---
name: "Paul Marquardt"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/paul-marquardt"
roles: ["Orchestrator"]
born: "13 January 1889"
died: "30 October 1960"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 6
average_fi1m_score: 83
average_over: 6
updated: "2026-09-19T23:41:43.236929+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."
---

# Paul Marquardt

Orchestrator. Born 13 January 1889 in Rudolstadt, Schwarzburg-Rudolstadt [now Thuringia], Germany. Died 30 October 1960.

## Details

- **Work:** Orchestrator
- **Born:** 13 January 1889, Rudolstadt, Schwarzburg-Rudolstadt [now Thuringia], Germany
- **Died:** 30 October 1960
- **Active:** 1932–1952
- **Also known as:** Paul Alfred Marquardt
- **Fi1m score by decade:** 1930s 80 (4), 1940s 91 (1), 1950s 88 (1)
- **Fi1m against the critics:** 88 to 80 across 4 titles
- **Score spread:** 5 at 80+, 1 at 60–79, 0 under 60
- **Genres:** Drama 4, Family 3, Adventure 2, Fantasy 2, Romance 1, War 1
- **Screen time:** 10 hours of reviewed films
- **Box office:** $51m across 3 films with figures
- **Elsewhere:** https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0549681/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/1532469

## Streaming the US now

- **Apple TV:** [*A Farewell to Arms*](https://film.one/film/a-farewell-to-arms.md) (80)

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## Biography

Paul Marquardt was a German-born composer, orchestrator and music arranger who worked in Hollywood. Born on 13 January 1889 in Rudolstadt, he contributed to films from the late 1920s to the 1950s.

His credits include composer on *A Farewell to Arms* (1932). He worked as orchestrator or arranger on films such as *The Wizard of Oz* (1939), *It's a Wonderful Life* (1946), *High Noon* (1952) and *Red River* (1948). He appeared as an actor in *Sweethearts* (1938).

Marquardt died on 30 October 1960 in Los Angeles.

*Sources: imdb.com, musicbrainz.org.*

## On Fi1m (6)

- *High Noon* (1952), Fi1m 88, Orchestrator — [page](https://film.one/film/high-noon.md)
- *It's a Wonderful Life* (1946), Fi1m 91, Orchestrator — [page](https://film.one/film/its-a-wonderful-life.md)
- *The Wizard of Oz* (1939), Fi1m 91, Music Arranger — [page](https://film.one/film/the-wizard-of-oz.md)
- *Boys Town* (1938), Fi1m 65, Orchestrator — [page](https://film.one/film/boys-town.md)
- *Captains Courageous* (1937), Fi1m 84, Orchestrator — [page](https://film.one/film/captains-courageous.md)
- *A Farewell to Arms* (1932), Fi1m 80, Music, Original Music Composer — [page](https://film.one/film/a-farewell-to-arms.md)

## Complete filmography (64)

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

- *Gunfight at the O.K. Corral* (1957), Orchestrator
- *Jeopardy* (1953), Orchestrator
- *High Noon* (1952), Orchestrator — Fi1m 88, [page](https://film.one/film/high-noon.md)
- *My Six Convicts* (1952), Orchestrator
- *The Magnificent Yankee* (1950), Orchestrator
- *Champagne for Caesar* (1950), Orchestrator
- *Dakota Lil* (1950), Orchestrator
- *D.O.A.* (1949), Orchestrator
- *Red Light* (1949), Orchestrator
- *City of Children* (1949), Orchestrator
- *Red River* (1948), Orchestrator
- *It's a Wonderful Life* (1946), Orchestrator — Fi1m 91, [page](https://film.one/film/its-a-wonderful-life.md)
- *Hail the Conquering Hero* (1944), Orchestrator
- *Whistling in the Dark* (1941), Orchestrator
- *Lions on the Loose* (1941), Orchestrator
- *Out of Darkness* (1941), Orchestrator
- *Utopia of Death* (1940), Orchestrator
- *Golden Gloves* (1940), Original Music Composer
- *Untamed* (1940), Orchestrator
- *Sporting Blood* (1940), Orchestrator
- *A Failure at Fifty* (1940), Orchestrator
- *Babes in Arms* (1939), Orchestrator
- *The Women* (1939), Orchestrator
- *The Wizard of Oz* (1939), Music Arranger — Fi1m 91, [page](https://film.one/film/the-wizard-of-oz.md)
- *One Against the World* (1939), Orchestrator
- *The Kid From Texas* (1939), Orchestrator
- *The Shining Hour* (1938), Orchestrator
- *Football Thrills of 1937* (1938), Orchestrator
- *Boys Town* (1938), Orchestrator — Fi1m 65, [page](https://film.one/film/boys-town.md)
- *The Forgotten Step* (1938), Orchestrator
- *Mannequin* (1938), Orchestrator
- *Conquest* (1937), Orchestrator
- *Double Wedding* (1937), Orchestrator
- *The Bride Wore Red* (1937), Orchestrator
- *Madame X* (1937), Orchestrator
- *The Women Men Marry* (1937), Orchestrator
- *Captains Courageous* (1937), Orchestrator — Fi1m 84, [page](https://film.one/film/captains-courageous.md)
- *Mad Holiday* (1936), Orchestrator
- *Down the Stretch* (1936), Music
- *The Devil-Doll* (1936), Orchestrator
- *Fury* (1936), Orchestrator
- *Three Godfathers* (1936), Orchestrator
- *The Garden Murder Case* (1936), Orchestrator
- *Miss Pacific Fleet* (1935), Music
- *Kind Lady* (1935), Orchestrator
- *Trained Hoofs* (1935), Orchestrator
- *Anna Karenina* (1935), Orchestrator
- *The Perfect Tribute* (1935), Orchestrator
- *China Seas* (1935), Orchestrator
- *Mad Love* (1935), Orchestrator
- *Murder in the Fleet* (1935), Original Music Composer
- *The Night Is Young* (1935), Orchestrator
- *A Wicked Woman* (1934), Orchestrator
- *Manhattan Melodrama* (1934), Orchestrator
- *Sons of the Desert* (1933), Music
- *Midnight Mary* (1933), Orchestrator
- *The Secret of Madame Blanche* (1933), Orchestrator
- *The Sign of the Cross* (1932), Music
- *A Farewell to Arms* (1932), Original Music Composer — Fi1m 80, [page](https://film.one/film/a-farewell-to-arms.md)
- *Rackety Rax* (1932), Orchestrator
- *Blonde Venus* (1932), Original Music Composer
- *The Cuban Love Song* (1931), Orchestrator
- *Wild and Woolly* (1931), Orchestrator
- *Susan Lenox* (1931), Orchestrator

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