Edward Ward (composer)
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{{Infobox musical artist
| name = Edward Ward
| birth_date = {{birth date|1900|04|03}}
| birth_place = St. Louis, Missouri
| death_date = {{death date and age|1971|09|26|1900|04|03}}
| death_place = Hollywood, California
| occupation = Film composer, musical director
| genre = Film score
}}
Edward Ward (April 3, 1900 – September 26, 1971) was an American film composer[http://www.afi.com/members/catalog/DetailView.aspx?s=1&Movie=2460 AFI] and music director who was nominated for seven Academy Awards.
Academy Award nominations
- 1939 Best Original Song for "Always and Always" from Mannequin
- 1942 Best Scoring of a Dramatic Picture (Cheers for Miss Bishop)
- 1942 Best Scoring of a Dramatic Picture (Tanks a Million)
- 1942 Best Scoring of a Musical Picture (All-American Co-Ed)
- 1943 Best Original Song for "Pennies for Peppino" from Flying with Music
- 1943 Best Scoring of a Musical Picture (Flying with Music)
- 1944 Best Scoring of a Musical Picture (Phantom of the Opera)
Additional credits
- No No Nanette (1930)
- Kismet (1930)
- Great Expectations (1934)
- The Bishop Misbehaves (1935)
- The Mystery of Edwin Drood (1935)
- San Francisco (1936)
- Camille (1936)
- The Gorgeous Hussy (1936)
- Night Must Fall (1937)
- Maytime (1937)
- Saratoga (1937)
- A Yank at Oxford (1938)
- The Shopworn Angel (1938)
- Boys Town (1938)
- The Women (1939)
- Ali Baba And The Forty Thieves (1944)
- It Happened on 5th Avenue (1947)
- The Babe Ruth Story (1948)
- Man of a Thousand Faces (1957)
References
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External links
- {{IMDb name|0911518}}
- [https://oac.cdlib.org/findaid/ark:/13030/ft2p30034k/entire_text/ Edward Ward papers, 1891–1961] at California Digital Library
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Category:American film score composers
Category:American male film score composers
Category:20th-century classical musicians
Category:20th-century American composers
Category:20th-century American male musicians
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