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Alfred Newman

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Composer

The Resume

    (March 17, 1900-February 17, 1970)
    Born in New Haven, Connecticut
    Won Oscars for scoring 'Alexander's Ragtime Band' (1938), 'Tin Pan Alley' (1940), 'The Song of Bernadette' (1943), 'Mother Wore Tights' (1947), 'With a Song in My Heart' (1952), 'Call Me Madam' (1953), 'Love Is a Many-Splendored Thing' (1955), 'The King and I' (1956) and 'Camelot' (1967)
    Also composed scores for 'Wuthering Heights' (1939), 'The Hunchback of Notre Dame' (1939), 'The Mark of Zorro' (1940), 'How Green Was My Valley' (1941), 'The Keys of the Kingdom' (1944), 'Gentleman's Agreement' (1947), 'All About Eve' (1950), 'How to Marry a Millionaire' (1953), 'Anastasia' (1956), 'The Diary of Anne Frank' (1961), 'How the West Was Won' (1962) and 'Airport' (1970)
    Composed the fanfare that accompanies the 20th Century Fox logo
    Uncle of Randy Newman

Why he might be annoying:

    He started in vaudeville at age seven, billed as 'The Marvelous Boy Pianist.'
    He nepotistically had Fox hire his brothers Lionel and Emil to score films.
    He was married three times and divorced twice.
    He lent his name to Mad's Alfred E. Neuman.

Why he might not be annoying:

    He was nominated for Oscars for 20 consecutive years (1938-57), including a nine-year stretch (1939-46) in which he was nominated for two or more films each year.
    He developed the Newman system, a technique for synchronizing the performance of the score with the film that is still used today.
    He discovered film composers Bernard Herrmann and John Williams.

Credit: C. Fishel


Featured in the following Annoying Collections:

Year In Review:

    For 2024, as of last weekly ranking, Out of 1 Votes: 100% Annoying
    In 2023, Out of 3 Votes: 33.33% Annoying
    In 2022, Out of 115 Votes: 53.91% Annoying
    In 2021, Out of 8 Votes: 50.0% Annoying
    In 2020, Out of 1 Votes: 0% Annoying
    In 2019, Out of 3 Votes: 33.33% Annoying
    In 2018, Out of 108 Votes: 50.0% Annoying
    In 2017, Out of 4 Votes: 50.0% Annoying
    In 2016, Out of 2 Votes: 50.0% Annoying
    In 2015, Out of 17 Votes: 35.29% Annoying
    In 2014, Out of 12 Votes: 41.67% Annoying
    In 2013, Out of 20 Votes: 50.0% Annoying
    In 2012, Out of 20 Votes: 45.00% Annoying
    In 2011, Out of 20 Votes: 25.00% Annoying
    In 2010, Out of 32 Votes: 37.50% Annoying
    In 2009, Out of 28 Votes: 53.57% Annoying