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Roy Webb

Roy Webb

Composer

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 In 1961, a house fire destroyed Webb's manuscripts including film scores and unpublished concert music, after which Webb ceased composing.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.

Born: October 3, 1888 in New York City, New York, USA

Died: December 10, 1982 (Age 94)

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Roy Webb  Movies & TV Credits

Title Rating Job Role(s) Year
Movie
5.7
SoundOriginal Music Composer1940
Movie
5.8
SoundMusic1949
Movie
6.2
SoundOriginal Music Composer1941
Movie
6.5
SoundOriginal Music Composer1943
Movie
6.8
SoundOriginal Music Composer1938
Movie
6.3
SoundMusic1936
Movie
7.1
SoundOriginal Music Composer1940
Movie
6
SoundOriginal Music Composer1944
Movie
5.5
SoundOriginal Music Composer1953
Movie
6.3
SoundOriginal Music Composer1933
Movie
5.8
SoundOriginal Music Composer1954
Movie
6.8
SoundOriginal Music Composer1935
Movie
6
SoundOriginal Music Composer1933
Movie
5.9
SoundOriginal Music Composer1952
Movie
7.6
SoundOriginal Music Composer1939
Movie
5.8
SoundOriginal Music Composer1939
Movie
5.9
SoundOriginal Music Composer1949
Movie
6
SoundOriginal Music Composer1946
Movie
5.9
SoundOriginal Music Composer1942
Movie
5.6
DirectingMusic Director1935
Movie
6.2
SoundOriginal Music Composer1933
Movie
6.6
SoundOriginal Music Composer1946
Movie
5.4
SoundMusic1943
Movie
4.8
SoundOriginal Music Composer1955
Movie
5.8
SoundOriginal Music Composer1945
Movie
5.9
SoundOriginal Music Composer1933
Movie
5.6
DirectingOriginal Music Composer, Music Director1938
Movie
6.3
SoundOriginal Music Composer1955
Movie
6.7
SoundOriginal Music Composer1948
Movie
5.8
SoundOriginal Music Composer1943
Movie
6.5
SoundOriginal Music Composer1950
Movie
6.2
CrewAdditional Music1937
Movie
6.1
SoundOriginal Music Composer1944
Movie
7.9
DirectingOriginal Music Composer, Music Director, Music1938
Movie
5.4
SoundOriginal Music Composer1940
Movie
5.7
DirectingMusic Director1936
Movie
5.6
SoundOriginal Music Composer1934
Movie
7.1
SoundOriginal Music Composer1942
Movie
5.8
SoundOriginal Music Composer1936
Movie
6.8
SoundOriginal Music Composer1952
Movie
6.3
SoundOriginal Music Composer1934
Movie
5.9
SoundMusic1938
Movie
4.9
SoundOriginal Music Composer1930
Movie
6.4
SoundOriginal Music Composer1945
Movie
7.1
SoundOriginal Music Composer1947
Movie
5.6
SoundOriginal Music Composer1940
Movie
5.5
SoundOriginal Music Composer1954
Movie
6.1
SoundOriginal Music Composer1945
Movie
6.1
SoundOriginal Music Composer1933
Movie
4.4
SoundOriginal Music Composer1934
Movie
6.1
SoundOriginal Music Composer1949
Movie
5.7
SoundOriginal Music Composer1933
Movie
6.2
SoundOriginal Music Composer1944
Movie
5.9
DirectingMusic Director1941
Movie
6.9
SoundOriginal Music Composer1939
Movie
6.7
SoundOriginal Music Composer1951
Movie
5.8
SoundOriginal Music Composer1943
Movie
6.5
SoundMusic1951
Movie
6
SoundOriginal Music Composer1950
Movie
5.6
SoundOriginal Music Composer1943
Movie
5
DirectingMusic Director1938
Movie
6.1
SoundOriginal Music Composer1951
Movie
5.8
DirectingMusic Director1938
Movie
5.6
SoundOriginal Music Composer1942
Movie
5.6
SoundOriginal Music Composer1937
Movie
6.2
SoundOriginal Music Composer1934
Movie
6.2
SoundOriginal Music Composer1943
Movie
7
SoundOriginal Music Composer1949
Movie
6.6
SoundOriginal Music Composer1953
Movie
7
SoundOriginal Music Composer1942
Movie
7.6
SoundOriginal Music Composer1948
Movie
6.9
SoundMusic1943
Movie
5.8
SoundOriginal Music Composer1933
Movie
7.2
SoundOriginal Music Composer1939
Movie
5.1
SoundOriginal Music Composer1930
Movie
6.1
SoundOriginal Music Composer1940
Movie
6.6
SoundOriginal Music Composer1942
Movie
6.4
SoundOriginal Music Composer1943
Movie
5.7
SoundOriginal Music Composer1934
Movie
7
SoundOriginal Music Composer1940
Movie
5.3
SoundOriginal Music Composer1943
Movie
5.9
CrewAdditional Music1932
Movie
4.7
SoundOriginal Music Composer1934
Movie
5.2
SoundOriginal Music Composer1937
Movie
5.9
SoundOriginal Music Composer1941
Movie
7.2
SoundOriginal Music Composer1939
Movie
6.6
SoundOriginal Music Composer1947
Movie
5.6
SoundMusic1944
Movie
7.8
SoundOriginal Music Composer1955
Movie
5.8
SoundOriginal Music Composer1940
Movie
6.8
SoundOriginal Music Composer1949
Movie
5.5
SoundOriginal Music Composer1940
Movie
7.2
SoundOriginal Music Composer1943
Movie
7.6
SoundOriginal Music Composer1944
Movie
5.4
SoundOriginal Music Composer1942
Movie
7.5
SoundOriginal Music Composer1940
Movie
6.2
SoundOriginal Music Composer1949
Movie
5.1
DirectingMusic Director1937
Movie
8
SoundOriginal Music Composer1946
Movie
5.5
SoundOriginal Music Composer1942
Movie
5.9
SoundOriginal Music Composer1933
Movie
6.3
SoundOriginal Music Composer1956
Movie
7.9
SoundOriginal Music Composer1947
Movie
5.6
DirectingMusic, Music Director1939
Movie
5.6
SoundOriginal Music Composer1941
Movie
5.9
SoundOriginal Music Composer1943
Movie
6
SoundOriginal Music Composer1937
Movie
6.3
SoundOriginal Music Composer1948
Movie
6.8
SoundOriginal Music Composer1948
Movie
5.9
CrewAdditional Music1959
Movie
6.6
SoundOriginal Music Composer1947
Movie
5.8
SoundOrchestrator1929
Movie
6.4
SoundOriginal Music Composer1949
Movie
5.3
DirectingMusic Director1937
Movie
5.7
SoundOriginal Music Composer1953
Movie
5.9
SoundOriginal Music Composer1929
Movie
5.5
SoundOriginal Music Composer1942
Movie
5.6
SoundOriginal Music Composer1954
Movie
6.3
SoundOriginal Music Composer1957
Movie
5.8
SoundOriginal Music Composer1930
Movie
6.3
SoundOriginal Music Composer1936
Movie
4.7
SoundOriginal Music Composer1945
Movie
6.6
SoundOriginal Music Composer1953
Movie
7.6
DirectingOriginal Music Composer, Music Director1937
Movie
6.6
SoundOriginal Music Composer1940
Movie
5.5
SoundOriginal Music Composer1934
Movie
6
DirectingMusic Director1939
Movie
6.4
DirectingOriginal Music Composer, Music Director1935
Movie
6.8
SoundMusic1944
Movie
7.2
SoundOriginal Music Composer1958
Movie
5.8
SoundOriginal Music Composer1939
Movie
5.9
DirectingMusic Director1938
Movie
5.4
SoundOriginal Music Composer1955
Movie
6.6
SoundOriginal Music Composer1935
Movie
5.7
SoundOriginal Music Composer1941
Movie
6.2
SoundOriginal Music Composer1942
Movie
6.9
CrewAdditional Music1951
Movie
7.2
SoundOriginal Music Composer1945
Movie
6.1
CrewAdditional Music1945
Movie
6.6
SoundOriginal Music Composer1944
Movie
6.6
SoundMusic1947
Movie
7.7
DirectingMusic Director1941
Movie
7.7
SoundOriginal Music Composer1945
Movie
7.1
DirectingMusic Director, Original Music Composer1936
Movie
5.9
SoundOriginal Music Composer1944
Movie
6.2
SoundOriginal Music Composer1943
Movie
6.3
SoundOriginal Music Composer, Additional Music1942
Movie
6
SoundOriginal Music Composer1943
Movie
6.2
SoundOriginal Music Composer1942
Movie
6.8
SoundOriginal Music Composer1943
Movie
6
SoundOriginal Music Composer1956
Movie
6.5
SoundOriginal Music Composer1943
Movie
5
SoundOriginal Music Composer1956
Movie
6.1
SoundOriginal Music Composer1955
Movie
6
DirectingMusic Director1936
Movie
6.2
SoundMusic1935
Movie
6.5
SoundOriginal Music Composer1936
Movie
5.5
DirectingMusic Director1938
Movie
5.2
DirectingMusic Director1930
Movie
6.9
SoundOriginal Music Composer1946
Movie
7.2
SoundOriginal Music Composer1952
Movie
6.6
SoundOriginal Music Composer1938
Movie
5.7
SoundOriginal Music Composer1944
Movie
5.9
SoundOriginal Music Composer1942
Movie
5.7
SoundOriginal Music Composer1935
Movie
5.7
SoundMusic Supervisor1937
Movie
5.7
SoundOriginal Music Composer1947
Movie
5.4
SoundOriginal Music Composer1936
Movie
6.6
SoundOriginal Music Composer1954
Movie
5.7
SoundMusic1935
Movie
3.2
SoundSound1972
Movie
5.8
SoundOriginal Music Composer1933
Movie
5.5
DirectingMusic Director1939
Movie
6
DirectingMusic Director1939
Movie
6.1
SoundOriginal Music Composer1938
Movie
6
SoundOriginal Music Composer1941
Movie
5.6
SoundOriginal Music Composer1941
Movie
6.5
SoundOriginal Music Composer1955
Movie
5.8
SoundOriginal Music Composer1956
Movie
6.4
SoundOriginal Music Composer1950
Movie
7.2
SoundOriginal Music Composer1944
Movie
6.5
SoundOriginal Music Composer1943
Movie
6.3
SoundMusic1939
Movie
7.4
SoundOriginal Music Composer1946
Movie
5.4
SoundOriginal Music Composer1946
Movie
5.8
SoundOriginal Music Composer1950
Movie
7.2
SoundOriginal Music Composer1949
Movie
6.3
DirectingAdditional Music, Music Director1937
Movie
7.1
SoundOriginal Music Composer1947
Movie
5.7
SoundOriginal Music Composer1934
Movie
5.6
SoundOriginal Music Composer1945
Movie
6.2
SoundOriginal Music Composer1941
Movie
6
SoundOriginal Music Composer1957
Movie
6.5
SoundOriginal Music Composer1933
Movie
6.2
SoundOriginal Music Composer1954
Movie
5.8
DirectingOriginal Music Composer, Music Director1939
Movie
5.3
DirectingMusic Director1939
Movie
6.2
SoundOriginal Music Composer1945
Movie
6.1
SoundOriginal Music Composer1936
Movie
5.1
SoundOriginal Music Composer1955
Movie
5.2
SoundOriginal Music Composer1950
Movie
7.3
DirectingMusic Director1938
Movie
5.8
SoundOriginal Music Composer1937
Movie
5.1
SoundOriginal Music Composer1941
Movie
6.5
SoundOriginal Music Composer1950
Movie
6.2
SoundOriginal Music Composer1946
Movie
5.4
SoundOriginal Music Composer1940
Movie
5
SoundMusic1945
Movie
5.7
SoundMusic1939
Movie
5.6
SoundOriginal Music Composer1930
Movie
DirectingAssistant Director1920
Movie
5.2
SoundOriginal Music Composer1937
Movie
7
SoundOriginal Music Composer1944
Movie
5
SoundOriginal Music Composer1949
Movie
6.1
SoundOriginal Music Composer1945
Movie
6.9
SoundOriginal Music Composer1947
Movie
5.5
DirectingOriginal Music Composer, Music Director1939
Movie
5.6
SoundOriginal Music Composer1930
Movie
6
SoundOriginal Music Composer1940
Movie
5.9
SoundOriginal Music Composer1940
Movie
6
SoundMusic1938
Movie
5.5
SoundOriginal Music Composer1929
Movie
6.1
DirectingMusic Director1939
Short Film
5.5
DirectingMusic Director1934
Title Rating Job Role(s) Year
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