Alfred Newman
Personal Info
Known for
Sound
Gender
Male
Birthday
1901-03-17
Day of Death
1970-02-17 (68 years old)
Place of Birth
New Haven, Connecticut, USA
Alfred Newman
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"
Acting
(1953)
How to Marry a Millionaire
as Orchestra Conductor in Prologue (uncredited)
(1951)
The CinemaScope Parade
as Joseph Haydn
(1939)
They Shall Have Music
as Musical Director
Crew
(1981)
(1970)
Airport
Original Music Composer
(1968)
Firecreek
Original Music Composer
(1967)
Camelot
Music
(1966)
Nevada Smith
Original Music Composer
(1965)
The Greatest Story Ever Told
Original Music Composer
(1962)
How the West Was Won
Original Music Composer, Conductor
(1962)
The Counterfeit Traitor
Original Music Composer
(1962)
State Fair
Original Music Composer
(1961)
(1961)
Flower Drum Song
Original Music Composer, Conductor, Music Supervisor
(1959)
The Diary of Anne Frank
Original Music Composer
(1959)
The Best of Everything
Original Music Composer
(1958)
South Pacific
Original Music Composer, Music Supervisor, Conductor
(1958)
The Gift of Love
Original Music Composer
(1958)
A Certain Smile
Music
(1956)
The King and I
Original Music Composer
(1956)
Anastasia
Original Music Composer
(1956)
Bus Stop
Conductor, Original Music Composer
(1956)
Carousel
Music Supervisor, Conductor
(1955)
A Man Called Peter
Original Music Composer
(1955)
The Seven Year Itch
Original Music Composer
(1955)
Love Is a Many-Splendored Thing
Original Music Composer
(1955)
Daddy Long Legs
Original Music Composer, Conductor, Music Supervisor
(1954)
Hell and High Water
Original Music Composer
(1954)
The Egyptian
Original Music Composer
(1954)
There's No Business Like Show Business
Music Supervisor
(1953)
How to Marry a Millionaire
Original Music Composer, Music Director
(1953)
The President's Lady
Original Music Composer
(1953)
The Robe
Original Music Composer
(1953)
The Desert Rats
Music Director
(1953)
Treasure of the Golden Condor
Music Director
(1953)
Call Me Madam
Music Director
(1953)
Dangerous Crossing
Additional Music
(1952)
Viva Zapata!
Original Music Composer
(1952)
The Prisoner of Zenda
Original Music Composer
(1952)
O. Henry's Full House
Original Music Composer
(1952)
With a Song in My Heart
Original Music Composer
(1952)
Wait Till the Sun Shines, Nellie
Original Music Composer
(1952)
Stars and Stripes Forever
Music, Music Director
(1952)
What Price Glory
Music
(1951)
The House on Telegraph Hill
Music Director
(1951)
David and Bathsheba
Original Music Composer
(1951)
Take Care of My Little Girl
Original Music Composer
(1951)
Fourteen Hours
Original Music Composer
(1951)
On the Riviera
Original Music Composer, Music Director
(1951)
(1950)
All About Eve
Original Music Composer
(1950)
Broken Arrow
Music Director
(1950)
Panic in the Streets
Original Music Composer, Conductor
(1950)
The Gunfighter
Original Music Composer, Conductor
(1950)
For Heaven's Sake
Original Music Composer
(1950)
(1950)
Two Flags West
Music Director
(1950)
No Way Out
Original Music Composer
(1950)
The Big Lift
Original Music Composer
(1949)
Thieves' Highway
Original Music Composer
(1949)
Mother Is a Freshman
Original Music Composer
(1949)
You're My Everything
Music Director, Music
(1949)
Twelve O'Clock High
Original Music Composer
(1949)
Pinky
Original Music Composer
(1949)
(1949)
Mr. Belvedere Goes to College
Original Music Composer
(1949)
A Letter to Three Wives
Original Music Composer
(1949)
Prince of Foxes
Original Music Composer
(1949)
Dancing in the Dark
Music Director
(1948)
Call Northside 777
Original Music Composer, Music Director
(1948)
The Walls of Jericho
Music
(1948)
That Lady in Ermine
Music
(1948)
The Snake Pit
Original Music Composer
(1948)
Cry of the City
Original Music Composer
(1948)
Sitting Pretty
Original Music Composer
(1948)
Yellow Sky
Original Music Composer
(1948)
When My Baby Smiles at Me
Original Music Composer
(1947)
Moss Rose
Music Director
(1947)
Mother Wore Tights
Music Director
(1947)
Miracle on 34th Street
Music Director
(1947)
Captain from Castile
Original Music Composer
(1947)
Gentleman's Agreement
Original Music Composer
(1947)
The Shocking Miss Pilgrim
Original Music Composer
(1947)
The Brasher Doubloon
Music Director
(1947)
Daisy Kenyon
Music Director
(1947)
I Wonder Who's Kissing Her Now
Music Director
(1947)
The Late George Apley
Music Director
(1946)
Dragonwyck
Original Music Composer
(1946)
Margie
Music Director
(1946)
My Darling Clementine
Music Director
(1946)
The Razor's Edge
Original Music Composer
(1946)
Centennial Summer
Original Music Composer
(1946)
(1945)
A Tree Grows in Brooklyn
Original Music Composer
(1945)
A Bell for Adano
Original Music Composer
(1945)
Leave Her to Heaven
Original Music Composer, Music Director
(1945)
A Royal Scandal
Original Music Composer
(1944)
The Keys of the Kingdom
Original Music Composer
(1944)
Irish Eyes Are Smiling
Music Director, Original Music Composer
(1944)
The Purple Heart
Original Music Composer
(1944)
Wilson
Original Music Composer
(1944)
The Fighting Sullivans
Music Director
(1943)
The Song of Bernadette
Original Music Composer
(1943)
Heaven Can Wait
Original Music Composer
(1943)
The Moon Is Down
Original Music Composer
(1943)
December 7th
Original Music Composer
(1943)
Claudia
Original Music Composer
(1943)
The Gang's All Here
Music
(1942)
The Black Swan
Music Director, Original Music Composer
(1942)
The Pied Piper
Original Music Composer, Music Director
(1942)
Son of Fury: The Story of Benjamin Blake
Original Music Composer
(1942)
To the Shores of Tripoli
Original Music Composer
(1942)
China Girl
Original Music Composer
(1942)
This Above All
Original Music Composer, Music Director
(1942)
The Battle of Midway
Original Music Composer
(1942)
(1942)
It's Everybody's War
Original Music Composer
(1942)
Orchestra Wives
Music Director
(1942)
Ten Gentlemen from West Point
Original Music Composer
(1942)
My Gal Sal
Music Director
(1942)
Roxie Hart
Original Music Composer
(1942)
Just Off Broadway
Music
(1941)
How Green Was My Valley
Original Music Composer
(1941)
Hudson's Bay
Original Music Composer
(1941)
A Yank in the R.A.F.
Music Director
(1941)
Wild Geese Calling
Original Music Composer
(1941)
Blood and Sand
Original Music Composer
(1941)
Man Hunt
Original Music Composer
(1941)
Ball of Fire
Original Music Composer
(1941)
The Little Foxes
Music Director
(1941)
I Wake Up Screaming
Additional Music
(1941)
Belle Starr
Original Music Composer
(1941)
Charley's Aunt
Original Music Composer
(1940)
The Grapes of Wrath
Original Music Composer
(1940)
Blondie on a Budget
Original Music Composer
(1940)
Foreign Correspondent
Original Music Composer
(1940)
Vigil in the Night
Original Music Composer
(1940)
Little Old New York
Original Music Composer
(1940)
Earthbound
Original Music Composer
(1940)
They Knew What They Wanted
Original Music Composer, Conductor
(1940)
Brigham Young
Original Music Composer
(1940)
Tin Pan Alley
Original Music Composer
(1940)
The Mark of Zorro
Music
(1940)
Girl in 313
Original Music Composer
(1940)
The Blue Bird
Music
(1939)
The Hunchback of Notre Dame
Original Music Composer
(1939)
Drums Along the Mohawk
Original Music Composer
(1939)
The Gorilla
Music
(1939)
Barricade
Music Director
(1939)
The Star Maker
Original Music Composer
(1939)
Beau Geste
Original Music Composer
(1939)
The Rains Came
Original Music Composer
(1939)
The Real Glory
Original Music Composer
(1939)
Young Mr. Lincoln
Original Music Composer
(1939)
Wuthering Heights
Original Music Composer
(1939)
They Shall Have Music
Original Music Composer, Music Director
(1939)
Gunga Din
Original Music Composer
(1938)
The Cowboy and the Lady
Music Director, Original Music Composer
(1938)
Trade Winds
Original Music Composer, Music Director
(1938)
Alexander's Ragtime Band
Music Director, Original Music Composer
(1938)
The Adventures of Marco Polo
Music Director
(1938)
Blondie
Music
(1937)
You Only Live Once
Music Director, Original Music Composer
(1937)
52nd Street
Original Music Composer
(1937)
History Is Made at Night
Original Music Composer, Music Director
(1937)
Dead End
Original Music Composer, Music Director
(1937)
Woman Chases Man
Original Music Composer
(1937)
Wee Willie Winkie
Original Music Composer
(1937)
The Hurricane
Original Music Composer, Music Director
(1937)
The Prisoner of Zenda
Original Music Composer
(1937)
Slave Ship
Original Music Composer
(1937)
Stella Dallas
Original Music Composer, Music Director
(1936)
The Gay Desperado
Original Music Composer, Music Director
(1936)
Dodsworth
Music Director, Original Music Composer
(1936)
Strike Me Pink
Original Music Composer
(1936)
Come and Get It
Original Music Composer
(1936)
Ramona
Original Music Composer
(1936)
These Three
Original Music Composer, Music Director
(1936)
Beloved Enemy
Original Music Composer, Music Director
(1936)
Modern Times
Conductor
(1936)
Born to Dance
Music Director
(1936)
One Rainy Afternoon
Original Music Composer, Music Director
(1936)
Dancing Pirate
Music
(1935)
Red Salute
Original Music Composer
(1935)
Folies Bergère
Original Music Composer
(1935)
Barbary Coast
Original Music Composer
(1935)
Call of the Wild
Original Music Composer
(1935)
Cardinal Richelieu
Original Music Composer
(1935)
The Dark Angel
Original Music Composer
(1935)
The Wedding Night
Original Music Composer
(1935)
Clive of India
Original Music Composer
(1935)
Splendor
Original Music Composer
(1935)
Les Misérables
Original Music Composer
(1935)
Broadway Melody of 1936
Music Director
(1935)
The Melody Lingers on
Original Music Composer
(1934)
Born to Be Bad
Original Music Composer
(1934)
Bulldog Drummond Strikes Back
Original Music Composer, Music Director
(1934)
Kid Millions
Original Music Composer
(1934)
Looking for Trouble
Original Music Composer
(1934)
Nana
Original Music Composer
(1934)
We Live Again
Original Music Composer
(1934)
The Last Gentleman
Original Music Composer
(1934)
The Affairs of Cellini
Original Music Composer
(1934)
The Mighty Barnum
Original Music Composer
(1934)
Transatlantic Merry-Go-Round
Original Music Composer
(1934)
(1934)
The House of Rothschild
Original Music Composer
(1934)
Our Daily Bread
Original Music Composer
(1933)
Blood Money
Music Director
(1933)
I Cover the Waterfront
Original Music Composer
(1933)
The Masquerader
Original Music Composer, Music Director
(1933)
Roman Scandals
Original Music Composer
(1933)
The Bowery
Original Music Composer
(1933)
Broadway Thru a Keyhole
Original Music Composer
(1933)
Hallelujah, I'm a Bum
Original Music Composer, Music Director
(1933)
Secrets
Original Music Composer, Music Director
(1932)
Rain
Original Music Composer
(1932)
Movie Crazy
Original Music Composer
(1932)
Flesh
Original Music Composer
(1932)
Cynara
Original Music Composer, Music Director
(1932)
The Greeks Had a Word for Them
Original Music Composer
(1932)
Sky Devils
Original Music Composer
(1932)
Night World
Original Music Composer
(1932)
The Kid from Spain
Original Music Composer
(1932)
Mr. Robinson Crusoe
Original Music Composer
(1932)
Cock of the Air
Music
(1931)
Arrowsmith
Music Director, Original Music Composer
(1931)
The Age for Love
Original Music Composer
(1931)
City Lights
Music Director, Music Arranger
(1931)
Street Scene
Music Director, Music
(1931)
Tonight or Never
Music Director, Original Music Composer
(1931)
The Unholy Garden
Music Director
(1931)
Around the World with Douglas Fairbanks
Original Music Composer
(1931)
Corsair
Original Music Composer