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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.
Though he continued in demand, much of Friedhofer's scoring output through the 1950s went to films mostly relegated to Saturday mornings these days, but there were notables, as the 1957 duo An Affair to Remember (1957) and the well-received The Sun Also Rises (1957) .
Hugo Friedhofer. Jump to Edit. Overview. Born. May 3, 1901 · San Francisco, California, USA. Died. May 17, 1981 · Los Angeles, California, USA (complications from an accidental fall) Birth name. Hugo Wilhelm Friedhofer. Nicknames. The Boss. The Man. The Fox. Mini Bio.
May 20, 1981 · Hugo Friedhofer, an Oscar-winning orchestrator and composer who was among the first to integrate music and movies, died Sunday at St. Vincent's Hospital. He had been receiving treatment for...
This video pays tribute to the legendary film composer, Hugo Wilhelm Friedhofer, who received a much deserved Oscar in 1947 for his brilliant, much lauded sc...
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Jun 18, 2002 · Hugo Friedhofer: The Best Years of His Life surveys the impressive career of one of Hollywood's extraordinary composers of music for the movies. Friedhofer became the leading orchestrator for Max Steiner, Erich Wolfgang Korngold, and Alfred Newman soon after his 1929 arrival in Hollywood.
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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.
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