---
name: "Alfred Newman"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/alfred-newman"
fi1m_id: "alfred-newman"
imdb_id: "nm0000055"
tmdb_id: 8503
wikidata_id: "Q367032"
roles: ["Composer"]
born: "17 March 1901"
died: "17 February 1970"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 33
average_fi1m_score: 74
average_over: 33
updated: "2026-09-25T03:59:40.478244+00:00"
licence: "© Fi1m Ltd. Written by AI under a human editor; checked against sources before publication. Quote with attribution and a link to the canonical URL."
---

# Alfred Newman

## Identity

Alfred Newman

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/alfred-newman
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** alfred-newman
- **IMDb ID:** nm0000055
- **TMDB ID:** 8503
- **Wikidata ID:** Q367032
- **Same entity:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alfred_Newman, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q367032, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0000055/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/8503

Composer. Born 17 March 1901 in New Haven, Connecticut, USA. Died 17 February 1970.

## Details

- **Work:** Composer
- **Born:** 17 March 1901, New Haven, Connecticut, USA
- **Died:** 17 February 1970
- **Active:** 1931–1970
- **Also known as:** Pappy
- **Frequently works with:** [Darryl F. Zanuck](https://film.one/person/darryl-f-zanuck.md), [Henry King](https://film.one/person/henry-king.md), [Samuel Goldwyn](https://film.one/person/samuel-goldwyn.md), [John Ford](https://film.one/person/john-ford.md), [Anne Baxter](https://film.one/person/anne-baxter.md), [Celeste Holm](https://film.one/person/celeste-holm.md), [Lamar Trotti](https://film.one/person/lamar-trotti.md), [Nunnally Johnson](https://film.one/person/nunnally-johnson.md)
- **Academy Awards:** 9 Oscars (9 won · 31 nominated)
- **Fi1m score by decade:** 1930s 76 (12), 1940s 77 (14), 1950s 65 (5), 1960s 62 (1), 1970s 56 (1)
- **Fi1m against the critics:** 76 to 74 across 18 titles
- **Score spread:** 12 at 80+, 18 at 60–79, 3 under 60
- **Genres:** Drama 28, Romance 13, Comedy 6, History 5, Action 4, Mystery 3
- **Screen time:** 65 hours of reviewed films
- **Box office:** $209m across 17 films with figures
- **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alfred_Newman, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q367032, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0000055/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/8503

## Streaming the US now

- **Amazon Prime Video:** [*All About Eve*](https://film.one/film/all-about-eve.md) (90), [*Dodsworth*](https://film.one/film/dodsworth.md) (87), [*Stella Dallas*](https://film.one/film/stella-dallas.md) (80), [*Wuthering Heights*](https://film.one/film/wuthering-heights.md) (76), [*Dead End*](https://film.one/film/dead-end.md) (73), [*The King and I*](https://film.one/film/the-king-and-i.md) (71), [*Arrowsmith*](https://film.one/film/arrowsmith.md) (70)
- **Tubi:** [*Heaven Can Wait*](https://film.one/film/heaven-can-wait-1943.md) (84)
- **Hulu:** [*Foreign Correspondent*](https://film.one/film/foreign-correspondent.md) (76)

For United States; add `?region=XX` for another country.

## Biography

Alfred Newman was an American composer, arranger and conductor of film music. He composed the score for *Wuthering Heights* (1939) and worked on more than 200 motion pictures over a career spanning four decades.

Newman began as a music prodigy and spent ten years on Broadway before moving to Hollywood in 1930. He served as head of the music department at 20th Century Fox from 1940 to 1960 and composed the studio's fanfare. Among his notable scores are those for *All About Eve* (1950), *How Green Was My Valley* (1941), *The Grapes of Wrath* (1940), *How the West Was Won* (1962) and *Airport* (1970). He won nine Academy Awards and received 45 nominations in total.

Newman was also a respected conductor who arranged and conducted scores by George Gershwin, Charlie Chaplin and Irving Berlin, as well as music for many film adaptations of Broadway musicals.

*Sources: en.wikipedia.org, hdl.loc.gov, imdb.com.*

## On Fi1m (33)

- *Airport* (1970), Fi1m 56, Original Music Composer, Music — [page](https://film.one/film/airport.md)
- *How the West Was Won* (1962), Fi1m 62, Conductor, Music, Original Music Composer — [page](https://film.one/film/how-the-west-was-won.md)
- *The Diary of Anne Frank* (1959), Fi1m 58, Music, Original Music Composer — [page](https://film.one/film/the-diary-of-anne-frank.md)
- *The King and I* (1956), Fi1m 71, Music, Original Music Composer — [page](https://film.one/film/the-king-and-i.md)
- *Love Is a Many-Splendored Thing* (1955), Fi1m 60, Music, Original Music Composer — [page](https://film.one/film/love-is-a-many-splendored-thing.md)
- *The Robe* (1953), Fi1m 48, Original Music Composer, Music — [page](https://film.one/film/the-robe.md)
- *All About Eve* (1950), Fi1m 90, Music, Original Music Composer — [page](https://film.one/film/all-about-eve.md)
- *A Letter to Three Wives* (1949), Fi1m 79, Original Music Composer, Music — [page](https://film.one/film/a-letter-to-three-wives.md)
- *Twelve O'Clock High* (1949), Fi1m 83, Original Music Composer, Music — [page](https://film.one/film/twelve-oclock-high.md)
- *The Snake Pit* (1948), Fi1m 76, Music, Original Music Composer — [page](https://film.one/film/the-snake-pit.md)
- *Gentleman's Agreement* (1947), Fi1m 64, Original Music Composer, Music — [page](https://film.one/film/gentlemans-agreement.md)
- *Miracle on 34th Street* (1947), Fi1m 85, Music Director — [page](https://film.one/film/miracle-on-34th-street.md)
- *My Darling Clementine* (1946), Fi1m 88, Music Director — [page](https://film.one/film/my-darling-clementine.md)
- *The Razor's Edge* (1946), Fi1m 63, Original Music Composer, Music — [page](https://film.one/film/the-razors-edge.md)
- *Wilson* (1944), Fi1m 61, Music, Original Music Composer — [page](https://film.one/film/wilson.md)
- *Heaven Can Wait* (1943), Fi1m 84, Music, Original Music Composer — [page](https://film.one/film/heaven-can-wait-1943.md)
- *The Song of Bernadette* (1943), Fi1m 63, Original Music Composer, Music — [page](https://film.one/film/the-song-of-bernadette.md)
- *How Green Was My Valley* (1941), Fi1m 82, Original Music Composer, Music — [page](https://film.one/film/how-green-was-my-valley.md)
- *The Little Foxes* (1941), Fi1m 85, Music Director — [page](https://film.one/film/the-little-foxes.md)
- *Foreign Correspondent* (1940), Fi1m 76, Original Music Composer, Music — [page](https://film.one/film/foreign-correspondent.md)
- *The Grapes of Wrath* (1940), Fi1m 86, Original Music Composer, Music Director, Music — [page](https://film.one/film/the-grapes-of-wrath.md)
- *Gunga Din* (1939), Fi1m 68, Music, Original Music Composer — [page](https://film.one/film/gunga-din.md)
- *Wuthering Heights* (1939), Fi1m 76, Music, Original Music Composer — [page](https://film.one/film/wuthering-heights.md)
- *Alexander's Ragtime Band* (1938), Fi1m 70, Music Director, Original Music Composer, Music — [page](https://film.one/film/alexanders-ragtime-band.md)
- *Dead End* (1937), Fi1m 73, Music, Original Music Composer, Music Director — [page](https://film.one/film/dead-end.md)
- *Stella Dallas* (1937), Fi1m 80, Music, Music Director, Original Music Composer — [page](https://film.one/film/stella-dallas.md)
- *Dodsworth* (1936), Fi1m 87, Music Director, Original Music Composer, Music — [page](https://film.one/film/dodsworth.md)
- *Modern Times* (1936), Fi1m 88, Conductor — [page](https://film.one/film/modern-times.md)
- *Broadway Melody of 1936* (1935), Fi1m 72, Music Director — [page](https://film.one/film/broadway-melody-of-1936.md)
- *Les Misérables* (1935), Fi1m 74, Music, Original Music Composer — [page](https://film.one/film/les-miserables-1935.md)
- *The House of Rothschild* (1934), Fi1m 70, Original Music Composer, Music — [page](https://film.one/film/the-house-of-rothschild.md)
- *Arrowsmith* (1931), Fi1m 70, Music, Music Director, Original Music Composer — [page](https://film.one/film/arrowsmith.md)
- *City Lights* (1931), Fi1m 89, Music Arranger, Music Director — [page](https://film.one/film/city-lights.md)

## Complete filmography (236)

Every credit, newest first. Titles without a page can be requested for review on the HTML page.

- *Perfectly Frank: Frank Loesser Revued* (1981), as Songs
- *That's Entertainment, Part II* (1976), Thanks
- *Airport* (1970), Original Music Composer — Fi1m 56, [page](https://film.one/film/airport.md)
- *Firecreek* (1968), Original Music Composer
- *Camelot* (1967), Music, Original Music Composer
- *Nevada Smith* (1966), Original Music Composer
- *The Greatest Story Ever Told* (1965), Original Music Composer
- *How the West Was Won* (1962), Original Music Composer, Conductor — Fi1m 62, [page](https://film.one/film/how-the-west-was-won.md)
- *The Counterfeit Traitor* (1962), Original Music Composer
- *State Fair* (1962), Original Music Composer
- *Flower Drum Song* (1961), Original Music Composer, Conductor, Music Supervisor
- *The Pleasure of His Company* (1961), Original Music Composer
- *The Best of Everything* (1959), Original Music Composer, Songs
- *The Diary of Anne Frank* (1959), Original Music Composer — Fi1m 58, [page](https://film.one/film/the-diary-of-anne-frank.md)
- *A Certain Smile* (1958), Original Music Composer
- *South Pacific* (1958), Original Music Composer, Music Supervisor, Conductor
- *The Gift of Love* (1958), Original Music Composer
- *Anastasia* (1956), Original Music Composer
- *Bus Stop* (1956), Conductor, Original Music Composer
- *The King and I* (1956), Original Music Composer — Fi1m 71, [page](https://film.one/film/the-king-and-i.md)
- *Carousel* (1956), Music Supervisor, Conductor
- *Love Is a Many-Splendored Thing* (1955), Original Music Composer — Fi1m 60, [page](https://film.one/film/love-is-a-many-splendored-thing.md)
- *The Seven Year Itch* (1955), Original Music Composer, Conductor
- *Daddy Long Legs* (1955), Original Music Composer, Conductor, Music Supervisor
- *A Man Called Peter* (1955), Original Music Composer
- *There's No Business Like Show Business* (1954), Music Supervisor
- *The Egyptian* (1954), Original Music Composer
- *The Miracle of Stereophonic Sound* (1954), Music Supervisor
- *Hell and High Water* (1954), Original Music Composer
- *How to Marry a Millionaire* (1953), as Orchestra Conductor in Prologue (uncredited) · Original Music Composer, Music Director
- *The Robe* (1953), Original Music Composer — Fi1m 48, [page](https://film.one/film/the-robe.md)
- *Dangerous Crossing* (1953), Additional Music
- *The President's Lady* (1953), Original Music Composer
- *The Desert Rats* (1953), Music Director
- *Call Me Madam* (1953), Music Director
- *Treasure of the Golden Condor* (1953), Music Director
- *Stars and Stripes Forever* (1952), Music, Music Director
- *The Prisoner of Zenda* (1952), Original Music Composer
- *O. Henry's Full House* (1952), Original Music Composer
- *What Price Glory* (1952), Music
- *Wait Till the Sun Shines, Nellie* (1952), Original Music Composer
- *With a Song in My Heart* (1952), Original Music Composer, Music Director
- *Viva Zapata!* (1952), Original Music Composer
- *The CinemaScope Parade* (1951), as Joseph Haydn · Music
- *David and Bathsheba* (1951), Original Music Composer
- *Take Care of My Little Girl* (1951), Original Music Composer
- *The House on Telegraph Hill* (1951), Music Director
- *On the Riviera* (1951), Original Music Composer, Music Director
- *Fourteen Hours* (1951), Original Music Composer
- *For Heaven's Sake* (1950), Original Music Composer
- *All About Eve* (1950), Original Music Composer — Fi1m 90, [page](https://film.one/film/all-about-eve.md)
- *Two Flags West* (1950), Music Director
- *No Way Out* (1950), Original Music Composer
- *Panic in the Streets* (1950), Original Music Composer, Conductor
- *Broken Arrow* (1950), Music Director
- *The Gunfighter* (1950), Original Music Composer, Conductor
- *The Big Lift* (1950), Original Music Composer
- *When Willie Comes Marching Home* (1950), Music
- *Twelve O'Clock High* (1949), Original Music Composer — Fi1m 83, [page](https://film.one/film/twelve-oclock-high.md)
- *Dancing in the Dark* (1949), Music Director
- *Prince of Foxes* (1949), Original Music Composer
- *Pinky* (1949), Original Music Composer
- *Thieves' Highway* (1949), Original Music Composer
- *You're My Everything* (1949), Music Director, Music
- *Mr. Belvedere Goes to College* (1949), Original Music Composer
- *The Fan* (1949), Music Director
- *Mother Is a Freshman* (1949), Original Music Composer
- *Down to the Sea in Ships* (1949), Music
- *A Letter to Three Wives* (1949), Original Music Composer — Fi1m 79, [page](https://film.one/film/a-letter-to-three-wives.md)
- *Yellow Sky* (1948), Original Music Composer
- *The Walls of Jericho* (1948), Music
- *When My Baby Smiles at Me* (1948), Original Music Composer
- *The Snake Pit* (1948), Original Music Composer — Fi1m 76, [page](https://film.one/film/the-snake-pit.md)
- *Cry of the City* (1948), Original Music Composer
- *That Lady in Ermine* (1948), Original Music Composer
- *Sitting Pretty* (1948), Original Music Composer
- *Call Northside 777* (1948), Original Music Composer, Music Director
- *Daisy Kenyon* (1947), Music Director
- *Captain from Castile* (1947), Original Music Composer
- *Gentleman's Agreement* (1947), Original Music Composer — Fi1m 64, [page](https://film.one/film/gentlemans-agreement.md)
- *Mother Wore Tights* (1947), Music Director
- *I Wonder Who's Kissing Her Now* (1947), Music Director
- *Miracle on 34th Street* (1947), Music Director — Fi1m 85, [page](https://film.one/film/miracle-on-34th-street.md)
- *Moss Rose* (1947), Music Director
- *The Late George Apley* (1947), Music Director
- *The Brasher Doubloon* (1947), Music Director
- *The Shocking Miss Pilgrim* (1947), Original Music Composer
- *The Razor's Edge* (1946), Original Music Composer — Fi1m 63, [page](https://film.one/film/the-razors-edge.md)
- *My Darling Clementine* (1946), Music Director — Fi1m 88, [page](https://film.one/film/my-darling-clementine.md)
- *Margie* (1946), Music Director, Original Music Composer
- *Centennial Summer* (1946), Original Music Composer
- *Dragonwyck* (1946), Original Music Composer
- *Leave Her to Heaven* (1945), Original Music Composer, Music Director
- *A Bell for Adano* (1945), Original Music Composer
- *A Royal Scandal* (1945), Original Music Composer
- *A Tree Grows in Brooklyn* (1945), Original Music Composer
- *The Keys of the Kingdom* (1944), Original Music Composer
- *Irish Eyes Are Smiling* (1944), Music Director, Original Music Composer
- *Wilson* (1944), Original Music Composer — Fi1m 61, [page](https://film.one/film/wilson.md)
- *The Purple Heart* (1944), Original Music Composer
- *The Fighting Sullivans* (1944), Music Director
- *The Gang's All Here* (1943), Music
- *The Song of Bernadette* (1943), Original Music Composer — Fi1m 63, [page](https://film.one/film/the-song-of-bernadette.md)
- *Claudia* (1943), Original Music Composer
- *Heaven Can Wait* (1943), Original Music Composer — Fi1m 84, [page](https://film.one/film/heaven-can-wait-1943.md)
- *The Moon Is Down* (1943), Original Music Composer
- *December 7th* (1943), Original Music Composer
- *China Girl* (1942), Original Music Composer
- *Life Begins at Eight-Thirty* (1942), Music
- *The Black Swan* (1942), Music Director, Original Music Composer
- *The Battle of Midway* (1942), Original Music Composer
- *It's Everybody's War* (1942), Original Music Composer
- *Orchestra Wives* (1942), Music Director
- *Just Off Broadway* (1942), Music
- *The Pied Piper* (1942), Original Music Composer, Music Director
- *Ten Gentlemen from West Point* (1942), Original Music Composer
- *Why We Fight: Prelude to War* (1942), Music Director, Music
- *This Above All* (1942), Original Music Composer, Music Director
- *My Gal Sal* (1942), Music Director
- *To the Shores of Tripoli* (1942), Original Music Composer
- *Roxie Hart* (1942), Original Music Composer
- *Son of Fury: The Story of Benjamin Blake* (1942), Original Music Composer
- *Ball of Fire* (1941), Original Music Composer
- *I Wake Up Screaming* (1941), Additional Music
- *How Green Was My Valley* (1941), Original Music Composer — Fi1m 82, [page](https://film.one/film/how-green-was-my-valley.md)
- *A Yank in the R.A.F.* (1941), Music Director
- *Belle Starr* (1941), Original Music Composer
- *The Little Foxes* (1941), Music Director — Fi1m 85, [page](https://film.one/film/the-little-foxes.md)
- *Wild Geese Calling* (1941), Original Music Composer
- *Charley's Aunt* (1941), Original Music Composer
- *Man Hunt* (1941), Original Music Composer
- *Blood and Sand* (1941), Original Music Composer
- *Hudson's Bay* (1940), Original Music Composer
- *Tin Pan Alley* (1940), Music Director
- *The Mark of Zorro* (1940), Original Music Composer
- *They Knew What They Wanted* (1940), Original Music Composer, Conductor
- *Brigham Young* (1940), Original Music Composer
- *Foreign Correspondent* (1940), Original Music Composer — Fi1m 76, [page](https://film.one/film/foreign-correspondent.md)
- *Earthbound* (1940), Original Music Composer
- *Girl in 313* (1940), Original Music Composer
- *The Grapes of Wrath* (1940), Original Music Composer, Music Director — Fi1m 86, [page](https://film.one/film/the-grapes-of-wrath.md)
- *Blondie on a Budget* (1940), Original Music Composer
- *Little Old New York* (1940), Original Music Composer
- *Vigil in the Night* (1940), Original Music Composer
- *The Blue Bird* (1940), Music
- *Barricade* (1939), Music Director
- *Drums Along the Mohawk* (1939), Original Music Composer
- *The Real Glory* (1939), Original Music Composer
- *The Rains Came* (1939), Original Music Composer
- *The Hunchback of Notre Dame* (1939), Original Music Composer
- *The Star Maker* (1939), Original Music Composer
- *They Shall Have Music* (1939), as Musical Director · Original Music Composer, Music Director
- *Beau Geste* (1939), Original Music Composer
- *Young Mr. Lincoln* (1939), Original Music Composer
- *The Gorilla* (1939), Music
- *Wuthering Heights* (1939), Original Music Composer — Fi1m 76, [page](https://film.one/film/wuthering-heights.md)
- *Gunga Din* (1939), Original Music Composer — Fi1m 68, [page](https://film.one/film/gunga-din.md)
- *Jesse James* (1939), Additional Music
- *Trade Winds* (1938), Original Music Composer, Music Director
- *Blondie* (1938), Music
- *The Cowboy and the Lady* (1938), Music Director, Original Music Composer
- *Alexander's Ragtime Band* (1938), Music Director, Original Music Composer — Fi1m 70, [page](https://film.one/film/alexanders-ragtime-band.md)
- *The Adventures of Marco Polo* (1938), Music Director
- *52nd Street* (1937), Original Music Composer
- *The Hurricane* (1937), Original Music Composer, Music Director
- *The Prisoner of Zenda* (1937), Original Music Composer
- *Dead End* (1937), Original Music Composer, Music Director — Fi1m 73, [page](https://film.one/film/dead-end.md)
- *Stella Dallas* (1937), Original Music Composer, Music Director — Fi1m 80, [page](https://film.one/film/stella-dallas.md)
- *Wee Willie Winkie* (1937), Original Music Composer
- *Slave Ship* (1937), Original Music Composer
- *Woman Chases Man* (1937), Original Music Composer
- *History Is Made at Night* (1937), Original Music Composer, Music Director
- *You Only Live Once* (1937), Music Director, Original Music Composer
- *Beloved Enemy* (1936), Original Music Composer, Music Director
- *Born to Dance* (1936), Music Director
- *Come and Get It* (1936), Original Music Composer
- *The Gay Desperado* (1936), Original Music Composer, Music Director
- *Ramona* (1936), Original Music Composer
- *Dodsworth* (1936), Music Director, Original Music Composer — Fi1m 87, [page](https://film.one/film/dodsworth.md)
- *Dancing Pirate* (1936), Music
- *One Rainy Afternoon* (1936), Original Music Composer, Music Director
- *These Three* (1936), Original Music Composer, Music Director
- *Modern Times* (1936), Conductor — Fi1m 88, [page](https://film.one/film/modern-times.md)
- *Strike Me Pink* (1936), Original Music Composer
- *Splendor* (1935), Original Music Composer
- *Barbary Coast* (1935), Original Music Composer
- *Broadway Melody of 1936* (1935), Music Director — Fi1m 72, [page](https://film.one/film/broadway-melody-of-1936.md)
- *Red Salute* (1935), Original Music Composer
- *The Dark Angel* (1935), Original Music Composer
- *Call of the Wild* (1935), Original Music Composer
- *The Melody Lingers on* (1935), Original Music Composer
- *Les Misérables* (1935), Original Music Composer — Fi1m 74, [page](https://film.one/film/les-miserables-1935.md)
- *Cardinal Richelieu* (1935), Original Music Composer
- *The Wedding Night* (1935), Original Music Composer
- *Folies Bergère de Paris* (1935), Original Music Composer
- *Clive of India* (1935), Original Music Composer
- *The Mighty Barnum* (1934), Original Music Composer
- *Kid Millions* (1934), Original Music Composer
- *Transatlantic Merry-Go-Round* (1934), Original Music Composer
- *We Live Again* (1934), Original Music Composer
- *Our Daily Bread* (1934), Original Music Composer
- *The Count of Monte Cristo* (1934), Music
- *The Affairs of Cellini* (1934), Original Music Composer
- *Bulldog Drummond Strikes Back* (1934), Original Music Composer, Music Director
- *Born to Be Bad* (1934), Original Music Composer
- *The Last Gentleman* (1934), Original Music Composer
- *The House of Rothschild* (1934), Original Music Composer — Fi1m 70, [page](https://film.one/film/the-house-of-rothschild.md)
- *Looking for Trouble* (1934), Original Music Composer
- *Nana* (1934), Original Music Composer
- *Advice to the Lovelorn* (1933), Music
- *Roman Scandals* (1933), Original Music Composer
- *Blood Money* (1933), Music Director
- *Broadway Thru a Keyhole* (1933), Original Music Composer
- *The Bowery* (1933), Original Music Composer
- *The Masquerader* (1933), Original Music Composer, Music Director
- *I Cover the Waterfront* (1933), Original Music Composer
- *Secrets* (1933), Original Music Composer, Music Director
- *Hallelujah, I'm a Bum* (1933), Original Music Composer, Music Director
- *Cynara* (1932), Original Music Composer, Music Director
- *Flesh* (1932), Original Music Composer
- *The Kid from Spain* (1932), Original Music Composer
- *Rain* (1932), Original Music Composer
- *Movie Crazy* (1932), Original Music Composer
- *Mr. Robinson Crusoe* (1932), Original Music Composer
- *Night World* (1932), Original Music Composer
- *Sky Devils* (1932), Original Music Composer
- *The Greeks Had a Word for Them* (1932), Original Music Composer
- *Cock of the Air* (1932), Music
- *Arrowsmith* (1931), Music Director, Original Music Composer — Fi1m 70, [page](https://film.one/film/arrowsmith.md)
- *Corsair* (1931), Original Music Composer
- *Around the World in 80 Minutes with Douglas Fairbanks* (1931), Original Music Composer
- *The Age for Love* (1931), Original Music Composer
- *The Unholy Garden* (1931), Music Director, Original Music Composer
- *Street Scene* (1931), Music Director, Music
- *City Lights* (1931), Music Director, Music Arranger — Fi1m 89, [page](https://film.one/film/city-lights.md)
- *Tonight or Never* (1931), Music Director, Original Music Composer

## Gallery

- ![Alfred Newman](https://film.one/media/person/7144/gallery-4802e69ed999.jpg) Alfred Newman — Wim van Rossem for Anefo, CC0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/b/be/Persconferentie_ivm_Anne_Frankfilm_in_het_Amstelhotel_te_Amsterdam%2C_vlnr%2C_Bestanddeelnr_909-7117_-_Alfred_Newman_crop.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail_unscaled)
- ![Alfred Newman](https://film.one/media/person/7144/gallery-5fd440b2a170.jpg) Alfred Newman — Unknown authorUnknown author, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0b/Alfred_Newman_adulto.jpg/1280px-Alfred_Newman_adulto.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail)
- ![Collectie / Archief : Fotocollectie Anefo Reportage / Serie : [ onbekend ] Beschrijving : Persconferentie i.v.m. "Anne Frankfilm" in het Amstelhotel te Amsterda (1958)](https://film.one/media/person/7144/gallery-7de2ebd9ad01.jpg) Collectie / Archief : Fotocollectie Anefo Reportage / Serie : [ onbekend ] Beschrijving : Persconferentie i.v.m. "Anne Frankfilm" in het Amstelhotel te Amsterda (1958) — Wim van Rossem for Anefo, CC0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/99/Persconferentie_ivm_Anne_Frankfilm_in_het_Amstelhotel_te_Amsterdam%2C_vlnr%2C_Bestanddeelnr_909-7117.jpg/1280px-Persconferentie_ivm_Anne_Frankfilm_in_het_Amstelhotel_te_Amsterdam%2C_vlnr%2C_Bestanddeelnr_909-7117.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail)

## Awards

### Academy Awards — 9 won, 31 nominated

- 1971: Best Original Score (nominated), for *Airport*
- 1968: Best Score, Adaptation or Treatment (won), for *Camelot*
- 1966: Best Original Score (nominated), for *The Greatest Story Ever Told*
- 1964: Best Original Score (nominated), for *How the West Was Won*
- 1962: Best Original Musical Score (nominated), for *Flower Drum Song*
- 1960: Best Original Song (nominated), for *The Best of Everything*
- 1960: Best Original Dramatic or Comedy Score (nominated), for *The Diary of Anne Frank*
- 1959: Best Original Musical Score (nominated), for *South Pacific*
- 1957: Best Original Musical Score (won), for *The King and I*
- 1957: Best Original Dramatic or Comedy Score (nominated), for *Anastasia*
- 1956: Best Original Dramatic or Comedy Score (won), for *Love Is a Many-Splendored Thing*
- 1956: Best Original Musical Score (nominated), for *Daddy Long Legs*
- 1955: Best Original Musical Score (nominated), for *There's No Business Like Show Business*
- 1954: Best Original Musical Score (won), for *Call Me Madam*
- 1953: Best Original Musical Score (won), for *With a Song in My Heart*
- 1952: Best Original Dramatic or Comedy Score (nominated), for *David and Bathsheba*
- 1952: Best Original Musical Score (nominated), for *On the Riviera*
- 1951: Best Original Dramatic or Comedy Score (nominated), for *All About Eve*
- 1950: Best Original Song (nominated), for *Through a Long and Sleepless Night*
- 1949: Best Original Musical Score (nominated), for *When My Baby Smiles at Me*
- 1949: Best Original Dramatic or Comedy Score (nominated), for *The Snake Pit*
- 1948: Best Original Musical Score (won), for *Mother Wore Tights*
- 1948: Best Original Dramatic or Comedy Score (nominated), for *Captain from Castile*
- 1947: Best Original Musical Score (nominated), for *Centennial Summer*
- 1946: Best Original Musical Score (nominated), for *State Fair*
- 1946: Best Original Dramatic or Comedy Score (nominated), for *The Keys of the Kingdom*
- 1945: Best Original Dramatic or Comedy Score (nominated), for *Wilson*
- 1945: Best Original Musical Score (nominated), for *Irish Eyes Are Smiling*
- 1944: Best Original Dramatic or Comedy Score (won), for *The Song of Bernadette*
- 1944: Best Original Musical Score (nominated), for *Coney Island*
- 1943: Best Original Musical Score (nominated), for *My Gal Sal*
- 1943: Best Original Dramatic or Comedy Score (nominated), for *The Black Swan*
- 1942: Best Original Dramatic Score (nominated), for *Ball of Fire*
- 1941: Best Score, Adaptation or Treatment (won), for *Tin Pan Alley*
- 1941: Best Original Score (nominated), for *The Mark of Zorro*
- 1940: Best Original Score (nominated), for *Wuthering Heights*
- 1940: Best Score, Adaptation or Treatment (nominated), for *The Hunchback of Notre Dame*
- 1939: Best Score, Adaptation or Treatment (won), for *Alexander's Ragtime Band*
- 1939: Best Original Score (nominated), for *The Cowboy and the Lady*
- 1938: Best Score, Adaptation or Treatment (nominated), for *The Hurricane*

*From Wikidata, which records wins more completely than nominations.*

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