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Alfred Newman

Alfred Newman

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Biography

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia 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 Movies

Acting

Poster for How to Marry a Millionaire
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How to Marry a Millionaire

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How to Marry a Millionaire
Orchestra Conductor in Prologue (uncredited)
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They Shall Have Music

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They Shall Have Music
Musical Director
The CinemaScope ParadeMOVIE
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The CinemaScope Parade

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The CinemaScope Parade
Joseph Haydn
Poster for The Miracle of Stereophonic Sound
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The Miracle of Stereophonic Sound

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The Miracle of Stereophonic Sound
Self - Conductor

Production

Poster for The Grapes of Wrath
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The Grapes of Wrath

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The Grapes of Wrath
Original Music Composer
Poster for All About Eve
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All About Eve

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All About Eve
Original Music Composer
Poster for How to Marry a Millionaire
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How to Marry a Millionaire

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How to Marry a Millionaire
Original Music Composer
Poster for The Greatest Story Ever Told
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The Greatest Story Ever Told

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The Greatest Story Ever Told
Original Music Composer
Poster for Viva Zapata!
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Viva Zapata!

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Viva Zapata!
Original Music Composer
Poster for The Diary of Anne Frank
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The Diary of Anne Frank

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The Diary of Anne Frank
Original Music Composer
Poster for A Tree Grows in Brooklyn
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A Tree Grows in Brooklyn

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A Tree Grows in Brooklyn
Original Music Composer
Poster for Thieves' Highway
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Thieves' Highway

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Thieves' Highway
Original Music Composer
Poster for Broken Arrow
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Broken Arrow

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Broken Arrow
Music Director
Poster for A Bell for Adano
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A Bell for Adano

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A Bell for Adano
Original Music Composer

Gallery

Alfred Newman portrait
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