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Roy Webb
Composer, Actor, Additional Credits
Born October 3, 1888Died December 10, 1982 (94 years)
Roy Webb (né Royden Denslow Webb; October 3, 1888 – December 10, 1982) was an American film music composer. Webb has hundreds of film music credits to his name, mainly with RKO Pictures. He is best known for film noir and horror film scores, in particular for the films of Val Lewton. Born in Manhattan, New York, Webb orchestrated and conducted for the Broadway stage, before moving to Hollywood in the late 1920s to work as music director for Radio Pictures, later RKO Pictures. He remained at RKO until 1955, then worked freelance for several years, including scoring several episodes of Wagon Train. Webb is credited as composer or arranger on more than 200 films, and received Academy Award nominations for Quality Street (1937), My Favorite Wife (1940), I Married a Witch (1942), Joan of Paris (1942), The Fallen Sparrow (1943), The Fighting Seabees (1944), and The Enchanted Cottage (1945). His piano concerto from The Enchanted Cottage was performed by the Los Angeles Philharmonic Orchestra, conducted by Constantin Bakaleinikoff, in concert at the Hollywood Bowl in 1945. In 1961, a house fire destroyed Webb's manuscripts including film scores and unpublished concert music, after which Webb ceased composing. Webb died in 1982 from a heart attack at the age of 94. An alumnus of Columbia University, Webb wrote the fight song “Roar, Lion, Roar” for his alma mater in 1925. Several cues composed by Webb were used in the newsreel montage of Kane's life in Citizen Kane. Several cues composed by Webb replaced those by Bernard Herrmann in The Magnificent Ambersons after the film was re-edited. Webb also composed several cues (uncredited) for This is Cinerama, the first Cinerama production in 1952. The Christopher Palmer Collection of Roy Webb Scores is held at Syracuse University, New York.
Roy Webb Filmography
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| 1929 | Jazz Heaven · as Band Leader |
| 1972 | |
| 1958 | Teacher's Pet · as Original Music Composer |
| 1957 | Wagon Train (TV Series) · as Composer |
| 1957 | Shoot-Out at Medicine Bend · as Original Music Composer |
| 1957 | Top Secret Affair · as Original Music Composer |
| 1956 | The Girl He Left Behind · as Original Music Composer |
| 1956 | The Search for Bridey Murphy · as Original Music Composer |
| 1956 | The First Texan · as Original Music Composer |
| 1956 | Our Miss Brooks · as Original Music Composer |
| 1955 | Blood Alley · as Original Music Composer |
| 1955 | Bengazi · as Original Music Composer |
| 1955 | The Kentuckian · as Original Music Composer |
| 1955 | Marty · as Original Music Composer |
| 1955 | The Sea Chase · as Original Music Composer |
| 1955 | Underwater! · as Original Music Composer |
| 1955 | The Americano · as Original Music Composer |
| 1954 | Track of the Cat · as Original Music Composer |
| 1954 | The Raid · as Original Music Composer |
| 1954 | Dangerous Mission · as Original Music Composer |
| 1954 | Alaska Seas · as Original Music Composer |
| 1953 | Second Chance · as Original Music Composer |
| 1953 | Houdini · as Original Music Composer |
| 1953 | She Couldn't Say No · as Original Music Composer |
| 1953 | Affair with a Stranger · as Original Music Composer |
| 1953 | Split Second · as Original Music Composer |
| 1952 | A Girl in Every Port · as Composer |
| 1952 | Operation Secret · as Composer |
| 1952 | The Lusty Men · as Original Music Composer |
| 1952 | This Is Cinerama · as Composer |
| 1952 | Clash by Night · as Original Music Composer |
| 1952 | At Sword's Point · as Original Music Composer |
| 1951 | Fixed Bayonets! · as Original Music Composer |
| 1951 | Hard, Fast and Beautiful! · as Original Music Composer |
| 1951 | Sealed Cargo · as Composer |
| 1950 | Gambling House · as Original Music Composer |
| 1950 | Vendetta · as Original Music Composer |
| 1950 | Where Danger Lives · as Original Music Composer |
| 1950 | Branded · as Original Music Composer |
| 1950 | The White Tower · as Original Music Composer |
| 1950 | The Secret Fury · as Original Music Composer |
| 1949 | Holiday Affair · as Original Music Composer |
| 1949 | Easy Living · as Original Music Composer |
| 1949 | My Friend Irma · as Original Music Composer |
| 1949 | Mighty Joe Young · as Original Music Composer |
| 1949 | Make Mine Laughs · as Original Music Composer |
| 1949 | Roughshod · as Original Music Composer |
| 1949 | The Window · as Original Music Composer |
| 1949 | Badmen of Tombstone · as Original Music Composer |
| 1948 | Blood on the Moon · as Original Music Composer |
| 1948 | Rachel and the Stranger · as Original Music Composer |
| 1948 | Race Street · as Original Music Composer |
| 1948 | Fighting Father Dunne · as Composer |
| 1948 | I Remember Mama · as Original Music Composer |
| 1947 | Out of the Past · as Original Music Composer |
| 1947 | Cass Timberlane · as Composer |
| 1947 | Magic Town · as Original Music Composer |
| 1947 | Riffraff · as Original Music Composer |
| 1947 | Crossfire · as Original Music Composer |
| 1947 | They Won't Believe Me · as Original Music Composer |
| 1947 | Ladies' Man · as Composer |
| 1947 | Sinbad, the Sailor · as Original Music Composer |
| 1946 | The Locket · as Original Music Composer |
| 1946 | The Perfect Marriage · as Original Music Composer |
| 1946 | Genius at Work · as Composer |
| 1946 | Notorious · as Original Music Composer |
| 1946 | The Well Groomed Bride · as Original Music Composer |
| 1946 | Without Reservations · as Original Music Composer |
| 1946 | Bedlam · as Original Music Composer |
| 1946 | Badman's Territory · as Original Music Composer |
| 1946 | Riverboat Rhythm · as Composer |
| 1946 | The Spiral Staircase · as Original Music Composer |
| 1945 | Dick Tracy · as Original Music Composer |
| 1945 | George White's Scandals · as Composer |
| 1945 | Cornered · as Original Music Composer |
| 1945 | Sing Your Way Home · as Original Music Composer |
| 1945 | Radio Stars on Parade · as Composer |
| 1945 | The Enchanted Cottage · as Original Music Composer |
| 1945 | The Body Snatcher · as Original Music Composer |
| 1945 | Those Endearing Young Charms · as Original Music Composer |
| 1945 | Back to Bataan · as Composer |
| 1945 | Betrayal from the East · as Original Music Composer |
| 1945 | Two O'Clock Courage · as Original Music Composer |
| 1944 | |
| 1944 | Experiment Perilous · as Original Music Composer |
| 1944 | Murder, My Sweet · as Original Music Composer |
| 1944 | Tall in the Saddle · as Original Music Composer |
| 1944 | The Master Race · as Original Music Composer |
| 1944 | Rainbow Island · as Original Music Composer |
| 1944 | Bride by Mistake · as Original Music Composer |
| 1944 | The Seventh Cross · as Original Music Composer |
| 1944 | Action in Arabia · as Original Music Composer |
| 1944 | The Curse of the Cat People · as Original Music Composer |
| 1944 | The Falcon Out West · as Original Music Composer |
| 1943 | Higher and Higher · as Composer |
| 1943 | The Ghost Ship · as Original Music Composer |
| 1943 | The Fallen Sparrow · as Original Music Composer |
| 1943 | Gangway for Tomorrow · as Original Music Composer |
| 1943 | The Iron Major · as Composer |
| 1943 | The Seventh Victim · as Original Music Composer |
| 1943 | A Lady Takes a Chance · as Original Music Composer |
| 1943 | The Adventures of a Rookie · as Composer |
| 1943 | The Falcon in Danger · as Original Music Composer |
| 1943 | Petticoat Larceny · as Original Music Composer |
| 1943 | Mr. Lucky · as Original Music Composer |
| 1943 | The Leopard Man · as Original Music Composer |
| 1943 | Bombardier · as Original Music Composer |
| 1943 | The Falcon Strikes Back · as Original Music Composer |
| 1943 | Flight for Freedom · as Original Music Composer |
| 1943 | Ladies' Day · as Original Music Composer |
| 1943 | Journey Into Fear · as Original Music Composer |
| 1943 | Hitler's Children · as Original Music Composer |
| 1943 | The Nazis Strike · as Composer |
| 1942 | Cat People · as Original Music Composer |
| 1942 | Army Surgeon · as Composer |
| 1942 | Seven Miles from Alcatraz · as Original Music Composer |
| 1942 | Seven Days' Leave · as Composer |
| 1942 | The Falcon's Brother · as Original Music Composer |
| 1942 | I Married a Witch · as Original Music Composer |
| 1942 | The Navy Comes Through · as Original Music Composer |
| 1942 | Here We Go Again · as Original Music Composer |
| 1942 | Highways by Night · as Composer |
| 1942 | Bandit Ranger · as Original Music Composer |
| 1942 | The Mayor of 44th Street · as Composer |
| 1942 | The Big Street · as Original Music Composer |
| 1942 | My Favorite Spy · as Original Music Composer |
| 1942 | The Falcon Takes Over · as Original Music Composer |
| 1942 | The Tuttles of Tahiti · as Composer |
| 1942 | Obliging Young Lady · as Original Music Composer |
| 1942 | Joan of Paris · as Original Music Composer |
| 1941 | Playmates · as Composer |
| 1941 | Weekend for Three · as Original Music Composer |
| 1941 | Look Who's Laughing · as Original Music Composer |
| 1941 | The Bandit Trail · as Original Music Composer |
| 1941 | Father Takes a Wife · as Music Director |
| 1941 | Parachute Battalion · as Original Music Composer |
| 1941 | Tom, Dick and Harry · as Original Music Composer |
| 1941 | The Saint's Vacation · as Original Music Composer |
| 1941 | The Devil and Miss Jones · as Music Director |
| 1941 | A Girl, a Guy, and a Gob · as Original Music Composer |
| 1940 | The Saint in Palm Springs · as Original Music Composer |
| 1940 | Kitty Foyle · as Original Music Composer |
| 1940 | Little Men · as Composer |
| 1940 | Mexican Spitfire Out West · as Original Music Composer |
| 1940 | You'll Find Out · as Composer |
| 1940 | Laddie · as Composer |
| 1940 | I'm Still Alive · as Original Music Composer |
| 1940 | Men Against the Sky · as Composer |
| 1940 | Wildcat Bus · as Original Music Composer |
| 1940 | Stranger on the Third Floor · as Original Music Composer |
| 1940 | Stage to Chino · as Original Music Composer |
| 1940 | Millionaires in Prison · as Original Music Composer |
| 1940 | A Bill of Divorcement · as Original Music Composer |
| 1940 | You Can't Fool Your Wife · as Original Music Composer |
| 1940 | My Favorite Wife · as Original Music Composer |
| 1940 | Irene · as Original Music Composer |
| 1940 | Curtain Call · as Original Music Composer |
| 1940 | Abe Lincoln in Illinois · as Original Music Composer |
| 1940 | Bullet Code · as Original Music Composer |
| 1940 | The Saint's Double Trouble · as Composer |
| 1939 | Two Thoroughbreds · as Composer |
| 1939 | Reno · as Composer |
| 1939 | That's Right - You're Wrong · as Original Music Composer |
| 1939 | Sued for Libel · as Music Director |
| 1939 | Three Sons · as Composer |
| 1939 | Full Confession · as Composer |
| 1939 | Bad Lands · as Original Music Composer |
| 1939 | In Name Only · as Original Music Composer |
| 1939 | Bachelor Mother · as Original Music Composer |
| 1939 | Timber Stampede · as Original Music Composer |
| 1939 | Five Came Back · as Original Music Composer |
| 1939 | The Girl from Mexico · as Composer |
| 1939 | Racketeers of the Range · as Music Director |
| 1939 | Sorority House · as Original Music Composer |
| 1939 | The Rookie Cop · as Music Director |
| 1939 | Fixer Dugan · as Composer |
| 1939 | They Made Her a Spy · as Composer |
| 1939 | Love Affair · as Original Music Composer |
| 1939 | The Flying Irishman · as Composer |
| 1939 | Trouble in Sundown · as Original Music Composer |
| 1939 | The Saint Strikes Back · as Music Director |
| 1939 | Twelve Crowded Hours · as Music Director |
| 1939 | Beauty for the Asking · as Composer |
| 1939 | Boy Slaves · as Composer |
| 1939 | Arizona Legion · as Composer |
| 1939 | The Great Man Votes · as Composer |
| 1938 | Next Time I Marry · as Music Director |
| 1938 | The Law West of Tombstone · as Music Director |
| 1938 | The Mad Miss Manton · as Original Music Composer |
| 1938 | A Man to Remember · as Original Music Composer |
| 1938 | Fugitives for a Night · as Composer |
| 1938 | The Affairs of Annabel · as Music Director |
| 1938 | Vivacious Lady · as Music Director |
| 1938 | I'm from the City · as Composer |
| 1938 | Mother Carey's Chickens · as Composer |
| 1938 | Sky Giant · as Composer |
| 1938 | Having Wonderful Time · as Music Director |
| 1938 | Blond Cheat · as Original Music Composer |
| 1938 | The Saint in New York · as Original Music Composer |
| 1938 | Gun Law · as Composer |
| 1938 | Go Chase Yourself · as Music Director |
| 1938 | This Marriage Business · as Composer |
| 1938 | Bringing Up Baby · as Original Music Composer |
| 1937 | Wise Girl · as Composer |
| 1937 | She's Got Everything · as Composer |
| 1937 | High Flyers · as Original Music Composer |
| 1937 | Living on Love · as Composer |
| 1937 | Stage Door · as Music Director |
| 1937 | Saturday's Heroes · as Composer |
| 1937 | Forty Naughty Girls · as Music Director |
| 1937 | The Life of the Party · as Composer |
| 1937 | On Again-Off Again · as Composer |
| 1937 | New Faces of 1937 · as Music Director |
| 1937 | Meet the Missus · as Composer |
| 1937 | You Can't Buy Luck · as Original Music Composer |
| 1937 | The Outcasts of Poker Flat · as Music Supervisor |
| 1937 | The Woman I Love · as Music Director |
| 1937 | Quality Street · as Original Music Composer |
| 1937 | Sea Devils · as Music Director |
| 1937 | We're on the Jury · as Original Music Composer |
| 1937 | They Wanted to Marry · as Composer |
| 1937 | Racing Lady · as Composer |
| 1936 | The Plough and the Stars · as Original Music Composer |
| 1936 | Night Waitress · as Composer |
| 1936 | Wanted! Jane Turner · as Composer |
| 1936 | Make Way for a Lady · as Composer |
| 1936 | Mummy's Boys · as Composer |
| 1936 | The Last of the Mohicans · as Original Music Composer |
| 1936 | Bunker Bean · as Music Director |
| 1936 | The Ex-Mrs. Bradford · as Original Music Composer |
| 1936 | Murder on a Bridle Path · as Music Director |
| 1936 | Silly Billies · as Original Music Composer |
| 1936 | The Lady Consents · as Music Director |
| 1936 | Chatterbox · as Original Music Composer |
| 1936 | Two in the Dark · as Original Music Composer |
| 1935 | We're Only Human · as Composer |
| 1935 | Sylvia Scarlett · as Music Director |
| 1935 | In Person · as Composer |
| 1935 | Alice Adams · as Original Music Composer |
| 1935 | Becky Sharp · as Music Director |
| 1935 | The Arizonian · as Original Music Composer |
| 1935 | The Nitwits · as Original Music Composer |
| 1934 | By Your Leave · as Original Music Composer |
| 1934 | Kentucky Kernels · as Original Music Composer |
| 1934 | La Cucaracha · as Music Director |
| 1934 | Down to Their Last Yacht · as Original Music Composer |
| 1934 | Let's Try Again · as Original Music Composer |
| 1934 | Cockeyed Cavaliers · as Original Music Composer |
| 1934 | Strictly Dynamite · as Original Music Composer |
| 1934 | This Man Is Mine · as Original Music Composer |
| 1934 | Hips, Hips, Hooray! · as Original Music Composer |
| 1933 | If I Were Free · as Original Music Composer |
| 1933 | The Right to Romance · as Original Music Composer |
| 1933 | Aggie Appleby, Maker of Men · as Original Music Composer |
| 1933 | Ann Vickers · as Original Music Composer |
| 1933 | Blind Adventure · as Original Music Composer |
| 1933 | Professional Sweetheart · as Music Director |
| 1933 | Emergency Call · as Original Music Composer |
| 1933 | Diplomaniacs · as Original Music Composer |
| 1933 | Our Betters · as Original Music Composer |
| 1933 | Topaze · as Original Music Composer |
| 1930 | The Life of the Party · as Music Director |
| 1930 | Conspiracy · as Original Music Composer |
| 1930 | Shooting Straight · as Original Music Composer |
| 1930 | Inside the Lines · as Original Music Composer |
| 1930 | Alias French Gertie · as Original Music Composer |
| 1930 | Girl of the Port · as Original Music Composer |
| 1929 | Seven Keys to Baldpate · as Original Music Composer |
| 1929 | Night Parade · as Composer |
| 1929 | The Delightful Rogue · as Original Music Composer |
| 1929 | Rio Rita · as Orchestrator |
| 1929 | Side Street · as Composer |