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Hugo Wilhelm Friedhofer (May 3, 1901 – May 17, 1981) 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.
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Jun 15, 2023 · Soundtrack Suites of composer Hugo Friedhofer (in order of the release dates).
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...
CAREER HIGHLIGHTS. 1919-22 Plays cello in chamber recitals throughout San Francisco, e.g. Sorosis Club Hall. c1921-28 Cellist in various theatre orchestras: Royal on Polk Street, Haight Street, Castro, and Granada theatres. Also stage band arranger under Andrea Setaro, Maurice Lawrence, and George Lipshultz.
A prolific composer, Hugo Friedhofer had a career that spanned early silent film through the sound era, into the 1970s. Friedhofer became the leading orchestrator for Max Steiner,
James V. D’Arc is Curator of the Brigham Young University Film Music Archive in the L. Tom Perry Special Collections of the Harold B Lee Library at BYU. Established in 1996, the Film Music Archives contains materials that BYU began collecting more than two decades ago.
