Hugo Riesenfeld
- Known for
- Sound
- Born
- January 26, 1879
- Died
- September 10, 1939 (aged 60)
- Birthplace
- Vienna, Austria-Hungary [now Austria]
Biography
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Hugo Riesenfeld (January 26, 1879 – September 10, 1939) was an Austrian-American composer. As a film director, he began to write his own orchestral compositions for silent films in 1917, and co-created modern production techniques where film scoring serves an integral part of the action. Riesenfeld composed about 100 film scores in his career. His most successful compositions were for Cecil B. DeMille's Joan the Woman (1917), The Ten Commandments (1923) and The King of Kings (1927); D. W. Griffith's Abraham Lincoln (1930); and the original scores to F. W. Murnau's Sunrise (1927) and Tabu (1931). Born in Vienna, Riesenfeld's musical career began at the age of seven with a violin study at the Conservatory of the Gesellschaft der Musikfreunde in his city of birth, where he graduated at the age of 17 in piano, violin and composition degrees. He briefly played in the Vienna Philharmonic. By the end of the 19th century, he was playing with Arnold Schönberg, Arthur Bodanzky, and Edward Falck in a local string quartet. In 1907, Riesenfeld emigrated to New York City. He did his first work in film when he conducted the accompaniment for Jesse L. Lasky's production of Carmen (1915). On 15 April 1923, with inventor Lee de Forest, Riesenfeld co-presented a show at the Rivoli Theater in New York City of 18 short films made in the Phonofilm sound-on-film process. Riesenfeld died in 1939 in Los Angeles after a severe illness. His daughter Janet starred in some Mexican movies as a dancer and actress under the pseudonym Raquel Rojas and Janet Alcorzia and later became a screenwriter.
Known For
Filmography
The Making of 'The Last Laugh'
Movie · Music
Café Concordia
Movie · Music
Tell Your Children
Movie · Original Music Composer
Sunset Murder Case
Movie · Original Music Composer, Music Director
Tarzan's Revenge
Movie · Music
Gunsmoke Ranch
Movie · Original Music Composer
Make a Wish
Movie · Music Director, Original Music Composer
Larceny on the Air
Movie · Original Music Composer
The Mandarin Mystery
Movie · Original Music Composer
The Devil on Horseback
Movie · Original Music Composer
Revolt of the Zombies
Movie · Music
The President's Mystery
Movie · Original Music Composer
Ghost Town Gold
Movie · Original Music Composer
The Big Show
Movie · Original Music Composer
The President Vanishes
Movie · Original Music Composer
Two Heads on a Pillow
Movie · Original Music Composer
The Wandering Jew
Movie · Music Director
Thunder Over Mexico
Movie · Original Music Composer
Tabu: A Story of the South Seas
Movie · Original Music Composer
Abraham Lincoln
Movie · Music
Hell's Angels
Movie · Original Music Composer, Music Arranger
The Lottery Bride
Movie · Songs
One Romantic Night
Movie · Music Arranger, Original Music Composer
The Wizard's Apprentice
Movie · Conductor
The Rescue
Movie · Music
This Is Heaven
Movie · Music
Lucky Boy
Movie · Music
Coquette
Movie · Sound
Bulldog Drummond
Movie · Music Director
Alibi
Movie · Music Arranger
The Taming of the Shrew
Movie · Original Music Composer
Evangeline
Movie · Original Music Composer
Two Men and a Maid
Movie · Music
Tempest
Movie · Original Music Composer
The Awakening
Movie · Music
The Woman Disputed
Movie · Original Music Composer
Sins of the Fathers
Movie · Original Music Composer
The Battle of the Sexes
Movie · Original Music Composer
Ramona
Movie · Music
The Cavalier
Movie · Music
Sunrise: A Song of Two Humans
Movie · Original Music Composer
Chang: A Drama of the Wilderness
Movie · Original Music Composer
The Rough Riders
Movie · Music
The Cat and the Canary
Movie · Original Music Composer
The Sorrows of Satan
Movie · Original Music Composer
Beau Geste
Movie · Music Director
Grass: A Nation's Battle for Life
Movie · Music Arranger
Beggar on Horseback
Movie · Music
The Swan
Movie · Music
The Pony Express
Movie · Original Music Composer
Bella Donna
Movie · Music
Reputation
Movie · Music
Conrad in Quest of His Youth
Movie · Original Music Composer
Humoresque
Movie · Original Music Composer
Woman
Movie · Music
Hoodoo Ann
Movie · Original Music Composer