Alfred Newman
Born: 17th March 1900, New Haven, Connecticut, United States
Died: 17th February 1970, Hollywood, Ca. United States
Nationality: American
Alfred Newman 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 45 times, contributing to the extended Newman family being the most Academy Award-nominated family, with a collective 92 nominations in various music categories.
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.
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- 20th Century Fox Fanfare & Street Scene (1)
- 20th Century Fox Fanfare And Cinemascope Extension (4)
- All About Eve (1950) (2)
- American Classic Symphony No. 1 (1)
- American Classic Symphony No. 2 (1)
- Beau Geste (1939) (3)
- Blood and Sand (3)
- Captain from Castile (5)
- Conquest (from Captain from Castile) (3)
- How the West Was Won (3)
- Requiem (1)
- Street Scene (4)
- Suite (1)
- The Diary of Anne Frank: suite (1)
- The Greatest Story Ever Told (1)
- The Hunchback of Notre Dame (1939) (2)
- The Robe (2)
- Violin Concerto in D major (1)
- Violin Sonata No. 1 (1)
- Violin Sonata No. 2 (1)
- Violin Sonata No. 3, 'Populare' (1)
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