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Bernhard Kaun(1899-1980)

  • Music Department
  • Composer
  • Soundtrack
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Bernhard Kaun was an American film score composer and orchestrator, primarily active from the early 1930s to the late 1950s. He is primarily remembered by horror fans for composing the score of the gothic horror film "Frankenstein" (1931). Kaun served for over a decade at Warner Bros., and composed the scores of many crime and mystery films for this studio.
BornApril 5, 1899
DiedJanuary 3, 1980(80)
BornApril 5, 1899
DiedJanuary 3, 1980(80)
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Known for

Fredric March and Alexis Smith in The Adventures of Mark Twain (1944)
The Adventures of Mark Twain
7.1
  • Music Department(as Bernard Kaun)
  • 1944
Ingrid Bergman, Gary Cooper, Jerry Austin, and Flora Robson in Saratoga Trunk (1945)
Saratoga Trunk
6.4
  • Music Department(as Bernard Kaun)
  • 1945
The Haunted World of El Superbeasto (2009)
The Haunted World of El Superbeasto
5.8
Video
  • Soundtrack("Frankenstein")
  • 2009
David Janssen in The Fugitive (1963)
The Fugitive
8.1
TV Series
  • Composer
  • 1963

Credits

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Music Department

  • David Hedison and Patricia Owens in The Fly (1958)
    The Fly
    • conductor (uncredited)
    • 1958
  • The Bravados (1958)
    The Bravados
    • conductor
    • 1958
  • Ski Crazy! (1955)
    Ski Crazy!
    • orchestrator (uncredited)
    • 1955
  • Special Delivery (1955)
    Special Delivery
    • musical director
    • 1955
  • Olivia de Havilland, Sydney Greenstreet, Paul Henreid, and Ida Lupino in Devotion (1946)
    Devotion
    • orchestrator (uncredited)
    • 1946
  • Orson Welles, Claudette Colbert, and George Brent in Tomorrow Is Forever (1946)
    Tomorrow Is Forever
    • orchestrator (uncredited)
    • 1946
  • Ingrid Bergman, Gary Cooper, Jerry Austin, and Flora Robson in Saratoga Trunk (1945)
    Saratoga Trunk
    • orchestral arranger (as Bernard Kaun)
    • 1945
  • Fredric March and Alexis Smith in The Adventures of Mark Twain (1944)
    The Adventures of Mark Twain
    • orchestrator (as Bernard Kaun)
    • 1944
  • William Boyd in Riders of the Deadline (1943)
    Riders of the Deadline
    • composer: stock music (uncredited)
    • 1943
  • Robert Shayne in Wagon Wheels West (1943)
    Wagon Wheels West
    • composer: stock music (uncredited)
    • Short
    • 1943
  • William Boyd and Andy Clyde in Bar 20 (1943)
    Bar 20
    • composer: stock music (uncredited)
    • 1943
  • Background to Danger (1943)
    Background to Danger
    • composer: additional music (uncredited)
    • 1943
  • Mission to Moscow (1943)
    Mission to Moscow
    • orchestral arrangements (as Bernard Kaun)
    • 1943
  • Humphrey Bogart and Irene Manning in The Big Shot (1942)
    The Big Shot
    • composer: additional music (uncredited)
    • 1942
  • Robert Armstrong, Irene Hervey, and Kent Taylor in Gang Busters (1942)
    Gang Busters
    • composer: stock music (uncredited)
    • 1942

Composer

  • David Janssen in The Fugitive (1963)
    The Fugitive
    • Composer
    • TV Series
    • 1963
  • Full Circle (1960)
    Full Circle
    • Composer
    • TV Series
    • 1960
  • For Better or Worse
    • Composer
    • TV Series
    • 1959
  • Alle Wege führen heim (1957)
    Alle Wege führen heim
    • Composer
    • 1957
  • Special Delivery (1955)
    Special Delivery
    • Composer
    • 1955
  • Fire One
    • Composer
    • TV Movie
    • 1954
  • Studio One (1948)
    Studio One
    • Composer
    • TV Series
    • 1948
  • Brenda Marshall, Wayne Morris, and Alexis Smith in The Smiling Ghost (1941)
    The Smiling Ghost
    • Composer (uncredited)
    • 1941
  • Anthony Quinn and Joan Perry in Bullets for O'Hara (1941)
    Bullets for O'Hara
    • Composer (uncredited)
    • 1941
  • Heather Angel, Mary Field, Lumsden Hare, Frieda Inescort, Charles Irwin, Bruce Lester, and Paul Renay in Shadows on the Stairs (1941)
    Shadows on the Stairs
    • Composer (uncredited)
    • 1941
  • William Lundigan, Charles Waldron, and Maris Wrixon in The Case of the Black Parrot (1941)
    The Case of the Black Parrot
    • Composer (uncredited)
    • 1941
  • Jeffrey Lynn and Brenda Marshall in Money and the Woman (1940)
    Money and the Woman
    • Composer (uncredited)
    • 1940
  • Humphrey Bogart, Rosemary Lane, Dennis Morgan, and Wayne Morris in The Return of Doctor X (1939)
    The Return of Doctor X
    • Composer (uncredited)
    • 1939
  • Boris Karloff, Bruce Lester, Margaret Lindsay, and Leonard Mudie in British Intelligence (1939)
    British Intelligence
    • Composer (uncredited)
    • 1939
  • Ronald Reagan and Margot Stevenson in Smashing the Money Ring (1939)
    Smashing the Money Ring
    • Composer (uncredited)
    • 1939

Soundtrack

  • Subb Niggurath (2013)
    Subb Niggurath
    • writer: "The Wolf Man"
    • Short
    • 2013
  • The Haunted World of El Superbeasto (2009)
    The Haunted World of El Superbeasto
    • performer: "Frankenstein"
    • writer: "Frankenstein"
    • Video
    • 2009
  • Frankenstein (1931)
    The Frankenstein Files: How Hollywood Made a Monster
    • music: "Frankenstein Main Title and Theatrical Trailer Music"
    • Video
    • 2002
  • Taking the Count (1937)
    Taking the Count
    • music: "I Am a Thief" (uncredited)
    • Short
    • 1937
  • Don't Get Me Wrong (1937)
    Don't Get Me Wrong
    • music: "Black Fury" (uncredited)
    • 1937
  • Ricardo Cortez, Lionel Atwill, Anita Louise, and Verree Teasdale in The Firebird (1934)
    The Firebird
    • arranger: "The Firebird Suite" (1919) (uncredited)
    • 1934
  • Monica Bannister in Mystery of the Wax Museum (1933)
    Mystery of the Wax Museum
    • music: "Agitato" (uncredited)
    • 1933
  • Lionel Atwill, Lee Tracy, and Fay Wray in Doctor X (1932)
    Doctor X
    • music: "Agitato" (uncredited)
    • 1932
  • Joe E. Brown, Richard Cramer, Robert Greig, and Al Hill in The Tenderfoot (1932)
    The Tenderfoot
    • music: "Mechanical Ballet" (uncredited)
    • 1932

Personal details

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  • Alternative name
    • Bernard Kaun
  • Born
    • April 5, 1899
    • Milwaukee, Wisconsin, USA
  • Died
    • January 3, 1980
    • Baden-Baden, Baden-Württemberg, West Germany(heart attack)

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    American-born film composer of German ancestry. Began his career as a conductor at the Alhambra Theatre in his native Milwaukee. From 1930, he worked in Hollywood for Universal, Warner Brothers and Paramount (often on horror films) as orchestrator and composer of scores and incidental music.

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