Sound · b. 1901 · San Francisco, California, USA

Hugo Friedhofer

Biography

Hugo Wilhelm Friedhofer (May 3, 1901 – May 17, 1981) was an American composer and cellist best known for his motion picture scores. Friedhofer was born in San Francisco, California, United States. His father, Paul, was a cellist trained in Dresden, Germany; his mother, Eva König, was born in Germany. Friedhofer began playing cello at the age of 13. After taking lessons in harmony and counterpoint at University of California, Berkeley, he was employed as a cellist for the People's Symphony Orchestra. In 1929, he relocated to Hollywood, where he performed as a musician for Fox Studios product...

Acting
Max Steiner: Maestro of Movie Music Self (archive footage) 2019
Other Credits
Die Sister, Die! Original Music Composer 1978 Private Parts Original Music Composer 1972 Von Richthofen and Brown Original Music Composer 1971 The Over the Hill Gang Original Music Composer 1969 The Secret Invasion Original Music Composer 1964 Geronimo Music 1962 Beauty and the Beast Original Music Composer 1962 Homicidal Original Music Composer 1961 One-Eyed Jacks Original Music Composer 1961 Never So Few Original Music Composer 1959 The Blue Angel Music 1959 This Earth Is Mine Music 1959 Woman Obsessed Original Music Composer 1959 In Love and War Original Music Composer 1958 I Married a Monster from Outer Space Original Music Composer 1958 The Barbarian and the Geisha Original Music Composer 1958 The Young Lions Original Music Composer 1958 The Sun Also Rises Music 1957 An Affair to Remember Original Music Composer 1957 Boy on a Dolphin Original Music Composer 1957
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