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

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

1938

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

1937

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

1936

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

1935

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

1934

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

1933

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

1932

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

1931

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

1930

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

1929

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

1928

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

1927

Camille ... (Original Music Composer)

1926

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

1925

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

1924

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

1923

Scaramouche ... (Original Music Composer)

1919

Madame DuBarry ... (Music)