Erich Wolfgang Korngold

Composer

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Born

May 29, 1897

Died

November 29, 1957

Biography

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Renowned musical prodigy and classical composer who scored theatrical productions for Max Reinhardt before beginning his brief but memorable film career. In the US from the late 1920s, Korngold worked almost exclusively for Warner Bros. His rich, intricate compositions for films such as "Anthony Adverse" (1936) and "King's Row" (1941) were an important influence on the development of the...

Filmography

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I Love You, Beth Cooper (2009)

The Majestic (2001)

The Big Lebowski (1998)

The Big Lebowski (1998)

Music Conductor

Hollywood Sound (1995)

Mannequin 2: On the Move (1991)

Song ("The Sea Hawk")

Photos & Videos

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Devotion (1946) -- (Original Trailer)

Adventures of Robin Hood, The -- (Re-issue Trailer)

Notes

Despite providing the score for "Anthony Adverse", when the film was cited at the 1937 Academy Awards, Korngold did not receive the Oscar. Between 1934 and 1937, the award was bestowed on the studio's music department.

One of six motion picture composers honored with a postage stamp in 1999

Biography

Renowned musical prodigy and classical composer who scored theatrical productions for Max Reinhardt before beginning his brief but memorable film career. In the US from the late 1920s, Korngold worked almost exclusively for Warner Bros. His rich, intricate compositions for films such as "Anthony Adverse" (1936) and "King's Row" (1941) were an important influence on the development of the Hollywood score.

Filmography

Music (Feature Film)

I Love You, Beth Cooper (2009)

The Majestic (2001)

The Big Lebowski (1998)

The Big Lebowski (1998)

Music Conductor

Hollywood Sound (1995)

Mannequin 2: On the Move (1991)

Song ("The Sea Hawk")

Slaves of New York (1989)

Magic Fire (1956)

Music Supervisor

Escape Me Never (1947)

Escape Me Never (1947)

Deception (1946)

Of Human Bondage (1946)

Devotion (1946)

Deception (1946)

Between Two Worlds (1944)

The Constant Nymph (1943)

Kings Row (1942)

The Sea Wolf (1941)

The Sea Hawk (1940)

The Private Lives of Elizabeth and Essex (1939)

The Adventures of Robin Hood (1938)

Another Dawn (1937)

The Prince and the Pauper (1937)

Give Us This Night (1936)

Music comp and Conductor by

Anthony Adverse (1936)

A Midsummer Night's Dream (1935)

Music Arrangements by

Captain Blood (1935)

Music Arrangement

Misc. Crew (Feature Film)

The Constant Nymph (1943)

Piano double for Charles Boyer

Music (Special)

Music For the Movies: The Hollywood Sound (1995)

Gil Shaham: Violin (1994)

Misc. Crew (Special)

An Evening With Kathleen Battle and Thomas Hampson (1995)

Cast (Short)

A Dream Comes True The Making of an Unusual Motion Picture (1935)

Music (Short)

Some of the Greatest (1955)

The Making of a Great Motion Picture (1936)

A Dream Comes True The Making of an Unusual Motion Picture (1935)

Life Events

1901

Moved to Vienna

1907

Composed cantata "Gold"

1908

Scored ballet "Der Schneeman"

1919

Conductor at the Hamburg Opera House

1929

First collaboration with Max Rheinhardt

1934

Worked on Rheinhardt's "A Midsummer Night's Dream" stage production in Hollywood

Videos

Midsummer Night's Dream, A (1935) -- (Movie Clip) I Do Wander Everywhere Anton Grot sets, Max Reinhardt and William Dieterle directing, and a "fairie" (Nina Theilade) rousing Puck (Mickey Rooney), in atmospheric early scenes from Warner Bros.' 1935 production of Shakespeare's A Midsummer Night's Dream.

Devotion (1946) -- (Original Trailer) The Bronte sisters and their brother fight personal demons in the film biography, Devotion (1946),with Ida Lupino & Olivia de Havilland.

Adventures of Robin Hood, The -- (Re-issue Trailer) The Sherwood Forest legend (Errol Flynn) leads his Merry Men in a battle against the wicked Prince John in The Adventures of Robin Hood (1938).

Anthony Adverse - (Original Trailer) Seven Oscar nominations went to Anthony Adverse (1936), Warner Brothers' adaptation of the best selling novel about 18th-Century Italy.

Constant Nymph, The - (Original Trailer) A composer (Charles Boyer) marries a rich woman rather than her young cousin (Joan Fontaine) who loves him in The Constant Nymph (1943).

Of Human Bondage (1946) - (Original Trailer) Paul Henreid is the medical student in love with Eleanor Parker's Cockney waitress in the second version of Of Human Bondage (1946).

Juarez - (Original Trailer) Paul Muni and Bette Davis star in Juarez (1939), the true story of Mexico's great leader and his fight against Napoleon's empire

Deception - (Original Trailer) A woman (Bette Davis) tries to protect her refugee husband (Paul Henreid) from her rich and powerful ex-lover (Claude Rains) in Deception (1946).

Private Lives of Elizabeth and Essex, The - (Original Trailer) Elizabeth I's love for the Earl of Essex threatens to destroy her kingdom in The Private Lives of Elizabeth and Essex (1939) starring Bette Davis and Errol Flynn.

Another Dawn - (Original Trailer) An officer's wife at a British outpost in Africa falls for another man. Stiff upper lips ensue in Another Dawn (1937) starring Errol Flynn.

Between Two Worlds - (Original Trailer) The play Outward Bound updated for World War II with John Garfield and others on a mystery ship Between Two Worlds (1944).

Escape Me Never - (Original Trailer) A composer (Errol Flynn) forsakes his innocent bride (Ida Lupino) to romance his brother's fiancee in Escape Me Never (1947).

Midsummer Night's Dream, A - (Wide Release Trailer) James Cagney and Olivia de Havilland star in A Midsummer Night's Dream (1935), based on the William Shakespeare play.

Family

Julius Korngold

Father

Music critic.

George W Korngold

Son

Record producer. Born in Vienna in 1928; died in November 1987.

Bibliography

Notes

Despite providing the score for "Anthony Adverse", when the film was cited at the 1937 Academy Awards, Korngold did not receive the Oscar. Between 1934 and 1937, the award was bestowed on the studio's music department.

One of six motion picture composers honored with a postage stamp in 1999

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