William Axt

Born: 1888-04-19 in New York City, New York, USA

Died: 1959-02-13

Known For: Sound

Biography

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia William Axt (April 19, 1888 – February 13, 1959) was an American composer of nearly two hundred film scores. Born in New York City, Axt graduated from DeWitt Clinton High School in The Bronx and studied at the National Conservatory of Music of America. He served as an assistant conductor for the Hammerstein Grand Opera Company and was the musical director for the Capitol Theatre in Manhattan before joining the music department at Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer in 1919. He earned a Doctor of Musical Arts degree from the University of Chicago in 1922.

Filmography

1949

Adam's Rib ... (Additional Music)
Dynamite ... (Original Music Composer)

1946

Equestrian Quiz: What's Your I.Q.? No. 11 ... (Music)

1945

Bud Abbott and Lou Costello in Hollywood ... (Music)

1940

Untamed ... (Music)

1939

Stand Up and Fight ... (Original Music Composer)
The Kid From Texas ... (Original Music Composer)
Fast and Loose ... (Music Director)
Miracles for Sale ... (Original Music Composer)
Tell No Tales ... (Music)
Sergeant Madden ... (Original Music Composer)
Heroes at Leisure ... (Music)

1938

Three Loves Has Nancy ... (Music)
Rich Man, Poor Girl ... (Original Music Composer)
The First Hundred Years ... (Music Score Producer)
Listen, Darling ... (Original Music Composer)
Fast Company ... (Music)
The Girl Downstairs ... (Music)
Everybody Sing ... (Original Music Composer)
Spring Madness ... (Music Score Producer)
Yellow Jack ... (Original Music Composer)

1937

The Last of Mrs. Cheyney ... (Original Music Composer)
The Bad Man of Brimstone ... (Music)
Parnell ... (Original Music Composer)
Thoroughbreds Don't Cry ... (Music)
Under Cover of Night ... (Original Music Composer)
Beg, Borrow or Steal ... (Original Music Composer)
Between Two Women ... (Original Music Composer)
Big City ... (Original Music Composer)
Espionage ... (Music)

1936

Libeled Lady ... (Original Music Composer)
The Garden Murder Case ... (Original Music Composer)
Revolt of the Zombies ... (Music)
Old Shep ... (Music)
Three Godfathers ... (Original Music Composer)
Suzy ... (Music)
Petticoat Fever ... (Original Music Composer)
The Unguarded Hour ... (Music Score Producer)
The Jonker Diamond ... (Music)
Three Live Ghosts ... (Original Music Composer)
Mad Holiday ... (Original Music Composer)
Wanted - A Master ... (Music)
Tough Guy ... (Original Music Composer)

1935

Buried Loot ... (Original Music Composer)
Last of the Pagans ... (Original Music Composer)
Whipsaw ... (Original Music Composer)
The Murder Man ... (Original Music Composer)
Woman Wanted ... (Music)
It's in the Air ... (Original Music Composer)
O'Shaughnessy's Boy ... (Music)
Rendezvous ... (Original Music Composer)
The Perfect Tribute ... (Music)
Pitcairn Island Today ... (Music)
Memories and Melodies ... (Music)
Trained Hoofs ... (Music)

1934

The Thin Man ... (Original Music Composer)
Manhattan Melodrama ... (Original Music Composer)
Sadie McKee ... (Original Music Composer)
This Side of Heaven ... (Original Music Composer)
Forsaking All Others ... (Original Music Composer)
Stamboul Quest ... (Original Music Composer)
The Girl from Missouri ... (Original Music Composer)
Operator 13 ... (Original Music Composer)
The Mystery of Mr. X ... (Music)
Death on the Diamond ... (Original Music Composer)
You Can't Buy Everything ... (Original Music Composer)
Men in White ... (Original Music Composer)
Straight Is the Way ... (Original Music Composer)
Hide-Out ... (Music)
A Wicked Woman ... (Original Music Composer)
Paris Interlude ... (Music)
Goofy Movies Number Two ... (Original Music Composer)

1933

Dinner at Eight ... (Original Music Composer)
Sons of the Desert ... (Music)
The Secret of Madame Blanche ... (Original Music Composer)
When Ladies Meet ... (Original Music Composer)
Midnight Mary ... (Original Music Composer)
Penthouse ... (Original Music Composer)
Hold Your Man ... (Additional Music)
Bombshell ... (Original Music Composer)
Gabriel Over the White House ... (Original Music Composer)
Today We Live ... (Original Music Composer)
Reunion in Vienna ... (Original Music Composer)
Whistling in the Dark ... (Music)
Broadway to Hollywood ... (Music)
Eskimo ... (Original Music Composer)
Menu ... (Original Music Composer)
Storm at Daybreak ... (Original Music Composer)
Fast Workers ... (Original Music Composer)
Should Ladies Behave ... (Music)

1932

Grand Hotel ... (Additional Music)
The Mask of Fu Manchu ... (Original Music Composer)
As You Desire Me ... (Music)
Polly of the Circus ... (Music)
Blondie of the Follies ... (Original Music Composer)
The Wet Parade ... (Original Music Composer)
Letty Lynton ... (Original Music Composer)
Faithless ... (Original Music Composer)
Microscopic Mysteries ... (Music)
The Washington Masquerade ... (Music Score Producer)
Sea Spiders ... (Music)

1931

Susan Lenox ... (Music)
Mata Hari ... (Music)
Possessed ... (Additional Music)
Inspiration ... (Original Music Composer)
Sporting Blood ... (Music)
Private Lives ... (Music)
Love-Tails of Morocco ... (Music)
Wild and Woolly ... (Music)

1930

Romance ... (Music)
Call of the Flesh ... (Music)
When the Wind Blows ... (Music)
Chasing Rainbows ... (Original Music Composer)
Doughboys ... (Music)
The Woman Racket ... (Music)
The Big Dog House ... (Music)

1929

Where East Is East ... (Music)
Our Modern Maidens ... (Music)
Speedway ... (Original Music Composer)
It's a Great Life ... (Music)
Spite Marriage ... (Additional Music)
The Unholy Night ... (Original Music Composer)
The Mysterious Island ... (Music)
Untamed ... (Music)
The Pagan ... (Music)
The Single Standard ... (Music)
Their Own Desire ... (Conductor)
Tide of Empire ... (Music)
Navy Blues ... (Music)

1928

The Man Who Laughs ... (Music)
Show People ... (Original Music Composer)
The Wind ... (Music)
While the City Sleeps ... (Original Music Composer)
The Student Prince in Old Heidelberg ... (Original Music Composer)
West of Zanzibar ... (Original Music Composer)
Our Dancing Daughters ... (Original Music Composer)
The Masks of the Devil ... (Music)
The Viking ... (Original Music Composer)

1927

Annie Laurie ... (Original Music Composer)
Camille ... (Original Music Composer)

1926

La Bohème ... (Original Music Composer)
Don Juan ... (Original Music Composer)
Bardelys the Magnificent ... (Original Music Composer)

1925

Ben-Hur: A Tale of the Christ ... (Original Music Composer)
The Big Parade ... (Music)

1924

Greed ... (Original Music Composer)
The Navigator ... (Original Music Composer)

1923

Scaramouche ... (Original Music Composer)

1919

Madame DuBarry ... (Music)