Alfred Newman (1901-1970)
American
film composer/conductor/adaptor Alfred Newman was a child prodigy — and
none too modest about the fact. Making his professional debut at seven
(after taking private lessons from the great Arnold Schoenberg), Newman
was billed as "the Marvelous Boy Pianist." He was later known variously
as "the Boy Conductor" and "the Youngest Conductor in the United
States." By the time he entered films with the 1930 Goldwyn production Whoopee!,
Newman had a decade's worth of experience conducting symphonies and
Broadway orchestras. His first important film composition was the
Gershwyn-esque title theme for Goldwyn's Street Scene (1931) which he later expanded into a suite and utilized as the credit music for several 20th Century Fox films, notably I Wake up Screaming (1941) and Cry of the City (1948); in the prologue to 1953's How to Marry a Millionaire,
Newman can be seen conducting this classic piece. Newman's association
with 20th Century Fox began in 1933, when the company was still merely
20th Century Pictures. It was he who composed Fox's fabled Fanfare,
which is still utilized to herald the studio's movie and TV projects
(including the Sunday afternoon pro football games). Nominated for 45
Academy awards, Newman won the award nine times. His last composition
was the driving, intensely up-to-date main theme for Universal's Airport
(1970). Alfred Newman was the brother of Lionel Newman, the father of
David Newman and Thomas Newman, and the uncle of Randy Newman ... composers all. - Hal Erickson/allmovie
COMPOSITIONS Alfred Newman Links ~ ~ ~ Works by Genre
The Devil to Pay!, film score (1930) (uncredited)
Kiki, film score (1931)
Indiscreet, film score (1931) (uncredited)
Street Scene, film score (1931)
Palmy Days, film score (1931) (uncredited)
The Age for Love, film score (1931) (uncredited)
The Unholy Garden, film score (1931)
Around the World with Douglas Fairbanks, film score (1931) (uncredited)
Corsair, film score (1931)
Arrowsmith, film score (1931)
Tonight or Never, film score (1931)
Cock of the Air, film score (1932)
The Greeks Had a Word for Them (Three Broadway Girls), film score (1932)
Sky Devils, film score (1932)
Arsène Lupin, film score (1932) (uncredited)
Night World, film score (1932)
Movie Crazy, film score (1932) (uncredited)
Mr. Robinson Crusoe, film score (1932) (background score)
Rain, film score (1932)
The Kid from Spain, film score (1932) (uncredited)
Flesh, film score (1932) (uncredited)
Cynara, film score (1932)
Hallelujah I'm a Bum, film score (1933) (uncredited)
Secrets, film score (1933)
I Cover the Waterfront, film score (1933) (uncredited)
The Bowery, film score (1933)
Broadway Thru a Keyhole, film score (1933) (uncredited)
Blood Money, film score (1933) (uncredited)
Roman Scandals, film score (1933) (musical score by)
Gallant Lady, film score (1933)
Nana, film score (1934)
The House of Rothschild, film score (1934)
The Last Gentleman, film score (1934)
Born to Be Bad, film score (1934) (uncredited)
The Cat's-Paw, film score (1934)
Our Daily Bread, film score (1934) (uncredited)
The Count of Monte Cristo, film score (1934) (uncredited)
Bulldog Drummond Strikes Back, film score (1934)
The Affairs of Cellini, film score (1934)
We Live Again, film score (1934)
Transatlantic Merry-Go-Round, film score (1934) (uncredited)
Kid Millions, film score (1934) (uncredited)
The Mighty Barnum, film score (1934)
Clive of India, film score (1935) (musical score)
Folies Bergère de Paris, film score (1935) (uncredited)
Les misérables, film score (1935) (uncredited)
Cardinal Richelieu, film score (1935) (uncredited)
The Call of the Wild, film score (1935) (uncredited)
The Dark Angel, film score (1935) (uncredited)
Barbary Coast, film score (1935) (uncredited)
The Melody Lingers On, film score (1935)
Splendor, film score (1935)
These Three, film score (1936) (uncredited)
One Rainy Afternoon, film score (1936) (uncredited)
Dodsworth, film score (1936) (uncredited)
Ramona, film score (1936)
The Gay Desperado, film score (1936) (uncredited)
Come and Get It, film score (1936) (uncredited)
You Only Live Once, film score (1937) (uncredited)
When You're in Love, film score (1937) (uncredited)
Woman Chases Man, film score (1937) (uncredited)
Slave Ship, film score (1937)
Wee Willie Winkie, film score (1937)
Stella Dallas, film score (1937)
Dead End, film score (1937) (uncredited)
The Prisoner of Zenda, film score (1937)
The Hurricane, film score (1937)
52nd Street, film score(1937) (uncredited)
Alexander's Ragtime Band, film score (1938) [Academy Award Winner]
The Cowboy and the Lady, film score (1938) (uncredited)
Trade Winds, film score (1938) (uncredited)
Gunga Din, film score (1939)
Wuthering Heights, film score (1939)
Young Mr. Lincoln, film score (1939)
Beau Geste, film score (1939)
The Rains Came, film score (1939)
The Real Glory, film score (1939)
Drums Along the Mohawk, film score (1939)
The Hunchback of Notre Dame, film score (1939)
The Blue Bird, film score (1940)
Little Old New York, film score (1940)
Vigil in the Night, film score (1940)
Lillian Russell, film score (1940) (uncredited)
Girl in 313, film score (1940) (uncredited)
Earthbound, film score (1940)
Maryland, film score (1940) (uncredited)
Foreign Correspondent, film score (1940)
Brigham Young, film score (1940)
Public Deb No. 1, film score (1940) (uncredited)
The Westerner, film score (1940) (uncredited)
They Knew What They Wanted, film score (1940)
The Mark of Zorro, film score (1940)
Hudson's Bay, film score (1941)
Blood and Sand, film score (1941)
Man Hunt, film score (1941)
Moon Over Miami, film score (1941) (uncredited)
Charley's Aunt , film score(1941)
Wild Geese Calling, film score (1941)
Belle Starr, film score (1941)
How Green Was My Valley, film score (1941)
Rise and Shine, film score (1941) (uncredited)
Ball of Fire, film score (1941) (music)
Remember the Day, film score (1941)
Son of Fury: The Story of Benjamin Blake, film score (1942)
Roxie Hart, film score (1942)
Secret Agent of Japan, film score (1942) (uncredited)
To the Shores of Tripoli, film score (1942)
This Above All, film score (1942)
Ten Gentlemen from West Point, film score (1942)
The Pied Piper, film score (1942)
The Loves of Edgar Allan Poe, film score (1942) (uncredited)
Orchestra Wives, film score (1942) (uncredited)
The Battle of Midway, film score (1942) (music)
Girl Trouble, film score (1942)
Springtime in the Rockies, film score (1942) (uncredited)
The Black Swan, film score (1942)
Life Begins at Eight-Thirty, film score (1942)
December 7th, film score (1943)
The Moon Is Down, film score (1943)
Prelude to War, film score (1943) (uncredited)
My Friend Flicka, film score (1943)
Heaven Can Wait, film score (1943)
Claudia, film score (1943)
The Song of Bernadette, film score (1943) [Academy Award Winner]
The Gang's All Here, film score (1943) (uncredited)
The Sullivans, film score (1944) (uncredited)
The Purple Heart, film score (1944)
Wilson, film score (1944)
Irish Eyes Are Smiling, film score (1944) (uncredited)
Sunday Dinner for a Soldier, film score (1944)
The Keys of the Kingdom, film score (1944)
A Tree Grows in Brooklyn, film score (1945)
A Royal Scandal, film score (1945)
A Bell for Adano, film score (1945)
State Fair, film score (1945) (uncredited)
The Dolly Sisters, film score (1945) (uncredited)
Leave Her to Heaven, film score (1945)
Dragonwyck, film score (1946)
Margie, film score (1946)
The Razor's Edge, film score (1946)
I Wonder Who's Kissing Her Now, film score (1947) (uncredited)
Gentleman's Agreement, film score (1947)
Captain from Castile, film score (1947)
Call Northside 777, film score (1948)
Sitting Pretty, film score (1948)
The Iron Curtain, film score (1948)
Give My Regards to Broadway, film score (1948) (uncredited)
Deep Waters, film score (1948) (uncredited)
The Walls of Jericho, film score (1948)
That Lady in Ermine, film score (1948)
Cry of the City, film score (1948)
The Snake Pit, film score (1948) (music)
Yellow Sky, film score (1948)
Chicken Every Sunday, film score (1949)
A Letter to Three Wives, film score (1949)
Down to the Sea in Ships, film score (1949)
Mother Is a Freshman, film score (1949)
Mr. Belvedere Goes to College, film score (1949)
Thieves' Highway, film score (1949)
Pinky, film score (1949)
Everybody Does It, film score (1949)
Prince of Foxes, film score (1949)
Twelve O'Clock High, film score (1949)
When Willie Comes Marching Home, film score (1950)
Cheaper by the Dozen, film score (1950) (uncredited)
The Big Lift, film score (1950)
Panic in the Streets, film score (1950)
The Gunfighter, film score (1950)
No Way Out, film score (1950)
All About Eve, film score (1950)
For Heaven's Sake, film score (1950)
Fourteen Hours, film score (1951)
On the Riviera, film score (1951) (uncredited)
Take Care of My Little Girl, film score (1951)
David and Bathsheba, film score (1951)
Elopement, film score (1951) (uncredited)
The Guest, film score (1951)
With a Song in My Heart, film score (1952)
Wait Till the Sun Shines, Nellie, film score (1952)
What Price Glory, film score (1952)
Full House, film score (1952/I)
The Snows of Kilimanjaro, film score (1952) (uncredited)
The Prisoner of Zenda, film score (1952)
Tonight We Sing, film score (1953)
The President's Lady, film score (1953)
The Robe, film score (1953)
Hell and High Water, film score (1954)
The Egyptian, film score (1954)
There's No Business Like Show Business, film score (1954) (uncredited)
A Man Called Peter, film score (1955)
Daddy Long Legs, film score (1955) (uncredited)
The Seven Year Itch, film score (1955)
Love Is a Many-Splendored Thing, film score (1955) [Academy Award Winner]
Bus Stop, film score (1956)
Anastasia, film score (1956)
April Love, film score (1957)
The Gift of Love, film score (1958)
The Bravados, film score (1958) (uncredited)
A Certain Smile, film score (1958)
The Diary of Anne Frank, film score (1959)
The Best of Everything, film score (1959)
The Pleasure of His Company, film score (1961)
The Counterfeit Traitor, film score (1962)
How the West Was Won, film score (1962)
The Greatest Story Ever Told, film score (1965)
Nevada Smith, film score (1966)
Firecreek, film score (1968)
Airport, film score (1970)
He Walks in Beauty: The George Stevens Production 'The Greatest Story Ever Told, video score (2001)
WORKS BY GENRE Alfred Newman Links ~ top of page ~
Film Scores
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ALFRED NEWMAN LINKS Works by Genre ~ top of page ~
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Alfred Newman @ Wikipedia
Alfred Newman @ All Experts
Alfred Newman @ Alternative Film Guide (via google)
Alfred Newman @ American Composers Orchestra
Alfred Newman @ American Music Preservation
Alfred Newman @ Answers.com
Alfred Newman @ BBC/h2g2
Alfred Newman @ Big Bands Database Plus
Alfred Newman @ CITWF / Complete Index to World Film
Alfred Newman @ Classical Archives
Alfred Newman @ Classical Net
Alfred Newman @ Dilettante Music
Alfred Newman @ Facebook
Alfred Newman @ Fandango
Alfred Newman @ Film Reference
Alfred Newman @ films101
Alfred Newman @ Film Score Click Track
Alfred Newman @ Film Score Monthly (via google)
Alfred Newman @ Find a Grave
Alfred Newman @ IBDB (Internet Broadway Database)
Alfred Newman @ IMDb (Internet Movie Database)
Alfred Newman @ Infoplease
Alfred Newman @ InstantEncore
Alfred Newman @ lazacode.com
Alfred Newman @ Los Angeles Jewish Symphony
Alfred Newman @ mfiles
Alfred Newman @ Movie Music UK
Alfred Newman @ MSN Music
Alfred Newman @ MusicWeb International
Alfred Newman @ Naxos
Alfred Newman @ The New York Times
Alfred Newman @ The Oscar Site
Alfred Newman @ Reel Classics
Alfred Newman @ SoundtrackCollector
Alfred Newman @ Soundtrack Express (via google)
Alfred Newman @ SoundtrackNet
Alfred Newman @ SoundUnwound
Alfred Newman @ Starpulse.com
Alfred Newman @ Turner Classic Movies
Alfred Newman @ Virginia Tech Multimedia Music Dictionary
Publisher
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Streaming Audio
Alfred Newman @ Classical Archives
Alfred Newman @ last.fm
Alfred Newman @ Reel Classics
Alfred Newman @ Rhapsody
Recordings
Alfred Newman @ ArkivMusic
Alfred Newman @ ClassicsOnline
Alfred Newman @ Discogs
Video
Alfred Newman @ YouTube
Alfred Newman @ Google Video
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