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Franz Waxman

p, 1906-1967 DE, Chorzów
Composer of Soundtrack and Classical
A.k.a. Franz Waxman former: Franz Wachsmann José d'Alba

Franz Waxman (/ˈwæksmən/; 24 December 1906 – 24 February 1967) - born Franz Wachsmann - was a German and American composer of Jewish descent, known primarily for his work in the film music genre. His film scores include The Bride of Frankenstein, Rebecca, Sunset Boulevard, A Place in the Sun, Stalag 17, Rear Window, Peyton Place, The Nun's Story, and Taras Bulba. He received twelve Academy Award nominations, and won two Oscars in consecutive years (for Sunset Boulevard and A Place in the Sun). He also received a Golden Globe Award for the former film. Bernard Herrmann said that the score for Taras Bulba was the most wonderful thing.

     
Genres
  • Soundtrack
  • Classical
  • Pop
Popular Tracks   
Dance and Angela on Sharp Objects by Various Artists
Auld Lang Syne on Sunset Boulevard - Music from the Motion Picture by Franz Waxman
Main Title – The Bride of Frankenstein on The Bride Of Frankenstein by Franz Waxman
Main Title (Film Version With Effects) on Sunset Boulevard - Music from the Motion Picture by Franz Waxman
Prelude on Sunset Boulevard - Music from the Motion Picture by Franz Waxman
Rear Window Main Title - Original Soundtrack Theme from "Rear Window" on Rear Window Main Title by Franz Waxman
Lisa Theme - From Rear Window (1954) on Best GRACE KELLY Movie Themes by Various Artists
Juke Box Number 6 (Rear Window) on Music From The Films of Alfred Hitchcok Vol. 1 by Various Artists
Dance and Angela (Film Version) [Bonus Track] on A Place in the Sun by Franz Waxman
The Comeback on Sunset Boulevard - Music from the Motion Picture by Franz Waxman

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Band Members
Discography



Title Artist Year Type
Captains Courageous: The Franz Waxman CollectionFranz Waxman2017Album
Peyton Place/Hemingway's Adventures Of A Young ManFranz Waxman2017Album
Vintage Hollywood Classics XVII: Sunset Boulevard (1950) & She (1935) - The Original Symphonic SoundtracksFranz Waxman And Max Steiner2015Album
Double Indemnity (Film Noir At Paramount)Miklós Rózsa, Hugo Friedhofer, Franz Waxman, Gail Kubik, Leith Stevens, Heinz Eric Roemheld, Victor Young2015Album
The Nash Ensemble Plays American Chamber MusicBernard Herrmann / George Gershwin / Franz Waxman / Aaron Copland, The Nash Ensemble2015Album
Crime In The Streets / DinoFranz Waxman / Gerald Fried2014Compil.
Elephant Walk/Botany Bay/Stalag17Franz Waxman2013Album
The Bride Of FrankensteinFranz Waxman2013Single
A Place In The SunFranz Waxman2013Album
American SerenadeRachel Kolly D'Alba – Leonard Bernstein, Franz Waxman, George Gershwin, Orchestre National Des Pays De La Loire, John Axelrod2012Album
CareerFranz Waxman2012Album
Taras BulbaFranz Waxman2011Album
Sunset Blvd.(Sunset Boulevard) (Music From The Motion Picture)Franz Waxman2010Album
Lure Of The WildernessFranz Waxman2009Album
Crime In The StreetsFranz Waxman2009Album
Peyton Place / SayonaraFranz Waxman2009Compil.
My Cousin RachelFranz Waxman2008Album
Anne Of The Indies / The Man On TightropeFranz Waxman2007Album
The Silver Chalice: Original Motion Picture SoundtrackFranz Waxman2007Album
The Silver ChaliceFranz Waxman2007Album
JoshuaFranz Waxman2006Album
Return To Peyton PlaceFranz Waxman2006Album
RebeccaFranz Waxman, Slovak Radio Symphony Orchestra, Adriano2005Album
Classic Film Scores By Franz Waxman - Objective Burma / RebeccaFranz Waxman2005Album
Music From CBS Westerns (Selections From Original Television Scores)Jerome Moross / Franz Waxman / Bernard Herrmann / Hugo Friedhofer2004Compil.
CimarronFranz Waxman2004Album
Beloved InfidelFranz Waxman2003Album
Night And The CityBenjamin Frankel And Franz Waxman2003Album
RebeccaFranz Waxman - Joel McNeely2002Album
The Virgin Queen (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack)Franz Waxman2002Album
Sunset Boulevard / Demetrius And The GladiatorsFranz Waxman2002Album
Sunset Boulevard (Original Motion Picture Score)Franz Waxman2002Album
Demetrius And The GladiatorsFranz Waxman2002Album
Untamed (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack)Franz Waxman2001Album
Music From The Alfred Hitchcock Movies -Rebecca/ The 39 Steps/ Sabotage (A Woman Alone)/ Young And Innocent (The Girl Was Young)/ The Lady VanishesFranz Waxman, Hubert Bath, Jack Beaver, Charles Williams, Louis Levy, Cecil Milner2001Compil.
Frankenstein / Bride Of FrankensteinFranz Waxman2000Album
A History Of Horror From Nosferatu To The Sixth SenseDimitri Tiomkin, Franz Waxman, Carl Davis, James Bernard, Brian Easdale, Gerard Schurmann2000Album
Great Violinists • HeifetzHenri Vieuxtemps, Camille Saint-Saëns, Pablo de Sarasate, Franz Waxman, Jascha Heifetz2000Compil.
Objective, Burma!Franz Waxman / The Moscow Symphony Orchestra • William Stromberg2000Album
Mr. SkeffingtonFranz Waxman1999Album
Prince Valiant (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack)Franz Waxman1999Album
The Song Of Terezín · Requiem EbraicoFranz Waxman · Eric Zeisl - Deborah Riedel, Della Jones, Michael Kraus, Rundfunk-Sinfonieorchester Berlin, Rundfunkchor Berlin Und Rundfunk-Kinderchor Berlin, Lawrence Foster1998Album
Legends Of Hollywood: Franz Waxman, Volume FourFranz Waxman1996Album
The Spirit Of St. Louis; RuthFranz Waxman / George Shirley, Rundfunk-Sinfonieorchester Berlin, Lawrence Foster1996Album
Bandoneon - Konzert Für BandoneonAstor Piazzolla, Johannes Goritzki, Deutsche Kammerakademie Neuss, Nino Rota, Franz Waxman, Bernhard Heiden1996Album
Sayonara - Orchestral SuitesFranz Waxman1995Compil.
Taras Bulba / Young Billy Young (Original Music From The Motion Picture)Franz Waxman, Shelly Manne1995Compil.
The Story Of RuthFranz Waxman1995Album
Legends Of Hollywood: Franz Waxman, Volume ThreeFranz Waxman1994Album
Concerto / Concerto / Tema Con Variazioni / "Carmen" FantasyErich Wolfgang Korngold / Miklós Rózsa / Franz Waxman - Jascha Heifetz1994Compil.
The Bride Of FrankensteinFranz Waxman1993Album
A History Of Hitchcock - Dial M For MurderPaul Bateman, Bernard Herrmann, Miklós Rózsa, Maurice Jarre, Dimitri Tiomkin, Franz Waxman, Ron Goodwin, Richard Addinsell, Charles Gounod1993Album
Herrmann / Waxman / RózsaBernard Herrmann / Franz Waxman / Miklós Rózsa / Berliner Symphoniker / Isaiah Jackson1992Album
Classical Hollywood IIIErich Wolfgang Korngold / Jerome Moross / Franz Waxman / Colin Towns featuring The Korngold Quartet, Scott Woolley, The Mildred Pierce Orchestra1992Album
Violin Concerto No. 1 / Carmen Fantasie / Havanaise / Introduction & Rondo CapricciosoNiccolò Paganini / Franz Waxman / Camille Saint-Saëns - Maxim Vengerov, Israel Philharmonic Orchestra, Zubin Mehta1992Album
The Film Music Of Franz WaxmanFranz Waxman1990Compil.
Legends Of Hollywood: Franz Waxman Vol. 2Franz Waxman1990Compil.
Legends Of Hollywood: Franz Waxman Vol. 1Franz Waxman1990Compil.
Mutiny On The Bounty & Taras BulbaFranz Waxman1990Album
The Bride Of Frankenstein · Botany Bay · Taras Bulba · Mr. Roberts · The Horn Blows At Midnight · The Paradine CaseFranz Waxman / Queensland Symphony Orchestra, Richard Mills1986Compil.
Digital Premiere Recordings From The Films Of Alfred HitchcockJohn Williams / Dimitri Tiomkin / Franz Waxman / Roy Webb1985Album
Music For Epic Motion PicturesFranz Waxman, Miklós Rózsa, Alex North1984Album
Lost CommandFranz Waxman1979Album
Kipling's Jungle BookMiklós Rózsa, Victor Symphony Orchestra, Franz Waxman, Roy Webb1979Compil.
The Paradine Case And SpellboundFranz Waxman1979Album
Концертная Симфония Для Скрипки С Оркестром, Соч. 43 / Фантазия На Темы Оперы „Кармен“Leonid Kogan - Револь Бунин / Georges Bizet - Franz Waxman1978Album
Great Americana Film Scores / The KentuckianBernard Herrmann, Alfred Newman, Hugo Friedhofer, Franz Waxman, Ken Darby1977Album
Main Title From "Peyton Place"Franz Waxman1976Single
The Silver ChaliceFranz Waxman1975Album
Sunset Boulevard - The Classic Film Scores Of Franz WaxmanFranz Waxman / National Philharmonic Orchestra / Charles Gerhardt1974Album
Bande Originale Du Film "Tarass-Boulba"Franz Waxman1962Single
Hemingway's Adventures Of A Young Man (An Original Soundtrack Recording)Franz Waxman1962Album
My Geisha - An Original Soundtrack RecordingFranz Waxman1962Album
Taras Bulba (Original Music From The Motion Picture)Franz Waxman1962Album
The Nun's Story (Original Film Score)Franz Waxman1959Album
SayonaraFranz Waxman1958Single
Peyton Place (An Original Soundtrack Recording)Franz Waxman1958Album
Peyton Place (An Original Soundtrack Recording)Franz Waxman1958Album
Sayonara, An Original Soundtrack RecordingFranz Waxman1957Single
SayonaraFranz Waxman, Miiko Taka1957Single
The Spirit Of St. LouisFranz Waxman1957Album
Piano Concerto No.2 / Sinfonietta For Strings And TimpaniLukas Foss, Franz Waxman, Los Angeles Festival Symphony Orchestra1957Album
Crime In The StreetsFranz Waxman1956Album
Violin Selections From "Humoresque"Isaac Stern, Franz Waxman1950Album
HumoresqueIsaac Stern, Oscar Levant1946Album
Adagio Aus Dem Violinkonzert Nr. 1 / ZigeunerweisenIsaac Stern, Max Bruch, The Philadelphia Orchestra, Eugene Ormandy, Pablo de SarasateSingle
Carmen FantasieJascha Heifetz, Franz WaxmanAlbum
Joseph Schuster Franz WaxmanJoseph Schuster & Franz Waxman & The Los Angeles Orchestral SocietyAlbum
Love Duets From Romeo And JulietFranz WaxmanAlbum
Valse-Scherzo Op. 34 / Serenade Melancolique / Introduktion Und Rondo Capriccioso / Legende Op. 17 / Carmen-FantasieLeonid Kogan / Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky, Camille Saint-Saëns, Henryk Wieniawski, Georges Bizet / Franz WaxmanAlbum
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To all the music fans that are contributing on Discogs, MusicBrainz and Wikipedia. Thanks to Franz Flückiger for providing Storygram used to visualize band membership.
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