Roy Webb

Roy Webb

Known for: Sound
Biography: 1888-10-03
Deathday: 1982-12-10 (94 years old)

Biography

Roy Webb (né Royden Denslow Webb; October 3, 1888 – December 10, 1982) was an American film music composer. 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. Born in Manhattan, New York, Webb orchestrated and conducted for the Broadway stage, before moving to Hollywood in the late 1920s to work as music director for Radio Pictures, later RKO Pictures. He remained at RKO until 1955, then worked freelance for several years, including scoring several episodes of Wagon Train. 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). His piano concerto from The Enchanted Cottage was performed by the Los Angeles Philharmonic Orchestra, conducted by Constantin Bakaleinikoff, in concert at the Hollywood Bowl in 1945. In 1961, a house fire destroyed Webb's manuscripts including film scores and unpublished concert music, after which Webb ceased composing. Webb died in 1982 from a heart attack at the age of 94. An alumnus of Columbia University, Webb wrote the fight song “Roar, Lion, Roar” for his alma mater in 1925. Several cues composed by Webb were used in the newsreel montage of Kane's life in Citizen Kane. Several cues composed by Webb replaced those by Bernard Herrmann in The Magnificent Ambersons after the film was re-edited. Webb also composed several cues (uncredited) for This is Cinerama, the first Cinerama production in 1952. The Christopher Palmer Collection of Roy Webb Scores is held at Syracuse University, New York.

Filmography

all 247

Movies 247

Director 29

Original Music Composer
The Kentuckian

The Kentuckian (1955)

Movie
Original Music Composer
Alaska Seas

Alaska Seas (1954)

Movie
Original Music Composer
Make Mine Laughs

Make Mine Laughs (1949)

Movie
Original Music Composer
The Perfect Marriage

The Perfect Marriage (1947)

Movie
Original Music Composer
Bandit Ranger

Bandit Ranger (1942)

Movie
Original Music Composer / Additional Music
The Falcon Takes Over

The Falcon Takes Over (1942)

Movie
3.33
Original Music Composer
The Bandit Trail

The Bandit Trail (1941)

Movie
Original Music Composer
The Saint's Vacation

The Saint's Vacation (1941)

Movie
4
Original Music Composer
Stage to Chino

Stage to Chino (1940)

Movie
Original Music Composer
Irene

Irene (1940)

Movie
Original Music Composer
Bullet Code

Bullet Code (1940)

Movie
Original Music Composer / Music Director
Timber Stampede

Timber Stampede (1939)

Movie
Music / Music Director
Panama Lady

Panama Lady (1939)

Movie
Original Music Composer / Music Director
Trouble in Sundown

Trouble in Sundown (1939)

Movie
Original Music Composer / Music Director
Blond Cheat

Blond Cheat (1938)

Movie
Original Music Composer / Music Director / Music
Bringing Up Baby

Bringing Up Baby (1938)

Movie
4.2
Original Music Composer
Living on Love

Living on Love (1937)

Movie
Original Music Composer
High Flyers

High Flyers (1937)

Movie
Original Music Composer
You Can't Buy Luck

You Can't Buy Luck (1937)

Movie
Music Director / Additional Music
The Woman I Love

The Woman I Love (1937)

Movie
Original Music Composer
We're on the Jury

We're on the Jury (1937)

Movie
Original Music Composer / Music Director
The Ex-Mrs. Bradford

The Ex-Mrs. Bradford (1936)

Movie
Original Music Composer
Silly Billies

Silly Billies (1936)

Movie
Original Music Composer
Chatterbox

Chatterbox (1936)

Movie
Original Music Composer
Two in the Dark

Two in the Dark (1936)

Movie
Music Director / Original Music Composer
Sylvia Scarlett

Sylvia Scarlett (1935)

Movie
Original Music Composer
Alice Adams

Alice Adams (1935)

Movie
Original Music Composer
The Arizonian

The Arizonian (1935)

Movie
Original Music Composer
The Nitwits

The Nitwits (1935)

Movie
Original Music Composer
By Your Leave

By Your Leave (1934)

Movie
Original Music Composer
Kentucky Kernels

Kentucky Kernels (1934)

Movie
Original Music Composer
Let's Try Again

Let's Try Again (1934)

Movie
Original Music Composer
Cockeyed Cavaliers

Cockeyed Cavaliers (1934)

Movie
Original Music Composer
Strictly Dynamite

Strictly Dynamite (1934)

Movie
Original Music Composer
This Man Is Mine

This Man Is Mine (1934)

Movie
Original Music Composer
Hips, Hips, Hooray!

Hips, Hips, Hooray! (1934)

Movie
Original Music Composer
If I Were Free

If I Were Free (1933)

Movie
Original Music Composer
The Right To Romance

The Right To Romance (1933)

Movie
Original Music Composer
Ann Vickers

Ann Vickers (1933)

Movie
6
Original Music Composer
Blind Adventure

Blind Adventure (1933)

Movie
Original Music Composer
Bed of Roses

Bed of Roses (1933)

Movie
Original Music Composer
Emergency Call

Emergency Call (1933)

Movie
Original Music Composer
Diplomaniacs

Diplomaniacs (1933)

Movie
Original Music Composer
Our Betters

Our Betters (1933)

Movie
Original Music Composer
Topaze

Topaze (1933)

Movie
Original Music Composer
Conspiracy

Conspiracy (1930)

Movie
Original Music Composer
Shooting Straight

Shooting Straight (1930)

Movie
Original Music Composer
Inside the Lines

Inside the Lines (1930)

Movie
Original Music Composer
Alias French Gertie

Alias French Gertie (1930)

Movie
Original Music Composer
Girl of the Port

Girl of the Port (1930)

Movie
Original Music Composer
Seven Keys to Baldpate

Seven Keys to Baldpate (1929)

Movie
Original Music Composer
The Delightful Rogue

The Delightful Rogue (1929)

Movie
Assistant Director
The Fear Market

The Fear Market (1920)

Movie

Information

Known For
Sound

Gender
Male

Birthday
1888-10-03

Deathday
1982-12-10 (94 years old)

Birth Place
New York City, New York, USA

Citizenships
United States of America

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