Roy Webb

American film music composer (1888-1982)

Royden Denslow Webb was an American film music composer. A co-founder and charter member of ASCAP, he has hundreds of film music credits to his name, mainly with RKO Pictures. He is best known for composing film noir and horror film scores, in particular for the films of Val Lewton.

Filmography in the catalog

Credited on 29 films (1933–1956) — matched by name in the Creator or Credits field. Also mentioned in 201 other records (descriptions, transcriptions, copyright notes).

Year ▲ Title CreatorLengthFormatColorSound
1933 Christopher Strong Dorothy Arzner 78 min 16mm B&W
1933 EMERGENCY CALL. RKO Radio Pictures Inc. 7 reels B&W
1934 Hips, hips, hooray. Mark Sandrich 68 min 16mm B&W sound
1934 WE'RE RICH AGAIN. RKO Radio Pictures Inc. 7 reels B&W
1935 We're Only Human Monsanto Co. 69 min 16mm B&W sound
1936 BUNKER BEAN. RKO Radio Pictures Inc. 7 reels B&W
1936 NIGHT WAITRESS. RKO Radio Pictures Inc. 6 reels B&W
1936 TWO IN THE DARK. RKO Radio Pictures Inc. 8 reels B&W
1938 Bringing Up Baby Films inc. 1:02 16mm Color sound
1941 FATHER TAKES A WIFE. RKO Radio Pictures 79 min 16mm B&W sound
1941 Playmates David Butler 96 B&W
1943 Flight For Freedom Lothar Mendes 1:02 B&W
1944 Experiment Perilous Jacques Tourneur 91 B&W
1944 Murder My Sweet Edward Dmytryk 95 B&W
1946 The Spiral Staircase Robert Siodmak 83 B&W
1947 Crossfire Anti-Defamation League Of B'nai B'rith 86 1:26:00 16mm B&W sound
1947 Sinbad the Sailor Richard Wallace 112 min 16mm Color
1948 I Remember Mama RKO Radio Pictures Inc. 2:17:00 16mm B&W sound
1949 The Window RKO Radio Pictures Inc 1:13:00 16mm B&W sound
1950 The White Tower. RKO Radio Pictures Inc. 98 min. 35mm Color sound
1950 Where Danger Lives John Farrow 82 B&W
1951 Fixed Bayonets. Twentieth Century-Fox Film Corp 92 min. 35mm B&W sound
1951 Hard, Fast, And Beautiful. RKO Radio Pictures Inc. 78 min. 35mm B&W sound
1952 Clash by night Inc. (Publisher) 1:45:00 16mm B&W sound
1952 Operation Secret Lewis Seiler 108 min 16mm B&W
1954 THE RAID. Twentieth Century-Fox Film Corp 82 min. 35mm Color sound
1955 Bengazi. Panamint Pictures Inc. 79 min. 35mm B&W sound
1955 SECOND CHANCE. Rudolph Maté 82 min 16mm sound
1956 The River Changes. Warner Bros. Pictures Inc. 91 min. 35mm B&W sound