Alfred Newman (March 17, 1900 – February 17, 1970) was a major American composer of music for films. He received 45 Academy Award nominations (a record in the music categories), winning 9 times; in 1940 he was nominated for 4 different films. He also composed the familiar fanfare which accompanies the studio logo for 20th Century Fox, where he headed the music department. He was active until the end of his life, scoring Airport shortly before his death. March 17 is the 76th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar (77th in Leap years). ... 1900 is a common year starting on Monday. ... February 17 is the 48th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar. ... 1970 was a common year starting on Thursday. ... A composer is a person who writes music. ... Film refers to the celluloid media on which movies are printed Film is a term that encompasses motion pictures as individual projects, as well as the field in general. ... Although he never won an Oscar for any of his movie performances, the comedian Bob Hope received two honorary Oscars for his contributions to cinema. ... 20th Century Fox logo Fox Plaza, the company headquarters. ...

Between 1930 and 1970, he wrote music for over 200 films of every imaginable type, including a score for the newsreel made from the World War II footage of the Battle of Midway. Among his major film scores are: World War II was a truly global conflict with many facets: immense human suffering, fierce indoctrinations, and the use of new, extremely devastating weapons like the atom bomb World War II, also known as the Second World War, was by far the bloodiest, most expensive, and most significant war in... The Battle of Midway took place on June 5, 1942 (June 4 – June 7 in U.S. time zones). ...

• 1933 - State Fair
• 1937 - The Prisoner of Zenda
• 1938 - Alexander's Ragtime Band (Academy Award)
• 1939 - Gunga Din
• 1939 - Wuthering Heights
• 1939 - The Hunchback of Notre Dame
• 1940 - The Mark of Zorro
• 1940 - Tin Pan Alley (Academy Award)
• 1941 - How Green Was My Valley
• 1943 - The Song of Bernadette (Academy Award)
• 1943 - My Friend Flicka
• 1945 - State Fair
• 1946 - It's a Wonderful Life
• 1947 - Captain from Castile
• 1947 - Mother Wore Tights (Academy Award)
• 1947 - Gentleman’s Agreement
• 1949 - Twelve O'clock High
• 1950 - All About Eve
• 1952 - The Prisoner of Zenda
• 1952 - The Snows of Kilimanjaro
• 1952 - With a Song in My Heart (Academy Award)
• 1953 - The Robe
• 1953 - Call Me Madam (Academy Award)
• 1954 - Demetrius and the Gladiators
• 1955 - A Man Called Peter
• 1955 - Love Is a Many-Splendored Thing (Academy Award)
• 1956 - Anastasia
• 1956 - The King and I (adaptation) {Academy Award)
• 1957 - April Love
• 1958 - A Certain Smile
• 1959 - The Diary of Anne Frank (Academy Award nomination for best musical score)
• 1962 - The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance
• 1962 - How the West Was Won (Academy Award nomination for best musical score)
• 1965 - The Greatest Story Ever Told (Academy Award nomination for best musical score)
• 1967 - Camelot (adaptation} (Academy Award)
• 1968 - Firecreek

He married Martha Louise, née Montgomery. State Fair is the title of a 1933 movie directed by Henry King and starring Janet Gaynor, Will Rogers, and Lew Ayres. ... The Prisoner of Zenda is an adventure novel by Anthony Hope, first published in 1894. ... Alexanders Ragtime Band is the name of a song by Irving Berlin. ... Gunga Din (1892) is one of the more famous poems by Rudyard Kipling. ... Wuthering Heights is Emily Brontës only novel, first published in 1847, under the pseudonym Ellis Bell. ... Film (1939, monochrome). ... The Mark of Zorro (1940) was a feature film produced by 20th Century Fox based on the Johnston McCulley story The Curse of Capistrano, originally published in 1919, which introduced the masked hero Zorro. ... Tin Pan Alley was the name given to the collection of New York City-centered music publishers and songwriters who dominated the popular music of the United States of America in the late 19th century and the early 20th century. ... How Green Was My Valley is a novel of 1939, by Richard Llewellyn. ... Categories: Movie stubs | 1942 books | Books starting with S | 1943 films | Best Picture Oscar Nominee | Best Actress Oscar (film) | Best Supporting Actor Oscar Nominee (film) | Best Supporting Actress Oscar Nominee (film) ... My Friend Flicka is a 1941 childrens novel by Mary OHara about Ken McLaughlin, the son of a Wyoming rancher, and his horse Flicka. ... State Fair is the title of a 1933 movie directed by Henry King and starring Janet Gaynor, Will Rogers, and Lew Ayres. ... Its a Wonderful Life is a 1946 Frank Capra film, released originally by RKO Radio Pictures. ... All About Eve is a movie written and directed in 1950 by Joseph L. Mankiewicz from a story by Mary Orr. ... The Prisoner of Zenda is an adventure novel by Anthony Hope, first published in 1894. ... The Snows of Kilimanjaro is the name of both a collection of short stories by Ernest Hemingway and the premier story within the collection. ... With a Song in My Heart is a 1952 biographical film which tells the story of actress and singer Jane Froman, who was paralyzed by an airplane crash but entertained the troops in World War II despite having to walk with crutches. ... The Robe, a 1952 historical novel featuring the Crucifixion, written by Lloyd C. Douglas, is more familiar as a 1953 Biblical epic film which tells the story of a Roman tribune who commands the unit that crucifies Jesus. ... Call Me Madam is one of Irving Berlins last musical comedies. ... Demetrius and the Gladiators was a 1954 drama film that was a sequel to The Robe. ... Love is a Many Splendored Thing was a soap opera which aired on CBS from September 18, 1967 to March 23, 1973. ... Anastasia is a 1956 film which tells the true story of a young, confused woman in France after the Russian Revolution who, backed by the Russian emigre community, attempts to pass herself off as Anastasia Nicolaievna Romanova, the daughter of Tsar Nicholas II of Russia. ... The King and I is a musical by Richard Rodgers and Oscar Hammerstein II, with a script based on Anna and the King of Siam by Margaret Landon. ... April Love is a popular song. ... A Certain Smile (Un certain sourire), written in 1958, is Francoise Sagans second book. ... The Diary of Anne Frank is a 1959 motion picture based on the diary of Holocaust victim Anne Frank. ... The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance is a classic Western movie made in 1962. ... How the West Was Won is an epic 1962 western film which follows several generations of a family as they move ever Westwards, from western New York state to the Pacific Ocean. ... The Greatest Story Ever Told is a 1965 film about the life of Jesus, directed by George Stevens (some scenes by Jean Negulesco and David Lean). ... Camelot is the name of the stronghold of the legendary King Arthur, from which he fought many of the battles that made up his life. ... Firecreek is a 1968 western directed by Vincent McEveety and starring James Stewart and Henry Fonda in his second role as an antagonist that year. ...

He was the head of a family of major Hollywood film composers: His brother Lionel Newman scored three dozen films and several TV series, adapting and conducting scores for hundreds of other films. His brother Emil Newman scored over 50 films. His son David Newman has scored over 70 films, including Galaxy Quest, The Nutty Professor, The War of the Roses, and Ice Age. His son Thomas Newman has scored over 50 films, including Finding Nemo, The Green Mile, The Shawshank Redemption, Road to Perdition, and American Beauty. His nephew Randy Newman is noted not only for his film work but also for a series of popular albums as a singer/songwriter. ... There have been a number of prominent figures named David Newman, including: David Newman, American composer David Newman, American Visual Artist David Newman, Canadian politician This is a disambiguation page — a navigational aid which lists other pages that might otherwise share the same title. ... Galaxy Quest is a 1999 motion picture written by David Howard, with additional screenplay work by Robert Gordon and directed by Dean Parisot, starring Tim Allen, Sigourney Weaver, Alan Rickman, and Tony Shalhoub. ... The Nutty Professor is the name of a 1963 comedy film starring Jerry Lewis. ... The War of the Roses is a 1989 American motion picture based upon the 1980 novel War of the Roses by Warren Adler. ... DVD cover This article is about a film. ... Thomas Newman (born October 20, 1955) is an American film score composer and a member of a family who established a film-scoring dynasty in Hollywood. ... Finding Nemo is a computer-animated film produced by Pixar Animation Studios and released to theatres on May 30, 2003 by Walt Disney Pictures and Buena Vista Distribution. ... The Green Mile has several different meanings, including: The Green Mile, a 1996 book by Stephen King. ... The Shawshank Redemption is a 1994 movie, written and directed by Frank Darabont, based on the Stephen King novella Rita Hayworth and Shawshank Redemption. ... A poster for Road to Perdition Road to Perdition is a 2002 motion picture directed by Sam Mendes and starring Tom Hanks, Tyler Hoechlin, Paul Newman, Jude Law, and Daniel Craig. ... American Beauty is a 1999 drama film that explores themes of love, freedom, family, and the American Dream. ... Randy Newman Randy Newman (born November 28, 1943, in Los Angeles, California) is an American songwriter, arranger, singer and pianist who is notable for his mordant, immaculately written pop songs and for his many film scores. ...

Other relatives include his nephew Bill Newman-son of Emil Newman and niece Jill Newman--Emil's granddaughter.

External links

• Alfred Newman at the Internet Movie Database