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Alfred Newman (March 17, 1900 – February 17, 1970) was an American composer, arranger, and conductor of film music. From his start as a music prodigy, he came to be regarded as a respected figure in the history of film music. He won nine Academy Awards and was nominated forty-three times.
In a career spanning more than four decades, Newman composed the scores for over 200 motion pictures. Some of his most famous scores include Wuthering Heights, The Hunchback of Notre Dame, The Mark of Zorro, How Green Was My Valley, The Song of Bernadette, Captain from Castile, All About Eve, Love is a Many Splendored Thing, Anastasia, The Diary of Anne Frank, How The West Was Won, The Greatest Story Ever Told, and his final score, Airport, all of which were nominated for or won Academy Awards.
Newman was also highly regarded as a conductor, and arranged and conducted many scores by other composers, including George Gershwin, Charlie Chaplin, and Irving Berlin. He also conducted the music for many film adaptations of Broadway musicals (having worked on Broadway for ten years before coming to Hollywood), as well as many original Hollywood musicals.
He was among the first musicians to compose and conduct original music during Hollywood's Golden Age of movies, later becoming a respected and powerful music director in the history of Hollywood. Newman and two of his fellow composers, Max Steiner and Dimitri Tiomkin, were considered the "three godfathers of film music"
Filmography
all 220
Movies 220
Director 48
Perfectly Frank: Frank Loesser Revued (1981)
Airport (1970)
Firecreek (1968)
Camelot (1967)
Nevada Smith (1966)
The Greatest Story Ever Told (1965)
How the West Was Won (1962)
The Counterfeit Traitor (1962)
State Fair (1962)
Flower Drum Song (1961)
The Pleasure of His Company (1961)
The Best of Everything (1959)
The Diary of Anne Frank (1959)
A Certain Smile (1958)
South Pacific (1958)
The Gift of Love (1958)
Anastasia (1956)
Bus Stop (1956)
The King and I (1956)
Carousel (1956)
Love Is a Many-Splendored Thing (1955)
The Seven Year Itch (1955)
Daddy Long Legs (1955)
A Man Called Peter (1955)
There's No Business Like Show Business (1954)
The Egyptian (1954)
Hell and High Water (1954)
How to Marry a Millionaire (1953)
The Robe (1953)
The President's Lady (1953)
The Desert Rats (1953)
Call Me Madam (1953)
Treasure of the Golden Condor (1953)
The Prisoner of Zenda (1952)
What Price Glory (1952)
O. Henry's Full House (1952)
Wait Till the Sun Shines, Nellie (1952)
With a Song in My Heart (1952)
Viva Zapata! (1952)
The CinemaScope Parade (1951)
David and Bathsheba (1951)
Take Care of My Little Girl (1951)
The House on Telegraph Hill (1951)
Fourteen Hours (1951)
For Heaven's Sake (1950)
All About Eve (1950)
No Way Out (1950)
Broken Arrow (1950)
Panic in the Streets (1950)
The Gunfighter (1950)
The Big Lift (1950)
When Willie Comes Marching Home (1950)
Twelve O'Clock High (1949)
Dancing in the Dark (1949)
Prince of Foxes (1949)
Pinky (1949)
Thieves' Highway (1949)
You're My Everything (1949)
Mr. Belvedere Goes to College (1949)
Mother Is a Freshman (1949)
Down to the Sea in Ships (1949)
A Letter to Three Wives (1949)
Yellow Sky (1948)
The Walls of Jericho (1948)
The Snake Pit (1948)
Cry of the City (1948)
That Lady in Ermine (1948)
Sitting Pretty (1948)
Call Northside 777 (1948)
Captain from Castile (1947)
Daisy Kenyon (1947)
Gentleman's Agreement (1947)
Mother Wore Tights (1947)
Miracle on 34th Street (1947)
Moss Rose (1947)
The Late George Apley (1947)
The Brasher Doubloon (1947)
The Razor's Edge (1946)
My Darling Clementine (1946)
Margie (1946)
Dragonwyck (1946)
Leave Her to Heaven (1945)
A Bell for Adano (1945)
A Royal Scandal (1945)
A Tree Grows in Brooklyn (1945)
The Keys of the Kingdom (1944)
Sunday Dinner for a Soldier (1944)
Irish Eyes Are Smiling (1944)
Wilson (1944)
The Purple Heart (1944)
The Gang's All Here (1943)
The Song of Bernadette (1943)
Claudia (1943)
Heaven Can Wait (1943)
My Friend Flicka (1943)
The Moon Is Down (1943)
December 7th (1943)
Life Begins at Eight-Thirty (1942)
China Girl (1942)
The Black Swan (1942)
To the Shores of Tripoli (1942)
The Battle of Midway (1942)
It's Everybody's War (1942)
Orchestra Wives (1942)
The Pied Piper (1942)
Ten Gentlemen from West Point (1942)
Prelude to War (1942)
This Above All (1942)
Roxie Hart (1942)
Son of Fury: The Story of Benjamin Blake (1942)
Ball of Fire (1941)
I Wake Up Screaming (1941)
How Green Was My Valley (1941)
A Yank in the R.A.F. (1941)
Belle Starr (1941)
The Little Foxes (1941)
Wild Geese Calling (1941)
Charley's Aunt (1941)
Man Hunt (1941)
Blood and Sand (1941)
Hudson's Bay (1941)
Tin Pan Alley (1940)
The Mark of Zorro (1940)
They Knew What They Wanted (1940)
Brigham Young (1940)
Foreign Correspondent (1940)
Earthbound (1940)
Girl in 313 (1940)
The Grapes of Wrath (1940)
Blondie on a Budget (1940)
Little Old New York (1940)
Vigil in the Night (1940)
The Blue Bird (1940)
The Hunchback of Notre Dame (1939)
Barricade (1939)
Drums Along the Mohawk (1939)
The Real Glory (1939)
The Rains Came (1939)
The Star Maker (1939)
They Shall Have Music (1939)
Beau Geste (1939)
Young Mr. Lincoln (1939)
The Gorilla (1939)
Wuthering Heights (1939)
Gunga Din (1939)
Trade Winds (1938)
The Cowboy and the Lady (1938)
Alexander's Ragtime Band (1938)
The Adventures of Marco Polo (1938)
52nd Street (1937)
The Hurricane (1937)
The Prisoner of Zenda (1937)
Dead End (1937)
Stella Dallas (1937)
Wee Willie Winkie (1937)
Slave Ship (1937)
Woman Chases Man (1937)
History is Made at Night (1937)
You Only Live Once (1937)
Beloved Enemy (1936)
Born to Dance (1936)
Come and Get It (1936)
The Gay Desperado (1936)
Ramona (1936)
Dodsworth (1936)
Dancing Pirate (1936)
One Rainy Afternoon (1936)
These Three (1936)
Modern Times (1936)
Strike Me Pink (1936)
Splendor (1935)
Barbary Coast (1935)
Broadway Melody of 1936 (1935)
Red Salute (1935)
The Dark Angel (1935)
Call of the Wild (1935)
Les Misérables (1935)
Cardinal Richelieu (1935)
The Wedding Night (1935)
Folies Bergère (1935)
Clive of India (1935)
The Mighty Barnum (1934)
Kid Millions (1934)
Transatlantic Merry-Go-Round (1934)
We Live Again (1934)
Our Daily Bread (1934)
The Count of Monte Cristo (1934)
The Affairs of Cellini (1934)
Bulldog Drummond Strikes Back (1934)
Born to Be Bad (1934)
The Last Gentleman (1934)
The House of Rothschild (1934)
Looking for Trouble (1934)
Nana (1934)
Roman Scandals (1933)
Blood Money (1933)
Broadway Thru a Keyhole (1933)
The Bowery (1933)
The Masquerader (1933)
I Cover the Waterfront (1933)
Secrets (1933)
Hallelujah, I'm a Bum (1933)
Cynara (1932)
Flesh (1932)
The Kid from Spain (1932)
Rain (1932)
Movie Crazy (1932)
Mr. Robinson Crusoe (1932)
Night World (1932)
Sky Devils (1932)
The Greeks Had a Word for Them (1932)
Cock of the Air (1932)
Arrowsmith (1931)
Corsair (1931)
Around the World with Douglas Fairbanks (1931)
The Age for Love (1931)
The Unholy Garden (1931)
Street Scene (1931)
City Lights (1931)
Tonight or Never (1931)
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Known ForSound
GenderMale
Birthday1901-03-17
Deathday1970-02-17 (68 years old)
Birth PlaceNew Haven, United States of America
ReligionJudaism
RelationshipsMartha Montgomery (1947-01-01 - 1970-02-17)
ChildrenDavid Newman, Thomas Newman, Maria Newman
SiblingsLionel Newman, Emil Newman
RelativesRandy Newman
CitizenshipsUnited States of America
Also Known AsPappy
AwardsAcademy Award for Best Original Dramatic or Comedy Score, Academy Award for Best Score, Adaptation or Treatment, star on Hollywood Walk of Fame, Academy Award for Best Original Musical Score
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