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Franz Waxman (1906–1967)

Franz Waxman (Wachsmann) pursued his dream of a career in music despite his family's misgivings. He worked for several years as a bank teller and paid for piano, harmony and composition lessons with his salary. He later moved to Berlin, where he continued his study and progress as a musician. He was able to support himself by playing and arranging for a popular German jazz band... See full bio »

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Filmography

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1977 Murder in Peyton Place (TV movie) (composer: main theme music)
 
1964-1969 Peyton Place (TV series) (composer: "Peyton Place" theme music - 514 episodes)
Episode #5.54 (1969) (composer: "Peyton Place" theme music)
Episode #5.53 (1969) (composer: "Peyton Place" theme music)
Episode #5.52 (1969) (composer: "Peyton Place" theme music)
Episode #5.51 (1969) (composer: "Peyton Place" theme music)
Episode #5.50 (1969) (composer: "Peyton Place" theme music)
 
1966 Purple Death from Outer Space (TV movie) (composer: stock music - archive footage - uncredited)
 
1966 Peril from the Planet Mongo (TV movie) (composer: stock music - archive footage - uncredited)
 
1966 Destination Saturn (TV movie) (composer: stock music - archive footage - uncredited)
 
1966 Deadly Ray from Mars (TV movie) (composer: stock music - archive footage - uncredited)
 
1963 PT 109 (composer: stock music - uncredited)
 
1962 Merrill's Marauders (composer: stock music - uncredited)
 
1959 Twilight Zone (TV series) (conductor - 1 episode)
The Sixteen-Millimeter Shrine (1959) (conductor)
 
1959 The Nun's Story (conductor)
 
1959 Up Periscope (composer: stock music - uncredited)
 
1959 The Trap (composer: stock music - uncredited)
 
1958 Home Before Dark (composer: stock music - uncredited)
 
1958 I Married a Monster from Outer Space (composer: stock music - uncredited)
 
1928 Noah's Ark (composer: stock music - 1957 reissue - uncredited)
 
1957 Love in the Afternoon (music adaptor)
 
1957 The Spirit of St. Louis (conductor)
 
1956 Back from Eternity (conductor)
 
1956 The Leather Saint (composer: stock music - uncredited)
 
1955 The Court Jester (composer: stock music - uncredited)
 
1955 Mister Roberts (conductor)
 
1955 Hell's Island (composer: stock music - uncredited)
 
1955 Abbott and Costello Meet the Keystone Kops (composer: stock music - uncredited)
 
1954 The Silver Chalice (conductor)
 
1953 A Blueprint for Murder (composer: stock music - uncredited)
 
1953 Stalag 17 (musical settings)
 
1953 Shane (composer: stock music - uncredited)
 
1953 Planet Outlaws (composer: stock music - archive footage - uncredited)
 
1950 Dark City (musical director - uncredited)
 
1949 The Stratton Story (composer: stock music - uncredited)
 
1947 The Mighty McGurk (composer: stock music - uncredited)
 
1946 Humoresque (composer: additional music - uncredited, conductor)
 
1945 The Brighton Strangler (composer: stock music - uncredited)
 
1944 Lost in a Harem (composer: stock music - uncredited)
 
1944 The Falcon in Mexico (composer: stock music - uncredited)
 
1944 Janie (composer: additional music - uncredited)
 
1943 Madame Curie (composer: stock music - uncredited)
 
1943 The Falcon and the Co-eds (composer: stock music - uncredited)
 
1943 Three Hearts for Julia (composer: stock music - uncredited)
 
1942 Whistling in Dixie (composer: stock music - uncredited)
 
1942 Overland Mail (composer: stock music - uncredited)
 
1942 Rio Rita (composer: stock music - uncredited)
 
1942 Mystery of Marie Roget (composer: stock music - uncredited)
 
1942 Gang Busters (composer: stock music - uncredited)
 
1942 Stagecoach Buckaroo (composer: stock music - uncredited)
 
1942 The Vanishing Virginian (composer: stock music - uncredited)
 
1941 Fighting Bill Fargo (composer: stock music - uncredited)
 
1941 The Masked Rider (composer: stock music - uncredited)
 
1941 Sea Raiders (composer: stock music - uncredited)
 
1941 Man from Montana (composer: stock music - uncredited)
 
1941 Unfinished Business (musical director)
 
1941 Whistling in the Dark (composer: stock music - uncredited)
 
1941 Ringside Maisie (composer: stock music - uncredited)
 
1941 Rawhide Rangers (composer: stock music - uncredited)
 
1941 Sky Raiders (composer: stock music - uncredited)
 
1940 The Green Hornet Strikes Again! (composer: stock music - uncredited)
 
1940 Junior G-Men (composer: stock music - uncredited)
 
1940 Ragtime Cowboy Joe (composer: stock music - uncredited)
 
1940 I Love You Again (musical director)
 
1940 Winners of the West (composer: stock music - uncredited)
 
1940 Ski Patrol (composer: stock music - uncredited)
 
1940 Edison, the Man (composer: stock music - uncredited)
 
1940 Two Girls on Broadway (composer: stock music - uncredited)
 
1940 Riders of Pasco Basin (composer: stock music - uncredited)
 
1940 West of Carson City (composer: stock music - uncredited)
 
1940 The Green Hornet (composer: stock music - uncredited)
 
1939 Gone with the Wind (composer: stock music - uncredited)
 
1939 Henry Goes Arizona (composer: stock music - uncredited)
 
1939 Chip of the Flying U (composer: stock music - uncredited)
 
1939 At the Circus (musical director)
 
1939 The Phantom Creeps (composer: stock music - uncredited)
 
1939 Oklahoma Frontier (composer: stock music - uncredited)
 
1939 Fast and Furious (composer: stock music - uncredited)
 
1939 Desperate Trails (composer: stock music - uncredited)
 
1939 The Under-Pup (composer: stock music - uncredited)
 
1939 Tropic Fury (composer: stock music - uncredited)
 
1939 Miracles for Sale (composer: stock music - uncredited)
 
1939 Mutiny on the Blackhawk (composer: stock music - uncredited)
 
1939 The Oregon Trail (composer: stock music - uncredited)
 
1939 Bridal Suite (composer: stock music - uncredited)
 
1939 Lucky Night (musical director)
 
1939 Buck Rogers (composer: stock music - uncredited)
 
1939 The Ice Follies of 1939 (musical director)
 
1939 You Can't Cheat an Honest Man (composer: stock music - uncredited)
 
1939 Fast and Loose (composer: stock music - uncredited)
 
1939 Made for Each Other (composer: stock music - uncredited)
 
1939 Honolulu (incidental music)
 
1939 Four Girls in White (composer: stock music - uncredited)
 
1939 Scouts to the Rescue (composer: stock music - uncredited)
 
1938 A Christmas Carol (musical director - uncredited)
 
1938 Mars Attacks the World (composer: stock music - archive footage - uncredited)
 
1938 Trouble at Midnight (composer: stock music - uncredited)
 
1938 Red Barry (composer: stock music - uncredited)
 
1938 The Missing Guest (composer: stock music - uncredited)
 
1938 Flaming Frontiers (composer: stock music - uncredited)
 
1938 Outlaw Express (composer: stock music - uncredited)
 
1938 Western Trails (composer: stock music - uncredited)
 
1938 The Devil's Party (composer: stock music - uncredited)
 
1938 Sinners in Paradise (composer: stock music - uncredited)
 
1938 Air Devils (composer: stock music - uncredited)
 
1938 The Nurse from Brooklyn (composer: stock music - uncredited)
 
1938 The Lady in the Morgue (composer: stock music - uncredited)
 
1938 The Last Stand (composer: stock music - uncredited)
 
1938 Judge Hardy's Children (composer: stock music - uncredited)
 
1938 The Crime of Doctor Hallet (composer: stock music - uncredited)
 
1938 Border Wolves (composer: stock music - uncredited)
 
1938 Forbidden Valley (composer: stock music - uncredited)
 
1938 The Black Doll (composer: stock music - uncredited)
 
1938 The Jury's Secret (composer: stock music - uncredited)
 
1938 Love Is a Headache (composer: stock music - uncredited)
 
1938 The Spy Ring (composer: stock music - uncredited)
 
1937 Tim Tyler's Luck (composer: stock music - uncredited)
 
1937 The Singing Outlaw (composer: stock music - uncredited)
 
1937 Adventure's End (composer: stock music - uncredited)
 
1937 Courage of the West (composer: stock music - uncredited)
 
1937 A Girl with Ideas (composer: stock music - uncredited)
 
1937 That's My Story! (composer: stock music - uncredited)
 
1937 Radio Patrol (composer: stock music - uncredited)
 
1937 Idol of the Crowds (composer: stock music - uncredited)
 
1937 The Man Who Cried Wolf (composer: stock music - uncredited)
 
1937 Reported Missing (composer: stock music - uncredited)
 
1937 Wild West Days (composer: stock music - uncredited)
 
1937 I Cover the War (composer: stock music - uncredited)
 
1937 A Day at the Races (musical director)
 
1937 The Wildcatter (composer: stock music - uncredited)
 
1937 Wings Over Honolulu (composer: stock music - uncredited)
 
1937 Captains Courageous (conductor - uncredited)
 
1937 The Thirteenth Chair (composer: stock music - uncredited)
 
1937 Night Key (composer: stock music - uncredited)
 
1937 California Straight Ahead! (composer: stock music - uncredited)
 
1937 Secret Agent X-9 (composer: stock music - uncredited)
 
1937 Oh, Doctor (composer: stock music - uncredited)
 
1937 Jungle Jim (composer: stock music - uncredited)
 
1937 The Mighty Treve (composer: stock music - uncredited)
 
1937 Squadron of Doom (TV movie) (composer: stock music - archive footage - uncredited)
 
1936 Conflict (composer: stock music - uncredited)
 
1936 Sea Spoilers (composer: stock music - uncredited)
 
1936 Ace Drummond (composer: stock music - uncredited)
 
1936 The Girl on the Front Page (composer: stock music - uncredited)
 
1936 Yellowstone (composer: stock music - uncredited)
 
1936 Postal Inspector (composer: stock music - uncredited)
 
1936 Crash Donovan (composer: stock music - uncredited)
 
1936 Parole! (composer: stock music - uncredited)
 
1936 Love Before Breakfast (musical director)
 
1936 Dangerous Waters (musical director - uncredited)
 
1936 Next Time We Love (musical director)
 
1936 The Invisible Ray (musical director - uncredited)
 
1936/II Flash Gordon (composer: stock music - uncredited)
 
1935 Magnificent Obsession (musical director)
 
1935 The Great Impersonation (composer: stock music - uncredited, musical director - uncredited)
 
1935 East of Java (musical director - uncredited)
 
1935 Three Kids and a Queen (musical director - uncredited)
 
1935 His Night Out (musical director - uncredited)
 
1934 Music in the Air (music adaptor - uncredited)
 
1934 The Only Girl (music arranger, musical director)
 
1931 Das Lied vom Leben (musical director - as Franz Wachsmann)
 
1930 The Blue Angel (orchestrator - uncredited)
 
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2001 Screenwriter John Michael Hayes on 'Rear Window' (video documentary short)
 
1968 To Die in Paris (TV movie)
 
1966 The Virginian (TV series)
An Echo of Thunder (1966)
 
1966 Lost Command
 
1966 Gunsmoke (TV series)
The Raid: Part 2 (1966)
The Raid: Part 1 (1966)
 
1964-1965 Kraft Suspense Theatre (TV series)
Graffiti (1964)
Operation Greif (1964)
 
1964 Peyton Place (TV series)
 
1964 The Twentieth Century (TV series documentary)
Lenin and Trotsky (1964)
 
1963 Arrest and Trial (TV series)
A Flame in the Dark (1963)
 
1963 The Fugitive (TV series)
 
1962 Taras Bulba
 
1962 My Geisha
 
1960 Cimarron
 
1960 Full Circle (TV series)
 
1959 Beloved Infidel
 
1959 Twilight Zone (TV series)
 
1959 Career
 
1959 The Nun's Story
 
1957 Peyton Place
 
1957 Sayonara
 
1955 Mister Roberts
 
1955 Untamed
 
1954 This Is My Love
 
1954 Rear Window
 
1954 Elephant Walk
 
1954 Prince Valiant
 
1953 I, the Jury
 
1953 Stalag 17 (uncredited)
 
1953 Botany Bay
 
1951 Red Mountain
 
1951 The Blue Veil
 
1950 Dark City
 
1950 The Furies
 
1950 Sunset Blvd.
 
1950 Night and the City (American version)
 
1949 Johnny Holiday
 
1949 Task Force
 
1949 Rope of Sand
 
1949 Alias Nick Beal
 
1948 Whiplash
 
1948 No Minor Vices
 
1947 That Hagen Girl
 
1947 The Unsuspected
 
1947 Dark Passage
 
1947 Possessed
 
1947 Cry Wolf
 
1947 Nora Prentiss
 
1946 Her Kind of Man
 
1945 Hotel Berlin
 
1944 To Have and Have Not (uncredited)
 
1944 Mr. Skeffington
 
1944 In Our Time
 
1943 Air Force
 
1942 Tortilla Flat
 
1941 Kathleen
 
1941 Suspicion
 
1941 Honky Tonk
 
1941 Unfinished Business (uncredited)
 
1941 The Bad Man (uncredited)
 
1940 Flight Command
 
1940 Escape (uncredited)
 
1940 Boom Town
 
1940 I Love You Again (uncredited)
 
1940 Sporting Blood
 
1940 Florian
 
1940 Rebecca
 
1940 Strange Cargo
 
1939 At the Circus (uncredited)
 
1939 The Ice Follies of 1939 (uncredited)
 
1938 Dramatic School
 
1938 Three Comrades
 
1938 Test Pilot
 
1938 Man-Proof
 
1937 A Day at the Races (uncredited)
 
1936 Love on the Run
 
1936 The Devil-Doll
 
1936 Trouble for Two
 
1936 Fury
 
1936 Absolute Quiet
 
1936 Love Before Breakfast (uncredited)
 
1936 Sutter's Gold
 
1936 Dangerous Waters (uncredited)
 
1936 Next Time We Love (uncredited)
 
1935 Magnificent Obsession (uncredited)
 
1935 East of Java
 
1935 Three Kids and a Queen (uncredited)
 
1935 Diamond Jim
 
1934 Mauvaise graine
 
1934 The Only Girl
 
1934 Liliom (as F. Waxman)
 
1933/I Paprika
 
1933/II Paprika (as Franz Wachsmann)
 
1933 Gruß und Kuß - Veronika (as Franz Wachsmann)
 
1933 Ich und die Kaiserin (as Franz Wachsmann)
 
1932 Paprika (as Franz Wachsmann)
 
1932 Montparnasse Girl (as Franz Wachsmann)
 
1932 La petite de Montparnasse (as F. Wachsmann)
 
1932 Un peu d'amour
 
1931 Das Lied vom Leben (as Franz Wachsmann)
 
1931 Flagrant délit (as Franz Wachsmann)
 
1930 Murder for Sale
 
Show ShowSoundtrack (42 titles)
2012 Hollywood in Vienna 2012 (TV special) (music: "Sunset")
 
2011 The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn - Part 1 (writer: "Female Monster Music" / performer: "Female Monster Music")
 
2008 Gable and Crawford (video documentary short) (writer: "Love On The Run", "Strange Cargo", "At Last - The Beach")
 
2008 Crawford at Warners (video documentary short) (arranger: "Tristan und Isolde" / "Chopin", "Louise Escapes")
 
2004 Love's Brother (writer: "Temple of Isis")
 
1998 Gods and Monsters (writer: "Bride of Frankenstein")
 
1993 What's Eating Gilbert Grape (Music from "Sorry, Wrong Number")
 
1993 Fire in the Sky ("A Message Of Murder")
 
1971 THX 1138 (writer: "Elevator Music" - uncredited)
 
1966 The Time Tunnel (TV series)
The Revenge of Robin Hood (1966) (writer: "Stock music")
 
1962 My Geisha (performer: "MADAMA BUTTERFLY" Sequences)
 
1961 Return to Peyton Place (music: "The Wonderful Season of Love")
 
1960 Cimarron (music: "Cimarron")
 
1959 Beloved Infidel (music: "Beloved Infidel")
 
1957 Sayonara (lyrics: "Mountains Beyond the Moon" 1957 - uncredited)
 
1957 The Spirit of St. Louis (arranger: "La Marseillaise" - uncredited)
 
1954 Rear Window (music: "Lisa" 1954 - uncredited, "Many Dreams Ago" 1954 - uncredited)
 
1954 Elephant Walk (music: "Many Dreams Ago")
 
1953 Man on a Tightrope (music: "Women Are Not Like Angels" - uncredited / arranger: "The Moldau" - uncredited)
 
1951 A Place in the Sun (music: "Alma Mater" - uncredited)
 
1948 Sorry, Wrong Number ("Passacaglia")
 
1945 The Horn Blows at Midnight (music: "Athaneal the Trumpeter" 1945 - uncredited)
 
1944 Since You Went Away (arranger: "Kaiser-Walzer Emperor Waltz op.437" 1889 - uncredited)
 
1942 Tortilla Flat ("Ay, Ay, Paisano!" 1942 - uncredited)
 
1940 Florian (arranger: "Die Schönbrunner" - uncredited, ""Hofball-Tänze, Op. 161" - uncredited, "To You, My Austria" - uncredited, "Ballet Music" - uncredited, "Polonaise Militaire" - uncredited, "Light Cavalry Overture" - uncredited, "Austrian March" - uncredited)
 
1940 Flash Gordon Conquers the Universe (writer: Some of the music cues came from the following films: / music: Some of the music cues came from the following films:)
 
1939 Buck Rogers (writer: Some of the music cues originally were composed for the following films: / music: Some of the music cues originally were composed for the following films:)
 
1939 The Ice Follies of 1939 (writer: "Cinderella Reel" 1938 - uncredited, "Blackbirds" 1938 - uncredited)
 
1939 The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn (writer: "Jim's Song" - uncredited, "At Night" - uncredited)
 
1938 Three Comrades (music: "The Comrade Song" 1938 - uncredited, "Yankee Ragtime College Jazz" 1938 - uncredited)
 
1938 Dramatic School (music: "Who Wants Love?" 1937 - uncredited)
 
1938 Three Loves Has Nancy (music: "Main Title" - uncredited, "Gone" - uncredited)
 
1938 Flash Gordon's Trip to Mars (music: The - uncredited music cues were tracked into this film:)
 
1938 Arsène Lupin Returns (music: "Gone" 1936 - uncredited)
 
1937 Captains Courageous (music: "Ooh What a Terrible Man" 1937 - uncredited, "Don't Cry Little Fish" 1937 - uncredited)
 
1937 The Bride Wore Red (music: "Who Wants Love?" 1937)
 
1936 Love on the Run (music: "Gone" 1936)
 
1935 East of Java (music: "Malayan Love Song" / lyrics: "Malayan Love Song")
 
1935 The Affair of Susan (music: "Something in My Heart" - uncredited)
 
1933 Gruß und Kuß - Veronika (music: "Gruss und Kuss - Veronika" / music: "Die kleinen Mädchen mit dem treuen Blick..." / as Franz Wachsmann)
 
1932 Paprika (writer: "Ach, wie oft kommt die Liebe unverhofft!" / as Franz Wachsmann)
 
1930 Das Kabinett des Dr. Larifari (music: "Ewige Liebe gibt's nur im Roman")
 
Show ShowActor (2 titles)
1957 Love in the Afternoon (uncredited)
 
1930 Murder for Sale
Schwarzer Musiker (uncredited)
 
Show ShowArchive Footage (2 titles)
2003 The John Garfield Story (TV documentary)
Himself
 
1995 Great Performances (TV series)
 

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Pictured on one of six 33¢ USA commemorative postage stamps in the Legends of American Music series, honoring Hollywood Composers, issued 21 September 1999. Issued in panes of 20 stamps. Others honored in the set were Max Steiner, Dimitri Tiomkin, Bernard Herrmann, Alfred Newman, and Erich Wolfgang Korngold. See more »

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