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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 .
Roy Webb (1888-1982) was a prolific and versatile film composer who worked at RKO for 20 years. He also composed music for Broadway shows, collaborated with Max Steiner and Bernard Herrmann, and created memorable themes for horror and noir films.
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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).
YearTitleRoleProduction Co.1920Art directorWhitman Bennett Productions1920Art directorWhitman Bennett Productions1920Assistant directorRealart Pictures1920Assistant directorRealart PicturesRoy Webb, Ernie Haase & Signature Sound - Official Video for “Softly and Tenderly (Live)", available now!Buy the full length DVD/CD ‘EHSS: Get Away Jordan' h...
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Roy Webb. Composer: Notorious. Trained in classical music at Columbia University, Webb worked on Broadway by the time he was in his mid-20's, not only composing incidental music, but co-writing original plays with his older brother, the director Kenneth S. Webb.
- October 3, 1888
- December 10, 1982
Roy Webb (1888-1982) was a prolific and versatile composer who scored over 360 films and worked with Max Steiner at RKO. He is best known for his atmospheric music for Val Lewton's horror cycle and was nominated for five Oscars.
Roy Webb (1888-1982) was a prolific and versatile composer for RKO Pictures, especially for film noir and horror films. He received six Oscar nominations and wrote the fight song for Columbia University.