Franz Waxman

Franz Waxman

German film composer (1906-1967)

Franz Waxman was a German-born composer and conductor 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 12 Academy Award nominations and won two Oscars in consecutive years. 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."

Filmography in the catalog

Credited on 72 films (1935–1961) — matched by name in the Creator or Credits field. Also mentioned in 56 other records (descriptions, transcriptions, copyright notes).

Year ▼ Title CreatorLengthFormatColorSound
1961 Return To Peyton Place. Jerry Wald Productions Inc. & Twentieth Century-Fox Film Corp. 123 min 35mm Color sound
1960 CIMARRON. Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Inc. 13 reels 35mm Color sound
1960 The Story Of Ruth. Samuel G. Engel Productions Inc. & Twentieth Century-Fox Film Corp. 132 min 35mm Color sound
1959 Beloved Infidel. Company of Artists Inc. & Twentieth Century-Fox Film Corp. 117 min 35mm Color sound
1959 Career Joseph Anthony 105 min 16mm B&W
1957 Count Your Blessings 10021 Galahad Studios 100 min 16mm Color sound
1957 COUNT YOUR BLESSINGS Galahad Studios 15½min 16mm B&W Sound
1957 Peyton Place. Jerry Wald Productions Inc. & Twentieth Century-Fox Film Corp. 157 min 35mm Color sound
1956 Crime in the Streets Don Siegel 91 min Color & B&W
1955 THE VIRGIN QUEEN. Twentieth Century-Fox Film Corp 92 min. 35mm Color sound
1955 UNTAMED. Twentieth Century-Fox Film Corp 111 min 35mm Color sound
1954 Demetrius And The Gladiators. Twentieth Century-Fox Film Corp 101 min 35mm Color sound
1954 Prince Valiant. Twentieth Century-Fox Film Corp 100 min 35mm Color sound
1954 Rear Window Alfred Hitchcock 1:12 16mm Color sound
1953 Stalag 17 Billy Wilder 116 min 16mm Color & B&W sound
1952 Has Anybody Seen My Gal. Universal Pictures Co. Inc. 89 min. 35mm Color sound
1952 Lure Of The Wilderness. Twentieth Century-Fox Film Corp 93 min. 35mm Color sound
1952 My Cousin Rachel. Twentieth Century-Fox Film Corp 98 min. 35mm B&W sound
1952 Phone Call From a Stranger Jean Negulesco 1:05 B&W
1952 Phone Call From A Stranger. Twentieth Century-Fox Film Corp 96 min. 35mm B&W sound
1951 A Place in the Sun George Stevens 2:00 B&W
1951 A Place in the sun George Stevens 117 min B&W
1951 Anne Of The Indies. Twentieth Century-Fox Film Corp 81 min. 35mm Color sound
1951 Decision Before Dawn. Twentieth Century-Fox Film Corp 119 min 35mm B&W sound
1950 Night And The City. Twentieth Century-Fox Film Corp 95 min. 35mm B&W sound
1950 Rope of Sand ▶ William Dieterle 104 min B&W
1950 Rope of Sand William Dieterle 104 min 16mm B&W
1950 Sunset Boulevard Films inc. 110 mi 16mm B&W sound
1950 TASK FORCE Delmer Daves 100 min Color & B&W
1950 The Furies Anthony Mann 109 min 16mm B&W
1949 Task Force. Delmer Daves 116 min 35mm B&W sound
1948 Sorry, Wrong Number. Paramount Pictures Corporation 89 min. 35mm B&W sound
1947 Night Unto Night. Don Siegel 84 min. 35mm B&W sound
1947 Nora Prentiss. Vincent Sherman 111 min 35mm B&W sound
1947 The Paradine Case Alfred Hitchcock 125 min 16mm B&W
1947 The Paradine Case. unknown 132 min 35mm B&W sound
1947 THE TWO MRS. CARROLLS. Peter Godfrey 99 min. 35mm B&W sound
1947 The Unsuspected. Michael Curtiz 103 min 35mm B&W sound
1945 The Last Bomb ▶ National Archives and Records Administration 35 min 16mm/video file Color
1945 THE LAST BOMB ▶ Frank Lloyd 35 min Color
1945 To Have And Have Not. Howard Hawks 11 reels. B&W
1944 Destination Tokyo. Delmer Daves 135 min B&W
1944 To Have and Have Not Howard Hawks 96 min 16mm B&W
1943 AIR FORCE. warner bros. 5000 16mm B&W sound
1942 Woman Of The Year. George Stevens 12 reels B&W sound
1941 Suspicion Alfred Hitchcock 99 16mm B&W
1940 Boom Town. Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer. 13 reels 16mm B&W sound
1940 Strange Cargo ▶ Frank Borzage 114 min B&W
1940 Strange Cargo. Frank Borzage 12 reels B&W sound
1940 The Philadelphia Story. George Cukor 12 reels B&W sound