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Franz Waxman (né Wachsmann; 24 December 1906 – 24 February 1967) was a German and American composer of Jewish descent, known primarily for his work in the film music genre. His film scores include Bride of Frankenstein, Rebecca, Sunset Boulevard, A Place in the Sun, Stalag 17, Rear Window, Peyton Place, The Nun's Story, and Taras Bulba. He received twelve Academy Award nominations, and won two Oscars in consecutive years (for Sunset Boulevard and A Place in the Sun). He also received a Golden Globe Award for the former film. Bernard Herrmann said that the score for Taras Bulba was "the score of a lifetime."
He also composed concert works, including the oratorio Joshua (1959), and The Song of Terezin (1965), a work for orchestra, chorus, and children's chorus based upon poetry written by children in the Theresienstadt concentration camp during World War II. Waxman also founded the Los Angeles Music Festival in 1947 with which he conducted a number of West Coast premieres by fellow film composers, and concert composers alike.
Academy Awards
Best Original Dramatic or Comedy Score
Golden Globe Awards
Best Original Score
Known For
The Philadelphia Story
(1940)
Original Music Composer
Sunset Boulevard
(1950)
Original Music Composer
Rear Window
(1954)
Original Music Composer
Night and the City
(1950)
Original Music Composer
A Christmas Carol
(1938)
Music
Rebecca
(1940)
Original Music Composer and Orchestrator
Dark Passage
(1947)
Original Music Composer
Bride of Frankenstein
(1935)
Original Music Composer
Stalag 17
(1953)
Original Music Composer
The Nun's Story
(1959)
Original Music Composer and Conductor
Suspicion
(1941)
Original Music Composer
Mister Roberts
(1955)
Original Music Composer and Conductor
Sayonara
(1957)
Original Music Composer
Taras Bulba
(1962)
Original Music Composer
The Furies
(1950)
Original Music Composer
Cimarron
(1960)
Original Music Composer and Conductor
Full Filmography
Sound
Burglars
(1930)
Original Music Composer
The Blue Angel
(1930)
Orchestrator
The Cabinet of Dr. Larifari
(1930)
Music
The Man in Search of His Murderer
(1931)
Music Director
In the act
(1931)
Music
The Little One of Montparnasse
(1932)
Music
Paprika
(1932)
Music
The Only Girl
(1933)
Original Music Composer
The Only Girl
(1933)
Music Arranger
Liliom
(1934)
Original Music Composer
Bad Seed
(1934)
Music
Bride of Frankenstein
(1935)
Original Music Composer
Remember Last Night?
(1935)
Original Music Composer
The Great Impersonation
(1935)
Music
East of Java
(1935)
Original Music Composer and Music Director
3 Kids and a Queen
(1935)
Original Music Composer and Music Director
The Devil-Doll
(1936)
Original Music Composer
Fury
(1936)
Original Music Composer
Sutter's Gold
(1936)
Original Music Composer
Love on the Run
(1936)
Original Music Composer
His Brother's Wife
(1936)
Original Music Composer
Love Before Breakfast
(1936)
Original Music Composer and Music Director
Absolute Quiet
(1936)
Original Music Composer
Trouble for Two
(1936)
Original Music Composer
Next Time We Love
(1936)
Music Director
The Invisible Ray
(1936)
Original Music Composer
Postal Inspector
(1936)
Original Music Composer
Captains Courageous
(1937)
Original Music Composer and Songs
The Bride Wore Red
(1937)
Original Music Composer
The Emperor's Candlesticks
(1937)
Original Music Composer
A Day at the Races
(1937)
Music
Night Key
(1937)
Music
Personal Property
(1937)
Original Music Composer
The Young in Heart
(1938)
Original Music Composer
Arsène Lupin Returns
(1938)
Original Music Composer
Man-Proof
(1938)
Original Music Composer
Port of Seven Seas
(1938)
Original Music Composer
Test Pilot
(1938)
Original Music Composer
A Christmas Carol
(1938)
Music
The Shining Hour
(1938)
Original Music Composer
Love Is a Headache
(1938)
Music
Three Comrades
(1938)
Original Music Composer
Dramatic School
(1938)
Original Music Composer
Too Hot to Handle
(1938)
Original Music Composer
The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn
(1939)
Music
At the Circus
(1939)
Original Music Composer and Music Director
The Ice Follies of 1939
(1939)
Original Music Composer and Music Director
On Borrowed Time
(1939)
Original Music Composer
Rebecca
(1940)
Original Music Composer and Orchestrator
The Philadelphia Story
(1940)
Original Music Composer
Boom Town
(1940)
Original Music Composer
Sporting Blood
(1940)
Original Music Composer
Escape
(1940)
Original Music Composer
Florian
(1940)
Original Music Composer
Strange Cargo
(1940)
Original Music Composer
Suspicion
(1941)
Original Music Composer
Unfinished Business
(1941)
Original Music Composer
Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde
(1941)
Original Music Composer
Design for Scandal
(1941)
Original Music Composer
Whistling in the Dark
(1941)
Music
The Feminine Touch
(1941)
Original Music Composer
Kathleen
(1941)
Music
Woman of the Year
(1942)
Original Music Composer
Tortilla Flat
(1942)
Original Music Composer
Her Cardboard Lover
(1942)
Original Music Composer
Seven Sweethearts
(1942)
Original Music Composer
Journey for Margaret
(1942)
Original Music Composer
Reunion in France
(1942)
Music
Destination Tokyo
(1943)
Original Music Composer
Air Force
(1943)
Original Music Composer
Old Acquaintance
(1943)
Original Music Composer
Edge of Darkness
(1943)
Original Music Composer
Mr. Skeffington
(1944)
Original Music Composer
In Our Time
(1944)
Original Music Composer
The Horn Blows at Midnight
(1945)
Original Music Composer
Confidential Agent
(1945)
Original Music Composer
To Have and Have Not
(1945)
Original Music Composer
The Last Bomb
(1945)
Music Score Producer
Hotel Berlin
(1945)
Music
Pride of the Marines
(1945)
Music
Objective, Burma!
(1945)
Music
Her Kind of Man
(1946)
Original Music Composer
The Paradine Case
(1947)
Original Music Composer
Humoresque
(1947)
Original Music Composer and Conductor
The Two Mrs. Carrolls
(1947)
Original Music Composer
The Unsuspected
(1947)
Original Music Composer
Cry Wolf
(1947)
Original Music Composer
Dark Passage
(1947)
Original Music Composer
Nora Prentiss
(1947)
Original Music Composer
Possessed
(1947)
Original Music Composer
Whiplash
(1948)
Original Music Composer
Sorry, Wrong Number
(1948)
Original Music Composer
No Minor Vices
(1948)
Original Music Composer
Alias Nick Beal
(1949)
Original Music Composer
Rope of Sand
(1949)
Original Music Composer
Task Force
(1949)
Original Music Composer
Night Unto Night
(1949)
Original Music Composer
Johnny Holiday
(1949)
Original Music Composer
Sunset Boulevard
(1950)
Original Music Composer
The Furies
(1950)
Original Music Composer
Dark City
(1950)
Original Music Composer
Night and the City
(1950)
Original Music Composer
Decision Before Dawn
(1951)
Original Music Composer
Red Mountain
(1951)
Original Music Composer
He Ran All the Way
(1951)
Original Music Composer
A Place in the Sun
(1951)
Original Music Composer
Anne of the Indies
(1951)
Original Music Composer
The Blue Veil
(1951)
Original Music Composer
Only the Valiant
(1951)
Original Music Composer
Phone Call from a Stranger
(1952)
Original Music Composer
Come Back, Little Sheba
(1952)
Original Music Composer
Lure of the Wilderness
(1952)
Original Music Composer
Botany Bay
(1952)
Original Music Composer
My Cousin Rachel
(1952)
Music
I, the Jury
(1953)
Original Music Composer
Stalag 17
(1953)
Original Music Composer
Man on a Tightrope
(1953)
Original Music Composer
A Lion Is in the Streets
(1953)
Music
Rear Window
(1954)
Original Music Composer
Prince Valiant
(1954)
Original Music Composer
The Silver Chalice
(1954)
Original Music Composer
This Is My Love
(1954)
Original Music Composer
Demetrius and the Gladiators
(1954)
Original Music Composer
Elephant Walk
(1954)
Original Music Composer
Mister Roberts
(1955)
Original Music Composer and Conductor
Untamed
(1955)
Original Music Composer
The Indian Fighter
(1955)
Original Music Composer
The Virgin Queen
(1955)
Original Music Composer
Abbott and Costello Meet the Keystone Kops
(1955)
Music
Crime in the Streets
(1956)
Original Music Composer
Miracle in the Rain
(1956)
Original Music Composer
Back from Eternity
(1956)
Original Music Composer
Peyton Place
(1957)
Original Music Composer
The Spirit of St. Louis
(1957)
Original Music Composer
Sayonara
(1957)
Original Music Composer
Run Silent, Run Deep
(1958)
Original Music Composer
I Married a Monster from Outer Space
(1958)
Original Music Composer
Career
(1959)
Original Music Composer
The Nun's Story
(1959)
Original Music Composer and Conductor
Beloved Infidel
(1959)
Original Music Composer
Count Your Blessings
(1959)
Original Music Composer
Cimarron
(1960)
Original Music Composer and Conductor
The Story of Ruth
(1960)
Original Music Composer
Sunrise at Campobello
(1960)
Original Music Composer
King of the Roaring 20's – The Story of Arnold Rothstein
(1961)
Original Music Composer
Return to Peyton Place
(1961)
Original Music Composer
Taras Bulba
(1962)
Original Music Composer
Hemingway's Adventures of a Young Man
(1962)
Original Music Composer
My Geisha
(1962)
Original Music Composer and Conductor
Lost Command
(1966)
Original Music Composer
The Longest Hundred Miles
(1967)
Original Music Composer
To Die in Paris
(1968)
Original Music Composer
Screenwriter John Michael Hayes on 'Rear Window'
(2001)
Music
Acting
The Cabinet of Dr. Larifari
(1930)
Piano
Pioniere der Filmmusik - Europas Sound für Hollywood
(2024)
Self (archive footage)
Crew