---
name: "Paul Sawtell"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/paul-sawtell"
fi1m_id: "paul-sawtell"
imdb_id: "nm0006275"
tmdb_id: 4681
wikidata_id: "Q3372172"
roles: ["Composer"]
born: "3 February 1906"
died: "1 August 1971"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 1
average_over: 1
updated: "2026-09-25T04:50:35.478217+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 Sawtell

## Identity

Paul Sawtell

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/paul-sawtell
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** paul-sawtell
- **IMDb ID:** nm0006275
- **TMDB ID:** 4681
- **Wikidata ID:** Q3372172
- **Same entity:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paul_Sawtell, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q3372172, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0006275/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/4681

Composer. Born 3 February 1906 in Gilve, Poland. Died 1 August 1971.

## Details

- **Work:** Composer
- **Born:** 3 February 1906, Gilve, Poland
- **Died:** 1 August 1971
- **Also known as:** Paul Sawtelle
- **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paul_Sawtell, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q3372172, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0006275/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/4681

## Streaming the US now

- **Amazon Prime Video:** [*Winchester '73*](https://film.one/film/winchester-73.md) (81)

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## Biography

Paul Sawtell was a Polish-born film score composer. Born Paul Sawatzki on 3 February 1906 in Geluwe (then in the German Reich, now Poland), he died on 1 August 1971 in Los Angeles, California.

He began his career under contract at RKO from 1938, initially writing music for B-pictures, before joining Universal Pictures in 1944. There he scored entries in the Basil Rathbone Sherlock Holmes series, including *The Pearl of Death* (1944) and *The Scarlet Claw* (1944). He later returned to RKO and collaborated with Roy Webb on several Tarzan films.

In the 1950s Sawtell formed a long-running partnership with composer Bert Shefter, producing scores for numerous low-budget horror and science-fiction films such as *The Fly* (1958), *It! The Terror from Beyond Space* (1958), *Return of the Fly* (1959), *Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea* (1961) and *Faster, Pussycat! Kill! Kill!* (1965). He also composed the main theme for the *Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea* television series.

*Sources: en.wikipedia.org, imdb.com.*

## On Fi1m (1)

- *Winchester '73* (1950), Fi1m 81, Music — [page](https://film.one/film/winchester-73.md)

## Complete filmography (255)

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

- *They Call Him Marcado* (1971), Original Music Composer
- *Emiliano Zapata* (1970), Original Music Composer
- *The Christine Jorgensen Story* (1970), Original Music Composer
- *The Bubble* (1966), Original Music Composer
- *Faster, Pussycat! Kill! Kill!* (1965), Original Music Composer
- *Motorpsycho!* (1965), Original Music Composer
- *Island of the Blue Dolphins* (1964), Music
- *The Last Man on Earth* (1964), Original Music Composer
- *Thunder Island* (1963), Original Music Composer
- *King Kong vs. Godzilla* (1963), Music
- *Five Weeks in a Balloon* (1962), Original Music Composer
- *Jack the Giant Killer* (1962), Original Music Composer
- *About Time* (1962), Music Supervisor
- *Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea* (1961), Original Music Composer, Conductor
- *Misty* (1961), Original Music Composer
- *Operation Bottleneck* (1961), Music
- *The Long Rope* (1961), Original Music Composer
- *Police Dog Story* (1961), Music
- *Five Guns to Tombstone* (1961), Original Music Composer
- *Tess of the Storm Country* (1960), Original Music Composer
- *The Walking Target* (1960), Original Music Composer
- *The Lost World* (1960), Original Music Composer
- *Cage of Evil* (1960), Original Music Composer
- *The Music Box Kid* (1960), Original Music Composer
- *Noose for a Gunman* (1960), Original Music Composer
- *Virgin Sacrifice* (1960), Music
- *Three Came to Kill* (1960), Original Music Composer
- *A Dog's Best Friend* (1959), Music
- *Vice Raid* (1959), Music
- *Pier 5, Havana* (1959), Music
- *Return of the Fly* (1959), Original Music Composer
- *The Big Circus* (1959), Music
- *Gigantis, the Fire Monster* (1959), Music
- *The Cosmic Man* (1959), Original Music Composer
- *Machete* (1958), Music
- *Villa!!* (1958), Music
- *Wind Across the Everglades* (1958), Music
- *The Hunters* (1958), Music
- *The Fiend Who Walked the West* (1958), Music
- *It! The Terror from Beyond Space* (1958), Original Music Composer
- *The Fly* (1958), Original Music Composer
- *Sierra Baron* (1958), Music
- *Cattle Empire* (1958), Music
- *Ambush at Cimarron Pass* (1958), Original Music Composer
- *Stopover Tokyo* (1957), Original Music Composer
- *The Story of Mankind* (1957), Original Music Composer
- *Rodan! The Flying Monster* (1957), Music
- *The Black Scorpion* (1957), Original Music Composer
- *The Deerslayer* (1957), Original Music Composer
- *Shoot-Out at Medicine Bend* (1957), Additional Music
- *Gun Duel in Durango* (1957), Original Music Composer
- *She Devil* (1957), Original Music Composer
- *Kronos* (1957), Original Music Composer
- *5 Steps to Danger* (1956), Original Music Composer
- *The Desperados Are in Town* (1956), Original Music Composer
- *The Animal World* (1956), Original Music Composer
- *Texas Lady* (1955), Original Music Composer
- *A Lawless Street* (1955), Original Music Composer, Conductor
- *Tall Man Riding* (1955), Original Music Composer
- *Rage at Dawn* (1955), Original Music Composer
- *Ten Wanted Men* (1955), Music
- *They Rode West* (1954), Music
- *Three Hours to Kill* (1954), Original Music Composer
- *Down Three Dark Streets* (1954), Original Music Composer
- *Africa Adventure* (1954), Music
- *Return to Treasure Island* (1954), Music
- *The Diamond Queen* (1953), Original Music Composer
- *Flight to Tangier* (1953), Original Music Composer
- *Inferno* (1953), Original Music Composer
- *Arrowhead* (1953), Music
- *The Sea Around Us* (1953), Original Music Composer
- *Pony Express* (1953), Original Music Composer
- *Below the Sahara* (1953), Original Music Composer
- *Raiders of the Seven Seas* (1953), Music
- *Sky Full of Moon* (1952), Original Music Composer
- *Kansas City Confidential* (1952), Original Music Composer
- *The Black Castle* (1952), Music
- *Hurricane Smith* (1952), Original Music Composer
- *The Duel at Silver Creek* (1952), Additional Music
- *The Savage* (1952), Original Music Composer
- *Desert Passage* (1952), Original Music Composer
- *Denver and Rio Grande* (1952), Original Music Composer
- *The Half-Breed* (1952), Original Music Composer
- *Target* (1952), Original Music Composer
- *Road Agent* (1952), Original Music Composer
- *Tarzan's Savage Fury* (1952), Original Music Composer
- *Trail Guide* (1952), Original Music Composer
- *Flaming Feather* (1952), Original Music Composer
- *Overland Telegraph* (1951), Original Music Composer
- *Silver City* (1951), Music
- *Warpath* (1951), Original Music Composer
- *Another Man's Poison* (1951), Original Music Composer
- *The Son of Dr. Jekyll* (1951), Original Music Composer
- *Fort Defiance* (1951), Original Music Composer
- *The Whip Hand* (1951), Original Music Composer
- *Roadblock* (1951), Original Music Composer
- *Pistol Harvest* (1951), Original Music Composer
- *Best of the Badmen* (1951), Original Music Composer
- *Comin' Round the Mountain* (1951), Music
- *Gunplay* (1951), Original Music Composer
- *New Mexico* (1951), Conductor
- *Land of the Zuider Zee* (1951), Conductor
- *Saddle Legion* (1951), Original Music Composer
- *Santa Fe* (1951), Original Music Composer
- *Law of the Badlands* (1951), Original Music Composer
- *Springtime in the Netherlands* (1951), Conductor
- *Hunt the Man Down* (1950), Original Music Composer
- *Stage to Tucson* (1950), Original Music Composer
- *Southside 1-1000* (1950), Original Music Composer
- *Undercover Girl* (1950), Music
- *Rio Grande Patrol* (1950), Original Music Composer
- *Outrage* (1950), Original Music Composer
- *Bunco Squad* (1950), Original Music Composer
- *Bud Abbott and Lou Costello in the Foreign Legion* (1950), Music
- *Border Treasure* (1950), Original Music Composer
- *The Cariboo Trail* (1950), Original Music Composer
- *Winchester '73* (1950), Music — Fi1m 81, [page](https://film.one/film/winchester-73.md)
- *Tarzan and the Slave Girl* (1950), Original Music Composer
- *Rider from Tucson* (1950), Music
- *Fortunes of Captain Blood* (1950), Music
- *Storm Over Wyoming* (1950), Original Music Composer
- *Dynamite Pass* (1950), Original Music Composer
- *Colorful Holland* (1950), Conductor
- *Riders of the Range* (1950), Music
- *Davy Crockett, Indian Scout* (1950), Original Music Composer
- *The Threat* (1949), Original Music Composer
- *Fighting Man of the Plains* (1949), Original Music Composer
- *In Old Amsterdam* (1949), Conductor
- *Savage Splendor* (1949), Music
- *From Liverpool to Stratford* (1949), Conductor
- *Black Magic* (1949), Music
- *Stagecoach Kid* (1949), Music
- *The Doolins of Oklahoma* (1949), Original Music Composer
- *Bud Abbott and Lou Costello Meet the Killer, Boris Karloff* (1949), Music
- *Roughshod* (1949), Original Music Composer
- *Quebec in Summertime* (1949), Conductor
- *The Big Cat* (1949), Original Music Composer
- *The Clay Pigeon* (1949), Original Music Composer
- *Rustlers* (1949), Music
- *Bad Boy* (1949), Original Music Composer
- *Brothers in the Saddle* (1949), Original Music Composer
- *Gun Smugglers* (1948), Music
- *Indian Agent* (1948), Music
- *Bodyguard* (1948), Original Music Composer
- *Walk a Crooked Mile* (1948), Original Music Composer
- *Mystery in Mexico* (1948), Original Music Composer
- *Variety Time* (1948), Music
- *Four Faces West* (1948), Original Music Composer
- *Northwest Stampede* (1948), Original Music Composer
- *Return of the Bad Men* (1948), Original Music Composer
- *Guns of Hate* (1948), Original Music Composer
- *Raw Deal* (1948), Original Music Composer
- *River Lady* (1948), Original Music Composer
- *The Arizona Ranger* (1948), Music
- *The Black Arrow* (1948), Original Music Composer
- *Western Heritage* (1948), Original Music Composer
- *For You I Die* (1947), Original Music Composer
- *T-Men* (1947), Original Music Composer
- *Wild Horse Mesa* (1947), Original Music Composer
- *The Last Round-up* (1947), Original Music Composer
- *Dick Tracy Meets Gruesome* (1947), Original Music Composer
- *The Sea Hound* (1947), Original Music Composer
- *Desperate* (1947), Original Music Composer
- *Seven Keys to Baldpate* (1947), Original Music Composer
- *Thunder Mountain* (1947), Original Music Composer
- *Dick Tracy's Dilemma* (1947), Original Music Composer
- *Born to Kill* (1947), Original Music Composer
- *Tarzan and the Huntress* (1947), Original Music Composer
- *The Devil Thumbs a Ride* (1947), Original Music Composer
- *Code of the West* (1947), Original Music Composer
- *Trail Street* (1947), Original Music Composer
- *Blind Spot* (1947), Original Music Composer
- *Alias Mr. Twilight* (1946), Original Music Composer
- *San Quentin* (1946), Original Music Composer
- *The Falcon's Adventure* (1946), Original Music Composer
- *Vacation in Reno* (1946), Music
- *Dick Tracy vs. Cueball* (1946), Music
- *Criminal Court* (1946), Original Music Composer
- *Step by Step* (1946), Original Music Composer
- *The Bamboo Blonde* (1946), Original Music Composer
- *Renegades* (1946), Original Music Composer
- *The Cat Creeps* (1946), Music Director, Original Music Composer
- *Mysterious Intruder* (1946), Additional Music
- *Tarzan and the Leopard Woman* (1946), Original Music Composer
- *Girl on the Spot* (1946), Original Music Composer
- *A Game of Death* (1945), Original Music Composer
- *The Crime Doctor's Warning* (1945), Original Music Composer
- *West of the Pecos* (1945), Original Music Composer
- *Secret Agent X-9* (1945), Original Music Composer
- *The Falcon in San Francisco* (1945), Original Music Composer
- *The Jungle Captive* (1945), Music Director, Music
- *Wanderer of the Wasteland* (1945), Original Music Composer
- *Tarzan and the Amazons* (1945), Original Music Composer
- *Beyond the Pecos* (1945), Original Music Composer
- *The Power of the Whistler* (1945), Original Music Composer
- *Rockin' in the Rockies* (1945), Original Music Composer
- *The House of Fear* (1945), Original Music Composer
- *Nevada* (1944), Original Music Composer
- *The Mummy's Curse* (1944), Music Director, Original Music Composer
- *The Falcon in Hollywood* (1944), Additional Music
- *Dead Man's Eyes* (1944), Music
- *One Mysterious Night* (1944), Original Music Composer
- *Youth Runs Wild* (1944), Music
- *The Girl Who Dared* (1944), Music
- *The Pearl of Death* (1944), Original Music Composer, Music Director
- *Secret Command* (1944), Original Music Composer
- *Mr. Winkle Goes to War* (1944), Original Music Composer
- *Jungle Woman* (1944), Original Music Composer, Music Director
- *Gildersleeve's Ghost* (1944), Original Music Composer
- *The Scarlet Claw* (1944), Original Music Composer
- *Weird Woman* (1944), Original Music Composer
- *Tarzan's Desert Mystery* (1943), Music
- *Calling Dr. Death* (1943), Music
- *Death Valley Manhunt* (1943), Music
- *Arizona Trail* (1943), Music Director
- *Henry Aldrich Swings It* (1943), Original Music Composer
- *Hit the Ice* (1943), Original Music Composer
- *Power of the Press* (1943), Original Music Composer
- *Cinderella Swings It* (1943), Original Music Composer
- *Tarzan Triumphs* (1943), Music
- *Red River Robin Hood* (1942), Music Director
- *Scattergood Survives a Murder* (1942), Original Music Composer
- *Bandit Ranger* (1942), Music Director, Original Music Composer
- *Thundering Hoofs* (1942), Music Director
- *Night in New Orleans* (1942), Original Music Composer
- *The Falcon Takes Over* (1942), Additional Music
- *Land of the Open Range* (1942), Music Director
- *Valley of the Sun* (1942), Original Music Composer
- *A Date with the Falcon* (1942), Original Music Composer
- *Dude Cowboy* (1941), Original Music Composer
- *No Hands on the Clock* (1941), Original Music Composer
- *The Gay Falcon* (1941), Original Music Composer
- *The Bandit Trail* (1941), Music Director, Original Music Composer
- *Bad Man of Deadwood* (1941), Music
- *The Pittsburgh Kid* (1941), Original Music Composer
- *Cyclone on Horseback* (1941), Music Director
- *A Man Betrayed* (1941), Music
- *Along the Rio Grande* (1941), Music Director
- *Play Girl* (1941), Music Director
- *The Fargo Kid* (1940), Music Director
- *Meet the Missus* (1940), Music
- *Wagon Train* (1940), Original Music Composer
- *Triple Justice* (1940), Original Music Composer
- *Melody Ranch* (1940), Original Music Composer
- *Stage to Chino* (1940), Music
- *Adventures of Red Ryder* (1940), Original Music Composer
- *Prairie Law* (1940), Music Director
- *Bullet Code* (1940), Music Director, Original Music Composer
- *Drums of Fu Manchu* (1940), Original Music Composer
- *Millionaire Playboy* (1940), Original Music Composer
- *Little Orvie* (1940), Music
- *Legion of the Lawless* (1940), Music Director
- *The Marshal Of Mesa City* (1939), Original Music Composer
- *Dick Tracy's G-Men* (1939), Original Music Composer
- *In Old Monterey* (1939), Original Music Composer

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