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March 8th, 2006, 07:01 AM
ROY WEBB
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INFORMATION FROM IMDb
Date of birth (location)
3 October 1888
New York, New York, USA
Date of death (details)
10 December 1982
Santa Monica, California, USA. (heart attack)
Biography
Roy Webb was born in New York City on 3 October, 1888, three years after his brother Kenneth, who also had a long career in show business and was a distinct influence on his younger sibling. The boys shared a creative urge that would lead them to careers in the theater, radio, film and television.
Webb studied drawing and painting at the Art Student’s League in Manhattan for five years, and after high school he studied at Columbia University where, according to Christopher Palmer, Webb "was fed a diet of Bach and Beethoven: his teacher used the Bach fugues as a basis for his instruction, and Webb would later have cause to be grateful for the rigour of this early training."
Webb graduated from Columbia in 1910. He and Kenneth were both active musically by 1914, when they signed the original charter that formed ASCAP. Webb wrote popular songs in this period (none survive) before enlisting in the Navy during World War I. He was attending officers school when the Armistice was signed in 1918. Following an honorable discharge from the Navy he went to work for Kenneth as an assistant director in motion pictures.
Columbia undergraduate Richard Rodgers got to know the Webbs as the brothers retained active alumni ties with their alma mater, returning to the university in the early 1920s to help stage the annual undergraduate Varsity Show.
In 1925 Webb authored the official football fight song for Columbia University, which won him the Alumni Federation of Colleges Prize. Current recordings by the University of Michigan Band and the Mormon Tabernacle Choir reveal Webb’s penchant for bitonal harmony even at this early date. For the next three years he was part of producer Herbert Fields’ theatrical "family" of Richard Rodgers, Lorenz Hart, choreographer Busby Berkeley and director Alexander Leftwich. Beginning with the second edition of the Garrick Gaieties in 1926, Webb consecutively orchestrated and conducted the Rodgers and Hart musicals Peggy-Ann, A Connecticut Yankee, Present Arms, and Chee-Chee.
Webb made an important friend at this time. Born the same year but half a world apart, Max Steiner had arrived on Broadway ahead of Webb but by 1927 they were both wielding batons for Herbert Fields, with Webb conducting A Connecticut Yankee at the Vanderbilt while Steiner was conducting Hit the Deck at the Belasco. Steiner and Webb were elaborating the silent, foreign versions of Side Street and The Delightful Rogue.
Soon, however, RKO management decided that they didn’t want any music in their dramatic films and closed the music department. the backlash against film musicals had begun. "Baravelle was let go," said Steiner, "and Webb sent back to New York," still on RKO’s payroll to oversee unit shows. RKO offered to buy our Steiner’s contract, but at the last minute gave him a month-to month deal to head the music department, just in case. Almost the first thing Steiner did was recall Webb from New York as his assistant. By 1931 Steiner demonstrated forcefully to management the value of underscoring, and for the next five years Steiner and Webb worked hand-in-glove.
By 1933 Webb was awarded his first screen credit as musical director for Professional Sweetheart. He became a charter member and treasurer of the Screen Composers Association. In 1935 Webb was handed the epic The Last Days of Pompeii to compose (his screen credit had to be fought for by Steiner and producer Merian C. Cooper). Steiner’s defection to Selznick International in 1936 (shortly after Val Lewton’s arrival there) left Webb as the musical signature of RKO, a position he would hold for the next twenty years.
Webb’s easy familiarity with popular, light music and his innate ear for melody made him well suited for journeyman scores like Bringing Up Baby but, unexpectedly, this composer schooled in upbeat show tunes discovered his own voice with the brooding psychological thrillers that were RKO’s specially in the 1940s, endowing them with very advanced harmonies and a melancholy fatalism. Stranger on the Third Floor, Murder My Sweet, Out of the Past, Notorious, The Window, The Spiral Staircase and The Locket, in addition to the Val Lewton thrillers represented in this recording, contain some of Webb’s finest and most typical scoring.
Though he never won an Oscar, Webb was nominated for an Academy Award seven times between 1937 and 1945 for Quality Street, My Favorite Wife, Joan of Paris, I Married a Witch, The Fallen Sparrow, The Fighting Seabees and The Enchanted Cottage. One of Webb’s proudest moments was a contemporary performance at the Hollywood Bowl of his Piano Concerto from 1945’s The Enchanted Cottage.
Fully pensioned at age 67, Webb "retired" when RKO dissolved in 1955, taking occasional freelance features like Track of the Cat and Marty, television assignments including Wagon Train and 77 Sunset Strip.
Tragedy struck in 1961. Though Webb and his wife Jean escaped, their home burned to the ground. They lost everything, including all of Webb’s film scores and unpublished concert music. Stunned and disheartened by the destruction of his life’s work, Webb ceased composing. With no children, Webb and Jean regrouped their lives into a placid retirement. The family ranks diminished with Kenneth Webb’s death in 1966. In the 1970s, ill health and failing memory encroached on Webb’s final years. On 10 December 1982, he died of a heart attack at St. John’s Hospital in Santa Monica at the age of 94.
Biography from [NAXOS.COM]
Composer - filmography
1. Shadows in the Dark: The Val Lewton Legacy (2005) (V)
2. The Harryhausen Chronicles (1998) (TV) (excerpts from "Mighty Joe Young") (uncredited)
3. The Projectionist (1971) (from "Notorious") (uncredited)
4. "The Alaskans" (1959) TV Series
5. Up Periscope (1959) (stock music) (uncredited)
6. Teacher's Pet (1958)
7. "Wagon Train" (1957) TV Series
... aka Major Adams, Trail Master
8. Shoot-Out at Medicine Bend (1957)
9. Affair in Reno (1957)
10. Three Violent People (1957) (stock music) (uncredited)
11. Top Secret Affair (1957)
... aka Their Secret Affair (UK)
12. The Girl He Left Behind (1956)
13. The Search for Bridey Murphy (1956) (uncredited)
14. The First Texan (1956)
15. The River Changes (1956)
16. Our Miss Brooks (1956)
17. Blood Alley (1955)
... aka William A. Wellman's Blood Alley (USA: complete title)
18. Bengazi (1955)
19. The Sea Chase (1955)
20. Marty (1955)
21. Underwater! (1955)
... aka The Big Rainbow (USA)
22. The Americano (1955)
23. Track of the Cat (1954)
24. The Raid (1954)
25. Dangerous Mission (1954)
... aka Rangers of the North (USA)
26. She Couldn't Say No (1954)
... aka Beautiful But Dangerous (UK)
... aka She Had to Say Yes
27. Alaska Seas (1954) (uncredited)
28. Second Chance (1953)
29. Houdini (1953)
30. Affair with a Stranger (1953)
31. A Slight Case of Larceny (1953) (stock music) (uncredited)
32. Split Second (1953)
33. Angel Face (1952) (uncredited)
34. Operation Secret (1952)
35. The Lusty Men (1952)
36. This Is Cinerama (1952)
37. Clash by Night (1952)
38. At Sword's Point (1952)
... aka Sons of the Musketeers (UK)
39. A Girl in Every Port (1952)
40. The Racket (1951) (uncredited)
41. Fixed Bayonets! (1951)
42. The Blue Veil (1951) (uncredited)
43. Flying Leathernecks (1951)
44. A Place in the Sun (1951) (adaptation) (uncredited)
45. Sealed Cargo (1951)
46. Gambling House (1951)
47. Hard, Fast and Beautiful (1951)
... aka Mother of a Champion (USA)
48. Law of the Badlands (1951) (uncredited)
49. Footlight Varieties (1951)
50. Vendetta (1950)
51. Branded (1950)
52. Where Danger Lives (1950)
53. The White Tower (1950)
54. The Invisible Monster (1950) (stock music) (uncredited)
... aka Phantom Ruler
55. The Secret Fury (1950)
56. A Dangerous Profession (1949) (uncredited)
57. The Great Lover (1949) (uncredited)
58. Holiday Affair (1949)
59. Easy Living (1949)
60. My Friend Irma (1949)
61. The Window (1949)
62. Make Mine Laughs (1949) (uncredited)
63. Mighty Joe Young (1949)
... aka Mr. Joseph Young of Africa
64. Roughshod (1949)
65. Adventure in Baltimore (1949)
... aka Bachelor Bait (UK)
66. Bad Men of Tombstone (1949)
67. Blood on the Moon (1948)
68. Rachel and the Stranger (1948)
69. Out of the Storm (1948) (stock music) (uncredited)
70. Race Street (1948)
71. Variety Time (1948) (uncredited)
72. Fighting Father Dunne (1948)
73. I Remember Mama (1948)
74. Out of the Past (1947)
... aka Build My Gallows High (UK)
75. Cass Timberlane (1947)
76. Magic Town (1947)
77. Riffraff (1947)
78. Crossfire (1947)
79. They Won't Believe Me (1947)
80. The Devil Thumbs a Ride (1947) (uncredited)
81. Easy Come, Easy Go (1947)
82. Sinbad the Sailor (1947)
83. It's a Wonderful Life (1946) (uncredited)
... aka Frank Capra's It's a Wonderful Life (USA: complete title)
84. The Locket (1946)
85. Genius at Work (1946) (stock music) (uncredited)
86. Notorious (1946)
... aka Alfred Hitchcock's Notorious
87. Sunset Pass (1946) (uncredited)
88. Without Reservations (1946)
... aka Thanks God, I'll Take It from Here
89. Bedlam (1946)
90. The Well-Groomed Bride (1946)
91. The Falcon's Alibi (1946) (stock music) (uncredited)
92. Badman's Territory (1946)
93. The Spiral Staircase (1946)
94. Cornered (1945)
95. Dick Tracy (1945)
... aka Dick Tracy, Detective (USA: reissue title)
... aka Splitface (UK)
96. A Game of Death (1945) (stock music) (uncredited)
97. Sing Your Way Home (1945)
98. Crime Doctor's Warning (1945) (stock music) (uncredited)
... aka Doctor's Warning (UK)
99. Love, Honor and Goodbye (1945)
100. Wanderer of the Wasteland (1945) (uncredited)
101. Back to Bataan (1945)
... aka The Invisible Army
102. The Body Snatcher (1945)
... aka Robert Louis Stevenson's 'The Body Snatcher' (USA: complete title)
103. The Brighton Strangler (1945) (stock music) (uncredited)
104. Zombies on Broadway (1945)
... aka Loonies on Broadway (UK)
105. Those Endearing Young Charms (1945)
106. The Affairs of Susan (1945) (uncredited)
107. Betrayal from the East (1945)
108. The Enchanted Cottage (1945)
109. Two O'Clock Courage (1945)
110. Nevada (1944) (uncredited)
111. Experiment Perilous (1944)
112. Murder, My Sweet (1944)
... aka Farewell My Lovely (UK)
113. The Falcon in Mexico (1944) (stock music) (uncredited)
114. Girl Rush (1944) (stock music) (uncredited)
115. Tall in the Saddle (1944)
116. The Master Race (1944)
117. Rainbow Island (1944)
118. Bride by Mistake (1944)
119. The Seventh Cross (1944)
... aka The Seven Crosses
120. Marine Raiders (1944)
121. Seven Days Ashore (1944) (incidental music) (uncredited)
122. The Fighting Seabees (1944) (uncredited)
... aka Donovan's Army
123. The Falcon Out West (1944)
124. The Curse of the Cat People (1944)
125. Action in Arabia (1944)
126. Passport to Destiny (1944)
... aka Passport to Adventure
127. Higher and Higher (1943) (music background cues) (uncredited)
128. Tender Comrade (1943) (music background cues) (uncredited)
129. The Ghost Ship (1943)
130. Gangway for Tomorrow (1943)
131. The Iron Major (1943)
132. The Seventh Victim (1943)
... aka The 7th Victim (USA: promotional title)
133. The Adventures of a Rookie (1943) (uncredited)
134. The Fallen Sparrow (1943)
135. A Lady Takes a Chance (1943)
... aka The Cowboy and the Girl
136. Petticoat Larceny (1943)
137. Behind the Rising Sun (1943)
138. The Falcon in Danger (1943)
139. Stage Door Canteen (1943) (music background cues) (uncredited)
140. Mr. Lucky (1943)
141. The Avenging Rider (1943) (stock music) (uncredited)
142. Bombardier (1943)
143. The Leopard Man (1943)
144. I Walked with a Zombie (1943)
145. Ladies' Day (1943)
146. The Falcon Strikes Back (1943)
147. Journey Into Fear (1943)
148. Flight for Freedom (1943)
149. Fighting Frontier (1943) (stock music) (uncredited)
150. Hitler's Children (1943)
151. The Nazis Strike (1943) (uncredited)
... aka The Nazi Strike: Blitzkrieg! (USA: video title)
... aka Why We Fight, 2 (USA: series title)
152. Cat People (1942)
153. Red River Robin Hood (1942) (uncredited)
154. Pirates of the Prairie (1942) (stock music) (uncredited)
155. Seven Miles from Alcatraz (1942)
156. Seven Days' Leave (1942) (uncredited)
157. Once Upon a Honeymoon (1942) (additional music) (uncredited)
158. I Married a Witch (1942)
159. The Navy Comes Through (1942)
160. Army Surgeon (1942)
161. Here We Go Again (1942)
162. The Falcon's Brother (1942)
163. Highways by Night (1942)
164. The Big Street (1942)
165. The Magnificent Ambersons (1942) (additional music) (uncredited)
166. Mexican Spitfire Sees a Ghost (1942) (uncredited)
167. Powder Town (1942) (uncredited)
168. Come on Danger (1942) (uncredited)
169. The Falcon Takes Over (1942) (uncredited)
170. My Favorite Spy (1942)
171. The Tuttles of Tahiti (1942)
172. Land of the Open Range (1942) (uncredited)
173. Call Out the Marines (1942) (stock music) (uncredited)
174. Valley of the Sun (1942) (music background cues) (uncredited)
175. Obliging Young Lady (1942)
176. Joan of Paris (1942)
177. Playmates (1941)
178. Look Who's Laughing (1941)
179. Weekend for Three (1941)
180. Father Takes a Wife (1941) (also song "Mi amor") (uncredited)
181. Parachute Battalion (1941) (song "Parachute Battalion") (uncredited)
182. Lady Scarface (1941) (stock music) (uncredited)
183. Tom Dick and Harry (1941) (song "Tom Collins") (uncredited)
184. Citizen Kane (1941) (stock music: newsreel) (uncredited)
185. A Girl, a Guy, and a Gob (1941)
... aka The Navy Steps Out (UK)
186. Along the Rio Grande (1941) (stock music) (uncredited)
187. The Saint in Palm Springs (1941)
188. Kitty Foyle: The Natural History of a Woman (1940)
... aka Kitty Foyle (USA: short title)
189. Little Men (1940)
190. You'll Find Out (1940) (incidental music) (uncredited)
... aka Here Come the Boogie Men
191. Mexican Spitfire Out West (1940)
192. I'm Still Alive (1940)
193. Men Against the Sky (1940) (uncredited)
194. Wildcat Bus (1940) (uncredited)
195. Stranger on the Third Floor (1940)
196. Stage to Chino (1940) (uncredited)
197. Millionaires in Prison (1940)
198. Pop Always Pays (1940) (uncredited)
199. A Bill of Divorcement (1940)
... aka Never to Love (USA: reissue title)
200. You Can't Fool Your Wife (1940)
201. My Favorite Wife (1940)
202. Irene (1940) (background score) (uncredited)
203. Curtain Call (1940)
204. Bullet Code (1940) (stock music) (uncredited)
205. Abe Lincoln in Illinois (1940)
... aka Spirit of the People (UK)
206. The Saint's Double Trouble (1940) (uncredited)
207. Laddie (1940)
208. Two Thoroughbreds (1939)
209. Reno (1939) (uncredited)
210. Sued for Libel (1939) (uncredited)
211. Three Sons (1939) (uncredited)
212. The Day the Bookies Wept (1939) (stock music) (uncredited)
213. Full Confession (1939)
214. Bad Lands (1939)
215. In Name Only (1939)
216. The Spellbinder (1939) (music background cues) (uncredited)
217. Career (1939)
218. Bachelor Mother (1939)
219. Timber Stampede (1939) (uncredited)
220. The Saint in London (1939) (uncredited)
221. Five Came Back (1939)
222. The Girl from Mexico (1939) (uncredited)
223. Panama Lady (1939) (uncredited)
224. The Rookie Cop (1939) (uncredited)
... aka Swift Vengeance (UK)
225. Fixer Dugan (1939) (uncredited)
... aka Double Daring (UK)
226. The Flying Irishman (1939)
227. They Made Her a Spy (1939) (uncredited)
228. Trouble in Sundown (1939) (uncredited)
229. Love Affair (1939)
230. The Saint Strikes Back (1939) (uncredited)
231. Twelve Crowded Hours (1939) (uncredited)
232. Boy Slaves (1939) (uncredited)
233. Arizona Legion (1939) (uncredited)
234. The Great Man Votes (1939)
235. Next Time I Marry (1938) (uncredited)
... aka Trailer Romance (USA: preview title)
236. The Law West of Tombstone (1938) (uncredited)
237. Lawless Valley (1938) (uncredited)
238. A Man to Remember (1938)
239. The Mad Miss Manton (1938)
240. Mr. Doodle Kicks Off (1938) (incidental music) (uncredited)
241. Fugitives for a Night (1938) (uncredited)
242. The Renegade Ranger (1938) (incidental music) (uncredited)
243. The Affairs of Annabel (1938)
244. Carefree (1938) (incidental music) (uncredited)
245. Painted Desert (1938) (stock music) (uncredited)
246. I'm from the City (1938) (uncredited)
247. Mother Carey's Chickens (1938) (uncredited)
248. Sky Giant (1938) (uncredited)
249. Crime Ring (1938)
250. Having Wonderful Time (1938) (uncredited)
... aka Having a Wonderful Time
251. Blond Cheat (1938) (uncredited)
252. Border G-Man (1938) (incidental music) (uncredited)
253. This Marriage Business (1938)
254. The Saint in New York (1938) (uncredited)
255. Blind Alibi (1938) (music background cues) (uncredited)
256. Gun Law (1938) (uncredited)
257. Vivacious Lady (1938) (incidental music) (uncredited)
258. Law of the Underworld (1938)
259. Go Chase Yourself (1938)
260. Condemned Women (1938) (uncredited)
261. Bringing Up Baby (1938) (uncredited)
262. Double Danger (1938) (uncredited)
263. Crashing Hollywood (1938) (uncredited)
264. Pacific Liner (1938) (uncredited)
265. She's Got Everything (1937) (uncredited)
... aka She's Got That Swing (UK)
266. Wise Girl (1937) (uncredited)
267. Hitting a New High (1937) (uncredited)
268. There Goes the Groom (1937) (stock music) (uncredited)
269. Quick Money (1937) (stock music) (uncredited)
... aka Taking the Town
270. High Flyers (1937)
271. Danger Patrol (1937) (uncredited)
272. Fight for Your Lady (1937) (music background cues) (uncredited)
273. Saturday's Heroes (1937)
274. Stage Door (1937) (uncredited)
275. The Life of the Party (1937) (incidental music)
276. Flight from Glory (1937) (stock music) (uncredited)
277. The Toast of New York (1937) (stock music) (uncredited)
278. On Again Off Again (1937) (uncredited)
279. You Can't Beat Love (1937) (stock music) (uncredited)
280. Border Cafe (1937) (uncredited)
281. Meet the Missus (1937)
282. Behind the Headlines (1937) (stock music) (uncredited)
283. You Can't Buy Luck (1937)
... aka Borrowed Time
284. The Outcasts of Poker Flat (1937) (uncredited)
285. The Woman I Love (1937) (additional music) (uncredited)
... aka The Woman Between (UK)
286. The Man Who Found Himself (1937) (uncredited)
287. Quality Street (1937)
288. China Passage (1937) (uncredited)
289. We're on the Jury (1937) (uncredited)
290. They Wanted to Marry (1937) (uncredited)
291. Racing Lady (1937) (uncredited)
292. Criminal Lawyer (1937) (uncredited)
293. We Who Are About to Die (1937) (stock music) (uncredited)
294. The Plough and the Stars (1936)
295. Night Waitress (1936) (uncredited)
296. Wanted: Jane Turner (1936) (uncredited)
297. Smartest Girl in Town (1936) (stock music) (uncredited)
298. Make Way for a Lady (1936) (uncredited)
299. A Woman Rebels (1936) (uncredited)
300. Without Orders (1936) (stock music) (uncredited)
301. The Big Game (1936) (stock music) (uncredited)
302. Mummy's Boys (1936) (uncredited)
303. The Last of the Mohicans (1936) (uncredited)
304. Second Wife (1936) (stock music) (uncredited)
305. The Bride Walks Out (1936) (uncredited)
306. Special Investigator (1936) (uncredited)
307. Two in Revolt (1936) (stock music) (uncredited)
308. Silly Billies (1936)
309. Love on a Bet (1936) (uncredited)
310. Yellow Dust (1936) (stock music) (uncredited)
311. Chatterbox (1936) (stock music) (uncredited)
312. Two in the Dark (1936) (uncredited)
313. We're Only Human (1935) (uncredited)
314. Sylvia Scarlett (1935) (uncredited)
315. In Person (1935) (incidental music) (uncredited)
316. Annie Oakley (1935) (stock music) (uncredited)
317. The Rainmakers (1935)
... aka Silver Streak (USA)
318. The Last Days of Pompeii (1935)
319. His Family Tree (1935) (stock music) (uncredited)
320. Hot Tip (1935) (stock music) (uncredited)
321. Alice Adams (1935) (uncredited)
... aka Booth Tarkington's Alice Adams (USA: complete title)
322. Old Man Rhythm (1935) (incidental music) (uncredited)
323. The Arizonian (1935) (uncredited)
324. Becky Sharp (1935) (uncredited)
... aka Lady of Fortune (USA: reissue title (cut version))
325. The Nitwits (1935) (incidental music) (uncredited)
326. A Dog of Flanders (1935) (stock music) (uncredited)
327. Captain Hurricane (1935) (stock music) (uncredited)
328. West of the Pecos (1934) (stock music) (uncredited)
329. Dangerous Corner (1934) (stock music) (uncredited)
330. Anne of Green Gables (1934) (stock music) (uncredited)
331. By Your Leave (1934) (uncredited)
332. Down to Their Last Yacht (1934) (incidental music) (uncredited)
... aka Hawaiian Nights (UK)
333. Bachelor Bait (1934) (stock music) (uncredited)
334. We're Rich Again (1934) (uncredited)
335. Let's Try Again (1934) (uncredited)
... aka The Marriage Symphony (UK)
336. Strictly Dynamite (1934) (uncredited)
337. Cracked Shots (1934) (uncredited)
338. Finishing School (1934) (stock music) (uncredited)
339. Kentucky Kernels (1934) (uncredited)
... aka Triple Trouble (UK)
340. Where Sinners Meet (1934) (stock music) (uncredited)
... aka The Dover Road (UK)
341. This Man Is Mine (1934) (uncredited)
342. The Meanest Gal in Town (1934) (stock music) (uncredited)
343. If I Were Free (1933) (uncredited)
... aka Behold We Live (UK)
344. The Right to Romance (1933) (uncredited)
345. Chance at Heaven (1933) (stock music) (uncredited)
346. Headline Shooter (1933) (stock music) (uncredited)
... aka Evidence in Camera (UK)
347. Aggie Appleby Maker of Men (1933) (uncredited)
... aka Cupid in the Rough (UK)
348. Ann Vickers (1933) (uncredited)
349. Blind Adventure (1933)
350. Bed of Roses (1933) (stock music) (uncredited)
351. Emergency Call (1933) (uncredited)
352. Diplomaniacs (1933) (uncredited)
353. Christopher Strong (1933) (uncredited)
354. Our Betters (1933) (uncredited)
355. Topaze (1933/I) (uncredited)
356. A Preferred List (1933) (uncredited)
357. The Phantom of Crestwood (1932) (stock music) (uncredited)
358. Lady with a Past (1932) (stock music) (uncredited)
... aka Reputation
359. Conspiracy (1930) (uncredited)
360. Shooting Straight (1930) (uncredited)
361. Inside the Lines (1930) (uncredited)
362. Alias French Gertie (1930) (uncredited)
... aka Love Finds a Way (UK)
363. Girl of the Port (1930) (uncredited)
364. Seven Keys to Baldpate (1929) (1930 foreign version) (uncredited)
365. Night Parade (1929) (1930 foreign version) (uncredited)
... aka Sporting Life (UK)
366. The Delightful Rogue (1929) (1930 foreign version)
367. Side Street (1929) (1930 foreign version) (uncredited)
... aka Three Brothers
Miscellaneous Crew - filmography
1. The Sky's the Limit (1943) (music arranger) (uncredited)
2. Powder Town (1942) (musical director)
3. Father Takes a Wife (1941) (musical director)
4. The Devil and Miss Jones (1941) (musical director)
5. Citizen Kane (1941) (music arranger: "Funeral March", "Battle Cry of Freedom" and "The Girl I Left Behind Me") (uncredited)
6. Mr. & Mrs. Smith (1941) (musical director) (uncredited)
7. Let's Make Music (1941) (musical director)
8. You'll Find Out (1940) (musical director)
... aka Here Come the Boogie Men
9. Cross-Country Romance (1940) (musical director)
10. The Saint Takes Over (1940) (musical director)
11. The Marines Fly High (1940) (musical director)
12. The Saint's Double Trouble (1940) (musical director)
13. Reno (1939) (musical director)
14. Sued for Libel (1939) (musical director)
15. 5th Ave Girl (1939) (musical director) (uncredited)
16. The Fighting Gringo (1939) (musical director)
17. Timber Stampede (1939) (musical director)
18. The Girl and the Gambler (1939) (musical director)
19. The Girl from Mexico (1939) (musical director)
20. Racketeers of the Range (1939) (musical director)
21. Panama Lady (1939) (musical director)
22. Sorority House (1939) (musical director)
... aka That Girl from College (UK)
23. The Rookie Cop (1939) (musical director)
... aka Swift Vengeance (UK)
24. Fixer Dugan (1939) (musical director)
... aka Double Daring (UK)
25. The Story of Vernon and Irene Castle (1939) (music arranger) (uncredited)
26. They Made Her a Spy (1939) (musical director)
27. Trouble in Sundown (1939) (musical director)
28. The Saint Strikes Back (1939) (musical director)
29. Twelve Crowded Hours (1939) (musical director)
30. Arizona Legion (1939) (musical director)
31. Next Time I Marry (1938) (musical director)
... aka Trailer Romance (USA: preview title)
32. The Law West of Tombstone (1938) (musical director)
33. Lawless Valley (1938) (musical director)
34. Room Service (1938) (musical director)
35. Mr. Doodle Kicks Off (1938) (musical director)
36. The Renegade Ranger (1938) (musical director)
37. Painted Desert (1938) (musical director)
38. I'm from the City (1938) (musical director)
39. Sky Giant (1938) (musical director)
40. Having Wonderful Time (1938) (musical director)
... aka Having a Wonderful Time
41. Blond Cheat (1938) (musical director)
42. Border G-Man (1938) (musical director)
43. Gun Law (1938) (musical director)
44. Vivacious Lady (1938) (musical director)
45. Go Chase Yourself (1938) (musical director)
46. Condemned Women (1938) (musical director)
47. Night Spot (1938) (musical director)
48. Bringing Up Baby (1938) (musical director)
49. Stage Door (1937) (musical director)
50. The Life of the Party (1937) (musical director)
51. On Again Off Again (1937) (musical director)
52. New Faces of 1937 (1937) (musical director)
53. Swing Fever (1937) (musical director)
54. The Outcasts of Poker Flat (1937) (musical director)
55. The Woman I Love (1937) (musical director)
... aka The Woman Between (UK)
56. Sea Devils (1937) (musical director)
57. A Woman Rebels (1936) (musical director)
58. Mummy's Boys (1936) (musical director)
59. The Last of the Mohicans (1936) (musical director)
60. The Bride Walks Out (1936) (musical director)
61. Bunker Bean (1936) (musical director)
... aka His Majesty Bunker Bean (UK)
62. The Ex-Mrs. Bradford (1936) (musical director)
63. Special Investigator (1936) (musical director)
64. The Witness Chair (1936) (musical director)
65. Murder on a Bridle Path (1936) (musical director)
66. Follow the Fleet (1936) (music arranger) (uncredited)
67. The Lady Consents (1936) (musical director)
68. Muss 'em Up (1936) (musical director)
... aka Sinister House (UK)
... aka The House of Fate (UK)
69. We're Only Human (1935) (musical director)
70. Sylvia Scarlett (1935) (musical director)
71. In Person (1935) (musical director)
72. Another Face (1935) (musical director)
... aka It Happened in Hollywood (UK)
... aka Two Faces (USA)
73. The Last Days of Pompeii (1935) (musical director) (uncredited)
74. Alice Adams (1935) (musical director)
... aka Booth Tarkington's Alice Adams (USA: complete title)
75. Old Man Rhythm (1935) (musical director)
76. The Arizonian (1935) (musical director)
77. A Night at the Biltmore Bowl (1935) (musical director)
78. Becky Sharp (1935) (musical director)
... aka Lady of Fortune (USA: reissue title (cut version))
79. The Nitwits (1935) (conductor) (musical director)
80. Ticket or Leave It (1935) (musical director)
81. Strangers All (1935) (musical director)
82. Captain Hurricane (1935) (musical director)
83. Enchanted April (1935) (musical director)
84. Lightning Strikes Twice (1934) (musical director)
85. Cockeyed Cavaliers (1934) (musical director)
86. Kentucky Kernels (1934) (musical director)
... aka Triple Trouble (UK)
87. Hips, Hips, Hooray! (1934) (musical director)
88. La Cucaracha (1934) (musical director)
89. Professional Sweetheart (1933) (musical director)
... aka Imaginary Sweetheart
90. Love Comes Along (1930) (orchestrator)
91. Rio Rita (1929) (orchestrator) (uncredited)
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INFORMATION FROM IMDb
Date of birth (location)
3 October 1888
New York, New York, USA
Date of death (details)
10 December 1982
Santa Monica, California, USA. (heart attack)
Biography
Roy Webb was born in New York City on 3 October, 1888, three years after his brother Kenneth, who also had a long career in show business and was a distinct influence on his younger sibling. The boys shared a creative urge that would lead them to careers in the theater, radio, film and television.
Webb studied drawing and painting at the Art Student’s League in Manhattan for five years, and after high school he studied at Columbia University where, according to Christopher Palmer, Webb "was fed a diet of Bach and Beethoven: his teacher used the Bach fugues as a basis for his instruction, and Webb would later have cause to be grateful for the rigour of this early training."
Webb graduated from Columbia in 1910. He and Kenneth were both active musically by 1914, when they signed the original charter that formed ASCAP. Webb wrote popular songs in this period (none survive) before enlisting in the Navy during World War I. He was attending officers school when the Armistice was signed in 1918. Following an honorable discharge from the Navy he went to work for Kenneth as an assistant director in motion pictures.
Columbia undergraduate Richard Rodgers got to know the Webbs as the brothers retained active alumni ties with their alma mater, returning to the university in the early 1920s to help stage the annual undergraduate Varsity Show.
In 1925 Webb authored the official football fight song for Columbia University, which won him the Alumni Federation of Colleges Prize. Current recordings by the University of Michigan Band and the Mormon Tabernacle Choir reveal Webb’s penchant for bitonal harmony even at this early date. For the next three years he was part of producer Herbert Fields’ theatrical "family" of Richard Rodgers, Lorenz Hart, choreographer Busby Berkeley and director Alexander Leftwich. Beginning with the second edition of the Garrick Gaieties in 1926, Webb consecutively orchestrated and conducted the Rodgers and Hart musicals Peggy-Ann, A Connecticut Yankee, Present Arms, and Chee-Chee.
Webb made an important friend at this time. Born the same year but half a world apart, Max Steiner had arrived on Broadway ahead of Webb but by 1927 they were both wielding batons for Herbert Fields, with Webb conducting A Connecticut Yankee at the Vanderbilt while Steiner was conducting Hit the Deck at the Belasco. Steiner and Webb were elaborating the silent, foreign versions of Side Street and The Delightful Rogue.
Soon, however, RKO management decided that they didn’t want any music in their dramatic films and closed the music department. the backlash against film musicals had begun. "Baravelle was let go," said Steiner, "and Webb sent back to New York," still on RKO’s payroll to oversee unit shows. RKO offered to buy our Steiner’s contract, but at the last minute gave him a month-to month deal to head the music department, just in case. Almost the first thing Steiner did was recall Webb from New York as his assistant. By 1931 Steiner demonstrated forcefully to management the value of underscoring, and for the next five years Steiner and Webb worked hand-in-glove.
By 1933 Webb was awarded his first screen credit as musical director for Professional Sweetheart. He became a charter member and treasurer of the Screen Composers Association. In 1935 Webb was handed the epic The Last Days of Pompeii to compose (his screen credit had to be fought for by Steiner and producer Merian C. Cooper). Steiner’s defection to Selznick International in 1936 (shortly after Val Lewton’s arrival there) left Webb as the musical signature of RKO, a position he would hold for the next twenty years.
Webb’s easy familiarity with popular, light music and his innate ear for melody made him well suited for journeyman scores like Bringing Up Baby but, unexpectedly, this composer schooled in upbeat show tunes discovered his own voice with the brooding psychological thrillers that were RKO’s specially in the 1940s, endowing them with very advanced harmonies and a melancholy fatalism. Stranger on the Third Floor, Murder My Sweet, Out of the Past, Notorious, The Window, The Spiral Staircase and The Locket, in addition to the Val Lewton thrillers represented in this recording, contain some of Webb’s finest and most typical scoring.
Though he never won an Oscar, Webb was nominated for an Academy Award seven times between 1937 and 1945 for Quality Street, My Favorite Wife, Joan of Paris, I Married a Witch, The Fallen Sparrow, The Fighting Seabees and The Enchanted Cottage. One of Webb’s proudest moments was a contemporary performance at the Hollywood Bowl of his Piano Concerto from 1945’s The Enchanted Cottage.
Fully pensioned at age 67, Webb "retired" when RKO dissolved in 1955, taking occasional freelance features like Track of the Cat and Marty, television assignments including Wagon Train and 77 Sunset Strip.
Tragedy struck in 1961. Though Webb and his wife Jean escaped, their home burned to the ground. They lost everything, including all of Webb’s film scores and unpublished concert music. Stunned and disheartened by the destruction of his life’s work, Webb ceased composing. With no children, Webb and Jean regrouped their lives into a placid retirement. The family ranks diminished with Kenneth Webb’s death in 1966. In the 1970s, ill health and failing memory encroached on Webb’s final years. On 10 December 1982, he died of a heart attack at St. John’s Hospital in Santa Monica at the age of 94.
Biography from [NAXOS.COM]
Composer - filmography
1. Shadows in the Dark: The Val Lewton Legacy (2005) (V)
2. The Harryhausen Chronicles (1998) (TV) (excerpts from "Mighty Joe Young") (uncredited)
3. The Projectionist (1971) (from "Notorious") (uncredited)
4. "The Alaskans" (1959) TV Series
5. Up Periscope (1959) (stock music) (uncredited)
6. Teacher's Pet (1958)
7. "Wagon Train" (1957) TV Series
... aka Major Adams, Trail Master
8. Shoot-Out at Medicine Bend (1957)
9. Affair in Reno (1957)
10. Three Violent People (1957) (stock music) (uncredited)
11. Top Secret Affair (1957)
... aka Their Secret Affair (UK)
12. The Girl He Left Behind (1956)
13. The Search for Bridey Murphy (1956) (uncredited)
14. The First Texan (1956)
15. The River Changes (1956)
16. Our Miss Brooks (1956)
17. Blood Alley (1955)
... aka William A. Wellman's Blood Alley (USA: complete title)
18. Bengazi (1955)
19. The Sea Chase (1955)
20. Marty (1955)
21. Underwater! (1955)
... aka The Big Rainbow (USA)
22. The Americano (1955)
23. Track of the Cat (1954)
24. The Raid (1954)
25. Dangerous Mission (1954)
... aka Rangers of the North (USA)
26. She Couldn't Say No (1954)
... aka Beautiful But Dangerous (UK)
... aka She Had to Say Yes
27. Alaska Seas (1954) (uncredited)
28. Second Chance (1953)
29. Houdini (1953)
30. Affair with a Stranger (1953)
31. A Slight Case of Larceny (1953) (stock music) (uncredited)
32. Split Second (1953)
33. Angel Face (1952) (uncredited)
34. Operation Secret (1952)
35. The Lusty Men (1952)
36. This Is Cinerama (1952)
37. Clash by Night (1952)
38. At Sword's Point (1952)
... aka Sons of the Musketeers (UK)
39. A Girl in Every Port (1952)
40. The Racket (1951) (uncredited)
41. Fixed Bayonets! (1951)
42. The Blue Veil (1951) (uncredited)
43. Flying Leathernecks (1951)
44. A Place in the Sun (1951) (adaptation) (uncredited)
45. Sealed Cargo (1951)
46. Gambling House (1951)
47. Hard, Fast and Beautiful (1951)
... aka Mother of a Champion (USA)
48. Law of the Badlands (1951) (uncredited)
49. Footlight Varieties (1951)
50. Vendetta (1950)
51. Branded (1950)
52. Where Danger Lives (1950)
53. The White Tower (1950)
54. The Invisible Monster (1950) (stock music) (uncredited)
... aka Phantom Ruler
55. The Secret Fury (1950)
56. A Dangerous Profession (1949) (uncredited)
57. The Great Lover (1949) (uncredited)
58. Holiday Affair (1949)
59. Easy Living (1949)
60. My Friend Irma (1949)
61. The Window (1949)
62. Make Mine Laughs (1949) (uncredited)
63. Mighty Joe Young (1949)
... aka Mr. Joseph Young of Africa
64. Roughshod (1949)
65. Adventure in Baltimore (1949)
... aka Bachelor Bait (UK)
66. Bad Men of Tombstone (1949)
67. Blood on the Moon (1948)
68. Rachel and the Stranger (1948)
69. Out of the Storm (1948) (stock music) (uncredited)
70. Race Street (1948)
71. Variety Time (1948) (uncredited)
72. Fighting Father Dunne (1948)
73. I Remember Mama (1948)
74. Out of the Past (1947)
... aka Build My Gallows High (UK)
75. Cass Timberlane (1947)
76. Magic Town (1947)
77. Riffraff (1947)
78. Crossfire (1947)
79. They Won't Believe Me (1947)
80. The Devil Thumbs a Ride (1947) (uncredited)
81. Easy Come, Easy Go (1947)
82. Sinbad the Sailor (1947)
83. It's a Wonderful Life (1946) (uncredited)
... aka Frank Capra's It's a Wonderful Life (USA: complete title)
84. The Locket (1946)
85. Genius at Work (1946) (stock music) (uncredited)
86. Notorious (1946)
... aka Alfred Hitchcock's Notorious
87. Sunset Pass (1946) (uncredited)
88. Without Reservations (1946)
... aka Thanks God, I'll Take It from Here
89. Bedlam (1946)
90. The Well-Groomed Bride (1946)
91. The Falcon's Alibi (1946) (stock music) (uncredited)
92. Badman's Territory (1946)
93. The Spiral Staircase (1946)
94. Cornered (1945)
95. Dick Tracy (1945)
... aka Dick Tracy, Detective (USA: reissue title)
... aka Splitface (UK)
96. A Game of Death (1945) (stock music) (uncredited)
97. Sing Your Way Home (1945)
98. Crime Doctor's Warning (1945) (stock music) (uncredited)
... aka Doctor's Warning (UK)
99. Love, Honor and Goodbye (1945)
100. Wanderer of the Wasteland (1945) (uncredited)
101. Back to Bataan (1945)
... aka The Invisible Army
102. The Body Snatcher (1945)
... aka Robert Louis Stevenson's 'The Body Snatcher' (USA: complete title)
103. The Brighton Strangler (1945) (stock music) (uncredited)
104. Zombies on Broadway (1945)
... aka Loonies on Broadway (UK)
105. Those Endearing Young Charms (1945)
106. The Affairs of Susan (1945) (uncredited)
107. Betrayal from the East (1945)
108. The Enchanted Cottage (1945)
109. Two O'Clock Courage (1945)
110. Nevada (1944) (uncredited)
111. Experiment Perilous (1944)
112. Murder, My Sweet (1944)
... aka Farewell My Lovely (UK)
113. The Falcon in Mexico (1944) (stock music) (uncredited)
114. Girl Rush (1944) (stock music) (uncredited)
115. Tall in the Saddle (1944)
116. The Master Race (1944)
117. Rainbow Island (1944)
118. Bride by Mistake (1944)
119. The Seventh Cross (1944)
... aka The Seven Crosses
120. Marine Raiders (1944)
121. Seven Days Ashore (1944) (incidental music) (uncredited)
122. The Fighting Seabees (1944) (uncredited)
... aka Donovan's Army
123. The Falcon Out West (1944)
124. The Curse of the Cat People (1944)
125. Action in Arabia (1944)
126. Passport to Destiny (1944)
... aka Passport to Adventure
127. Higher and Higher (1943) (music background cues) (uncredited)
128. Tender Comrade (1943) (music background cues) (uncredited)
129. The Ghost Ship (1943)
130. Gangway for Tomorrow (1943)
131. The Iron Major (1943)
132. The Seventh Victim (1943)
... aka The 7th Victim (USA: promotional title)
133. The Adventures of a Rookie (1943) (uncredited)
134. The Fallen Sparrow (1943)
135. A Lady Takes a Chance (1943)
... aka The Cowboy and the Girl
136. Petticoat Larceny (1943)
137. Behind the Rising Sun (1943)
138. The Falcon in Danger (1943)
139. Stage Door Canteen (1943) (music background cues) (uncredited)
140. Mr. Lucky (1943)
141. The Avenging Rider (1943) (stock music) (uncredited)
142. Bombardier (1943)
143. The Leopard Man (1943)
144. I Walked with a Zombie (1943)
145. Ladies' Day (1943)
146. The Falcon Strikes Back (1943)
147. Journey Into Fear (1943)
148. Flight for Freedom (1943)
149. Fighting Frontier (1943) (stock music) (uncredited)
150. Hitler's Children (1943)
151. The Nazis Strike (1943) (uncredited)
... aka The Nazi Strike: Blitzkrieg! (USA: video title)
... aka Why We Fight, 2 (USA: series title)
152. Cat People (1942)
153. Red River Robin Hood (1942) (uncredited)
154. Pirates of the Prairie (1942) (stock music) (uncredited)
155. Seven Miles from Alcatraz (1942)
156. Seven Days' Leave (1942) (uncredited)
157. Once Upon a Honeymoon (1942) (additional music) (uncredited)
158. I Married a Witch (1942)
159. The Navy Comes Through (1942)
160. Army Surgeon (1942)
161. Here We Go Again (1942)
162. The Falcon's Brother (1942)
163. Highways by Night (1942)
164. The Big Street (1942)
165. The Magnificent Ambersons (1942) (additional music) (uncredited)
166. Mexican Spitfire Sees a Ghost (1942) (uncredited)
167. Powder Town (1942) (uncredited)
168. Come on Danger (1942) (uncredited)
169. The Falcon Takes Over (1942) (uncredited)
170. My Favorite Spy (1942)
171. The Tuttles of Tahiti (1942)
172. Land of the Open Range (1942) (uncredited)
173. Call Out the Marines (1942) (stock music) (uncredited)
174. Valley of the Sun (1942) (music background cues) (uncredited)
175. Obliging Young Lady (1942)
176. Joan of Paris (1942)
177. Playmates (1941)
178. Look Who's Laughing (1941)
179. Weekend for Three (1941)
180. Father Takes a Wife (1941) (also song "Mi amor") (uncredited)
181. Parachute Battalion (1941) (song "Parachute Battalion") (uncredited)
182. Lady Scarface (1941) (stock music) (uncredited)
183. Tom Dick and Harry (1941) (song "Tom Collins") (uncredited)
184. Citizen Kane (1941) (stock music: newsreel) (uncredited)
185. A Girl, a Guy, and a Gob (1941)
... aka The Navy Steps Out (UK)
186. Along the Rio Grande (1941) (stock music) (uncredited)
187. The Saint in Palm Springs (1941)
188. Kitty Foyle: The Natural History of a Woman (1940)
... aka Kitty Foyle (USA: short title)
189. Little Men (1940)
190. You'll Find Out (1940) (incidental music) (uncredited)
... aka Here Come the Boogie Men
191. Mexican Spitfire Out West (1940)
192. I'm Still Alive (1940)
193. Men Against the Sky (1940) (uncredited)
194. Wildcat Bus (1940) (uncredited)
195. Stranger on the Third Floor (1940)
196. Stage to Chino (1940) (uncredited)
197. Millionaires in Prison (1940)
198. Pop Always Pays (1940) (uncredited)
199. A Bill of Divorcement (1940)
... aka Never to Love (USA: reissue title)
200. You Can't Fool Your Wife (1940)
201. My Favorite Wife (1940)
202. Irene (1940) (background score) (uncredited)
203. Curtain Call (1940)
204. Bullet Code (1940) (stock music) (uncredited)
205. Abe Lincoln in Illinois (1940)
... aka Spirit of the People (UK)
206. The Saint's Double Trouble (1940) (uncredited)
207. Laddie (1940)
208. Two Thoroughbreds (1939)
209. Reno (1939) (uncredited)
210. Sued for Libel (1939) (uncredited)
211. Three Sons (1939) (uncredited)
212. The Day the Bookies Wept (1939) (stock music) (uncredited)
213. Full Confession (1939)
214. Bad Lands (1939)
215. In Name Only (1939)
216. The Spellbinder (1939) (music background cues) (uncredited)
217. Career (1939)
218. Bachelor Mother (1939)
219. Timber Stampede (1939) (uncredited)
220. The Saint in London (1939) (uncredited)
221. Five Came Back (1939)
222. The Girl from Mexico (1939) (uncredited)
223. Panama Lady (1939) (uncredited)
224. The Rookie Cop (1939) (uncredited)
... aka Swift Vengeance (UK)
225. Fixer Dugan (1939) (uncredited)
... aka Double Daring (UK)
226. The Flying Irishman (1939)
227. They Made Her a Spy (1939) (uncredited)
228. Trouble in Sundown (1939) (uncredited)
229. Love Affair (1939)
230. The Saint Strikes Back (1939) (uncredited)
231. Twelve Crowded Hours (1939) (uncredited)
232. Boy Slaves (1939) (uncredited)
233. Arizona Legion (1939) (uncredited)
234. The Great Man Votes (1939)
235. Next Time I Marry (1938) (uncredited)
... aka Trailer Romance (USA: preview title)
236. The Law West of Tombstone (1938) (uncredited)
237. Lawless Valley (1938) (uncredited)
238. A Man to Remember (1938)
239. The Mad Miss Manton (1938)
240. Mr. Doodle Kicks Off (1938) (incidental music) (uncredited)
241. Fugitives for a Night (1938) (uncredited)
242. The Renegade Ranger (1938) (incidental music) (uncredited)
243. The Affairs of Annabel (1938)
244. Carefree (1938) (incidental music) (uncredited)
245. Painted Desert (1938) (stock music) (uncredited)
246. I'm from the City (1938) (uncredited)
247. Mother Carey's Chickens (1938) (uncredited)
248. Sky Giant (1938) (uncredited)
249. Crime Ring (1938)
250. Having Wonderful Time (1938) (uncredited)
... aka Having a Wonderful Time
251. Blond Cheat (1938) (uncredited)
252. Border G-Man (1938) (incidental music) (uncredited)
253. This Marriage Business (1938)
254. The Saint in New York (1938) (uncredited)
255. Blind Alibi (1938) (music background cues) (uncredited)
256. Gun Law (1938) (uncredited)
257. Vivacious Lady (1938) (incidental music) (uncredited)
258. Law of the Underworld (1938)
259. Go Chase Yourself (1938)
260. Condemned Women (1938) (uncredited)
261. Bringing Up Baby (1938) (uncredited)
262. Double Danger (1938) (uncredited)
263. Crashing Hollywood (1938) (uncredited)
264. Pacific Liner (1938) (uncredited)
265. She's Got Everything (1937) (uncredited)
... aka She's Got That Swing (UK)
266. Wise Girl (1937) (uncredited)
267. Hitting a New High (1937) (uncredited)
268. There Goes the Groom (1937) (stock music) (uncredited)
269. Quick Money (1937) (stock music) (uncredited)
... aka Taking the Town
270. High Flyers (1937)
271. Danger Patrol (1937) (uncredited)
272. Fight for Your Lady (1937) (music background cues) (uncredited)
273. Saturday's Heroes (1937)
274. Stage Door (1937) (uncredited)
275. The Life of the Party (1937) (incidental music)
276. Flight from Glory (1937) (stock music) (uncredited)
277. The Toast of New York (1937) (stock music) (uncredited)
278. On Again Off Again (1937) (uncredited)
279. You Can't Beat Love (1937) (stock music) (uncredited)
280. Border Cafe (1937) (uncredited)
281. Meet the Missus (1937)
282. Behind the Headlines (1937) (stock music) (uncredited)
283. You Can't Buy Luck (1937)
... aka Borrowed Time
284. The Outcasts of Poker Flat (1937) (uncredited)
285. The Woman I Love (1937) (additional music) (uncredited)
... aka The Woman Between (UK)
286. The Man Who Found Himself (1937) (uncredited)
287. Quality Street (1937)
288. China Passage (1937) (uncredited)
289. We're on the Jury (1937) (uncredited)
290. They Wanted to Marry (1937) (uncredited)
291. Racing Lady (1937) (uncredited)
292. Criminal Lawyer (1937) (uncredited)
293. We Who Are About to Die (1937) (stock music) (uncredited)
294. The Plough and the Stars (1936)
295. Night Waitress (1936) (uncredited)
296. Wanted: Jane Turner (1936) (uncredited)
297. Smartest Girl in Town (1936) (stock music) (uncredited)
298. Make Way for a Lady (1936) (uncredited)
299. A Woman Rebels (1936) (uncredited)
300. Without Orders (1936) (stock music) (uncredited)
301. The Big Game (1936) (stock music) (uncredited)
302. Mummy's Boys (1936) (uncredited)
303. The Last of the Mohicans (1936) (uncredited)
304. Second Wife (1936) (stock music) (uncredited)
305. The Bride Walks Out (1936) (uncredited)
306. Special Investigator (1936) (uncredited)
307. Two in Revolt (1936) (stock music) (uncredited)
308. Silly Billies (1936)
309. Love on a Bet (1936) (uncredited)
310. Yellow Dust (1936) (stock music) (uncredited)
311. Chatterbox (1936) (stock music) (uncredited)
312. Two in the Dark (1936) (uncredited)
313. We're Only Human (1935) (uncredited)
314. Sylvia Scarlett (1935) (uncredited)
315. In Person (1935) (incidental music) (uncredited)
316. Annie Oakley (1935) (stock music) (uncredited)
317. The Rainmakers (1935)
... aka Silver Streak (USA)
318. The Last Days of Pompeii (1935)
319. His Family Tree (1935) (stock music) (uncredited)
320. Hot Tip (1935) (stock music) (uncredited)
321. Alice Adams (1935) (uncredited)
... aka Booth Tarkington's Alice Adams (USA: complete title)
322. Old Man Rhythm (1935) (incidental music) (uncredited)
323. The Arizonian (1935) (uncredited)
324. Becky Sharp (1935) (uncredited)
... aka Lady of Fortune (USA: reissue title (cut version))
325. The Nitwits (1935) (incidental music) (uncredited)
326. A Dog of Flanders (1935) (stock music) (uncredited)
327. Captain Hurricane (1935) (stock music) (uncredited)
328. West of the Pecos (1934) (stock music) (uncredited)
329. Dangerous Corner (1934) (stock music) (uncredited)
330. Anne of Green Gables (1934) (stock music) (uncredited)
331. By Your Leave (1934) (uncredited)
332. Down to Their Last Yacht (1934) (incidental music) (uncredited)
... aka Hawaiian Nights (UK)
333. Bachelor Bait (1934) (stock music) (uncredited)
334. We're Rich Again (1934) (uncredited)
335. Let's Try Again (1934) (uncredited)
... aka The Marriage Symphony (UK)
336. Strictly Dynamite (1934) (uncredited)
337. Cracked Shots (1934) (uncredited)
338. Finishing School (1934) (stock music) (uncredited)
339. Kentucky Kernels (1934) (uncredited)
... aka Triple Trouble (UK)
340. Where Sinners Meet (1934) (stock music) (uncredited)
... aka The Dover Road (UK)
341. This Man Is Mine (1934) (uncredited)
342. The Meanest Gal in Town (1934) (stock music) (uncredited)
343. If I Were Free (1933) (uncredited)
... aka Behold We Live (UK)
344. The Right to Romance (1933) (uncredited)
345. Chance at Heaven (1933) (stock music) (uncredited)
346. Headline Shooter (1933) (stock music) (uncredited)
... aka Evidence in Camera (UK)
347. Aggie Appleby Maker of Men (1933) (uncredited)
... aka Cupid in the Rough (UK)
348. Ann Vickers (1933) (uncredited)
349. Blind Adventure (1933)
350. Bed of Roses (1933) (stock music) (uncredited)
351. Emergency Call (1933) (uncredited)
352. Diplomaniacs (1933) (uncredited)
353. Christopher Strong (1933) (uncredited)
354. Our Betters (1933) (uncredited)
355. Topaze (1933/I) (uncredited)
356. A Preferred List (1933) (uncredited)
357. The Phantom of Crestwood (1932) (stock music) (uncredited)
358. Lady with a Past (1932) (stock music) (uncredited)
... aka Reputation
359. Conspiracy (1930) (uncredited)
360. Shooting Straight (1930) (uncredited)
361. Inside the Lines (1930) (uncredited)
362. Alias French Gertie (1930) (uncredited)
... aka Love Finds a Way (UK)
363. Girl of the Port (1930) (uncredited)
364. Seven Keys to Baldpate (1929) (1930 foreign version) (uncredited)
365. Night Parade (1929) (1930 foreign version) (uncredited)
... aka Sporting Life (UK)
366. The Delightful Rogue (1929) (1930 foreign version)
367. Side Street (1929) (1930 foreign version) (uncredited)
... aka Three Brothers
Miscellaneous Crew - filmography
1. The Sky's the Limit (1943) (music arranger) (uncredited)
2. Powder Town (1942) (musical director)
3. Father Takes a Wife (1941) (musical director)
4. The Devil and Miss Jones (1941) (musical director)
5. Citizen Kane (1941) (music arranger: "Funeral March", "Battle Cry of Freedom" and "The Girl I Left Behind Me") (uncredited)
6. Mr. & Mrs. Smith (1941) (musical director) (uncredited)
7. Let's Make Music (1941) (musical director)
8. You'll Find Out (1940) (musical director)
... aka Here Come the Boogie Men
9. Cross-Country Romance (1940) (musical director)
10. The Saint Takes Over (1940) (musical director)
11. The Marines Fly High (1940) (musical director)
12. The Saint's Double Trouble (1940) (musical director)
13. Reno (1939) (musical director)
14. Sued for Libel (1939) (musical director)
15. 5th Ave Girl (1939) (musical director) (uncredited)
16. The Fighting Gringo (1939) (musical director)
17. Timber Stampede (1939) (musical director)
18. The Girl and the Gambler (1939) (musical director)
19. The Girl from Mexico (1939) (musical director)
20. Racketeers of the Range (1939) (musical director)
21. Panama Lady (1939) (musical director)
22. Sorority House (1939) (musical director)
... aka That Girl from College (UK)
23. The Rookie Cop (1939) (musical director)
... aka Swift Vengeance (UK)
24. Fixer Dugan (1939) (musical director)
... aka Double Daring (UK)
25. The Story of Vernon and Irene Castle (1939) (music arranger) (uncredited)
26. They Made Her a Spy (1939) (musical director)
27. Trouble in Sundown (1939) (musical director)
28. The Saint Strikes Back (1939) (musical director)
29. Twelve Crowded Hours (1939) (musical director)
30. Arizona Legion (1939) (musical director)
31. Next Time I Marry (1938) (musical director)
... aka Trailer Romance (USA: preview title)
32. The Law West of Tombstone (1938) (musical director)
33. Lawless Valley (1938) (musical director)
34. Room Service (1938) (musical director)
35. Mr. Doodle Kicks Off (1938) (musical director)
36. The Renegade Ranger (1938) (musical director)
37. Painted Desert (1938) (musical director)
38. I'm from the City (1938) (musical director)
39. Sky Giant (1938) (musical director)
40. Having Wonderful Time (1938) (musical director)
... aka Having a Wonderful Time
41. Blond Cheat (1938) (musical director)
42. Border G-Man (1938) (musical director)
43. Gun Law (1938) (musical director)
44. Vivacious Lady (1938) (musical director)
45. Go Chase Yourself (1938) (musical director)
46. Condemned Women (1938) (musical director)
47. Night Spot (1938) (musical director)
48. Bringing Up Baby (1938) (musical director)
49. Stage Door (1937) (musical director)
50. The Life of the Party (1937) (musical director)
51. On Again Off Again (1937) (musical director)
52. New Faces of 1937 (1937) (musical director)
53. Swing Fever (1937) (musical director)
54. The Outcasts of Poker Flat (1937) (musical director)
55. The Woman I Love (1937) (musical director)
... aka The Woman Between (UK)
56. Sea Devils (1937) (musical director)
57. A Woman Rebels (1936) (musical director)
58. Mummy's Boys (1936) (musical director)
59. The Last of the Mohicans (1936) (musical director)
60. The Bride Walks Out (1936) (musical director)
61. Bunker Bean (1936) (musical director)
... aka His Majesty Bunker Bean (UK)
62. The Ex-Mrs. Bradford (1936) (musical director)
63. Special Investigator (1936) (musical director)
64. The Witness Chair (1936) (musical director)
65. Murder on a Bridle Path (1936) (musical director)
66. Follow the Fleet (1936) (music arranger) (uncredited)
67. The Lady Consents (1936) (musical director)
68. Muss 'em Up (1936) (musical director)
... aka Sinister House (UK)
... aka The House of Fate (UK)
69. We're Only Human (1935) (musical director)
70. Sylvia Scarlett (1935) (musical director)
71. In Person (1935) (musical director)
72. Another Face (1935) (musical director)
... aka It Happened in Hollywood (UK)
... aka Two Faces (USA)
73. The Last Days of Pompeii (1935) (musical director) (uncredited)
74. Alice Adams (1935) (musical director)
... aka Booth Tarkington's Alice Adams (USA: complete title)
75. Old Man Rhythm (1935) (musical director)
76. The Arizonian (1935) (musical director)
77. A Night at the Biltmore Bowl (1935) (musical director)
78. Becky Sharp (1935) (musical director)
... aka Lady of Fortune (USA: reissue title (cut version))
79. The Nitwits (1935) (conductor) (musical director)
80. Ticket or Leave It (1935) (musical director)
81. Strangers All (1935) (musical director)
82. Captain Hurricane (1935) (musical director)
83. Enchanted April (1935) (musical director)
84. Lightning Strikes Twice (1934) (musical director)
85. Cockeyed Cavaliers (1934) (musical director)
86. Kentucky Kernels (1934) (musical director)
... aka Triple Trouble (UK)
87. Hips, Hips, Hooray! (1934) (musical director)
88. La Cucaracha (1934) (musical director)
89. Professional Sweetheart (1933) (musical director)
... aka Imaginary Sweetheart
90. Love Comes Along (1930) (orchestrator)
91. Rio Rita (1929) (orchestrator) (uncredited)