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Hugo Wilhelm Friedhofer (May 3, 1901 – May 17, 1981) [1] was an American composer and cellist best known for his motion picture scores.
Hugo Friedhofer. Composer: The Best Years of Our Lives. Hugo Friedhofer -- how many times have you seen that name in the credits of 1930s and '40s movies for "orchestration" or "musical arranger" and thought -- Gee, what a busy guy! He was, and, ironically, much of that work went uncredited.
Mar 14, 2012 · This video pays tribute to the legendary film composer, Hugo Wilhelm Friedhofer, who received a much deserved Oscar in 1947 for his brilliant, much lauded score for the William Wyler directed...
May 20, 1981 · Hugo Friedhofer, an Oscar-winning orchestrator and composer who was among the first to integrate music and movies, died Sunday at St. Vincent's Hospital. He had been receiving treatment...
Hugo Friedhofer. Composer: The Best Years of Our Lives. Hugo Friedhofer -- how many times have you seen that name in the credits of 1930s and '40s movies for "orchestration" or "musical arranger" and thought -- Gee, what a busy guy! He was, and, ironically, much of that work went uncredited.
Dec 3, 2021 · On this page you can hear the concert premier of Hugo Friedhofer’s “Gothic Prelude”, a prelude from the roadshow version of the movie JOAN OF ARC (1948). Friedhofer wrote it for his daughter in a four hand piano version and Hans Bernstein (Harold Byrns) later orchestrated it for the movie.
In this paperbound reprint of a 1999 work, Danly (composer and film music historian) tells the story of Hugo Friedhofer, who began his career as a film composer at the start of the sound era and...
