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.

Most Famous Work

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The Twilight Zone

(1959) Original Music Composer

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The Philadelphia Story

(1940) Original Music Composer

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Rear Window

(1954) Original Music Composer

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Night and the City

(1950) Original Music Composer

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A Christmas Carol

(1938) Music

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The Nun's Story

(1959) Conductor

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Bride of Frankenstein

(1935) Original Music Composer

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Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde

(1941) Original Music Composer

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Acting

Year	Character	Movie/Tv
2024	Self (archive footage)	Pioniere der Filmmusik - Europas Sound für Hollywood 2024-02-25 Movie
1930	Piano	The Cabinet of Dr. Larifari 1930-07-31 Movie
Year	Character	Movie/Tv

Sound

Year	Role	Movie/Tv
2001	Music	Screenwriter John Michael Hayes on 'Rear Window' 2001-03-06 Movie
1968	Original Music Composer	To Die in Paris 1968-01-01 Movie
1967	Original Music Composer	The Longest Hundred Miles 1967-01-21 Movie
1966	Original Music Composer	Lost Command 1966-05-01 Movie
1962	Original Music Composer	Taras Bulba 1962-11-21 Movie
	Original Music Composer	Hemingway's Adventures of a Young Man 1962-07-25 Movie
	Original Music Composer	My Geisha 1962-03-09 Movie
	Conductor	My Geisha 1962-03-09 Movie
1961	Original Music Composer	King of the Roaring 20's – The Story of Arnold Rothstein 1961-06-11 Movie
	Original Music Composer	Return to Peyton Place 1961-05-05 Movie
1960	Original Music Composer	Cimarron 1960-12-01 Movie
	Conductor	Cimarron 1960-12-01 Movie
	Original Music Composer	Sunrise at Campobello 1960-09-28 Movie
	Original Music Composer	The Story of Ruth 1960-06-17 Movie
1959	Original Music Composer	Beloved Infidel 1959-11-17 Movie
	Original Music Composer	Career 1959-10-08 Movie
	Original Music Composer	The Twilight Zone 1959-10-02 TV Show
	Original Music Composer	The Nun's Story 1959-06-18 Movie
	Conductor	The Nun's Story 1959-06-18 Movie
	Original Music Composer	Count Your Blessings 1959-04-23 Movie
1958	Original Music Composer	I Married a Monster from Outer Space 1958-10-01 Movie
	Original Music Composer	Run Silent, Run Deep 1958-03-27 Movie
1957	Original Music Composer	Sayonara 1957-12-25 Movie
	Original Music Composer	Peyton Place 1957-12-13 Movie
	Original Music Composer	The Spirit of St. Louis 1957-04-01 Movie
1956	Original Music Composer	Back from Eternity 1956-09-07 Movie
	Original Music Composer	Crime in the Streets 1956-06-10 Movie
	Original Music Composer	Miracle in the Rain 1956-03-31 Movie
1955	Original Music Composer	The Indian Fighter 1955-12-21 Movie
	Original Music Composer	The Virgin Queen 1955-07-22 Movie
	Original Music Composer	Mister Roberts 1955-07-10 Movie
	Conductor	Mister Roberts 1955-07-10 Movie
	Original Music Composer	Untamed 1955-03-01 Movie
	Music	Abbott and Costello Meet the Keystone Kops 1955-02-02 Movie
1954	Original Music Composer	The Silver Chalice 1954-12-20 Movie
	Original Music Composer	This Is My Love 1954-10-27 Movie
	Original Music Composer	Rear Window 1954-08-01 Movie
	Original Music Composer	Demetrius and the Gladiators 1954-06-16 Movie
	Original Music Composer	Elephant Walk 1954-04-21 Movie
	Original Music Composer	Prince Valiant 1954-04-05 Movie
1953	Music	A Lion Is in the Streets 1953-09-23 Movie
	Original Music Composer	I, the Jury 1953-08-14 Movie
	Original Music Composer	Stalag 17 1953-05-29 Movie
	Original Music Composer	Man on a Tightrope 1953-05-21 Movie
1952	Original Music Composer	Botany Bay 1952-12-26 Movie
	Original Music Composer	My Cousin Rachel 1952-12-25 Movie
	Conductor	My Cousin Rachel 1952-12-25 Movie
	Original Music Composer	Come Back, Little Sheba 1952-12-24 Movie
	Original Music Composer	Lure of the Wilderness 1952-07-16 Movie
	Original Music Composer	Phone Call from a Stranger 1952-02-01 Movie
1951	Original Music Composer	Decision Before Dawn 1951-12-21 Movie
	Original Music Composer	Red Mountain 1951-11-01 Movie
	Original Music Composer	The Blue Veil 1951-10-26 Movie
	Original Music Composer	Anne of the Indies 1951-10-18 Movie
	Original Music Composer	He Ran All the Way 1951-06-20 Movie
	Original Music Composer	A Place in the Sun 1951-06-12 Movie
	Original Music Composer	Only the Valiant 1951-04-13 Movie
1950	Original Music Composer	Dark City 1950-10-17 Movie
	Original Music Composer	The Furies 1950-08-16 Movie
	Original Music Composer	Sunset Boulevard 1950-08-10 Movie
	Original Music Composer	Night and the City 1950-06-15 Movie
1949	Original Music Composer	Johnny Holiday 1949-11-18 Movie
	Original Music Composer	Task Force 1949-08-30 Movie
	Original Music Composer	Rope of Sand 1949-08-03 Movie
	Original Music Composer	Night Unto Night 1949-06-10 Movie
	Original Music Composer	Alias Nick Beal 1949-03-04 Movie
1948	Original Music Composer	Whiplash 1948-12-24 Movie
	Original Music Composer	No Minor Vices 1948-11-12 Movie
	Original Music Composer	Sorry, Wrong Number 1948-09-24 Movie
1947	Original Music Composer	The Paradine Case 1947-12-31 Movie
	Original Music Composer	The Unsuspected 1947-10-11 Movie
	Original Music Composer	Dark Passage 1947-09-05 Movie
	Original Music Composer	Cry Wolf 1947-08-19 Movie
	Original Music Composer	Possessed 1947-05-29 Movie
	Original Music Composer	The Two Mrs. Carrolls 1947-03-04 Movie
	Original Music Composer	Nora Prentiss 1947-02-22 Movie
	Original Music Composer	Humoresque 1947-01-25 Movie
	Conductor	Humoresque 1947-01-25 Movie
1946	Original Music Composer	Her Kind of Man 1946-05-11 Movie
1945	Music Score Producer	The Last Bomb 1945-12-01 Movie
	Original Music Composer	Confidential Agent 1945-11-02 Movie
	Original Music Composer	Pride of the Marines 1945-08-24 Movie
	Original Music Composer	The Horn Blows at Midnight 1945-04-28 Movie
	Music	Hotel Berlin 1945-03-02 Movie
	Original Music Composer	Objective, Burma! 1945-02-17 Movie
	Original Music Composer	To Have and Have Not 1945-01-20 Movie
1944	Original Music Composer	Mr. Skeffington 1944-05-25 Movie
	Original Music Composer	In Our Time 1944-02-19 Movie
1943	Original Music Composer	Destination Tokyo 1943-12-31 Movie
	Original Music Composer	Old Acquaintance 1943-11-27 Movie
	Original Music Composer	Edge of Darkness 1943-04-09 Movie
	Original Music Composer	Air Force 1943-03-20 Movie
1942	Original Music Composer	Reunion in France 1942-12-25 Movie
	Original Music Composer	Journey for Margaret 1942-12-17 Movie
	Original Music Composer	Seven Sweethearts 1942-11-13 Movie
	Original Music Composer	Her Cardboard Lover 1942-07-16 Movie
	Original Music Composer	Tortilla Flat 1942-05-21 Movie
	Original Music Composer	Woman of the Year 1942-02-05 Movie
1941	Music	Kathleen 1941-12-18 Movie
	Original Music Composer	Design for Scandal 1941-12-01 Movie
	Original Music Composer	Suspicion 1941-11-14 Movie
	Original Music Composer	The Feminine Touch 1941-10-01 Movie
	Original Music Composer	Unfinished Business 1941-08-27 Movie
	Original Music Composer	Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde 1941-08-12 Movie
	Music	Whistling in the Dark 1941-08-08 Movie
1940	Original Music Composer	The Philadelphia Story 1940-12-05 Movie
	Original Music Composer	Escape 1940-11-01 Movie
	Original Music Composer	Boom Town 1940-08-30 Movie
	Original Music Composer	Sporting Blood 1940-07-11 Movie
	Original Music Composer	Florian 1940-06-05 Movie
	Original Music Composer	Rebecca 1940-03-23 Movie
	Orchestrator	Rebecca 1940-03-23 Movie
	Original Music Composer	Strange Cargo 1940-03-01 Movie
1939	Original Music Composer	At the Circus 1939-10-20 Movie
	Music Director	At the Circus 1939-10-20 Movie
	Original Music Composer	On Borrowed Time 1939-07-07 Movie
	Original Music Composer	The Ice Follies of 1939 1939-03-10 Movie
	Music Director	The Ice Follies of 1939 1939-03-10 Movie
	Original Music Composer	The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn 1939-02-10 Movie
1938	Music	A Christmas Carol 1938-12-16 Movie
	Original Music Composer	Dramatic School 1938-12-09 Movie
	Original Music Composer	The Shining Hour 1938-11-18 Movie
	Original Music Composer	Too Hot to Handle 1938-09-16 Movie
	Original Music Composer	The Young in Heart 1938-07-06 Movie
	Original Music Composer	Port of Seven Seas 1938-07-01 Movie
	Original Music Composer	Three Comrades 1938-06-02 Movie
	Original Music Composer	Test Pilot 1938-04-16 Movie
	Original Music Composer	Arsène Lupin Returns 1938-02-25 Movie
	Music	Love Is a Headache 1938-01-14 Movie
	Original Music Composer	Man-Proof 1938-01-07 Movie
1937	Original Music Composer	The Bride Wore Red 1937-10-08 Movie
	Original Music Composer	The Emperor's Candlesticks 1937-07-02 Movie
	Original Music Composer	Captains Courageous 1937-06-25 Movie
	Songs	Captains Courageous 1937-06-25 Movie
	Original Music Composer	A Day at the Races 1937-06-11 Movie
	Music	Night Key 1937-04-18 Movie
	Original Music Composer	Personal Property 1937-03-19 Movie
1936	Original Music Composer	Love on the Run 1936-11-20 Movie
	Original Music Composer	Postal Inspector 1936-08-16 Movie
	Original Music Composer	His Brother's Wife 1936-08-07 Movie
	Original Music Composer	The Devil-Doll 1936-07-10 Movie
	Original Music Composer	Fury 1936-06-05 Movie
	Original Music Composer	Trouble for Two 1936-05-29 Movie
	Original Music Composer	Absolute Quiet 1936-04-24 Movie
	Original Music Composer	Love Before Breakfast 1936-03-09 Movie
	Music Director	Love Before Breakfast 1936-03-09 Movie
	Original Music Composer	Sutter's Gold 1936-03-01 Movie
	Music	First Offence 1936-02-21 Movie
	Music Director	Next Time We Love 1936-01-30 Movie
	Original Music Composer	The Invisible Ray 1936-01-20 Movie
1935	Music	The Great Impersonation 1935-12-08 Movie
	Original Music Composer	East of Java 1935-12-01 Movie
	Music Director	East of Java 1935-12-01 Movie
	Original Music Composer	Remember Last Night? 1935-10-28 Movie
	Music Director	3 Kids and a Queen 1935-10-21 Movie
	Original Music Composer	3 Kids and a Queen 1935-10-21 Movie
	Original Music Composer	Bride of Frankenstein 1935-04-20 Movie
1934	Music	Bad Seed 1934-07-05 Movie
	Original Music Composer	Liliom 1934-05-15 Movie
1933	Music Arranger	The Only Girl 1933-06-17 Movie
	Original Music Composer	The Only Girl 1933-02-22 Movie
1932	Music	Paprika 1932-11-04 Movie
	Music	The Little One of Montparnasse 1932-03-25 Movie
1931	Music	In the act 1931-02-27 Movie
	Music Director	The Man in Search of His Murderer 1931-02-04 Movie
1930	Original Music Composer	Burglars 1930-12-15 Movie
	Music	The Cabinet of Dr. Larifari 1930-07-31 Movie
	Orchestrator	The Blue Angel 1930-04-01 Movie
Year	Role	Movie/Tv

Crew

Year	Role	Movie/Tv
1945	Additional Music	The Brighton Strangler 1945-05-10 Movie
Year	Role	Movie/Tv