Alfred Newman (March 17, 1900 - February 17, 1970) was a major American composer of music for films. His birth year is commonly mistakenly given as 1901. He received 45 Academy Award nominations (a record in the music categories, now shared with John Williams), winning 9 times; in 1940 he was nominated for 4 different films. Between 1938 and 1957, he was nominated an incredible twenty years in a row. Wikipedia
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Even allowing for the hyperbole associated with Hollywood there is little risk in claiming Alfred Newman as a titan in the art, craft, and business of supplying films with music. In addition to being an imaginative and inventive composer and possibly the www.filmreference.com/Writers-and-Production-Artists-Me-N...
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