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)
Sergeant Madden ... (Original Music Composer)
Tell No Tales ... (Music)
Fast and Loose ... (Music Director)
Miracles for Sale ... (Original Music Composer)
Heroes at Leisure ... (Music)

1938

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

1937

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

1936

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

1935

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

1934

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

1933

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

1932

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

1931

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

1930

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

1929

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

1928

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

1927

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

1926

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

1925

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

1924

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

1923

Scaramouche ... (Original Music Composer)

1919

Madame DuBarry ... (Music)