Roy Webb (October 3, 1888 - December 10, 1982) was a film music composer. Webb has hundereds of credits to his name, mainly with RKO films working on dark horror and film noir scores. He worked uncredited as a music arranger for Citizen Kane (stock music of his was used in this and many other films). As music composer for over 200 films, Webb scored Out of the Past (1947), Bringing Up Baby' (1938),Love Affair(1939),Cat People(1942),The Leopard Man(1943) andThey Won't Believe Me(1947). He was nominated for seven Academy Awards in his long career from the 1920s through the 1950s. Educated at Columbia University, Webb first composed music for the stage. Citizen Kane is the first feature film directed by Orson Welles (he had directed two short films previously), and is loosely based on the lives of the newspaper magnate William Randolph Hearst, the reclusive aerospace and movie mogul Howard Hughes, and the Chicago utilities magnate Samuel Insull. ... This article is about the 1947 film; there was also a 1998 documentary of the same name. ... Grant and Hepburn Bringing Up Baby is a 1938 screwball comedy film which tells the story of a scientist who winds up falling in love with a woman who tricks him into caring for a leopard, named Baby. ... There is also a musical group named Love Affair. ... Cat People can mean several things: Cat People; the 1942 movie. ... The Leopard Man is a 1943 horror movie directed by Jacques Tourneur based on book Black Alibi by Cornell Woolrich. ... They Wont Believe Me is a 1947 drama film starring Susan Hayward. ... 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. ...
RoyWebb was the brother of fellow composer Kenneth, three years his elder.
Webb wrote popular songs (none survive) before enlisting in the Navy during World War I. Following an honorable discharge from the Navy, Roy went to work for Kenneth as an assistant director in motion pictures.
Though his name is not as well-known today as other Golden Age composers, RoyWebb was a prolific and well-respected composer and music director, contributing to over 200 films in a 30-year career, becoming the musical voice of RKO Studios.
RoyWebb 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.
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.
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).
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