsmith
Movie · Music Director, Original Music Composer
The Age for Love
Movie · Original Music Composer
City Lights
Movie · Music Director, Music Arranger
Street Scene
Movie · Music Director, Original Music Composer
Tonight or Never
Movie · Music Director, Original Music Composer
The Unholy Garden
Movie · Music Director, Original Music Composer
Around the World in 80 Minutes with Douglas Fairbanks
Movie · Original Music Composer
Corsair
Movie · Original Music Composer
Kiki
Movie · Original Music Composer
The Devil to Pay!
Movie · Original Music Composer