Alfred Newman

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American composer composer conductor film composer human

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.

Statements (49)

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 →

Referenced by (39)

Subject (surface form when different)	Predicate
A Tree Grows in Brooklyn (1945 film) → All About Eve → Bus Stop → Come and Get It → Gentleman's Agreement → Gunga Din → How Green Was My Valley → Panic in the Streets → Pinky → The Black Swan → The Keys of the Kingdom → The Mark of Zorro (1940 film) → The Rains Came → The Razor's Edge (1946 film) → The Snake Pit → The Song of Bernadette → Twelve O’Clock High →	musicBy
Airport (film score) → Captain from Castile → 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) →	composer
David Newman → Thomas Newman →	father
Love Is a Many-Splendored Thing (film score) → The Robe (film score) →	musicDirector
Emil Newman → Randy Newman →	relative
Newman →	hasNotableBearer
Forest Lawn Memorial Park (Cathedral City) →	hasNotableBurial
David Newman →	influencedBy
Alfred Newman →	name
The Song of Bernadette (film score) →	notableWorkOf
How the West Was Won (film score) →	orchestrationBy
Wuthering Heights (1939 film) →	originalMusicComposer
How the West Was Won (film score) →	primaryComposer
Emil Newman →	sibling