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'''Roy Webb''' (October 3, 1888 – December 10, 1982) was a film music composer.
film music composer
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'''Royden Denslow Webb''' (October 3, 1888 – December 10, 1982) was an American [[film music]] composer. One of the charter members of [[American Society of Composers, Authors and Publishers|ASCAP]],<ref>{{cite book |last=Karlin |first=Fred |author-link=Fred Karlin |date=1994 |title=Listening to Movies |url= |location= |publisher=[[G. Schirmer, Inc.|Schirmer Books]] |page=308 |isbn=0-02-873315-0}}</ref> Webb has hundreds of film music credits to his name, mainly with [[RKO Pictures]]. He is best known for [[film noir]] and [[horror film]] scores, in particular for the films of [[Val Lewton]].
==Biography==
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Born in [[New York]], orchestrated and conducted for the [[Broadway theatre|Broadway]] stage before moving to Hollywood in the late 1920s to work as music director for Radio Pictures, later RKO Pictures remained until . as composer or arranger on 200 films, and received [[Academy Award for Original Music Score|Academy Award nominations]] for ''[[Quality Street (1937 film)|Quality Street]]'' (1937), ''[[My Favorite Wife]]'' (1940), ''[[I Married a Witch]]'' (1942), ''[[Joan of Paris]]'' (1942), ''[[The Fallen Sparrow]]'' (1943), ''[[The Fighting Seabees]]'' (1944), and ''[[The Enchanted Cottage (1945 film)|The Enchanted Cottage]]'' (1945). His piano concerto from ''The Enchanted Cottage'' was performed in concert at the [[Hollywood Bowl]] in 1945. In 1961, a house fire destroyed Webb's film scores and unpublished concert music, after which Webb ceased composing.


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An alumnus of [[Columbia University]], Webb wrote the fight song [[Roar, Lion, Roar]] for his [[alma mater]] in 1925. Several cues composed by Webb were used in the newsreel montage of Kane's life in ''[[Citizen Kane]]''. also composed several cues (uncredited) for ''[[This is Cinerama]]'', the first [[Cinerama]] production in 1952.
Webb has hundreds of composing credits to his name, mainly with [[RKO Pictures]], and while most of the movies he scored were fairly light in content, he is today best known for his dark horror and film noir scores. He is particularly identified with the films of [[Val Lewton]].


The Christopher Palmer Collection of Roy Webb Scores is held at Syracuse University, New York.<ref>[http://library.syr.edu/digital/guides/p/palmer_c.htm Syracuse University Library]</ref>
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Born in [[New York City]], he orchestrated and conducted for the [[Broadway theatre|Broadway]] stage, before moving to Hollywood in the late 1920s to work as music director for Radio Pictures, later RKO Pictures, where he remained until he retired in 1955. He worked as composer or arranger on over 200 films, and received [[Academy Award for Original Music Score|Academy Award nominations]] for ''[[Quality Street (1937 film)|Quality Street]]'' (1937), ''[[My Favorite Wife]]'' (1940), ''[[I Married a Witch]]'' (1942), ''[[Joan of Paris]]'' (1942), ''[[The Fallen Sparrow]]'' (1943), ''[[The Fighting Seabees]]'' (1944), and ''[[The Enchanted Cottage (1945 film)|The Enchanted Cottage]]'' (1945). His piano concerto from ''The Enchanted Cottage'' was performed in concert at the [[Hollywood Bowl]] in 1945. In 1961, a house fire destroyed all Webb's film scores and unpublished concert music, after which Webb ceased composing.

Webb died in 1982 from a [[Myocardial infarction|heart attack]] at the age of 94.


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An alumnus of [[Columbia University]], Webb wrote the fight song ''[[Roar, Lion, Roar]]'' for his [[alma mater]] in 1925. Several cues composed by Webb were used in the newsreel montage of Kane's life in ''[[Citizen Kane]]''. He also composed several cues (uncredited) for ''[[This is Cinerama]]'', the first [[Cinerama]] production in 1952.


==Selected filmography==
==Selected filmography==
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* ''[[Our Betters]]'' (1933)
* ''[[Our Betters]]'' (1933)
* ''[[The Magnificent Ambersons (film)|The Magnificent Ambersons]]'' (1942)
* ''[[ ]]'' ()
* ''[[Stranger on the Third Floor]]'' (1940)
* ''[[ ]]'' ()
* ''[[Becky Sharp (film)|Becky Sharp]]'' (1935)
* ''[[Enchanted April (1935 film)|Enchanted April]]'' (1935)
* ''[[Stage Door]]'' (1937)
* ''[[The Woman I Love (1937 film)|The Woman I Love]]'' (1937)
* ''[[Quality Street (1937 film)|Quality Street]]'' (1937)
* ''[[Room Service (1938 film)|Room Service]]'' (1938)
* ''[[Bringing Up Baby]]'' (1938)
* ''[[Arizona Legion]]'' (1939)
* ''[[The Great Man Votes]]'' (1939)
* ''[[In Name Only]]'' (1939)
* ''[[Abe Lincoln in Illinois (film)|Abe Lincoln in Illinois]]'' (1940)
* ''[[My Favorite Wife]]'' (1940)
* ''[[Curtain Call (1940 film)|Curtain Call]]'' (1940)
* ''[[Stranger on the Third Floor]]'' (1940)
* ''[[Mr. & Mrs. Smith (1941 film)|Mr. and Mrs. Smith]]'' (1941)
* ''[[I Married a Witch]]'' (1942)
* ''[[Joan of Paris]]'' (1942)
* ''[[The Magnificent Ambersons (film)|The Magnificent Ambersons]]'' (1942) (additional music, uncredited).
* ''[[The Big Street]]'' (1942)
* ''[[The Big Street]]'' (1942)
* ''[[Cat People (1942 film)|Cat People]]'' (1942)
* ''[[Cat People (1942 film)|Cat People]]'' (1942)
* ''[[Journey into Fear (film)|Journey into Fear]]'' (1943)
* ''[[ (film)| ]]'' (1943)
* ''[[I Walked with a Zombie]]'' (1943)
* ''[[ ]]'' (1943)
* ''[[The Leopard Man]]'' (1943)
* ''[[ ]]'' (1943)
* ''[[The Curse of the Cat People]]'' (1944)
* ''[[ ]]'' ()
* ''[[Murder, My Sweet]]'' (1944)
* ''[[ ]]'' ()
* ''[[The Fallen Sparrow]]'' (1943)
* ''[[The Falcon in Danger]]'' (1943)
* ''[[Gangway for Tomorrow]]'' (1943)
* ''[[The Falcon Out West]]'' (1944)
* ''[[Experiment Perilous]]'' (1944)
* ''[[Tall in the Saddle]]'' (1944)
* ''[[The Fighting Seabees]]'' (1944)
* ''[[The Curse of the Cat People]]'' (1944)
* ''[[Murder, My Sweet]]'' (1944)
* ''[[Bride by Mistake]]'' (1944)
* ''[[The Seventh Cross (film)|The Seventh Cross]]'' (1944)
* ''[[The Enchanted Cottage (1945 film)|The Enchanted Cottage]]'' (1945)
* ''[[The Enchanted Cottage (1945 film)|The Enchanted Cottage]]'' (1945)
* ''[[The Body Snatcher (film)|The Body Snatcher]]'' (1945)
* ''[[The Body Snatcher (film)|The Body Snatcher]]'' (1945)
* ''[[The Spiral Staircase]]'' (1945)
* ''[[ ]]'' (1945)
* ''[[Notorious (1946 film)|Notorious]]'' (1946)
* ''[[ ]]'' ()
* ''[[Out of the Past]]'' (1947)
* ''[[ ]]'' ()
* ''[[Mighty Joe Young (1949 film)|Mighty Joe Young]]'' (1949)
* ''[[ ( film)|]]'' ()
* ''[[The Locket (1946 film)|The Locket]]'' (1946)
* ''[[Bedlam (1946 film)|Bedlam]]'' (1946)
* ''[[Out of the Past]]'' (1947)
* ''[[They Won't Believe Me]]'' (1947)
* ''[[I Remember Mama (film)|I Remember Mama]]'' (1948)
* ''[[Holiday Affair]]'' (1949)
* ''[[Mighty Joe Young (1949 film)|Mighty Joe Young]]'' (1949)
* ''[[The Window (1949 film)|The Window]]'' (1949)
* ''[[Easy Living (1949 film)|Easy Living]]'' (1949)
* ''[[My Friend Irma (film)|My Friend Irma]]'' (1949)
* ''[[The Secret Fury]]'' (1950)
* ''[[The White Tower (film)|The White Tower]]'' (1950)
* ''[[Vendetta (1950 film)|Vendetta]]'' (1950)
* ''[[Where Danger Lives]]'' (1950)
* ''[[Gambling House (film)|Gambling House]]'' (1951)
* ''[[Flying Leathernecks]]'' (1951)
* ''[[Flying Leathernecks]]'' (1951)
* ''[[Fixed Bayonets]]'' (1951)
* ''[[Sealed Cargo]]'' (1951)
* ''[[Operation Secret]]'' (1952)
* ''[[This is Cinerama]]'' (uncredited) (1952)
* ''[[Second Chance (1953 film)|Second Chance]]'' (1953)
* ''[[Split Second (1953 film)|Split Second]]'' (1953)
* ''[[Houdini (1953 film)|Houdini]]'' (1953)
* ''[[The Raid (1954 film)|The Raid]]'' (1954)
* ''[[Dangerous Mission]]'' (1954)
* ''[[Track of the Cat]]'' (1954)
* ''[[Blood Alley]]'' (1955)
* ''[[Marty (film)|Marty]]'' (1955)
* ''[[The Sea Chase]]'' (1955)
* ''[[Our Miss Brooks]]'' (1956)
* ''[[The Search for Bridey Murphy]]'' (1956)
* ''[[The Girl He Left Behind]]'' (1956)
* ''[[The River Changes]]'' (1956)
* ''[[The Secret Affair]]'' (1957)
* ''[[Shoot-out at Medicine Bend]]'' (1957)
* ''[[Teacher's Pet (1958 film)|Teacher's Pet]]'' (1958)
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==References==
==References==
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===Sources===
*'''Roy Webb: music for the films of Val Lewton''' ''(A.K.A. Cat people: classic music for the Val Lewton films) / Marco Polo 8.225125'' - liner notes by Scott MacQueen, with Robert Wise and John Morgan.
*''Roy Webb: for the of Val Lewton'' (A.K.A. Cat : for the Val Lewton ) Marco Polo 8.225125 liner notes by Scott MacQueen, with Robert Wise and John Morgan


==External links==
==External links==
* [http://www.naxos.com/composerinfo/1196.htm Biography at Naxos site]
* [http://www.naxos.com//.htm Biography at Naxos site]
* {{IMDb name|0002202}}
* [http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0002202/ Roy Webb filmography at the IMDB]
* [http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=6148219 Roy Webb's Gravesite]
* [http://www..com/. Roy Webb ]
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Royden Denslow Webb (October 3, 1888 – December 10, 1982) was an American film music composer. One of the charter members of ASCAP,[1] Webb has hundreds of film music credits to his name, mainly with RKO Pictures. He is best known for film noir and horror film scores, in particular for the films of Val Lewton.

Biography

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Born in Manhattan, New York, Webb orchestrated and conducted for the Broadway stage before moving to Hollywood in the late 1920s to work as music director for Radio Pictures, later RKO Pictures. He remained at RKO until 1955, then worked freelance for several years, scoring several episodes of Wagon Train. Webb is credited as composer or arranger on more than 200 films, and received Academy Award nominations for Quality Street (1937), My Favorite Wife (1940), I Married a Witch (1942), Joan of Paris (1942), The Fallen Sparrow (1943), The Fighting Seabees (1944), and The Enchanted Cottage (1945). His piano concerto from The Enchanted Cottage was performed by the Los Angeles Philharmonic Orchestra, conducted by Constantin Bakaleinikoff, in concert at the Hollywood Bowl in 1945. In 1961, a house fire destroyed Webb's manuscripts, including film scores and unpublished concert music, after which Webb ceased composing. Webb died in 1982 from a heart attack at 94.

An alumnus of Columbia University, Webb wrote the fight song "Roar, Lion, Roar" for his alma mater in 1925. Several cues composed by Webb were used in the newsreel montage of Kane's life in Citizen Kane. Several cues composed by Webb replaced those by Bernard Herrmann in The Magnificent Ambersons after the film was re-edited. Webb also composed several cues (uncredited) for This is Cinerama, the first Cinerama production in 1952.

The Christopher Palmer Collection of Roy Webb Scores is held at Syracuse University, New York.[2]

Selected filmography

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References

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  1. ^ Karlin, Fred (1994). Listening to Movies. Schirmer Books. p. 308. ISBN 0-02-873315-0.
  2. ^ Syracuse University Library

Sources

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  • Roy Webb: Music for the Films of Val Lewton (A.K.A. Cat People: Classic Music for the Val Lewton Films), Marco Polo 8.225125 – liner notes by Scott MacQueen, with Robert Wise and John Morgan
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