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Hugo Wilhelm Friedhofer (May 3, 1901 – May 17, 1981) was an American composer and cellist best known for his motion picture scores.
Hugo Friedhofer (1901-1981) was a prolific and versatile film composer who orchestrated and arranged scores for many Hollywood classics. He won an Oscar for The Best Years of Our Lives (1946) and was nominated eight times, but also faced self-doubt and anxiety.
- January 1, 1
- San Francisco, California, USA
- January 1, 1
- Los Angeles, California, USA
Dec 2, 2022 · Remembering Hugo Friedhofer. By Steve Vertlieb: I’ve read with interest some of the recent discussions concerning the measure of Hugo Friedhofer’s importance as a composer, and it set my memory sailing back to another time in a musical galaxy long ago and far away.
Hugo Friedhofer was an American composer and orchestrator who worked in Hollywood for over 40 years. He was best known for his Academy Award-winning score for The Best Years of Our Lives (1946). He was also nominated for an Oscar for his work on The Young Lions (1958).
- 80 years old
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- music_department,composer,soundtrack
Dec 7, 2023 · I say this as a huge Hugo Friedhofer fan: the labels can't "drop the ball" when there are no elements to release. And it certainly wouldn't make sense for them to direct limited resources towards newly recording an obscure Hugo Friedhofer score which might sell a couple hundred copies at best.
Hugo Wilhelm Friedhofer was an American composer and cellist best known for his motion picture scores.
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Hugo Wilhelm Friedhofer was born in San Francisco on May 3, 1902, the son of a Dresden-trained cellist. He left school at sixteen (he had been an art major) and gained a job as an office boy, studying painting at night at the Mark Hopkins Institute.
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