Franz Waxman

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Franz Waxman (né Wachsmann; 24 December 1906 – 24 February 1967) was a German and American composer of Jewish descent, known primarily for his work in the film music genre. His film scores include 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 score of a lifetime." He also composed concert works, including the oratorio Joshua (1959), and The Song of Terezin (1965), a work for orchestra, chorus, and children's chorus based upon poetry written by children in the Theresienstadt concentration camp during World War II. Waxman also founded the Los Angeles Music Festival in 1947 with which he conducted a number of West Coast premieres by fellow film composers, and concert composers alike.

Most Popular Franz Waxman Trailers

Total trailers found: 158

Rear Window Trailer (1954)

01 August 1954

A wheelchair-bound photographer spies on his neighbors from his apartment window and becomes convinced one of them has committed murder.

Paprika Trailer (1932)

04 November 1932

When Ilona visits her married friend Otti, she is just delighted to discover that the man she likes is not other than Otti's brother-in-law, Paul.

Sunset Boulevard Trailer (1950)

10 August 1950

A hack screenwriter writes a screenplay for a former silent film star who has faded into Hollywood obscurity.

Postal Inspector Trailer (1936)

16 August 1936

Postal inspectors track down money stolen from a railroad car.

Seven Sweethearts Trailer (1942)

13 November 1942

Little Delft, Michigan follows the customs of old-world Holland and is known for its Tulip Festival. The owner of the hotel insists that his seven daughters marry in order, from eldest to youngest.

Man-Proof Trailer (1938)

07 January 1938

A newspaper illustrator tries to remain best friends with the man she secretly loves, even though he recently married another woman.

Journey for Margaret Trailer (1942)

17 December 1942

An American newspaperman and his wife, end up in London after several retreats in the opening days of WWII.

Count Your Blessings Trailer (1959)

23 April 1959

Englishwoman Grace Allingham marries Frenchman Charles Edouard de Valhubert, but their marriage quickly becomes unusual.

3 Kids and a Queen Trailer (1935)

21 October 1935

An eccentric, wealthy spinster, 'Queenie' Baxter is erroneously presumed to be kidnapped. She subsequently pretends to indeed be kidnapped, , in order to allow a reward of $50,000 to benefit an impecunious family headed by Tony Orsatti and his three sons, Blackie, Doc and Flash.

The Great Impersonation Trailer (1935)

08 December 1935

The second of the three film versions of the E. Phillips Oppenheim espionage thriller set largely in an old dark house where a tremulous wife wonders if her husband is really his double, a dastardly German spy.

Kathleen Trailer (1941)

18 December 1941

Kathleen is a twelve-year-old who lives in a big house with a nanny, a butler, maids, no mother and a father who is working most of the time.

Rebecca Trailer (1940)

23 March 1940

Story of a young woman who marries a fascinating widower only to find out that she must live in the shadow of his former wife, Rebecca, who died mysteriously several years earlier.

This Is My Love Trailer (1954)

27 October 1954

A single woman tries to keep her sister from another man by framing her for her husband's murder.

The Little One of Montparnasse Trailer (1932)

25 March 1932

A count's son has a place to meet his poor Parisian girlfriend and even work they can share to make a few bucks, but the father prefers he marry someone else.

Dark City Trailer (1950)

17 October 1950

Gamblers who "took" an out-of-town sucker in a crooked poker game feel shadowy vengeance closing in on them.

First Offence Trailer (1936)

21 February 1936

After his father sells his car, an immature playboy steals it back, and gets involved with a gang of professional car thieves.

The Only Girl Trailer (1933)

22 February 1933

A dashing marquis bends from his horse when he discovers a lost garter in the woods and falls. During his delirium he is serenaded by a little hairdresser.

Reunion in France Trailer (1942)

25 December 1942

Frenchwoman Michele de la Becque, an opponent of the Nazis in German-occupied Paris, hides a downed American flyer, Pat Talbot, and attempts to get him safely out of the country.

The Emperor's Candlesticks Trailer (1937)

02 July 1937

Spies on opposite sides fall in love in pre-revolutionary Russia.

Sutter's Gold Trailer (1936)

01 March 1936

Story of the gold strike on an immigrant's property that started the 1849 California Gold Rush.

Edge of Darkness Trailer (1943)

09 April 1943

The film pivots around the local Norwegian doctor and his family. The doctor's wife (Ruth Gordon) wants to hold on to the pretence of gracious living and ignore their German occupiers.

Bride of Frankenstein Trailer (1935)

20 April 1935

Dr. Frankenstein and his monster both turn out to be alive after being attacked by an angry mob. The now-chastened scientist attempts to escape his past, but a former mentor forces him to assist with the creation of a new creature.

Suspicion Trailer (1941)

14 November 1941

A sheltered heiress falls for a charming playboy and elopes with him, but soon discovers his gambling vice and mounting debts.

Pioniere der Filmmusik - Europas Sound für Hollywood Trailer (2024)

25 February 2024

Hollywood film music has its roots in Europe. Three composers who fled war and National Socialism to the USA created the sound that still shapes film music today: Erich Wolfgang Korngold, Max Steiner and Franz Waxman.

Whiplash Trailer (1948)

24 December 1948

An artist follows a woman from California to New York, where he boxes for her mobster husband.

The Silver Chalice Trailer (1954)

20 December 1954

A Greek artisan is commissioned to cast the cup of Christ in silver and sculpt around its rim the faces of the disciples and Jesus himself.

The Philadelphia Story Trailer (1940)

05 December 1940

When a rich woman's ex-husband and a tabloid-type reporter turn up just before her planned remarriage, she begins to learn the truth about herself.

Peyton Place Trailer (1957)

13 December 1957

In the outwardly respectable New England community of Peyton Place, shopkeeper Constance McKenzie tries to make up for a past indiscretion -- which resulted in her illegitimate daughter Allison -- by adopting a chaste, prudish attitude towards all things sexual.

Beloved Infidel Trailer (1959)

17 November 1959

In the late 1930s, Sheilah Graham’s Hollywood column quickly becomes popular for its biting tone. At a party, she meets author F.

The Blue Veil Trailer (1951)

26 October 1951

A World War I widow loses her only child and spends the rest of her life as a children's nurse.

Whistling in the Dark Trailer (1941)

08 August 1941

Radio crime show host 'The Fox' along with his fiancée and ex-girlfriend are kidnapped by a larcenous cult who demand that he help them plan a perfect murder.

Night Unto Night Trailer (1949)

10 June 1949

A bleak mansion sits ominously on a cliff above the sea somewhere on Florida's east coast. In its shadows, two people meet: a scientist haunted by incurable illness and a beautiful woman haunted by the voice of her dead husband.

Dramatic School Trailer (1938)

09 December 1938

Aspiring actress Louise Muban attends the prestigious Paris School of Drama during the day and works at a dreary factory assembling gas meters at night.

Florian Trailer (1940)

05 June 1940

Set against the backdrop of WWI Europe, a man and woman of different classes are brought together by their love of Lippizan horses.

Lost Command Trailer (1966)

01 May 1966

After being freed from a Vietnamese war prison, French Lt. Col. Pierre Raspeguy is sent to help quell resistance forces in Algeria.

Sayonara Trailer (1957)

25 December 1957

Air Force Major Lloyd Gruver is reassigned to a Japanese air base and is confronted with US racial prejudice against the Japanese people.

Night Key Trailer (1937)

18 April 1937

The inventor of a new top-of-the-line burglar alarm system is kidnapped by a gang in order to get him to help them commit robberies.

Trouble for Two Trailer (1936)

29 May 1936

A decadent prince unhappy over an impending arranged marriage, looking for a good time in London discovers the existence of a secret society called The Suicide Club, and so he seeks to become a member.

Miracle in the Rain Trailer (1956)

31 March 1956

Wartime romance about a lonely man and woman who meet one rainy afternoon in New York.

The Indian Fighter Trailer (1955)

21 December 1955

A scout leading a wagon train through hostile Indian country gets involved with a Sioux chief's daughter.

Love Is a Headache Trailer (1938)

14 January 1938

A press agent for a Broadway actress whose career is going downhill attempts to get her some publicity by having her adopt two orphans, without her knowledge.

A Christmas Carol Trailer (1938)

16 December 1938

Miser Ebenezer Scrooge is awakened on Christmas Eve by spirits who reveal to him his own miserable existence, what opportunities he wasted in his youth, his current cruelties, and the dire fate that awaits him if he does not change his ways.

On Borrowed Time Trailer (1939)

07 July 1939

Young Pud is orphaned and left in the care of his aged grandparents. The boy and his grandfather are inseparable.

A Place in the Sun Trailer (1951)

12 June 1951

A young social climber wins the heart of a beautiful heiress but his former girlfriend's pregnancy stands in the way of his ambition.

Stalag 17 Trailer (1953)

29 May 1953

After two American prisoners are killed by guards in the act of escaping from a German POW camp in World War II, barracks black marketeer J.

Mister Roberts Trailer (1955)

10 July 1955

Mr. Roberts is a Navy officer who's yearning for battle but is stuck in the backwaters of World War II on a non-commissioned ship run by the bullying Captain Morton.

I, the Jury Trailer (1953)

14 August 1953

After his best friend and war buddy is mysteriously gunned down, Mike Hammer will stop at nothing to settle the score for the man who sacrificed a limb to save his own life during combat.

Objective, Burma! Trailer (1945)

17 February 1945

A group of men parachute into Japanese-occupied Burma with a dangerous and important mission: to locate and blow up a radar station.

Only the Valiant Trailer (1951)

13 April 1951

Only the Valiant, a classic western adventure, based on a novel by Charles Marquis Warren, the film tells the story of a Cavalry officer who volunteers for a suicidal mission to fight the hostile Apaches in an effort to prove his loyalty to his men and the woman he loves.

The Paradine Case Trailer (1947)

29 December 1947

In London, barrister Anthony Keane takes the case of Maddalena Paradine, a beautiful woman accused of poisoning her blind husband.

Dark Passage Trailer (1947)

05 September 1947

A man convicted of murdering his wife escapes from prison and works with a woman to try and prove his innocence.

In Our Time Trailer (1944)

19 February 1944

It is early 1939 in Poland when Mrs. Bromley and Jennifer come to buy antiques for her business in London.

The Blue Angel Trailer (1930)

01 April 1930

Prim professor Immanuel Rath finds some of his students ogling racy photos of cabaret performer Lola Lola and visits a local club, The Blue Angel, in an attempt to catch them there.

Mr. Skeffington Trailer (1944)

25 May 1944

A beautiful but vain woman who rejects the love of her older husband must face the loss of her youth and beauty.

Demetrius and the Gladiators Trailer (1954)

16 June 1954

The story picks up at the point where "The Robe" ends, following the martyrdom of Diana and Marcellus.

Confidential Agent Trailer (1945)

02 November 1945

During the Spanish Civil War, an agent on a mission to purchase coal meets with murder and counterspies.

Tortilla Flat Trailer (1942)

21 May 1942

Danny, a poor northern Californian Mexican-American, inherits two houses from his grandfather and is quickly taken advantage of by his vagabond friends.

Task Force Trailer (1949)

30 August 1949

After learning the finer points of carrier aviation in the 1920s, career officer Jonathan Scott and his pals spend the next two decades promoting the superiority of naval air power.

Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde Trailer (1941)

12 August 1941

Dr. Jekyll believes good and evil exist in everyone and creates a potion that allows his evil side, Mr.

The Story of Ruth Trailer (1960)

17 June 1960

Ruth is one of two Moabite women who marry the sons of Elimelech and Naomi. When Elimelech and sons Mahlon and Chillion die, leaving Naomi a widow with two widowed daughters-in-law, Naomi decides to return to Israel.