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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 (1901-1981) was a prolific and versatile film composer who orchestrated and arranged scores for many Hollywood classics. He won an Oscar for The Best Years of Our Lives (1946) and was nominated eight times, but also faced self-doubt and anxiety.
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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...
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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.
- May 3, 1901
- May 17, 1981
Hugo Friedhofer, was a paradoxical figure. On the one hand, he was surely one of the most learned, most accomplished members of our profession: a fine composer, a master of the orchestra, quick to perceive what was required of the music for a film and sure-footed in providing that music.
May 3, 2022 · Between 1944-1958 Hugo earned nine Academy Award nominations for his scores for “The Woman in the Window,” “The Bishop’s Wife,” “Joan of Arc,” “Above and Beyond,” “Between Heaven and Hell,” “An Affair to Remember,” “Boy on a Dolphin,” “The Young Lions” and in 1946, “Best Years of Our Lives,” for ...
