
Biography
Hugo Riesenfeld (January 26, 1879 – September 10, 1939) was an Austrian-American composer. As a film director, he began to write his own orchestral compositions for silent films in 1917, and co-created modern production techniques where film scoring serves an integral part of the action. Riesenfeld composed about 100 film scores in his career.
His most successful compositions were for Cecil B. DeMille's Joan the Woman (1917), The Ten Commandments (1923) and The King of Kings (1927); D. W. Griffith's Abraham Lincoln (1930); and the original scores to F. W. Murnau's Sunrise: A Song of Two Humans (1927) and Tabu (1931).
Filmography
All 70
Movies 70
Producer 4
Director 2
Composer

The Making of 'The Last Laugh' (2003)
Movie
Original Music Composer / Music Director

Sunset Murder Case (1938)
Movie
Original Music Composer

Tell Your Children (1938)
Movie
7.5
Composer

Hawaii Calls (1938)
Movie
Composer

Tarzan's Revenge (1938)
Movie
Original Music Composer

Gunsmoke Ranch (1937)
Movie
Original Music Composer

The Mandarin Mystery (1936)
Movie
Composer

White Legion (1936)
Movie
Original Music Composer

The Devil on Horseback (1936)
Movie
Music

Revolt of the Zombies (1936)
Movie
Composer

Let's Sing Again (1936)
Movie
Original Music Composer

The President Vanishes (1934)
Movie
Composer

Peck's Bad Boy (1934)
Movie
Original Music Composer

Two Heads on a Pillow (1934)
Movie
Composer

The Wandering Jew (1933)
Movie
Composer

Tabu (1931)
Movie
Music

Hell's Angels (1930)
Movie
Producer

Zampa (1930)
Movie
Music

Abraham Lincoln (1930)
Movie
Producer

Hungarian Rhapsody (1930)
Movie
Music Arranger

One Romantic Night (1930)
Movie
9
Producer

The Wizard's Apprentice (1930)
Movie
Composer

Lummox (1930)
Movie
Producer

Irish Fantasy (1929)
Movie
Composer

This Is Heaven (1929)
Movie
Composer

New Orleans (1929)
Movie
Music Director

Bulldog Drummond (1929)
Movie
Music Arranger

Alibi (1929)
Movie
Composer

My Lady's Past (1929)
Movie
Sound

Coquette (1929)
Movie
6
Music

Lucky Boy (1929)
Movie
Composer

The Rescue (1929)
Movie
Composer

Sins of the Fathers (1928)
Movie
Music

The Awakening (1928)
Movie
Composer

The Cavalier (1928)
Movie
Original Music Composer

The Battle of the Sexes (1928)
Movie
Composer

Revenge (1928)
Movie
Composer

Looping the Loop (1928)
Movie
Original Music Composer

The Woman Disputed (1928)
Movie
Original Music Composer

Tempest (1928)
Movie
Composer

Ramona (1928)
Movie
Composer

Two Lovers (1928)
Movie
Original Music Composer

Sunrise: A Song of Two Humans (1927)
Movie
4.63
Music

The Rough Riders (1927)
Movie
Original Music Composer

The Cat and the Canary (1927)
Movie
6
Original Music Composer

Chang: A Drama of the Wilderness (1927)
Movie
Composer

The King of Kings (1927)
Movie
Music

The Sorrows of Satan (1926)
Movie
Composer

The Flaming Frontier (1926)
Movie
Composer

Three Faces East (1926)
Movie
Composer

Les misérables (1925)
Movie
Composer

The Pony Express (1925)
Movie
Composer

The Wanderer (1925)
Movie
Composer

Beggar on Horseback (1925)
Movie
Music Arranger

Grass: A Nation's Battle for Life (1925)
Movie
Composer

The Swan (1925)
Movie
Composer

Madame Sans-Gêne (1925)
Movie
Composer

Monsieur Beaucaire (1924)
Movie
Composer

Bella Donna (1923)
Movie
Composer

The Loves of Pharaoh (1922)
Movie
Composer

Reputation (1921)
Movie
Composer

Always Audacious (1920)
Movie
Composer

Conrad in Quest of His Youth (1920)
Movie
Original Music Composer

Humoresque (1920)
Movie
Composer

The Mystery of the Yellow Room (1919)
Movie
Composer

Woman (1918)
Movie
Composer

The Blue Bird (1918)
Movie
Composer

The Aryan (1916)
Movie
Composer

Hoodoo Ann (1916)
Movie
Composer

The Habit of Happiness (1916)
Movie
Ratings
Average 5.6
Based on 98 Thousand movie and tv ratings over time
1916
1925
1928
1927
2003
Information
Known forSound
GenderMale
Birthday1879-01-26
Deathday1939-09-10 (60 years old)
Place of birthVienna, Austria
CitizenshipsAustria
Also known asDr. Hugo Riesenfeld
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