Hugo Friedhofer

Composição

3 de maio de 1901 — 17 de maio de 1981 (80 anos)
Hugo Wilhelm Friedhofer (May 3, 1901 – May 17, 1981) was an American composer and cellist best known for his motion picture scores.

Friedhofer was born in San Francisco, California, United States. His father, Paul, was a cellist trained in Dresden, Germany; his mother, Eva König, was born in Germany.

Friedhofer began playing cello at the age of 13. After taking lessons in harmony and counterpoint at University of California, Berkeley, he was employed as a cellist for the People's Symphony Orchestra.

In 1929, he relocated to Hollywood, where he performed as a musician for Fox Studios productions such as Sunny Side Up (1920) and Grand Canary (1934). Later, he was hired as an orchestrator for Warner Bros. and worked on more than 50 films for the studio. While at Warners he was largely assigned to work with Max Steiner and, because he could speak German, Erich Wolfgang Korngold. Steiner, in particular, relied on Friedhofer's skill in turning his sketches into a full orchestral score.

In 1937, Friedhofer composed his first full-length film score, The Adventures of Marco Polo. Though he was still employed as an orchestrator through the 1930s and into the 1940s, he gradually received more assignments as a composer. In 1942, he composed the score for the film Chetniks! The Fighting Guerrillas.

In 1946, Friedhofer was hired to compose the score for the 1946 William Wyler directed film, The Best Years of Our Lives, which earned him an Oscar for Best Original Score at the 1947 Academy Awards, beating Bernard Herrmann, Miklós Rózsa, William Walton and Franz Waxman. A new recording of the score, released in 1979 by Entr'acte Recording Society, was favorably received at the time.

Friedhofer was also nominated for other films, including The Bishop's Wife, Joan of Arc, Above and Beyond, Between Heaven and Hell, Boy on a Dolphin, An Affair to Remember, and The Young Lions.

Friedhofer, who was greatly admired by his colleagues, was also noted for his caustic, self-deprecating wit. When asked by fellow composer David Raksin as to the progress he was making on his score for Joan of Arc, he replied, "I've just started on the barbecue!". In reply to an interview by Page Cook, the film music critic at Films in Review magazine, who inquired about his place in the pantheon of film musicians, Friedhofer said, "I am just a fake giant among real pygmies."

A biographical collection of essays, letters and interviews has been edited by Linda Danly.

He died at St. Vincent Hospsital from complications of a fall on May 17, 1981.

Description above from the Wikipedia page Hugo Friedhofer, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

Filmes e Séries no Plex

  • Os Melhores Anos das Nossas Vidas
    Os Melhores Anos das Nossas Vidas1946
  • O Grande Carnaval
    O Grande Carnaval1951
  • O Mensageiro do Céu
    O Mensageiro do Céu1947
  • Cinco Anos Depois
    Cinco Anos Depois1961
  • Isabel de Inglaterra
    Isabel de Inglaterra1939
  • Corpo e Alma
    Corpo e Alma1947
  • A Caminho de Santa Fé
    A Caminho de Santa Fé1940
  • A Vida Começa Amanhã
    A Vida Começa Amanhã1939
  • Joana d'Arc
    Joana d'Arc1948
  • O Furacão
    O Furacão1937
  • A Canção Prometida
    A Canção Prometida1948
  • O Prisioneiro da Ilha dos Tubarões
    O Prisioneiro da Ilha dos Tubarões1936
  • Why We Fight
    Why We Fight1942
  • Feras Que Foram Homens
    Feras Que Foram Homens1950
  • Jack, o Estripador
    Jack, o Estripador1953
  • Escândalo na Sociedade
    Escândalo na Sociedade1938
  • Uma Mulher e Sete Milhões
    Uma Mulher e Sete Milhões1945
  • O Par Invisível Diverte-se
    O Par Invisível Diverte-se1938
  • Encantamento
    Encantamento1948
  • As Aventuras de Marco Polo
    As Aventuras de Marco Polo1938

Conhecido Por

  • Os Melhores Anos das Nossas Vidas
    Os Melhores Anos das Nossas Vidas1946
  • O Grande Carnaval
    O Grande Carnaval1951
  • O Grande Amor da Minha Vida
    O Grande Amor da Minha Vida1957
  • O Mensageiro do Céu
    O Mensageiro do Céu1947
  • Suprema Decisão
    Suprema Decisão1944
  • O Baile dos Malditos
    O Baile dos Malditos1958
  • Joana d'Arc
    Joana d'Arc1948
  • A Lenda da Estátua Nua
    A Lenda da Estátua Nua1957
  • Entre o Céu e o Inferno
    Entre o Céu e o Inferno1956
  • Honra e Segredo
    Honra e Segredo1952

Filmografia

1978
Die Sister, Die! · as Original Music ComposerNo Plex
1973
Barnaby Jones · as Composer
1972
Private Parts · as Original Music Composer
1971
Von Richthofen and Brown · as Original Music Composer
1969
The Over-the-Hill Gang · as Original Music ComposerNo Plex
1969
My Friend Tony · as Composer
1968
Lancer · as Composer
1967
1965
The F.B.I. · as Composer
1965
I Spy · as Composer
1964
The Secret Invasion · as Original Music Composer
1964
12 O'Clock High · as Composer
1964
1963
Breaking Point · as Composer
1962
Empire · as Composer
1962
Beauty and the Beast · as Original Music Composer
1962
1961
Homicidal · as Original Music Composer
1961
One-Eyed Jacks · as Original Music ComposerNo Plex
1961
The Americans · as Composer
1960
Outlaws · as Original Music Composer
1959
Never So Few · as Original Music Composer
1959
1959
Woman Obsessed · as Original Music Composer
1959
1959
Rawhide · as Composer
1958
In Love and War · as Original Music Composer
1958
I Married a Monster from Outer Space · as Original Music Composer
1958
The Barbarian and the Geisha · as Original Music Composer
1958
The Bravados · as Composer
1958
The Young Lions · as Original Music Composer
1957
1957
An Affair to Remember · as Original Music Composer
1957
Boy on a Dolphin · as Original Music Composer
1957
Oh, Men! Oh, Women! · as Composer
1956
Between Heaven and Hell · as Original Music Composer
1956
The Revolt of Mamie Stover · as Original Music Composer
1956
The Harder They Fall · as Original Music Composer
1955
The Rains of Ranchipur · as Original Music Composer
1955
Seven Cities of Gold · as Original Music Composer
1955
1955
Violent Saturday · as Original Music Composer
1955
White Feather · as Original Music Composer
1954
Vera Cruz · as Original Music Composer
1953
Man in the Attic · as Original Music ComposerNo Plex
1953
Hondo · as Original Music Composer
1953
Island in the Sky · as Composer
1953
Plunder of the Sun · as Composer
1952
Above and Beyond · as Composer
1952
Thunder in the East · as Original Music Composer
1952
Face to Face · as Composer
1952
Just for You · as Composer
1952
Big Jim McLain · as Composer
1952
1952
The San Francisco Story · as ComposerNo Plex
1952
The Outcasts of Poker Flat · as Original Music Composer
1952
Rancho Notorious · as Composer
1952
The Marrying Kind · as Original Music Composer
1951
Journey Into Light · as Composer
1951
1951
Ace in the Hole · as Original Music ComposerNo Plex
1951
1950
1950
Two Flags West · as Original Music Composer
1950
Edge of Doom · as Original Music Composer
1950
Broken Arrow · as Original Music Composer
1950
No Man of Her Own · as Original Music Composer
1950
Three Came Home · as Original Music ComposerNo Plex
1950
Guilty of Treason · as Composer
1949
1949
Bride of Vengeance · as Composer
1948
Enchantment · as Original Music ComposerNo Plex
1948
Joan of Arc · as Original Music ComposerNo Plex
1948
1948
A Song Is Born · as Original Music ComposerNo Plex
1948
Black Bart · as Composer
1948
Adventures of Casanova · as Original Music Composer
1948
1947
The Bishop's Wife · as Original Music ComposerNo Plex
1947
Body and Soul · as Original Music ComposerNo Plex
1947
Wild Harvest · as Original Music Composer
1946
The Best Years of Our Lives · as Original Music ComposerNo Plex
1946
The Jolson Story · as Composer
1946
So Dark the Night · as Original Music Composer
1946
Gilda · as Original Music Composer
1946
1945
1945
Along Came Jones · as Original Music Composer
1945
Brewster's Millions · as Original Music ComposerNo Plex
1944
Belle of the Yukon · as Original Music Composer
1944
1944
The Conspirators · as Original Music Composer
1944
Home in Indiana · as Original Music Composer
1944
Roger Touhy, Gangster · as Composer
1944
Four Jills in a Jeep · as Composer
1944
Lifeboat · as Original Music Composer
1944
The Lodger · as Original Music Composer
1944
Wing and a Prayer · as Original Music Composer
1943
1943
My Friend Flicka · as Composer
1943
Paris After Dark · as Composer
1943
Wintertime · as Composer
1943
They Came to Blow Up America · as Original Music Composer
1943
1942
China Girl · as Original Music Composer
1942
The Black Swan · as Original Music Composer
1942
1942
Secret Agent of Japan · as Composer
1941
Remember the Day · as Composer
1940
The Mark of Zorro · as Composer
1939
1938
1938
The Adventures of Marco Polo · as Original Music ComposerNo Plex
1936
White Fang · as Composer
1936
Sins of Man · as Composer
1936
The Trail of the Lonesome Pine · as Original Music Composer
1936
The Prisoner of Shark Island · as Original Music ComposerNo Plex
1936
Rose of the Rancho · as Original Music Composer
1935
Peter Ibbetson · as Original Music Composer
1935
1935
Navy Wife · as Composer
1935
Dante's Inferno · as Composer
1935
Orchids to You · as Composer
1935
Curly Top · as Composer
1935
The Little Colonel · as Composer
1934
The World Moves On · as Composer
1934
Grand Canary · as Composer
1934
Now I'll Tell · as Composer
1934
1934
Coming Out Party · as Composer
1934
Orient Express · as Composer
1933
1933
It's Great to Be Alive · as Composer
1933
Zoo in Budapest · as Original Music Composer
1933
Broadway Bad · as Composer
1933
Face in the Sky · as Composer
1932
Sherlock Holmes · as Composer
1932
A Passport to Hell · as Composer
1932
The Painted Woman · as Composer
1932
1932
1932
Mystery Ranch · as Composer
1932
The Trial of Vivienne Ware · as Original Music Composer
1932
Careless Lady · as Composer
1932
After Tomorrow · as Original Music Composer
1931
The Yellow Ticket · as Original Music Composer
1931
1931
The Spider · as Original Music Composer
1931
Transatlantic · as Original Music Composer
1931
1931
Daddy Long Legs · as Composer
1930
Just Imagine · as Original Music Composer
1930
A Devil with Women · as Composer
1929
Seven Faces · as Original Music Composer

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