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Alfred Newman (March 17, 1900 – February 17, 1970) was an American composer, arranger, and conductor of film music. From his start as a music prodigy, he came to be regarded as a respected figure in the history of film music. He won nine Academy Awards and was nominated 45 times, [1] contributing to the extended Newman family [2] being the ...
Jan 20, 2020 · Here are more numbers. This year alone, two Newmans, cousins Thomas and Randy, are up for Academy Awards. Thomas is nominated for Best Musical Score for “1917” and Randy has nods for his score ...
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Dec 15, 2014 · The single most honored composer in the history of the Academy Awards – winning a record nine Oscars out of 45 nominations – Alfred Newman scored more than 250 films and, as general music director for 20th Century-Fox for two decades (beginning in 1939), was influential not only in creating the overall musical sound of the studio but also in giving opportunities to many other composers ...
Mar 22, 1998 · The Newman Conquests. By Amy Wallace. March 22, 1998 12 AM PT. Amy Wallace is a Times staff writer. Fox Stage 1, a cavernous, 7,500-square-foot soundstage built in 1928, has long been the spot ...
Alfred Newman. Music Department: The King and I. Alfred Newman is an American composer, arranger, and conductor of film music. From his start as a music prodigy, he came to be regarded as a respected figure in the history of film music. He won nine Academy Awards and was nominated 45 times, contributing to the Newmans being the most nominated Academy Award extended family, with a collective 92 ...
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Three key figures in assisting Chaplin for the mammoth score of Modern Times were the conductor/composer Alfred Newman, arranger Edward Powell, and the then 23-year-old David Raksin. Raksin had been recently hired by Broadway’s Harms/Chappell upon the recommendation of composer George Gershwin, and had been invited by Chaplin to Hollywood as ...
Along the way, I discovered that the renowned composer, Aaron Copland, wrote several film scores that became classics in themselves, notably "The Red Pony" and "Our Town." The 50s were a golden age for Newman and it marked the start of my own golden age in discovering the joy of music in all its forms. My passion for music was boundless.
