Franz Waxman

In the early 1930s he orchestrated Frederick Hollander's score for the 1930 film Blue Angel (1930) and wrote original scores for several German films, notably Fritz Lang 's '' Liliom '' (1934). With the Nazis in power he worked briefly in France but arrived in the United States by 1935. He received 12 Academy Award nominations, winning in consecutive years for '' Sunset Boulevard '' and '' A Place In The Sun ''.

Waxman died of cancer at age 60.

SELECTED FILMOGRAPHY

'' Bride Of Frankenstein '' (1935)

'' Fury '' (1936)

'' Captains Courageous '' (1937)

'' A Christmas Carol '' (1938)

'' The Young In Heart '' (1938) (2 Academy Award nominations)

'' Rebecca '' (1940) (Academy Award nomination)

'' The Philadelphia Story '' (1940)

'' Suspicion '' (1941) (Academy Award nomination)

'' Dr. Jekyll And Mr. Hyde '' (1941) (Academy Award nomination)

'' Objective, Burma! '' (1945) (Academy Award nomination)

'' Humoresque '' (1946) (Academy Award nomination)

'' Dark City '' (1950)

'' The Furies '' (1950)

'' Sunset Boulevard '' (1950) (Academy Award)

'' He Ran All The Way '' (1951)

'' A Place In The Sun '' (1951) (Academy Award)

'' Rear Window '' (1954)

'' The Silver Chalice '' (1954) (Academy Award nomination)

'' Mister Roberts '' (1955)

'' Peyton Place '' (1957)

'' The Nun's Story '' (1959) (Academy Award nomination)

'' Taras Bulba '' (1962) (Academy Award nomination)

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