Ned Washington
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With an Oscar to his name, Ned Washington made an indelible impression on the film landscape. Washington began his entertainment career with his music featured in films like "The Forward Pass" (1929), "The Show of Shows" (1929) and "College Lovers" (1930). He followed this honor with songs in the animated motion picture "Dumbo" (1941) with Edward Brophy and the western "Mexicana" (1...
Biography
With an Oscar to his name, Ned Washington made an indelible impression on the film landscape. Washington began his entertainment career with his music featured in films like "The Forward Pass" (1929), "The Show of Shows" (1929) and "College Lovers" (1930). He followed this honor with songs in the animated motion picture "Dumbo" (1941) with Edward Brophy and the western "Mexicana" (1945) with Tito Guizar. Washington won an Academy Award for "Pinocchio" in 1940. Washington was nominated for a Music (Song) Academy Award for "Brazil" in 1944 as well as for a Music (Song) Academy Award for "My Foolish Heart" in 1949. Washington won a Music (Song) Academy Award for "Pinocchio" in 1940 as well as a Music (Original Score) Academy Award for "Pinocchio" in 1940. In the sixties and the seventies, Washington's music continued to appear on the silver screen, including in films like the Charlton Heston western "Major Dundee" (1965), "The War Wagon" (1967) and the Dean Martin dramatic adaptation "5 Card Stud" (1968). His work was also in the Richard Dreyfuss dramatic adventure "Close Encounters of the Third Kind" (1977). Washington's music was also featured in the dramatic adaptation "Suburbia" (1997) with Giovanni Ribisi, "Out to Sea" (1997) with Jack Lemmon and "Rocketman" (1997) with Harland Williams. His music was also featured in the comedy "The Impostors" (1998) with Stanley Tucci. Washington's music was most recently used in "Shanghai" (2015).
Filmography
Music (Feature Film)
I Am Mother
(2019)
Song
Dumbo
(2019)
Song
Acrimony
(2018)
Song
Widows
(2018)
Song
Ralph Breaks the Internet: Wreck-It Ralph 2
(2018)
Song
Phantom Thread
(2017)
Song
Into the Forest
(2016)
Song
Shanghai
(2015)
Song
Avengers: Age of Ultron
(2015)
Song
Carol
(2015)
Song
Low Down
(2014)
Song
The Disappearance of Eleanor Rigby: Hers
(2014)
Song
Ginger & Rosa
(2012)
Song
Happy Feet Two
(2011)
Song
Takers
(2010)
Song Performer
Me and Orson Welles
(2009)
Song
Gamer
(2009)
Song
Ghost Town
(2008)
Theme Song
The Curious Case of Benjamin Button
(2008)
Song
Bart Got a Room
(2008)
Song
The Yellow Handkerchief
(2008)
Song
Fred Claus
(2007)
Song
Enchanted
(2007)
Song
Last Holiday
(2006)
Song
Thank You for Smoking
(2006)
Song
Alpha Dog
(2006)
Song
Lady in the Water
(2006)
Song
Kinky Boots
(2005)
Song
Twisted
(2004)
Song
Melinda and Melinda
(2004)
Song
Shrek 2
(2004)
Theme Song
Two Weeks Notice
(2002)
Song
The Score
(2001)
Song
And Baby Makes Two
(1999)
Song ("Baby Mine")
My Favorite Martian
(1999)
Song
A Night at the Roxbury
(1998)
Song
The Impostors
(1998)
Song
Out to Sea
(1997)
Song
Metro
(1997)
Music ("High Noon (Do Not Forsake Me)")
Rocketman
(1997)
Song
Suburbia
(1996)
Song
Radio Inside
(1994)
Song
Beverly Hills Cop III
(1994)
Song
A Good Man in Africa
(1994)
Song
Point Of No Return
(1993)
Song
Whispers in the Dark
(1992)
Song
The Long Day Closes
(1992)
Music Composer
Jennifer Eight
(1992)
Song
City Slickers
(1991)
Song
The Marrying Man
(1991)
Song
True Colors
(1991)
Song
An American Tail: Fievel Goes West
(1991)
Song
Wild at Heart
(1990)
Song
Look Who's Talking
(1989)
Song
New York Stories
(1989)
Song
Beaches
(1988)
Song
Let's Get Lost
(1988)
Song
Elvira: Mistress Of The Dark
(1988)
Song
Broken Noses
(1987)
Song
Good Morning, Vietnam
(1987)
Song
Radio Days
(1987)
Song
Heartburn
(1986)
Song
Friday the 13th, Part IV: The Final Chapter
(1984)
Song ("Stella By Starlight")
The Cotton Club
(1984)
Song
Flashdance
(1983)
Song ("The Nearness Of You")
Terms Of Endearment
(1983)
Music
Paternity
(1981)
Song
They All Laughed
(1981)
Song
Divine Madness
(1980)
Song
Close Encounters of the Third Kind
(1977)
Song
Made for Each Other
(1971)
Composer
The Good Guys and the Bad Guys
(1969)
Composer
A Time for Killing
(1967)
Composer
The War Wagon
(1967)
Composer
Harold Lloyd's Funny Side of Life
(1966)
Composer
Advise & Consent
(1962)
Composer
The Last Sunset
(1961)
Composer
Town Without Pity
(1961)
Composer
A Touch of Larceny
(1960)
Composer
Let No Man Write My Epitaph
(1960)
Composer
The 3 Worlds of Gulliver
(1960)
Composer
Mustang
(1959)
Composer
1001 arabian nights
(1959)
Composer
The Young Land
(1959)
Composer
Thunder in the Sun
(1959)
Composer
These Thousand Hills
(1959)
Composer
Wild Is the Wind
(1958)
Composer
Fire Down Below
(1957)
Composer
Pickup Alley
(1957)
Composer
Search for Paradise
(1957)
Composer
Gunfight at the O.K. Corral
(1957)
Composer
Night Passage
(1957)
Composer
Jeanne Eagels
(1957)
Composer
3:10 to Yuma
(1957)
Composer
The Maverick Queen
(1956)
Composer
The Last Frontier
(1956)
Composer
Miracle in the Rain
(1956)
Composer
Three for the Show
(1955)
Composer
Strategic Air Command
(1955)
Composer
Wichita
(1955)
Composer
The Man from Laramie
(1955)
Composer
A Prize of Gold
(1955)
Composer
Strange Lady in Town
(1955)
Composer
Timberjack
(1955)
Composer
Bring Your Smile Along
(1955)
Composer
The High and the Mighty
(1954)
Composer
The Adventures of Hajji Baba
(1954)
Composer
Miss Sadie Thompson
(1954)
Composer
Cease Fire
(1954)
Composer
Drum Beat
(1954)
Composer
Sea of Lost Ships
(1954)
Composer
Let's Do It Again
(1953)
Composer
Take the High Ground!
(1953)
Composer
I Confess
(1953)
Composer
Goldtown Ghost Riders
(1953)
Composer
Return to Paradise
(1953)
Composer
The Greatest Show on Earth
(1952)
Composer
High Noon
(1952)
Composer
The Happy Time
(1952)
Composer
A Millionaire for Christy
(1951)
Composer
The Wild Blue Yonder
(1951)
Composer
Symphony in Slang
(1951)
Song ("On Green Dolphin Street")
Federal Agent at Large
(1950)
Composer
My Foolish Heart
(1950)
Composer
Gun Crazy
(1950)
Composer
Mrs. Mike
(1949)
Composer
House of Strangers
(1949)
Composer
Alias the Champ
(1949)
Composer
The Lucky Stiff
(1949)
Composer
I Walk Alone
(1948)
Composer
The Timber Trail
(1948)
Composer
Fun and Fancy Free
(1947)
Composer
Murder in the Music Hall
(1946)
Composer
The Madonna's Secret
(1946)
Composer
Love, Honor and Goodbye
(1945)
Composer
Mexicana
(1945)
Composer
Brazil
(1944)
Composer
The Fighting Seabees
(1944)
Composer
The Cowboy and the Senorita
(1944)
Composer
Hands Across the Border
(1944)
Composer
Passage to Marseille
(1944)
Composer
Call of the South Seas
(1944)
Composer
Goodnight, Sweetheart
(1944)
Composer
Sleepy Lagoon
(1943)
Composer
Saludos Amigos
(1943)
Composer
I Wanted Wings
(1941)
Composer
Dumbo
(1941)
Composer
Keep 'Em Flying
(1941)
Composer
Arise, My Love
(1940)
Composer
Pinocchio
(1940)
Composer
Tropic Holiday
(1938)
Composer
Romance in the Dark
(1938)
Composer
Dodge City Trail
(1937)
Composer
Sea Racketeers
(1937)
Composer
Round-Up Time in Texas
(1937)
Composer
Bill Cracks Down
(1937)
Composer
The Hit Parade
(1937)
Composer
The Big Show
(1936)
Composer
Crash Donovan
(1936)
Composer
Roarin' Lead
(1936)
Composer
Happy Go Lucky
(1936)
Composer
The Perfect Gentleman
(1935)
Composer
A Night at the Opera
(1935)
Composer
Here Comes the Band
(1935)
Composer
Social Register
(1934)
Composer
Lilies of the Field
(1930)
Composer
College Lovers
(1930)
Composer
No, No, Nanette
(1930)
Composer
Little Johnny Jones
(1929)
Composer
Tiger Rose
(1929)
Composer
The Show of Shows
(1929)
Composer
The Forward Pass
(1929)
Composer
Music (Special)
Louisiana Boys: Raised on Politics
(1992)
Music ("The Nearness Of You")
Keith Jarrett: Standards
(1988)
Song ("Stella By Starlight")
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