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 In 1961, a house fire destroyed Webb's manuscripts including film scores and unpublished concert music, after which Webb ceased composing.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.
1972 | The Rats Are Coming! The Werewolves Are Here! - Sound |
1959 | Return of the Fly - Additional Music |
1958 | Teacher's Pet - Original Music Composer |
1957 | Shoot-Out At Medicine Bend - Original Music Composer |
1957 | Top Secret Affair - Original Music Composer |
1956 | The Girl He Left Behind - Original Music Composer |
1956 | The Search for Bridey Murphy - Original Music Composer |
1956 | The First Texan - Original Music Composer |
1956 | Our Miss Brooks - Original Music Composer |
1955 | Kanlı Geçit - Original Music Composer |
1955 | Bengazi - Original Music Composer |
1955 | Kentakili - Original Music Composer |
1955 | The Sea Chase - Original Music Composer |
1955 | Marty - Original Music Composer |
1955 | Underwater! - Original Music Composer |
1955 | The Americano - Original Music Composer |
1954 | Track of the Cat - Original Music Composer |
1954 | The Raid - Original Music Composer |
1954 | Dangerous Mission - Original Music Composer |
1954 | She Couldn't Say No - Original Music Composer |
1954 | Alaska Seas - Original Music Composer |
1953 | Second Chance - Original Music Composer |
1953 | Houdini - Original Music Composer |
1953 | Affair with a Stranger - Original Music Composer |
1953 | Split Second - Original Music Composer |
1952 | The Lusty Men - Original Music Composer |
1952 | Clash by Night - Original Music Composer |
1952 | At Sword's Point - Original Music Composer |
1951 | Fixed Bayonets! - Original Music Composer |
1951 | The Blue Veil - Additional Music |
1951 | Flying Leathernecks - Music |
1951 | Hard, Fast and Beautiful - Original Music Composer |
1950 | Gambling House - Original Music Composer |
1950 | Vendetta - Original Music Composer |
1950 | Where Danger Lives - Original Music Composer |
1950 | Branded - Original Music Composer |
1950 | The White Tower - Original Music Composer |
1950 | The Secret Fury - Original Music Composer |
1949 | Holiday Affair - Original Music Composer |
1949 | A Dangerous Profession - Music |
1949 | My Friend Irma - Original Music Composer |
1949 | Easy Living - Original Music Composer |
1949 | Make Mine Laughs - Original Music Composer |
1949 | Koca Bebek Joe - Original Music Composer |
1949 | Roughshod - Original Music Composer |
1949 | The Window - Original Music Composer |
1949 | Bad Men of Tombstone - Original Music Composer |
1948 | Blood on the Moon - Original Music Composer |
1948 | Rachel and the Stranger - Original Music Composer |
1948 | Race Street - Original Music Composer |
1948 | I Remember Mama - Original Music Composer |
1947 | Geçmişten Kaçış - Original Music Composer |
1947 | Magic Town - Original Music Composer |
1947 | Crossfire - Original Music Composer |
1947 | They Won't Believe Me - Original Music Composer |
1947 | Riff-Raff - Original Music Composer |
1947 | Easy Come, Easy Go - Original Music Composer |
1947 | The Devil Thumbs a Ride - Music |
1947 | The Perfect Marriage - Original Music Composer |
1946 | The Locket - Original Music Composer |
1946 | Aşktan da Üstün - Original Music Composer |
1946 | The Well Groomed Bride - Original Music Composer |
1946 | Without Reservations - Original Music Composer |
1946 | Bedlam - Original Music Composer |
1946 | Badman's Territory - Original Music Composer |
1946 | The Spiral Staircase - Original Music Composer |
1945 | Dick Tracy - Original Music Composer |
1945 | Cornered - Original Music Composer |
1945 | Sing Your Way Home - Original Music Composer |
1945 | Love, Honor and Goodbye - Original Music Composer |
1945 | Those Endearing Young Charms - Original Music Composer |
1945 | Yeraltı Canavarı - Original Music Composer |
1945 | The Brighton Strangler - Additional Music |
1945 | Zombies on Broadway - Music |
1945 | The Enchanted Cottage - Original Music Composer |
1945 | Betrayal from the East - Original Music Composer |
1945 | Two O'Clock Courage - Original Music Composer |
1944 | Experiment Perilous - Original Music Composer |
1944 | Cinayet, tatlım - Original Music Composer |
1944 | Rainbow Island - Original Music Composer |
1944 | Tall in the Saddle - Music |
1944 | The Master Race - Original Music Composer |
1944 | Bride by Mistake - Original Music Composer |
1944 | The Seventh Cross - Original Music Composer |
1944 | Marine Raiders - Music |
1944 | The Curse of the Cat People - Original Music Composer |
1944 | The Falcon Out West - Original Music Composer |
1944 | Action in Arabia - Original Music Composer |
1943 | The Ghost Ship - Original Music Composer |
1943 | Gangway for Tomorrow - Original Music Composer |
1943 | The Seventh Victim - Original Music Composer |
1943 | A Lady Takes a Chance - Original Music Composer |
1943 | The Fallen Sparrow - Original Music Composer |
1943 | Behind the Rising Sun - Music |
1943 | Petticoat Larceny - Original Music Composer |
1943 | The Falcon in Danger - Original Music Composer |
1943 | Mr. Lucky - Original Music Composer |
1943 | Bombardier - Original Music Composer |
1943 | I Walked with a Zombie - Music |
1943 | Flight for Freedom - Original Music Composer |
1943 | Ladies' Day - Original Music Composer |
1943 | The Falcon Strikes Back - Original Music Composer |
1943 | Journey into Fear - Original Music Composer |
1943 | Hitler's Children - Original Music Composer |
1942 | Kedi Kız - Original Music Composer |
1942 | Seven Miles from Alcatraz - Original Music Composer |
1942 | I Married a Witch - Original Music Composer |
1942 | The Navy Comes Through - Original Music Composer |
1942 | Here We Go Again - Original Music Composer |
1942 | The Falcon's Brother - Original Music Composer |
1942 | Bandit Ranger - Original Music Composer |
1942 | The Big Street - Original Music Composer |
1942 | My Favorite Spy - Original Music Composer |
1942 | The Falcon Takes Over - Additional Music |
1942 | The Falcon Takes Over - Original Music Composer |
1942 | Obliging Young Lady - Original Music Composer |
1942 | Joan of Paris - Original Music Composer |
1941 | Weekend for Three - Original Music Composer |
1941 | Look Who's Laughing - Original Music Composer |
1941 | The Bandit Trail - Original Music Composer |
1941 | Father Takes a Wife - Music Director |
1941 | Parachute Battalion - Original Music Composer |
1941 | Tom, Dick and Harry - Original Music Composer |
1941 | The Saint's Vacation - Original Music Composer |
1941 | The Devil and Miss Jones - Music Director |
1941 | A Girl, a Guy, and a Gob - Original Music Composer |
1941 | The Saint In Palm Springs - Original Music Composer |
1940 | Kitty Foyle - Original Music Composer |
1940 | Mexican Spitfire Out West - Original Music Composer |
1940 | I'm Still Alive - Original Music Composer |
1940 | Stranger on the Third Floor - Original Music Composer |
1940 | Stage to Chino - Original Music Composer |
1940 | Millionaires in Prison - Original Music Composer |
1940 | A Bill of Divorcement - Original Music Composer |
1940 | You Can't Fool Your Wife - Original Music Composer |
1940 | My Favorite Wife - Original Music Composer |
1940 | Irene - Original Music Composer |
1940 | Curtain Call - Original Music Composer |
1940 | Bullet Code - Original Music Composer |
1940 | Abe Lincoln in Illinois - Original Music Composer |
1939 | That's Right – You're Wrong - Original Music Composer |
1939 | Sued for Libel - Music Director |
1939 | Bad Lands - Original Music Composer |
1939 | In Name Only - Original Music Composer |
1939 | The Fighting Gringo - Music |
1939 | The Spellbinder - Music |
1939 | Bachelor Mother - Original Music Composer |
1939 | Timber Stampede - Music Director |
1939 | Timber Stampede - Original Music Composer |
1939 | Five Came Back - Original Music Composer |
1939 | Racketeers of the Range - Music Director |
1939 | Panama Lady - Music |
1939 | Panama Lady - Music Director |
1939 | The Rookie Cop - Music Director |
1939 | Love Affair - Original Music Composer |
1939 | Trouble in Sundown - Music Director |
1939 | Trouble in Sundown - Original Music Composer |
1939 | The Saint Strikes Back - Music Director |
1939 | Twelve Crowded Hours - Music Director |
1938 | The Law West of Tombstone - Music Director |
1938 | Lawless Valley - Music |
1938 | The Mad Miss Manton - Original Music Composer |
1938 | A Man to Remember - Original Music Composer |
1938 | The Affairs of Annabel - Music Director |
1938 | Having Wonderful Time - Music Director |
1938 | Blond Cheat - Music Director |
1938 | Blond Cheat - Original Music Composer |
1938 | The Saint in New York - Original Music Composer |
1938 | Vivacious Lady - Music Director |
1938 | Go Chase Yourself - Music Director |
1938 | Condemned Women - Music |
1938 | Tehlikeli Bebek - Music |
1938 | Tehlikeli Bebek - Music Director |
1938 | Tehlikeli Bebek - Original Music Composer |
1937 | Living on Love - Original Music Composer |
1937 | High Flyers - Original Music Composer |
1937 | Breakfast for Two - Additional Music |
1937 | Stage Door - Music Director |
1937 | New Faces of 1937 - Music Director |
1937 | You Can't Buy Luck - Original Music Composer |
1937 | The Outcasts of Poker Flat - Music Supervisor |
1937 | The Woman I Love - Additional Music |
1937 | The Woman I Love - Music Director |
1937 | Quality Street - Original Music Composer |
1937 | Sea Devils - Music Director |
1937 | We're on the Jury - Original Music Composer |
1936 | The Plough and the Stars - Original Music Composer |
1936 | A Woman Rebels - Music |
1936 | The Last of the Mohicans - Original Music Composer |
1936 | Bunker Bean - Music Director |
1936 | The Ex-Mrs. Bradford - Music Director |
1936 | The Ex-Mrs. Bradford - Original Music Composer |
1936 | Silly Billies - Original Music Composer |
1936 | The Lady Consents - Music Director |
1936 | Chatterbox - Original Music Composer |
1936 | Two in the Dark - Original Music Composer |
1935 | Sylvia Scarlett - Music Director |
1935 | Sylvia Scarlett - Original Music Composer |
1935 | The Rainmakers - Music |
1935 | The Last Days of Pompeii - Music |
1935 | Alice Adams - Original Music Composer |
1935 | Becky Sharp - Music Director |
1935 | The Arizonian - Original Music Composer |
1935 | The Nitwits - Original Music Composer |
1934 | By Your Leave - Original Music Composer |
1934 | Kentucky Kernels - Original Music Composer |
1934 | La Cucaracha - Music Director |
1934 | Down to Their Last Yacht - Original Music Composer |
1934 | Let's Try Again - Original Music Composer |
1934 | Cockeyed Cavaliers - Original Music Composer |
1934 | Strictly Dynamite - Original Music Composer |
1934 | This Man Is Mine - Original Music Composer |
1934 | Hips, Hips, Hooray! - Original Music Composer |
1933 | If I Were Free - Original Music Composer |
1933 | The Right To Romance - Original Music Composer |
1933 | Aggie Appleby, Maker of Men - Original Music Composer |
1933 | Ann Vickers - Original Music Composer |
1933 | Blind Adventure - Original Music Composer |
1933 | Bed of Roses - Original Music Composer |
1933 | Emergency Call - Original Music Composer |
1933 | Diplomaniacs - Original Music Composer |
1933 | Our Betters - Original Music Composer |
1933 | Topaze - Original Music Composer |
1932 | Lady with a Past - Additional Music |
1930 | The Life of the Party - Music Director |
1930 | Conspiracy - Original Music Composer |
1930 | Shooting Straight - Original Music Composer |
1930 | Inside the Lines - Original Music Composer |
1930 | Alias French Gertie - Original Music Composer |
1930 | Girl of the Port - Original Music Composer |
1929 | Seven Keys to Baldpate - Original Music Composer |
1929 | The Delightful Rogue - Original Music Composer |
1929 | Rio Rita - Orchestrator |
1920 | The Fear Market - Assistant Director |
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