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Lionel Newman was an American composer, arranger, and conductor who worked in the Hollywood film industry. He was the brother of composer Alfred Newman and the uncle of composers Randy Newman and Thomas Newman.
Newman began his career as a pianist and arranger for the radio show "The Jack Benny Program" in the 1930s. He went on to compose music for over 200 films, including "The Seven Year Itch," "The Music Man," and "The Poseidon Adventure." He also wrote the theme song for the television show "The Addams Family."
Newman was nominated for two Academy Awards for his work on the films "The Seven Year Itch" and "The Music Man." He was also nominated for a Grammy Award for his work on the soundtrack for the film "The Poseidon Adventure."
Newman died on February 3, 1989 in Los Angeles, California. He was 72 years old.
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73 years old |
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Capricorn |
| Born |
4 January, 1916 |
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4 January |
| Birthplace |
New Haven, Connecticut, USA |
| Date of death |
3 February, 1989 |
| Died Place |
Los Angeles, California, USA |
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United States |
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Lionel Newman Height, Weight & Measurements
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Who Is Lionel Newman's Wife?
His wife is Beverly Jeanne Carroll (19 July 1947 - 3 February 1989) ( his death) ( 3 children)
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Beverly Jeanne Carroll (19 July 1947 - 3 February 1989) ( his death) ( 3 children) |
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Lionel Newman Net Worth
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$1 Million - $5 Million |
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Timeline
In 1969, Lionel won an Oscar (shared with Lennie Hayton) for Best Score of a Musical Picture for Hello, Dolly! (1969).
Other notable films he worked on over the years, include North to Alaska (1960), Cleopatra (1963), The Sand Pebbles (1966) and Alien (1979).
Following Alfred's departure from Fox in 1959, Lionel was promoted to music director, then to vice president in charge of feature and television music.
During the following decade, he supervised the majority of musical segments at the studio, in addition to composing some classic TV music, such as the jazz-tinged theme from The Many Loves of Dobie Gillis (1959).
Among his compositions are the theme for The Proud Ones (1956) (with pre-Spaghetti western whistling) and (as co-writer with brother Alfred) the stirring opening theme for the gritty revenge western The Bravados (1958), starring Gregory Peck.
He also wrote the title song for River of No Return (1954) (with lyrics by Ken Darby), plus another piece from the movie, "Down in the Meadow" - both sung by Marilyn.
He became her favorite conductor on some of her best films, including Niagara (1953) and Gentlemen Prefer Blondes (1953).
From the time they first worked together on Don't Bother to Knock (1952), he struck up a close working relationship (and subsequent friendship) with fellow Fox contract player Marilyn Monroe.
He scored his first major hit in 1948 with the standard "Again" (written for the movie Road House (1948)), which rode high in the Hit Parade, and was covered by many top stars of the day, including Mel Tormé, Doris Day, Vera Lynn and Tommy Dorsey & His Orchestra. By the early 50's, Lionel was receiving more prestigious assignments, both as musical director and as composer.
In 1942, Lionel was hired by Fox as rehearsal pianist and songwriter.
Under the tutelage of older brother Alfred (who headed the music department at 20th Century Fox from 1939-60), Lionel gradually broke into the movie business.
He was first commissioned to write the title song for the modern western, The Cowboy and the Lady (1938). For this, he shared an Oscar-nomination for Best Song with lyricist Arthur Quenzer.
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. He completed his music studies under Mario Castelnuovo-Tedesco in Los Angeles and, by 1934, fronted his own musical ensemble, 'Newman's Society Orchestra', aboard the luxury cruise ship SS Rotterdam on the Holland-America Line.
