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Between 1930 and 1970, Alfred Newman wrote music for over 200 films of every imaginable type, including a score for the newsreel made from the World War II footage of the Battle of Midway. In addition to his own film scores, Newman acted as musical director on numerous other films.
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 ...
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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.
Dec 15, 2014 · Alfred Newman. December 15, 2014 Hall of Fame. 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 ...
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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 ...
One of the foremost composers of Hollywood’s golden age, Alfred Newman (1901-1970) won nine Academy Awards and scored such films as Wuthering Heights, All About Eve, and Airport.
