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- The single most honored composer in the history of the Academy Awards – winning a record nine Oscars out of 45 nominations – Alfred Newman scored more than 250 films and, as general music director for 20th Century-Fox for two decades (beginning in 1939), was influential not only in creating the overall musical sound of the studio but also in giving opportunities to many other composers during his tenure.
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The legacy of Alfred Newman and his influence on the language of music for the cinema is practically unmatched by anyone in Hollywood history. As an executive, he was hard but fair. As a mentor to his staff he was revered. The orchestras under his baton delighted in his abilities as a conductor.
Nov 7, 2020 · The music for Wuthering Heights (Wyler, 1939) was led by “arguably the most influential music director in Hollywood”, Alfred Newman (Cooke, 2008, p. 103). He was an American-born composer at a time when the output of film scores was “dominated by European composers” (Cooke, 2008, p. 103).
May 31, 2013 · My passion for music was boundless. During high school, I and other students attended a matinee performance of "West Side Story" at the Winter Garden Theater in Manhattan. The thrilling surprise was the appearance of the show's young composer, Leonard Bernstein, who conducted the overture.
Jan 20, 2020 · Alfred’s generation of Newmans, who went on to form a musical dynasty — including Alfred’s classical composer daughter, Maria Newman — were all first-generation. Alfred was the eldest ...
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.
Of all the Oscar-nominated composers who have recorded at 20th Century Fox, there’s one name spoken with such reverence it’s as if this scoring stage was a chapel: that name i
Mar 4, 2018 · The fanfare that opens every Fox movie was composed by the first Newman to come to Hollywood, Alfred Newman.
