
Franz Waxman
Skladatel, Herec
24. prosince 1906 — 24. února 1967 (60 let)
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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.
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.
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Filmografie
| 2024 | Pioniere der Filmmusik - Europas Sound für Hollywood · as Composer |
| 2001 | |
| 2001 | |
| 1967 | The Longest Hundred Miles · as Original Music Composer |
| 1966 | Lost Command · as Original Music Composer |
| 1963 | Kraft Suspense Theatre · as Composer |
| 1963 | The Fugitive · as Composer |
| 1963 | Arrest and Trial · as Composer |
| 1962 | Taras Bulba · as Original Music Composer |
| 1962 | Hemingway's Adventures of a Young Man · as Original Music Composer |
| 1962 | The Virginian · as Composer |
| 1961 | King of the Roaring 20's: The Story of Arnold Rothstein · as Original Music Composer |
| 1961 | Return to Peyton Place · as Original Music Composer |
| 1960 | Cimarron · as Original Music Composer |
| 1960 | Sunrise at Campobello · as Original Music Composer |
| 1960 | The Story of Ruth · as Original Music Composer |
| 1959 | Beloved Infidel · as Original Music Composer |
| 1959 | Career · as Original Music Composer |
| 1959 | The Twilight Zone · as Original Music Composer |
| 1959 | The Nun's Story · as Original Music Composer |
| 1959 | Count Your Blessings · as Original Music Composer |
| 1958 | I Married a Monster from Outer Space · as Original Music Composer |
| 1958 | Run Silent Run Deep · as Original Music Composer |
| 1957 | Sayonara · as Original Music Composer |
| 1957 | Peyton Place · as Original Music Composer |
| 1957 | The Twentieth Century (1957) · as Composer |
| 1957 | The Spirit of St. Louis · as Original Music Composer |
| 1956 | Back from Eternity · as Original Music Composer |
| 1956 | Crime in the Streets · as Original Music Composer |
| 1956 | Miracle in the Rain · as Original Music Composer |
| 1955 | The Indian Fighter · as Original Music Composer |
| 1955 | Gunsmoke · as Composer |
| 1955 | Mister Roberts · as Original Music Composer |
| 1955 | The Virgin Queen · as Original Music Composer |
| 1955 | Untamed · as Original Music Composer |
| 1955 | |
| 1954 | The Silver Chalice · as Original Music Composer |
| 1954 | This Is My Love · as Original Music Composer |
| 1954 | Demetrius and the Gladiators · as Original Music Composer |
| 1954 | Elephant Walk · as Original Music Composer |
| 1954 | Rear Window · as Original Music Composer |
| 1954 | Prince Valiant · as Original Music Composer |
| 1953 | |
| 1953 | I, the Jury · as Original Music Composer |
| 1953 | Stalag 17 · as Original Music Composer |
| 1953 | Man on a Tightrope · as Original Music Composer |
| 1952 | Botany Bay · as Original Music Composer |
| 1952 | Come Back, Little Sheba · as Original Music Composer |
| 1952 | Lure of the Wilderness · as Original Music Composer |
| 1952 | Phone Call from a Stranger · as Original Music ComposerNa Plexu |
| 1951 | Decision Before Dawn · as Original Music Composer |
| 1951 | The Blue Veil · as Original Music Composer |
| 1951 | A Place in the Sun · as Original Music Composer |
| 1951 | Red Mountain · as Original Music Composer |
| 1951 | Anne of the Indies · as Original Music Composer |
| 1951 | He Ran All the Way · as Original Music Composer |
| 1951 | Only the Valiant · as Original Music ComposerNa Plexu |
| 1950 | Dark City · as Original Music Composer |
| 1950 | The Furies · as Original Music Composer |
| 1950 | Sunset Boulevard · as Original Music Composer |
| 1950 | Night and the City · as Original Music Composer |
| 1949 | Johnny Holiday · as Original Music Composer |
| 1949 | Task Force · as Original Music Composer |
| 1949 | Night Unto Night · as Original Music Composer |
| 1949 | Rope of Sand · as Original Music Composer |
| 1949 | Alias Nick Beal · as Original Music Composer |
| 1948 | Whiplash · as Original Music Composer |
| 1948 | No Minor Vices · as Original Music Composer |
| 1948 | Sorry, Wrong Number · as Original Music Composer |
| 1947 | The Paradine Case · as Original Music Composer |
| 1947 | That Hagen Girl · as Composer |
| 1947 | The Unsuspected · as Original Music Composer |
| 1947 | Dark Passage · as Original Music Composer |
| 1947 | Cry Wolf · as Original Music Composer |
| 1947 | Possessed · as Original Music Composer |
| 1947 | The Two Mrs. Carrolls · as Original Music Composer |
| 1947 | Nora Prentiss · as Original Music Composer |
| 1946 | Her Kind of Man · as Original Music Composer |
| 1945 | Confidential Agent · as Original Music Composer |
| 1945 | Pride of the Marines · as Original Music Composer |
| 1945 | The Horn Blows at Midnight · as Original Music Composer |
| 1945 | God Is My Co-Pilot · as Composer |
| 1945 | |
| 1945 | Objective, Burma! · as Original Music Composer |
| 1944 | The Very Thought of You · as Composer |
| 1944 | To Have and Have Not · as Original Music Composer |
| 1944 | Mr. Skeffington · as Original Music Composer |
| 1944 | In Our Time · as Original Music Composer |
| 1943 | Destination Tokyo · as Original Music Composer |
| 1943 | Old Acquaintance · as Original Music Composer |
| 1943 | Edge of Darkness · as Original Music Composer |
| 1943 | Air Force · as Original Music ComposerNa Plexu |
| 1942 | Reunion in France · as Original Music Composer |
| 1942 | Journey for Margaret · as Original Music Composer |
| 1942 | Seven Sweethearts · as Original Music Composer |
| 1942 | Tortilla Flat · as Original Music Composer |
| 1942 | Her Cardboard Lover · as Original Music Composer |
| 1942 | Woman of the Year · as Original Music Composer |
| 1941 | |
| 1941 | Design for Scandal · as Original Music Composer |
| 1941 | Suspicion · as Original Music Composer |
| 1941 | The Feminine Touch · as Original Music Composer |
| 1941 | Honky Tonk · as Original Music Composer |
| 1941 | Unfinished Business · as Original Music Composer |
| 1941 | Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde · as Original Music Composer |
| 1941 | |
| 1941 | The Bad Man · as Composer |
| 1940 | Flight Command · as Composer |
| 1940 | The Philadelphia Story · as Original Music Composer |
| 1940 | Escape · as Original Music Composer |
| 1940 | Boom Town · as Original Music Composer |
| 1940 | I Love You Again · as Composer |
| 1940 | Florian · as Original Music Composer |
| 1940 | Sporting Blood · as Original Music Composer |
| 1940 | Rebecca · as Original Music Composer |
| 1940 | Strange Cargo · as Original Music Composer |
| 1939 | Lady of the Tropics · as Composer |
| 1939 | On Borrowed Time · as Original Music Composer |
| 1939 | Lucky Night · as Composer |
| 1939 | The Ice Follies of 1939 · as Original Music Composer |
| 1939 | The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn · as Original Music ComposerNa Plexu |
| 1938 | |
| 1938 | Dramatic School · as Original Music Composer |
| 1938 | The Shining Hour · as Original Music Composer |
| 1938 | Too Hot to Handle · as Original Music Composer |
| 1938 | The Young in Heart · as Original Music Composer |
| 1938 | Port of Seven Seas · as Original Music Composer |
| 1938 | Three Comrades · as Original Music Composer |
| 1938 | Test Pilot · as Original Music Composer |
| 1938 | Arsène Lupin Returns · as Original Music Composer |
| 1938 | |
| 1938 | Man-Proof · as Original Music Composer |
| 1937 | The Bride Wore Red · as Original Music Composer |
| 1937 | The Emperor's Candlesticks · as Original Music Composer |
| 1937 | Captains Courageous · as Original Music Composer |
| 1937 | A Day at the Races · as Original Music Composer |
| 1937 | |
| 1937 | Personal Property · as Original Music Composer |
| 1936 | Love on the Run · as Original Music Composer |
| 1936 | Postal Inspector · as Original Music Composer |
| 1936 | His Brother's Wife · as Original Music Composer |
| 1936 | The Devil-Doll · as Original Music Composer |
| 1936 | Fury · as Original Music Composer |
| 1936 | Trouble for Two · as Original Music Composer |
| 1936 | Absolute Quiet · as Original Music Composer |
| 1936 | Love Before Breakfast · as Original Music Composer |
| 1936 | Sutter's Gold · as Original Music Composer |
| 1936 | The Invisible Ray · as Original Music Composer |
| 1935 | Magnificent Obsession · as Composer |
| 1935 | |
| 1935 | East of Java · as Original Music Composer |
| 1935 | Remember Last Night? · as Original Music Composer |
| 1935 | Diamond Jim · as Original Music Composer |
| 1935 | Bride of Frankenstein · as Original Music Composer |
| 1934 | La crise est finie · as Composer |
| 1934 | Bad Seed · as Original Music Composer |
| 1934 | Liliom · as Original Music Composer |
| 1933 | Ich und die Kaiserin · as Original Music Composer |
| 1932 | |
| 1930 | Murder for Sale · as Original Music Composer |
| 1957 | Love in the Afternoon · as Minor Role |
| 1930 | Murder for Sale · as Schwarzer Musiker |
| 2024 | Music by John Williams · as Self - Composer |
| 2024 | Pioniere der Filmmusik - Europas Sound für Hollywood · as Self (archive Footage) |
| 2003 | The John Garfield Story · as Self |
| 1962 | My Geisha · as Conductor |
| 1952 | My Cousin Rachel · as Conductor |
| 1946 | Humoresque · as Conductor |
| 1939 | At the Circus · as Music Director |
| 1936 | Next Time We Love · as Music Director |
| 1931 | The Man in Search of His Murderer · as Music Director |
| 1930 | The Blue Angel · as Orchestrator |













