# Emil Newman

Emil Newman (January 20, 1911 – August 30, 1984) was an American music director and conductor who worked on more than 200 films and TV series. He was nominated for an Oscar for his musical direction on the classic Sun Valley Serenade (1941), contributing to the Newman's being the most nominated Academy Award extended family, with a collective 95 nominations in various music categories.

## Biography

A native of Connecticut, Newman entered films in 1940 as the musical director on 13 films. He was credited on 25 films in 1941 and 28 in 1942, one of which, Whispering Ghosts, contained his first (uncredited) contribution as a composer. He had 15 titles in 1943, including "Musical Direction" (screen credit) for the all-black musical Stormy Weather and the 20th Century Fox wartime film Chetniks! The Fighting Guerrillas, 19 in 1944, 17 in 1945 and 16 in 1946, including Hugo Friedhofer's Academy Award score for The Best Years of Our Lives, which he also conducted. Between 1950 and 1965, Newman was the composer on 23 films, most of which were lower-budget B movies, although they also included prestigious pictures such as Hondo (1953). He also provided the music for numerous 1950s TV shows.
Newman died in Woodland Hills, a suburb of Los Angeles. He is interred at Forest Lawn Memorial Park in Glendale, California.

## Family connections, marriage and children

Emil Newman's older brother was renowned film composer Alfred Newman (1901–1970), whose children Maria, David and Thomas are also composers. His younger brother was another famous film composer, Lionel Newman (1916–1989), whose grandson Joey Newman is a film and TV composer. Another brother, Irving, was the father of still another acclaimed film musical personality, songwriter and composer Randy Newman. His brother Marc Newman was a film agent representing some of Hollywoods most noted composers including John Williams, Jerry Goldsmith, Dave Grusin and Marvin Hamlisch. His brother Robert V. Newman was a studio executive and former President of John Wayne's Batjac Productions. Their family is of Jewish descent.
Newman was married to bit-part actress Eva May Hoffman aka Eve Farrell. They had two children, daughter Arleen (born 1939) and son William Robert (born August 14, 1937).
William Robert Newman is the father of Jill Newman, Sarah Devries, William Marcus and Jaice Newman. The offspring of Arleen Newman and Dennis Crosby (son of Bing Crosby) are Erin Colleen Crosby and Kelly Lee Crosby. Dennis also adopted Katherine Denise Buelle, Arleen's daughter by her first husband Mike Buelle.

## Selected filmography

| Year | Title | Director(s) | Studio(s) | Notes |
| 1942 | Time to Kill | Herbert I. Leeds | 20th Century Fox |
| 1942 | Whispering Ghosts | Alfred L. Werker | 20th Century Fox |
| 1942 | The Magnificent Dope | Walter Lang | 20th Century Fox |
| 1942 | Careful, Soft Shoulder | Oliver H.P. Garrett | 20th Century Fox |
| 1942 | Dr. Renault's Secret | Harry Lachman | 20th Century Fox |
| 1942 | The Undying Monster | John Brahm | 20th Century Fox |
| 1942 | Quiet Please, Murder | John Larkin | 20th Century Fox |
| 1942 | Over My Dead Body | Malcolm St. Clair | 20th Century Fox |
| 1943 | Tonight We Raid Calais | John Brahm | 20th Century Fox |
| 1943 | Dixie Dugan | Otto Brower | 20th Century Fox |
| 1948 | Jungle Patrol | Joseph M. Newman | 20th Century Fox |
| 1948 | A Song Is Born | Howard Hawks | Samuel Goldwyn Productions | uncredited |
| 1950 | Guilty of Treason | Felix E. Feist | Eagle-Lion Films |
| 1950 | Woman on the Run | Norman Foster | Universal Pictures |
| 1951 | Cry Danger | Robert Parrish | RKO Pictures |
| 1951 | The Groom Wore Spurs | Richard Whorf | Universal Pictures |
| 1951 | Journey into Light | Stuart Heisler | 20th Century Fox |
| 1952 | The Lady Says No | Frank Ross | United Artists |
| 1952 | Japanese War Bride | King Vidor | 20th Century Fox |
| 1952 | Rancho Notorious | Fritz Lang | RKO Pictures |
| 1952 | The San Francisco Story | Robert Parrish | Warner Bros. |
| 1952 | Big Jim McLain | Edward Ludwig | Warner Bros. |
| 1953 | War Paint | Lesley Selander | United Artists |
| 1953 | Island in the Sky | William A. Wellman | Warner Bros. |
| 1953 | 99 River Street | Phil Karlson | United Artists |
| 1953 | Hondo | John Farrow | Warner Bros. |
| 1954 | Beachhead | Stuart Heisler | United Artists |
| 1954 | Southwest Passage | Ray Nazarro | United Artists |
| 1954 | The Mad Magician | John Brahm | Columbia Pictures |
| 1954 | Ring of Fear | James Edward Grant | Warner Bros. |
| 1955 | The Naked Street | Maxwell Shane | United Artists |
| 1957 | Death in Small Doses | Joseph M. Newman | Allied Artists Pictures |
| 1957 | The Iron Sheriff | Sidney Salkow | United Artists |
| 1957 | Chicago Confidential | Sidney Salkow | United Artists |
| 1958 | Hong Kong Confidential | Edward L. Cahn | United Artists |
| 1958 | Unwed Mother | Walter Doniger | Allied Artists Pictures |
| 1959 | Riot in Juvenile Prison | Edward L. Cahn | United Artists |
| 1965 | The Great Sioux Massacre | Sidney Salkow | Columbia Pictures | with Edward B. Powell |