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Lionel Newman was a composer, conductor and music director at 20th Century Fox for over four decades. He worked on many classic films, such as Hello, Dolly!, River of No Return and Alien, and won an Oscar for the former.
- January 4, 1916
- February 3, 1989
Lionel Newman (January 4, 1916 – February 3, 1989) was an American conductor, pianist, and film and television composer. [1] He won the Academy Award for Best Score of a Musical Picture for Hello Dolly! with Lennie Hayton in 1969. [1] He is the brother of Alfred Newman and Emil Newman, uncle of composers Randy Newman, David Newman, Thomas ...
Oscar®-winning composer Lionel Newman (also head of Fox Music at the time) conducts a studio orchestra in 1981 on the Fox Scoring Stage before it's second re...
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Lionel Newman (1916-1989) biography on Film Reference. Born January 4, 1916, in New Haven, CT; died of cardiac arrest, February 3, 1989, in Los Angeles, CA; married Beverly Carroll; children: three daughters.
Jan 20, 2020 · Lionel Newman was one of the most influential film composers of the 20th century, winning an Oscar for Best Score for "Hello Dolly!" and creating the Newman System of scoring movies. He was also a cousin of Alfred Newman, the Jew with the most Oscars of all time, and a member of a family with 95 nominations.
Feb 25, 2016 · Alfred, Lionel, Emil, Thomas, David and Randy Newman have more than 80 nominations between them for music direction, scoring, song, composition and score. They're part of a musical dynasty that ...
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Lionel Newman was the youngest of a triumvirate of accomplished virtuosos, composers and conductors, who dominated the music department at 20th Century Fox for more than four decades. Already a highly regarded pianist by the age of 15, Lionel went on the national vaudeville circuit as accompanist for Mae West, before joining his siblings, Alfred and Emil, on the West Coast.