Alfred Newman
Alfred Newman originally came to Hollywood for only three months but stayed to win nine Academy Awards.
During a 40-year career, he wrote more than 300 motion-picture scores and adapted many big Broadway musicals to the screen.
He won his first Academy Award in 1938 — best musical score, for "Alexander's Ragtime Band." He won a similar award in 1940 for "Tin Pan Alley."
He won the award for scoring the 1943 film "Song of Bernadette," followed by subsequent Oscars for "Mother Wore Tights," 1947; "With a Song in My Heart," 1952; "Call Me Madam" in 1953; "Love Is a Many-Splendored Thing," 1955; "The King and I," 1956; and "Camelot," 1967.
Other films for which he was musical director included "The Captain From Castile," "Carousel," "Flower Drum Song" and "How the West Was Won."
In "The Robe," in 1954, Newman worked for the first time with stereophonic sound. It was a milestone for Newman, who started in Hollywood when sound in films was in its infancy.
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Academy Awards
| Year | Category | Work | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1937 | Best Score | The Hurricane | Nomination |
| 1937 | Best Score | The Prisoner of Zenda | Nomination |
| 1938 | Best Score | Alexander's Ragtime Band | Win |
| 1938 | Best Original Score | The Cowboy and the Lady | Nomination |
| 1938 | Best Score | The Goldwyn Follies | Nomination |
| 1939 | Best Score | The Hunchback of Notre Dame | Nomination |
| 1939 | Best Original Score | The Rains Came | Nomination |
| 1939 | Best Score | They Shall Have Music | Nomination |
| 1939 | Best Original Score | Wuthering Heights | Nomination |
| 1940 | Best Original Score | The Mark of Zorro | Nomination |
| 1940 | Best Score | Tin Pan Alley | Win |
| 1941 | Best Scoring of a Dramatic Picture | How Green Was My Valley | Nomination |
| 1941 | Best Scoring of a Dramatic Picture | Ball of Fire | Nomination |
| 1942 | Best Scoring of a Musical Picture | My Gal Sal | Nomination |
| 1942 | Best Scoring of a Dramatic or Comedy Picture | The Black Swan | Nomination |
| 1943 | Best Scoring of a Musical Picture | Coney Island | Nomination |
| 1943 | Best Scoring of a Dramatic or Comedy Picture | The Song of Bernadette | Win |
| 1944 | Best Scoring of a Musical Picture | Irish Eyes Are Smiling | Nomination |
| 1944 | Best Scoring of a Dramatic or Comedy Picture | Wilson | Nomination |
| 1945 | Best Scoring of a Dramatic or Comedy Picture | The Keys of the Kingdom | Nomination |
| 1945 | Best Scoring of a Musical Picture | State Fair | Nomination* |
| 1946 | Best Scoring of a Musical Picture | Centennial Summer | Nomination |
| 1947 | Best Scoring of a Musical Picture | Mother Wore Tights | Win |
| 1947 | Best Scoring of a Dramatic or Comedy Picture | Captain From Castile | Nomination |
| 1948 | Best Scoring of a Dramatic or Comedy Picture | The Snake Pit | Nomination |
| 1948 | Best Scoring of a Musical Picture | When My Baby Smiles at Me | Nomination |
| 1949 | Best Song | "Through a Long and Sleepless Night" from Come to the Stable | Nomination* |
| 1950 | Best Scoring of a Dramatic or Comedy Picture | All About Eve | Nomination |
| 1951 | Best Scoring of a Dramatic or Comedy Picture | David and Bathsheba | Nomination |
| 1951 | Best Scoring of a Musical Picture | On the Riviera | Nomination |
| 1952 | Best Scoring of a Musical Picture | With a Song in My Heart | Win |
| 1953 | Best Scoring of a Musical Picture | Call Me Madam | Win |
| 1954 | Best Scoring of a Musical Picture | There's No Business Like Show Business | Nomination* |
| 1955 | Best Scoring of a Musical Picture | Daddy Long Legs | Nomination |
| 1955 | Best Scoring of a Dramatic or Comedy Picture | Love Is a Many Splendored Thing | Win |
| 1956 | Best Scoring of a Dramatic or Comedy Picture | Anastasia | Nomination |
| 1956 | Best Scoring of a Musical Picture | The King and I | Win* |
| 1958 | Best Scoring of a Musical Picture | South Pacific | Nomination* |
| 1959 | Best Scoring of a Dramatic or Comedy Picture | The Diary of Anne Frank | Nomination |
| 1959 | Best Song | "The Best of Everything" from The Best of Everything | Nomination* |
| 1961 | Best Scoring of a Musical Picture | Flower Drum Song | Nomination* |
| 1963 | Best Original Score | How the West Was Won | Nomination* |
| 1965 | Best Original Score | The Greatest Story Ever Told | Nomination |
| 1967 | Best Adapted Score | Camelot | Win* |
| 1970 | Best Original Score | Airport | Nomination |
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