William Axt
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Biography
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William Axt (April 19, 1888 – February 13, 1959) was an American composer of nearly two hundred film scores.
Born in New York City, Axt graduated from DeWitt Clinton High School in The Bronx and studied at the National Conservatory of Music of America. He served as an assistant conductor for the Hammerstein Grand Opera Company and was the musical director for the Capitol Theatre in Manhattan before joining the music department at Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer in 1919. He earned a Doctor of Musical Arts degree from the University of Chicago in 1922.
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| Title | Year | Job |
|---|---|---|
| Scaramouche | 1923 | Original Music Composer |
| The Navigator | 1924 | Original Music Composer |
| Greed | 1924 | Original Music Composer |
| Ben-Hur: A Tale of the Christ | 1925 | Original Music Composer |
| La Bohème | 1926 | Original Music Composer |
| Don Juan | 1926 | Original Music Composer |
| Bardelys the Magnificent | 1926 | Original Music Composer |
| Camille | 1927 | Original Music Composer |
| The Student Prince in Old Heidelberg | 1928 | Original Music Composer |
| While the City Sleeps | 1928 | Original Music Composer |
| Our Dancing Daughters | 1928 | Original Music Composer |
| The Viking | 1928 | Original Music Composer |
| Show People | 1928 | Original Music Composer |
| West of Zanzibar | 1928 | Original Music Composer |
| The Unholy Night | 1929 | Original Music Composer |
| Speedway | 1929 | Original Music Composer |
| Chasing Rainbows | 1930 | Original Music Composer |
| Inspiration | 1931 | Original Music Composer |
| The Wet Parade | 1932 | Original Music Composer |
| Letty Lynton | 1932 | Original Music Composer |
| Blondie of the Follies | 1932 | Original Music Composer |
| Faithless | 1932 | Original Music Composer |
| The Mask of Fu Manchu | 1932 | Original Music Composer |
| The Secret of Madame Blanche | 1933 | Original Music Composer |
| Today We Live | 1933 | Original Music Composer |
| Fast Workers | 1933 | Original Music Composer |
| Gabriel Over the White House | 1933 | Original Music Composer |
| Storm at Daybreak | 1933 | Original Music Composer |
| Reunion in Vienna | 1933 | Original Music Composer |
| Midnight Mary | 1933 | Original Music Composer |
| Penthouse | 1933 | Original Music Composer |
| Menu | 1933 | Original Music Composer |
| Bombshell | 1933 | Original Music Composer |
| Dinner at Eight | 1933 | Original Music Composer |
| You Can't Buy Everything | 1934 | Original Music Composer |
| This Side of Heaven | 1934 | Original Music Composer |
| Goofy Movies Number Two | 1934 | Original Music Composer |
| Men in White | 1934 | Original Music Composer |
| Manhattan Melodrama | 1934 | Original Music Composer |
| Sadie McKee | 1934 | Original Music Composer |
| The Thin Man | 1934 | Original Music Composer |
| Operator 13 | 1934 | Original Music Composer |
| Stamboul Quest | 1934 | Original Music Composer |
| The Girl from Missouri | 1934 | Original Music Composer |
| Straight Is the Way | 1934 | Original Music Composer |
| Death on the Diamond | 1934 | Original Music Composer |
| A Wicked Woman | 1934 | Original Music Composer |
| Forsaking All Others | 1934 | Original Music Composer |
| Buried Loot | 1935 | Original Music Composer |
| The Murder Man | 1935 | Original Music Composer |
| It's in the Air | 1935 | Original Music Composer |
| Rendezvous | 1935 | Original Music Composer |
| Whipsaw | 1935 | Original Music Composer |
| Last of the Pagans | 1935 | Original Music Composer |
| Three Live Ghosts | 1936 | Original Music Composer |
| Tough Guy | 1936 | Original Music Composer |
| The Garden Murder Case | 1936 | Original Music Composer |
| Three Godfathers | 1936 | Original Music Composer |
| Petticoat Fever | 1936 | Original Music Composer |
| Libeled Lady | 1936 | Original Music Composer |
| Mad Holiday | 1936 | Original Music Composer |
| Under Cover of Night | 1937 | Original Music Composer |
| The Last of Mrs. Cheyney | 1937 | Original Music Composer |
| Parnell | 1937 | Original Music Composer |
| Between Two Women | 1937 | Original Music Composer |
| Big City | 1937 | Original Music Composer |
| Thoroughbreds Don't Cry | 1937 | Original Music Composer |
| Beg, Borrow or Steal | 1937 | Original Music Composer |
| Everybody Sing | 1938 | Original Music Composer |
| Yellow Jack | 1938 | Original Music Composer |
| Rich Man, Poor Girl | 1938 | Original Music Composer |
| Listen, Darling | 1938 | Original Music Composer |
| Stand Up and Fight | 1939 | Original Music Composer |
| Sergeant Madden | 1939 | Original Music Composer |
| The Kid From Texas | 1939 | Original Music Composer |
| Miracles for Sale | 1939 | Original Music Composer |
| Dynamite | 1949 | Original Music Composer |