William Axt
Personal Info
Known for
Sound
Gender
Male
Birthday
1888-04-19
Day of Death
1959-02-13 (70 years old)
Place of Birth
New York City, New York, USA
William Axt
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
Crew
(1949)
Adam's Rib
Additional Music
(1946)
(1945)
(1940)
Untamed
Music
(1939)
Tell No Tales
Music
(1939)
Miracles for Sale
Original Music Composer
(1939)
The Kid From Texas
Original Music Composer
(1939)
Sergeant Madden
Original Music Composer
(1939)
Stand Up and Fight
Original Music Composer
(1939)
Heroes at Leisure
Music
(1939)
Fast and Loose
Music Director
(1938)
(1938)
The Girl Downstairs
Music
(1938)
Fast Company
Music
(1938)
Listen, Darling
Original Music Composer
(1938)
Everybody Sing
Original Music Composer
(1938)
Rich Man, Poor Girl
Original Music Composer
(1938)
The First Hundred Years
Music Score Producer
(1938)
Yellow Jack
Original Music Composer
(1938)
Spring Madness
Music Score Producer
(1937)
Espionage
Music
(1937)
Thoroughbreds Don't Cry
Music, Original Music Composer
(1937)
(1937)
The Last of Mrs. Cheyney
Original Music Composer
(1937)
Big City
Original Music Composer
(1937)
Beg, Borrow or Steal
Original Music Composer
(1937)
Between Two Women
Original Music Composer
(1937)
Under Cover of Night
Original Music Composer
(1937)
Parnell
Original Music Composer
(1936)
Three Godfathers
Original Music Composer
(1936)
Suzy
Music
(1936)
The Jonker Diamond
Music
(1936)
(1936)
Three Live Ghosts
Original Music Composer
(1936)
Tough Guy
Original Music Composer
(1936)
Petticoat Fever
Original Music Composer
(1936)
The Garden Murder Case
Original Music Composer
(1936)
Libeled Lady
Original Music Composer
(1936)
Wanted - A Master
Music
(1936)
Old Shep
Music
(1936)
The Unguarded Hour
Music Score Producer
(1936)
Mad Holiday
Original Music Composer
(1935)
Woman Wanted
Music
(1935)
(1935)
Last of the Pagans
Original Music Composer
(1935)
Whipsaw
Original Music Composer
(1935)
It's in the Air
Original Music Composer
(1935)
The Murder Man
Original Music Composer
(1935)
Buried Loot
Original Music Composer
(1935)
O'Shaughnessy's Boy
Music
(1935)
(1935)
Trained Hoofs
Music
(1935)
The Perfect Tribute
Music
(1935)
Rendezvous
Original Music Composer
(1934)
Hide-Out
Music
(1934)
The Mystery of Mr. X
Music
(1934)
Paris Interlude
Music
(1934)
This Side of Heaven
Original Music Composer
(1934)
Goofy Movies Number Two
Original Music Composer
(1934)
Operator 13
Original Music Composer
(1934)
Men in White
Original Music Composer
(1934)
Straight Is the Way
Original Music Composer
(1934)
Stamboul Quest
Original Music Composer
(1934)
Death on the Diamond
Original Music Composer
(1934)
A Wicked Woman
Original Music Composer
(1934)
You Can't Buy Everything
Original Music Composer
(1934)
The Girl from Missouri
Original Music Composer
(1934)
The Thin Man
Original Music Composer
(1934)
Manhattan Melodrama
Original Music Composer
(1934)
Forsaking All Others
Original Music Composer
(1934)
Sadie McKee
Original Music Composer
(1933)
Penthouse
Original Music Composer
(1933)
(1933)
Midnight Mary
Original Music Composer
(1933)
The Secret of Madame Blanche
Original Music Composer
(1933)
Should Ladies Behave
Music
(1933)
Sons of the Desert
Music
(1933)
Menu
Original Music Composer
(1933)
Reunion in Vienna
Original Music Composer
(1933)
Storm at Daybreak
Original Music Composer
(1933)
Gabriel Over the White House
Original Music Composer
(1933)
Bombshell
Original Music Composer
(1933)
Fast Workers
Original Music Composer
(1933)
Today We Live
Original Music Composer
(1933)
(1933)
Hold Your Man
Additional Music
(1933)
Dinner at Eight
Original Music Composer
(1932)
Blondie of the Follies
Original Music Composer
(1932)
As You Desire Me
Music
(1932)
The Mask of Fu Manchu
Original Music Composer
(1932)
Polly of the Circus
Music
(1932)
The Washington Masquerade
Music Score Producer
(1932)
(1932)
Faithless
Original Music Composer
(1932)
Letty Lynton
Original Music Composer
(1932)
Sea Spiders
Music
(1932)
The Wet Parade
Original Music Composer
(1931)
Sporting Blood
Music
(1931)
Mata Hari
Music
(1931)
Private Lives
Music
(1931)
(1931)
(1931)
Wild and Woolly
Music
(1931)
Inspiration
Original Music Composer
(1930)
The Woman Racket
Music
(1930)
Chasing Rainbows
Original Music Composer
(1930)
When the Wind Blows
Music
(1930)
Romance
Music
(1930)
The Big Dog House
Music
(1930)
Doughboys
Music
(1930)
Call of the Flesh
Music
(1929)
Navy Blues
Music
(1929)
Where East Is East
Music
(1929)
The Single Standard
Music
(1929)
The Pagan
Music
(1929)
Speedway
Original Music Composer
(1929)
Tide of Empire
Music
(1929)
(1929)
Untamed
Music
(1929)
Spite Marriage
Additional Music
(1929)
The Unholy Night
Original Music Composer
(1929)
Our Modern Maidens
Music
(1928)
West of Zanzibar
Original Music Composer
(1928)
Our Dancing Daughters
Original Music Composer
(1928)
The Wind
Music
(1928)
(1928)
The Student Prince in Old Heidelberg
Original Music Composer
(1928)
Show People
Original Music Composer
(1928)
While the City Sleeps
Original Music Composer
(1928)
The Man Who Laughs
Music
(1927)
Camille
Original Music Composer
(1926)
Don Juan
Original Music Composer
(1926)
La Bohème
Original Music Composer
(1926)
Bardelys the Magnificent
Original Music Composer
(1925)
The Big Parade
Music
(1925)
Ben-Hur: A Tale of the Christ
Original Music Composer
(1924)
The Navigator
Original Music Composer
(1924)
Greed
Original Music Composer
(1923)
Scaramouche
Original Music Composer
(1919)
Madame DuBarry
Music