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 In 1961, a house fire destroyed Webb's manuscripts including film scores and unpublished concert music, after which Webb ceased composing.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
Return of the Fly (1959)
Teacher's Pet (1958)
Top Secret Affair (1957)
The Search for Bridey Murphy (1956)
The First Texan (1956)
Our Miss Brooks (1956)
The River Changes (1956)
Blood Alley (1955)
Bengazi (1955)
The Kentuckian (1955)
The Sea Chase (1955)
Marty (1955)
Underwater! (1955)
The Americano (1955)
Track of the Cat (1954)
The Raid (1954)
Dangerous Mission (1954)
She Couldn't Say No (1954)
Alaska Seas (1954)
Second Chance (1953)
Houdini (1953)
Split Second (1953)
Operation Secret (1952)
The Lusty Men (1952)
Clash by Night (1952)
At Sword's Point (1952)
A Girl in Every Port (1952)
Fixed Bayonets! (1951)
The Blue Veil (1951)
Flying Leathernecks (1951)
Sealed Cargo (1951)
Gambling House (1950)
Vendetta (1950)
Where Danger Lives (1950)
Branded (1950)
The White Tower (1950)
The Secret Fury (1950)
Holiday Affair (1949)
My Friend Irma (1949)
Easy Living (1949)
Make Mine Laughs (1949)
Mighty Joe Young (1949)
Roughshod (1949)
The Window (1949)
Bad Men of Tombstone (1949)
Blood on the Moon (1948)
Race Street (1948)
I Remember Mama (1948)
Out of the Past (1947)
Cass Timberlane (1947)
Magic Town (1947)
Crossfire (1947)
Riff-Raff (1947)
Easy Come, Easy Go (1947)
The Perfect Marriage (1947)
Sinbad the Sailor (1947)
The Locket (1946)
Notorious (1946)
Without Reservations (1946)
Bedlam (1946)
Badman's Territory (1946)
The Spiral Staircase (1946)
Dick Tracy (1945)
Cornered (1945)
Sing Your Way Home (1945)
Back to Bataan (1945)
The Body Snatcher (1945)
The Brighton Strangler (1945)
Zombies on Broadway (1945)
Two O'Clock Courage (1945)
Experiment Perilous (1944)
Murder, My Sweet (1944)
Rainbow Island (1944)
Tall in the Saddle (1944)
The Master Race (1944)
Bride by Mistake (1944)
The Seventh Cross (1944)
Marine Raiders (1944)
Action in Arabia (1944)
Passport to Destiny (1944)
The Ghost Ship (1943)
Gangway for Tomorrow (1943)
The Iron Major (1943)
The Seventh Victim (1943)
The Fallen Sparrow (1943)
Petticoat Larceny (1943)
Mr. Lucky (1943)
The Leopard Man (1943)
Bombardier (1943)
Flight for Freedom (1943)
Ladies' Day (1943)
Journey into Fear (1943)
Hitler's Children (1943)
Cat People (1942)
Army Surgeon (1942)
I Married a Witch (1942)
Here We Go Again (1942)
Highways by Night (1942)
Bandit Ranger (1942)
The Big Street (1942)
My Favorite Spy (1942)
The Falcon Takes Over (1942)
Obliging Young Lady (1942)
Joan of Paris (1942)
Weekend for Three (1941)
Look Who's Laughing (1941)
The Bandit Trail (1941)
Father Takes a Wife (1941)
Parachute Battalion (1941)
Tom, Dick and Harry (1941)
The Saint's Vacation (1941)
The Devil and Miss Jones (1941)
Kitty Foyle (1940)
I'm Still Alive (1940)
Stage to Chino (1940)
My Favorite Wife (1940)
Irene (1940)
Curtain Call (1940)
Bullet Code (1940)
Laddie (1940)
Two Thoroughbreds (1939)
That's Right – You're Wrong (1939)
Sued for Libel (1939)
Three Sons (1939)
Full Confession (1939)
Bad Lands (1939)
In Name Only (1939)
Career (1939)
Bachelor Mother (1939)
Timber Stampede (1939)
Five Came Back (1939)
Racketeers of the Range (1939)
Panama Lady (1939)
Sorority House (1939)
The Rookie Cop (1939)
The Flying Irishman (1939)
Love Affair (1939)
Trouble in Sundown (1939)
The Saint Strikes Back (1939)
Twelve Crowded Hours (1939)
The Great Man Votes (1939)
The Law West of Tombstone (1938)
The Mad Miss Manton (1938)
A Man to Remember (1938)
The Affairs of Annabel (1938)
Having Wonderful Time (1938)
Blond Cheat (1938)
The Saint in New York (1938)
Vivacious Lady (1938)
Go Chase Yourself (1938)
Bringing Up Baby (1938)
Living on Love (1937)
High Flyers (1937)
Breakfast for Two (1937)
Stage Door (1937)
New Faces of 1937 (1937)
Meet the Missus (1937)
You Can't Buy Luck (1937)
The Outcasts of Poker Flat (1937)
The Woman I Love (1937)
Quality Street (1937)
Sea Devils (1937)
We're on the Jury (1937)
The Last of the Mohicans (1936)
Bunker Bean (1936)
The Ex-Mrs. Bradford (1936)
Silly Billies (1936)
The Lady Consents (1936)
Chatterbox (1936)
Two in the Dark (1936)
Sylvia Scarlett (1935)
Alice Adams (1935)
Becky Sharp (1935)
The Arizonian (1935)
The Nitwits (1935)
By Your Leave (1934)
Kentucky Kernels (1934)
Down to Their Last Yacht (1934)
La Cucaracha (1934)
Let's Try Again (1934)
Cockeyed Cavaliers (1934)
Strictly Dynamite (1934)
This Man Is Mine (1934)
Hips, Hips, Hooray! (1934)
If I Were Free (1933)
The Right To Romance (1933)
Aggie Appleby, Maker of Men (1933)
Ann Vickers (1933)
Blind Adventure (1933)
Bed of Roses (1933)
Emergency Call (1933)
Diplomaniacs (1933)
Our Betters (1933)
Topaze (1933)
Lady with a Past (1932)
The Life of the Party (1930)
Conspiracy (1930)
Shooting Straight (1930)
Inside the Lines (1930)
Alias French Gertie (1930)
Girl of the Port (1930)
Seven Keys to Baldpate (1929)
The Delightful Rogue (1929)
Rio Rita (1929)
The Fear Market (1920)
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GenderMale
Birthday1888-10-03
Deathday1982-12-10 (94 years old)
Birth PlaceNew York City, New York, USA
CitizenshipsUnited States of America
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