Franz Waxman was among Hollywood's most talented composers of musical scores, best known for his suspenseful scores of many Hitchcock films. He was born Franz Wachsmann in 1906 in what is now Chrozow, Poland, and began playing piano as a child. At age 17, he enrolled in the Dresden Music Academy and later in the Berlin Music Conservatory, working nights playing piano in nightclubs and cafes. After a brief stint in the UFA, Waxman began scoring German films until 1934 when he was beaten up in Berlin by an anti-Semitic street gang. This caused him to move first to Paris, and then to the U.S. where he began scoring films in Hollywood. He founded the Los Angeles Music Festival in 1947. In 1950, he won his first Oscar for the music of Sunset Boulevard. He won another in 1951 for A Place in the Sun, and was nominated several times after that.
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Hollywood Sound
Featured Music |
1995 | |||
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The Longest Hundred Miles
Composer (Music Score) |
1967 | |||
The Lost Command
Composer (Music Score) |
1966 | |||
Adventures of a Young Man
Composer (Music Score) |
1962 | |||
My Geisha
Composer (Music Score) |
1962 | |||
Taras Bulba
Composer (Music Score) |
1962 | |||
King of the Roaring '20s: The Story of Arnold Rothstein
Composer (Music Score), Musical Direction/Supervision |
1961 | |||
Return to Peyton Place
Composer (Music Score) |
1961 | |||
Cimarron
Composer (Music Score), Songwriter |
1960 | |||
Sunrise at Campobello
Composer (Music Score) |
1960 | |||
The Story of Ruth
Composer (Music Score) |
1960 | |||
Beloved Infidel
Composer (Music Score), Songwriter |
1959 | |||
Career
Composer (Music Score) |
1959 | |||
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Count Your Blessings
Composer (Music Score) |
1959 | |||
The Nun's Story
Composer (Music Score) |
1959 | |||
The Twilight Zone: The Sixteen-Millimeter Shrine
Composer (Music Score) |
1959 | |||
Home Before Dark
Composer (Music Score) |
1958 | |||
Run Silent, Run Deep
Composer (Music Score) |
1958 | |||
Love in the Afternoon
Composer (Music Score) |
1957 | |||
Peyton Place
Composer (Music Score) |
1957 | |||
Sayonara
Composer (Music Score) |
1957 | |||
The Spirit of St. Louis
Composer (Music Score), Musical Direction/Supervision |
1957 | |||
Back from Eternity
Composer (Music Score) |
1956 | |||
Crime in the Streets
Composer (Music Score) |
1956 | |||
Miracle in the Rain
Composer (Music Score), Musical Direction/Supervision |
1956 | |||
Mister Roberts
Composer (Music Score) |
1955 | |||
The Indian Fighter
Composer (Music Score) |
1955 | |||
The Virgin Queen
Composer (Music Score) |
1955 | |||
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Untamed
Composer (Music Score) |
1955 | |||
Demetrius and the Gladiators
Composer (Music Score) |
1954 | |||
Elephant Walk
Composer (Music Score) |
1954 | |||
Prince Valiant
Composer (Music Score) |
1954 | |||
Rear Window
Composer (Music Score) |
1954 | |||
The Silver Chalice
Composer (Music Score), Conductor, Musical Direction/Supervision |
1954 | |||
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This is My Love
Composer (Music Score) |
1954 | |||
A Lion Is in the Streets
Composer (Music Score) |
1953 | |||
Botany Bay
Composer (Music Score) |
1953 | |||
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I, the Jury
Composer (Music Score) |
1953 | |||
Man on a Tightrope
Composer (Music Score), Musical Direction/Supervision |
1953 | |||
Stalag 17
Composer (Music Score) |
1953 | |||
Come Back, Little Sheba
Composer (Music Score) |
1952 | |||
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Lure of the Wilderness
Composer (Music Score) |
1952 | |||
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My Cousin Rachel
Composer (Music Score) |
1952 | |||
Phone Call from a Stranger
Composer (Music Score) |
1952 | |||
A Place in the Sun
Composer (Music Score) |
1951 | |||
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Anne of the Indies
Composer (Music Score) |
1951 | |||
Decision Before Dawn
Composer (Music Score) |
1951 | |||
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He Ran All the Way
Composer (Music Score) |
1951 | |||
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Red Mountain
Composer (Music Score) |
1951 | |||
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The Blue Veil
Composer (Music Score) |
1951 | |||
Dark City
Composer (Music Score) |
1950 | |||
Night and the City
Composer (Music Score) |
1950 | |||
Only the Valiant
Composer (Music Score) |
1950 | |||
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Sunset Boulevard
Composer (Music Score) |
1950 | |||
The Furies
Composer (Music Score) |
1950 | |||
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Contact Man
Composer (Music Score) |
1949 | |||
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Johnny Holiday
Composer (Music Score) |
1949 | |||
Night Unto Night
Composer (Music Score) |
1949 | |||
Rope of Sand
Composer (Music Score) |
1949 | |||
Task Force
Composer (Music Score) |
1949 | |||
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No Minor Vices
Composer (Music Score) |
1948 | |||
Sorry, Wrong Number
Composer (Music Score), Musical Direction/Supervision |
1948 | |||
Whiplash
Composer (Music Score) |
1948 | |||
Cry Wolf
Composer (Music Score) |
1947 | |||
Dark Passage
Composer (Music Score) |
1947 | |||
Nora Prentiss
Composer (Music Score) |
1947 | |||
Possessed
Composer (Music Score) |
1947 | |||
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That Hagen Girl
Composer (Music Score) |
1947 | |||
The Paradine Case
Composer (Music Score) |
1947 | |||
The Two Mrs. Carrolls
Composer (Music Score), Makeup Supervisor |
1947 | |||
The Unsuspected
Composer (Music Score) |
1947 | |||
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Her Kind of Man
Composer (Music Score) |
1946 | |||
Humoresque
Composer (Music Score) |
1946 | |||
Confidential Agent
Composer (Music Score) |
1945 | |||
God Is My Co-Pilot
Composer (Music Score) |
1945 | |||
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Hotel Berlin
Composer (Music Score) |
1945 | |||
Objective, Burma!
Composer (Music Score), Makeup Supervisor |
1945 | |||
Pride of the Marines
Composer (Music Score) |
1945 | |||
The Horn Blows at Midnight
Composer (Music Score) |
1945 | |||
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In Our Time
Composer (Music Score) |
1944 | |||
Janie
Composer (Music Score) |
1944 | |||
Mr. Skeffington
Composer (Music Score) |
1944 | |||
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The Very Thought of You
Composer (Music Score) |
1944 | |||
To Have and Have Not
Composer (Music Score) |
1944 | |||
Air Force
Composer (Music Score) |
1943 | |||
Destination Tokyo
Composer (Music Score) |
1943 | |||
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Edge of Darkness
Composer (Music Score) |
1943 | |||
Old Acquaintance
Composer (Music Score) |
1943 | |||
Her Cardboard Lover
Composer (Music Score) |
1942 | |||
Journey for Margaret
Composer (Music Score) |
1942 | |||
Reunion in France
Composer (Music Score) |
1942 | |||
Seven Sweethearts
Composer (Music Score) |
1942 | |||
Tortilla Flat
Composer (Music Score), Songwriter |
1942 | |||
Woman of the Year
Composer (Music Score) |
1942 | |||
Design for Scandal
Composer (Music Score) |
1941 | |||
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Don't Get Personal
Composer (Music Score) |
1941 | |||
Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde
Composer (Music Score) |
1941 | |||
Honky Tonk
Composer (Music Score) |
1941 | |||
Kathleen
Composer (Music Score) |
1941 | |||
Suspicion
Composer (Music Score) |
1941 | |||
The Bad Man
Composer (Music Score) |
1941 | |||
The Feminine Touch
Composer (Music Score) |
1941 | |||
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Unfinished Business
Composer (Music Score) |
1941 | |||
Boom Town
Composer (Music Score) |
1940 | |||
Escape
Composer (Music Score) |
1940 | |||
Flight Command
Composer (Music Score) |
1940 | |||
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Florian
Composer (Music Score) |
1940 | |||
I Love You Again
Composer (Music Score), Musical Direction/Supervision |
1940 | |||
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Rebecca
Composer (Music Score) |
1940 | |||
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Sporting Blood
Composer (Music Score) |
1940 | |||
Strange Cargo
Composer (Music Score) |
1940 | |||
The Philadelphia Story
Composer (Music Score) |
1940 | |||
At the Circus
Composer (Music Score), Musical Direction/Supervision |
1939 | |||
Honolulu
Composer (Music Score) |
1939 | |||
Lady of the Tropics
Composer (Music Score) |
1939 | |||
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Lucky Night
Composer (Music Score) |
1939 | |||
On Borrowed Time
Composer (Music Score) |
1939 | |||
The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn
Composer (Music Score) |
1939 | |||
The Ice Follies of 1939
Composer (Music Score) |
1939 | |||
A Christmas Carol
Composer (Music Score) |
1938 | |||
Arsene Lupin Returns
Composer (Music Score) |
1938 | |||
Dramatic School
Composer (Music Score) |
1938 | |||
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Man-Proof
Composer (Music Score) |
1938 | |||
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Port of Seven Seas
Composer (Music Score) |
1938 | |||
Test Pilot
Composer (Music Score) |
1938 | |||
The Shining Hour
Composer (Music Score) |
1938 | |||
The Young in Heart
Composer (Music Score) |
1938 | |||
Three Comrades
Composer (Music Score), Songwriter |
1938 | |||
Too Hot to Handle
Composer (Music Score) |
1938 | |||
A Day at the Races
Composer (Music Score), Musical Direction/Supervision |
1937 | |||
Captains Courageous
Composer (Music Score) |
1937 | |||
Personal Property
Composer (Music Score) |
1937 | |||
The Bride Wore Red
Composer (Music Score), Songwriter |
1937 | |||
The Emperor's Candlesticks
Composer (Music Score) |
1937 | |||
Absolute Quiet
Composer (Music Score) |
1936 | |||
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Dangerous Waters
Composer (Music Score) |
1936 | |||
Fury
Composer (Music Score) |
1936 | |||
His Brother's Wife
Composer (Music Score) |
1936 | |||
Love Before Breakfast
Composer (Music Score), Musical Direction/Supervision |
1936 | |||
Love on the Run
Composer (Music Score) |
1936 | |||
Next Time We Love
Composer (Music Score) |
1936 | |||
Spaceship to the Unknown
Composer (Music Score) |
1936 | |||
The Devil Doll
Composer (Music Score) |
1936 | |||
The Invisible Ray
Composer (Music Score) |
1936 | |||
Trouble for Two
Composer (Music Score) |
1936 | |||
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Diamond Jim
Composer (Music Score) |
1935 | |||
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East of Java
Composer (Music Score) |
1935 | |||
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The Affair of Susan
Composer (Music Score) |
1935 | |||
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The Bride of Frankenstein
Composer (Music Score) |
1935 | |||
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La Crise Est Finie
Composer (Music Score) |
1934 | |||
Liliom
Composer (Music Score) |
1934 | |||
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Gruss und Kuss, Veronika!
Composer (Music Score) |
1933 | |||
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Heart Song
Composer (Music Score) |
1933 | |||
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Das Erste Recht des Kindes
Composer (Music Score) |
1932 | |||
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Paprika
Composer (Music Score) |
1932 | |||
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Scampolo, ein Kind der Strasse
Composer (Music Score) |
1932 | |||
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Das Kabinett des Dr. Larifari
Composer (Music Score) |
1930 | |||
The Blue Angel
Composer (Music Score) |
1930 | |||
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Das Lied vom Leben
Composer (Music Score) |
1922 |
