Franz Waxman
Personal Info
Known for
Sound
Gender
Male
Birthday
1906-12-24
Day of Death
1967-02-24 (60 years old)
Place of Birth
Königshütte, Upper Silesia, Germany [now Chorzów, Slaskie, Poland]
Franz Waxman
Biography
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Franz Waxman (né Wachsmann; 24 December 1906 – 24 February 1967) was a German and American composer of Jewish descent, known primarily for his work in the film music genre. His film scores include Bride of Frankenstein, Rebecca, Sunset Boulevard, A Place in the Sun, Stalag 17, Rear Window, Peyton Place, The Nun's Story, and Taras Bulba. He received twelve Academy Award nominations, and won two Oscars in consecutive years (for Sunset Boulevard and A Place in the Sun). He also received a Golden Globe Award for the former film. Bernard Herrmann said that the score for Taras Bulba was "the score of a lifetime."
He also composed concert works, including the oratorio Joshua (1959), and The Song of Terezin (1965), a work for orchestra, chorus, and children's chorus based upon poetry written by children in the Theresienstadt concentration camp during World War II. Waxman also founded the Los Angeles Music Festival in 1947 with which he conducted a number of West Coast premieres by fellow film composers, and concert composers alike.
Known For
Acting
(2024)
Pioniere der Filmmusik - Europas Sound für Hollywood
as Self (archive footage)
(1930)
The Cabinet of Dr. Larifari
as Piano
Crew
(2001)
(1968)
To Die in Paris
Original Music Composer
(1967)
The Longest Hundred Miles
Original Music Composer
(1966)
Lost Command
Original Music Composer
(1962)
Taras Bulba
Original Music Composer
(1962)
My Geisha
Conductor, Original Music Composer
(1962)
Hemingway’s Adventures of a Young Man
Original Music Composer
(1961)
King of the Roaring 20's – The Story of Arnold Rothstein
Original Music Composer
(1961)
Return to Peyton Place
Original Music Composer
(1960)
Cimarron
Original Music Composer, Conductor
(1960)
The Story of Ruth
Original Music Composer
(1960)
Sunrise at Campobello
Original Music Composer
(1959)
Career
Original Music Composer
(1959)
The Nun's Story
Original Music Composer, Conductor
(1959)
Beloved Infidel
Original Music Composer
(1959)
Count Your Blessings
Original Music Composer
(1958)
Run Silent, Run Deep
Original Music Composer
(1958)
I Married a Monster from Outer Space
Original Music Composer
(1957)
Peyton Place
Original Music Composer
(1957)
The Spirit of St. Louis
Original Music Composer
(1957)
Sayonara
Original Music Composer
(1956)
Crime in the Streets
Original Music Composer
(1956)
Miracle in the Rain
Original Music Composer
(1956)
Back from Eternity
Original Music Composer
(1955)
Mister Roberts
Original Music Composer, Conductor
(1955)
(1955)
Untamed
Original Music Composer
(1955)
The Indian Fighter
Original Music Composer
(1955)
The Virgin Queen
Original Music Composer
(1954)
Rear Window
Original Music Composer
(1954)
Prince Valiant
Original Music Composer
(1954)
The Silver Chalice
Original Music Composer
(1954)
This Is My Love
Original Music Composer
(1954)
Demetrius and the Gladiators
Original Music Composer
(1954)
Elephant Walk
Original Music Composer
(1953)
I, the Jury
Original Music Composer
(1953)
(1953)
Stalag 17
Original Music Composer
(1953)
Man on a Tightrope
Original Music Composer
(1952)
Phone Call from a Stranger
Original Music Composer
(1952)
Come Back, Little Sheba
Original Music Composer
(1952)
Lure of the Wilderness
Original Music Composer
(1952)
Botany Bay
Original Music Composer
(1952)
My Cousin Rachel
Original Music Composer, Conductor
(1951)
Decision Before Dawn
Original Music Composer
(1951)
Red Mountain
Original Music Composer
(1951)
He Ran All the Way
Original Music Composer
(1951)
A Place in the Sun
Original Music Composer
(1951)
Anne of the Indies
Original Music Composer
(1951)
Only the Valiant
Original Music Composer
(1951)
The Blue Veil
Original Music Composer
(1950)
Sunset Boulevard
Original Music Composer
(1950)
The Furies
Original Music Composer
(1950)
Dark City
Original Music Composer
(1950)
Night and the City
Original Music Composer
(1949)
Alias Nick Beal
Original Music Composer
(1949)
Rope of Sand
Original Music Composer
(1949)
Task Force
Original Music Composer
(1949)
Night Unto Night
Original Music Composer
(1949)
Johnny Holiday
Original Music Composer
(1948)
Whiplash
Original Music Composer
(1948)
No Minor Vices
Original Music Composer
(1948)
Sorry, Wrong Number
Original Music Composer
(1947)
Humoresque
Conductor, Original Music Composer
(1947)
The Paradine Case
Original Music Composer
(1947)
The Two Mrs. Carrolls
Original Music Composer
(1947)
The Unsuspected
Original Music Composer
(1947)
Cry Wolf
Original Music Composer
(1947)
Dark Passage
Original Music Composer
(1947)
Nora Prentiss
Original Music Composer
(1947)
Possessed
Original Music Composer
(1946)
Her Kind of Man
Original Music Composer
(1945)
The Horn Blows at Midnight
Original Music Composer
(1945)
Confidential Agent
Original Music Composer
(1945)
To Have and Have Not
Original Music Composer
(1945)
The Last Bomb
Music Score Producer
(1945)
Pride of the Marines
Original Music Composer
(1945)
Objective, Burma!
Original Music Composer
(1945)
The Brighton Strangler
Additional Music
(1945)
Hotel Berlin
Music
(1944)
Mr. Skeffington
Original Music Composer
(1944)
In Our Time
Original Music Composer
(1943)
Air Force
Original Music Composer
(1943)
Edge of Darkness
Original Music Composer
(1943)
Old Acquaintance
Original Music Composer
(1943)
Destination Tokyo
Original Music Composer
(1942)
Woman of the Year
Original Music Composer
(1942)
Tortilla Flat
Original Music Composer
(1942)
Her Cardboard Lover
Original Music Composer
(1942)
Seven Sweethearts
Original Music Composer
(1942)
Reunion in France
Original Music Composer
(1942)
Journey for Margaret
Original Music Composer
(1941)
Suspicion
Original Music Composer
(1941)
The Feminine Touch
Original Music Composer
(1941)
Unfinished Business
Original Music Composer
(1941)
Kathleen
Music
(1941)
Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde
Original Music Composer
(1941)
Design for Scandal
Original Music Composer
(1941)
(1940)
Rebecca
Original Music Composer, Orchestrator
(1940)
The Philadelphia Story
Original Music Composer
(1940)
Boom Town
Original Music Composer
(1940)
Sporting Blood
Original Music Composer
(1940)
Escape
Original Music Composer
(1940)
Florian
Original Music Composer
(1940)
Strange Cargo
Original Music Composer
(1939)
At the Circus
Music Director, Original Music Composer
(1939)
The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn
Original Music Composer
(1939)
The Ice Follies of 1939
Original Music Composer, Music Director
(1939)
On Borrowed Time
Original Music Composer
(1938)
The Young in Heart
Original Music Composer
(1938)
Too Hot to Handle
Original Music Composer
(1938)
Arsène Lupin Returns
Original Music Composer
(1938)
Man-Proof
Original Music Composer
(1938)
Port of Seven Seas
Original Music Composer
(1938)
Test Pilot
Original Music Composer
(1938)
A Christmas Carol
Music
(1938)
The Shining Hour
Original Music Composer
(1938)
Love Is a Headache
Music
(1938)
Three Comrades
Original Music Composer
(1938)
Dramatic School
Original Music Composer
(1937)
Personal Property
Original Music Composer
(1937)
Night Key
Music
(1937)
Captains Courageous
Original Music Composer, Songs
(1937)
The Bride Wore Red
Original Music Composer
(1937)
The Emperor's Candlesticks
Original Music Composer
(1937)
A Day at the Races
Original Music Composer
(1936)
The Devil-Doll
Original Music Composer
(1936)
Fury
Original Music Composer
(1936)
Sutter's Gold
Original Music Composer
(1936)
Love on the Run
Original Music Composer
(1936)
His Brother's Wife
Original Music Composer
(1936)
Postal Inspector
Original Music Composer
(1936)
Love Before Breakfast
Original Music Composer, Music Director
(1936)
First Offence
Music
(1936)
Absolute Quiet
Original Music Composer
(1936)
Trouble for Two
Original Music Composer
(1936)
Next Time We Love
Music Director
(1936)
The Invisible Ray
Original Music Composer
(1935)
Bride of Frankenstein
Original Music Composer
(1935)
Remember Last Night?
Original Music Composer
(1935)
(1935)
East of Java
Original Music Composer, Music Director
(1935)
3 Kids and a Queen
Original Music Composer, Music Director
(1934)
Liliom
Original Music Composer
(1934)
Bad Seed
Music
(1933)
The Only Girl
Original Music Composer
(1933)
The Only Girl
Music Arranger
(1932)
Paprika
Music
(1932)
(1931)
In the act
Music
(1931)
The Man in Search of His Murderer
Music Director
(1930)
The Blue Angel
Orchestrator
(1930)
(1930)
Burglars
Original Music Composer