Alfred Newman

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Alfred Newman was a prominent American film composer and conductor, renowned for his influential work in Hollywood’s Golden Age and for winning multiple Academy Awards for his scores.


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Predicate Object
instanceOf American composer
composer
conductor
film composer
human
activeIn Hollywood
awardReceived Academy Award for Best Music, Scoring of a Musical Picture
Academy Award for Best Original Music Score
Academy Award for Best Original Score
Academy Award for Best Scoring of a Dramatic or Comedy Picture
child David Newman
Maria Newman
Thomas Newman
countryOfCitizenship United States of America
employer 20th Century Fox
familyName Newman
fieldOfWork conducting
film music
film score composition
genre film score
orchestral music
givenName Alfred
influenced David Newman
Randy Newman
Thomas Newman
instrument piano
memberOf Newman family of film composers
movement Golden Age of Hollywood film music
name Alfred Newman
notableAchievement received dozens of Academy Award nominations for film scores
won nine Academy Awards for film music
notableFor shaping the sound of Hollywood film music in the mid-20th century
notableWork 20th Century Fox fanfare
Airport (film score)
All About Eve (film score)
How the West Was Won (film score)
Love Is a Many-Splendored Thing (film score)
The Hunchback of Notre Dame (1939 film score)
The Robe (film score)
The Song of Bernadette (film score)
Wuthering Heights (1939 film score)
occupation conductor
film composer
music director
pianist
positionHeld music director at 20th Century Fox
sexOrGender male
sibling Emil Newman
Lionel Newman


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