• Franz Waxman (né Wachsmann; December 24, 1906 – February 24, 1967) was a German-born composer and conductor of Jewish descent, known primarily for his...
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  • a virtuoso showpiece for violin and orchestra. The piece is part of Franz Waxman's score to the 1946 movie Humoresque for which he received an Academy...
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    Heindorf won for Yankee Doodle Dandy (1942) and This Is the Army (1943). Franz Waxman won for Sunset Boulevard (1950) and A Place in the Sun (1951). Alfred...
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  • Gloria Swanson and shares the same composer and conductor of music, Franz Waxman. Mitchell Leisen directed Billy Wilder scripts at Paramount in the 1930s...
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    Sunset Boulevard (film) (category Films scored by Franz Waxman)
    Desmond as more glamorous a figure than Wilder had originally imagined. Franz Waxman's musical score was the final element added to Sunset Boulevard. His theme...
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  • Polish-born American painter Franz Waxman (1906–1967), composer Harry Waxman (1912–1984), English cinematographer Henry Waxman (born 1939), U.S. Representative...
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    Rear Window (category Films scored by Franz Waxman)
    Head on all of his Paramount films. Although veteran Hollywood composer Franz Waxman is credited with the score for the film, his contributions were limited...
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    the music were Nathan Van Cleave, Leonard Rosenman, Fred Steiner, and Franz Waxman. The first season featured an orchestral title theme by Herrmann, who...
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    Rebecca (1940 film) (category Films scored by Franz Waxman)
    Platt (interiors designed), Howard Bristol (interior decoration) Music – Franz Waxman (music), Lou Forbes (music associate) Special effects – Jack Cosgrove...
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  • Price Gravity (2013) Believe (2014) – Pilot Roma (2018) George Cukor Franz Waxman The Philadelphia Story (1940) Her Cardboard Lover (1942) Max Steiner...
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    A Christmas Carol (1938 film) (category Films scored by Franz Waxman)
    creation that Dickens described. The music for the film was composed by Franz Waxman, in contrast to most MGM films of the period, whose scores were composed...
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    last completed works. It was first performed and published in 1952. Franz Waxman wrote an Oscar-nominated score for the 1962 film Taras Bulba. Film Taras...
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    Bride of Frankenstein (category Films scored by Franz Waxman)
    but Whale cut the infant's reveal before the film's release. Whale met Franz Waxman at a party and asked him to score the picture. Whale told him: "Nothing...
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  • Sunrise at Campobello (category Films scored by Franz Waxman)
    Madison Square Garden for the 1924 convention. The film was scored by Franz Waxman. The film faced competition from Elmer Gantry, The World of Suzy Wong...
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  • The Silver Chalice (film) (category Films scored by Franz Waxman)
    of the day for Hollywood biblical epics. A notable musical score by Franz Waxman was nominated for the Best Original Score at the 27th Academy Awards...
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  • Old Acquaintance (category Films scored by Franz Waxman)
    for the film was composed by Franz Waxman, who had just left MGM where he had been under contract since 1937. In 1948, Waxman made a concert arrangement...
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  • Sunset Boulevard (soundtrack) (category Franz Waxman albums)
    soundtrack to the film Sunset Boulevard (1950) was composed by Franz Waxman. In 2005, Franz Waxman's score was named #16 of the top 25 film scores in the American...
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    Georg Frideric Handel composed the oratorio Joshua in 1747. Composer Franz Waxman composed an oratorio Joshua in 1959. Marc-Antoine Charpentier composed...
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    Suspicion (1941 film) (category Films scored by Franz Waxman)
    Cinematography Harry Stradling Sr. Edited by William Hamilton Music by Franz Waxman Production company RKO Radio Pictures Distributed by RKO Radio Pictures...
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    Pablo de Sarasate in his Carmen Fantasy for violin and orchestra and by Franz Waxman in his own Carmen Fantasie. Marche des Contrebandiers (C minor) – Act...
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    Peyton Place (film) (category Films scored by Franz Waxman)
    All of Turner's scenes were shot in California. The film's score is by Franz Waxman, and was recorded by the Royal Scottish National Orchestra. The score...
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  • Taras Bulba (1962 film) (category Films scored by Franz Waxman)
    romantic part but not as flashy as Yul's." The score was composed by Franz Waxman, and film composer Bernard Hermann considered it one of the best scores...
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  • To Have and Have Not (film) (category Films scored by Franz Waxman)
    picture. However, the film score including the main title was composed by Franz Waxman. One music cue, 7b, is credited to William Lava on the original cue sheet...
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  • Humoresque (1946 film) (category Films scored by Franz Waxman)
    continues with the rehearsal of the Carmen Fantasie (adapted for the film by Franz Waxman from Bizet's Carmen). At Teddy's Bar, Helen becomes increasingly drunk...
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  • sequence with a different interpretation of the song "Dance and Angela" by Franz Waxman from the score of the 1951 film A Place in the Sun. An electronic treatment...
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    A Place in the Sun (1951 film) (category Films scored by Franz Waxman)
    Cinematography William C. Mellor Edited by William Hornbeck Music by Franz Waxman Distributed by Paramount Pictures Release dates April 5, 1951 (1951-04-05)...
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    Friedhofer, Deutsch, and Heinz Roemheld, and in addition, two short cues—by Franz Waxman and William Axt—were taken from scores in the MGM library. On September...
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    first noticed the music of such film composers as Bernard Herrmann and Franz Waxman. Elfman has admitted to fabricating stories about his past out of boredom...
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  • The Nun's Story (film) (category Films scored by Franz Waxman)
    Bruges, but the novel was set in Ghent. According to Zinnemann, composer Franz Waxman's dislike of the Catholic Church was a conspicuous influence on early...
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  • Clark, vocals. Recorded in May 1989) VSD-5242 Franz Waxman: Legends of Hollywood: Volume 1 - Franz Waxman / Richard Mills conducts VSD-5243 Season of the...
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