John W. Waxman
Actor
Movies4
Movie8.5DocumentaryMusicHollywood film music has its roots in Europe. Three composers who fled war and National Socialism to the USA created the sound that still shapes film music today: Erich Wolfgang Korngold, Max Steiner and Franz Waxman. In the early 20th century, these classically trained composers transformed the methods acquired in Vienna and Berlin into a new American art form: film music. They balanced the relationship between image and sound and developed techniques and dramaturgical tricks to achieve the greatest possible effect on the viewer. Their influence is visible in the work of contemporary US composers such as John Williams and Jerry Goldsmith. Today, Oscar winner Hans Zimmer, Ramin Djawadi and Harold Faltermeyer continue this tradition. Their melodies are part of humanity's collective memory and reflect the combined traditions of European and American musical history. The documentary accompanies composers in their work and explores the European roots of Hollywood.
Pioniere der Filmmusik - Europas Sound für Hollywood
2024 · 2 votes
Movie7.5DocumentaryA documentary about Alfred Hitchcock's classic 1954 film Rear Window.
Movie8.5DocumentaryA documentary on Alfred Hitchcock's 1941 film, "Suspicion".
Before the Fact: Suspicious Hitchcock
2004 · 2 votes
MovieA short documentary about the music in the 1946 film "Humoresque"