Biography
Emil Newman (January 20, 1911 β August 30, 1984) was an American music director and conductor who worked on more than 200 films and TV series. He was nominated for an Oscar for his musical direction on the classic Sun Valley Serenade (1941), contributing to the Newmans being the most nominated Academy Award extended family, with a collective 95 nominations in various music categories. A native of Connecticut, Newman entered films in 1940 as the musical director on 13 films. He was credited on 25 films in 1941 and 28 in 1942, one of which, Whispering Ghosts, contained his first (uncredited) contribution as a composer. He had 15 titles in 1943, including "Musical Direction" (screen credit) for the all-black musical Stormy Weather and the 20th Century Fox wartime film Chetniks! The Fighting Guerrillas, 19 in 1944, 17 in 1945 and 16 in 1946, including Hugo Friedhofer's Academy Award score for The Best Years of Our Lives, which he also conducted. Between 1950 and 1965, Newman was the composer on 23 films, most of which were lower-budget B movies, although they also included prestigious pictures such as Hondo (1953). He also provided the music for numerous 1950s TV shows.
Newman died in Woodland Hills, a suburb of Los Angeles. He is interred at Forest Lawn Memorial Park in Glendale, California.
Filmography
all 58
Movies 58
Director 27
The Great Sioux Massacre (1965)
Riot in Juvenile Prison (1959)
Unwed Mother (1958)
Hong Kong Confidential (1958)
Death in Small Doses (1957)
Chicago Confidential (1957)
The Iron Sheriff (1957)
Man with the Gun (1955)
The Naked Street (1955)
Ring of Fear (1954)
The Mad Magician (1954)
Southwest Passage (1954)
Beachhead (1954)
Hondo (1953)
The Steel Lady (1953)
Island in the Sky (1953)
99 River Street (1953)
The Captive City (1952)
Rancho Notorious (1952)
Japanese War Bride (1952)
The Lady Says No (1952)
Queen for a Day (1951)
Cry Danger (1951)
The Sound of Fury (1950)
Woman on the Run (1950)
711 Ocean Drive (1950)
Guilty of Treason (1950)
Joan of Arc (1948)
A Song Is Born (1948)
Inner Sanctum (1948)
The Bishop's Wife (1947)
The Secret Life of Walter Mitty (1947)
The Best Years of Our Lives (1946)
The Dark Corner (1946)
Colonel Effingham's Raid (1946)
Fallen Angel (1945)
Where Do We Go from Here? (1945)
The Bullfighters (1945)
Circumstantial Evidence (1945)
Laura (1944)
The Big Noise (1944)
Pin Up Girl (1944)
Four Jills in a Jeep (1944)
Lifeboat (1944)
Happy Land (1943)
Holy Matrimony (1943)
Jitterbugs (1943)
Quiet Please, Murder (1943)
Time to Kill (1942)
The Undying Monster (1942)
Dr. Renault's Secret (1942)
Careful, Soft Shoulders (1942)
The Magnificent Dope (1942)
The Man Who Wouldn't Die (1942)
Over My Dead Body (1942)
Blue, White, and Perfect (1942)
The Perfect Snob (1941)
Girl in 313 (1940)
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GenderMale
Birthday1911-01-20
Deathday1984-08-30 (73 years old)
Birth PlaceNew Haven, United States of America
SiblingsAlfred Newman
CitizenshipsUnited States of America
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