---
name: "Eugene Zador"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/eugene-zador"
fi1m_id: "eugene-zador"
imdb_id: "nm0951746"
tmdb_id: 14862
wikidata_id: "Q1415189"
roles: ["Orchestrator"]
born: "11 May 1894"
died: "5 April 1977"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 9
average_fi1m_score: 76
average_over: 9
updated: "2026-09-25T04:42:04.855170+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."
---

# Eugene Zador

## Identity

Eugene Zador

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/eugene-zador
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** eugene-zador
- **IMDb ID:** nm0951746
- **TMDB ID:** 14862
- **Wikidata ID:** Q1415189
- **Same entity:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eugene_Zador, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1415189, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0951746/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/14862

Orchestrator. Born 11 May 1894 in Bátaszék, Hungary. Died 5 April 1977.

## Details

- **Work:** Orchestrator
- **Born:** 11 May 1894, Bátaszék, Hungary
- **Died:** 5 April 1977
- **Active:** 1940–1953
- **Fi1m score by decade:** 1940s 76 (6), 1950s 76 (3)
- **Fi1m against the critics:** 74 to 71 across 7 titles
- **Score spread:** 4 at 80+, 5 at 60–79, 0 under 60
- **Genres:** Drama 7, Romance 4, Crime 3, Mystery 3, Thriller 3, History 2
- **Screen time:** 17 hours of reviewed films
- **Box office:** $44m across 5 films with figures
- **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eugene_Zador, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1415189, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0951746/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/14862

## Biography

Eugene Zador (born Jenő Zádor) was a Hungarian-American composer. Born in Bátaszék, Hungary, he studied at the Vienna Conservatory and in Leipzig with Max Reger before teaching in Vienna and Budapest. He emigrated to the United States in 1939 and settled in Hollywood.

In Hollywood he worked primarily as an orchestrator on more than 100 film scores, often uncredited, in collaboration with composers including Miklós Rózsa. His credits include orchestration on *Spellbound* (1945), *The Asphalt Jungle* (1950), *Quo Vadis* (1951) and *Ben-Hur* (1959). He also composed original music for several films, including *The Mortal Storm* (1940).

Alongside his film work Zador composed operas, symphonies and other concert pieces. He continued composing until his death in Los Angeles in 1977.

*Sources: en.wikipedia.org, encyclopedia.com, eugenezador.com, imdb.com, svenskfilmdatabas.se.*

## On Fi1m (9)

- *Julius Caesar* (1953), Fi1m 76, Orchestrator — [page](https://film.one/film/julius-caesar.md)
- *Quo Vadis* (1951), Fi1m 65, Orchestrator — [page](https://film.one/film/quo-vadis.md)
- *The Asphalt Jungle* (1950), Fi1m 88, Orchestrator — [page](https://film.one/film/the-asphalt-jungle.md)
- *Adam's Rib* (1949), Fi1m 82, Orchestrator — [page](https://film.one/film/adams-rib.md)
- *Secret Beyond the Door* (1947), Fi1m 60, Orchestrator — [page](https://film.one/film/secret-beyond-the-door.md)
- *The Killers* (1946), Fi1m 84, Orchestrator — [page](https://film.one/film/the-killers.md)
- *Spellbound* (1945), Fi1m 66, Orchestrator — [page](https://film.one/film/spellbound.md)
- *The Little Foxes* (1941), Fi1m 85, Orchestrator — [page](https://film.one/film/the-little-foxes.md)
- *The Mortal Storm* (1940), Fi1m 76, Original Music Composer, Music — [page](https://film.one/film/the-mortal-storm.md)

## Complete filmography (22)

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

- *El Cid* (1961), Orchestrator
- *The King's Thief* (1955), Orchestrator
- *Julius Caesar* (1953), Orchestrator — Fi1m 76, [page](https://film.one/film/julius-caesar.md)
- *Quo Vadis* (1951), Orchestrator — Fi1m 65, [page](https://film.one/film/quo-vadis.md)
- *The Asphalt Jungle* (1950), Orchestrator — Fi1m 88, [page](https://film.one/film/the-asphalt-jungle.md)
- *Adam's Rib* (1949), Orchestrator — Fi1m 82, [page](https://film.one/film/adams-rib.md)
- *Criss Cross* (1949), Orchestrator
- *Secret Beyond the Door* (1947), Orchestrator — Fi1m 60, [page](https://film.one/film/secret-beyond-the-door.md)
- *The Red House* (1947), Orchestrator
- *The Killers* (1946), Orchestrator — Fi1m 84, [page](https://film.one/film/the-killers.md)
- *Spellbound* (1945), Orchestrator — Fi1m 66, [page](https://film.one/film/spellbound.md)
- *The Man in Half Moon Street* (1945), Orchestrator
- *Dark Waters* (1944), Orchestrator
- *Ministry of Fear* (1944), Orchestrator
- *Sahara* (1943), Orchestrator
- *So Proudly We Hail* (1943), Orchestrator
- *Five Graves to Cairo* (1943), Orchestrator
- *Lydia* (1941), Orchestrator
- *The Little Foxes* (1941), Orchestrator — Fi1m 85, [page](https://film.one/film/the-little-foxes.md)
- *Third Dimensional Murder* (1941), Original Music Composer
- *More About Nostradamus* (1941), Music
- *The Mortal Storm* (1940), Original Music Composer — Fi1m 76, [page](https://film.one/film/the-mortal-storm.md)

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