Walter Jurmann
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Walter Jurmann (October 12, 1903 – June 17, 1971) was an Austrian-born composer of popular music renowned for his versatility who, after immigrating to the United States, specialized in film scores and soundtracks.
Biography
Born in
Ihre Majestät, die Liebe (Her Majesty, Love) (1930
). Jurman's melodies were so charming and easy to remember that a contemporary paper reported that cinemagoers were humming the new tunes already on the morning following the release of a new film.
In 1933, after the
MGM. Subsequently, Jurmann and his partner, Polish-born composer Bronisław Kaper (1902 - 1983), went to Hollywood. Jurmann's successful films include Mutiny on the Bounty (1935) ("Love Song of Tahiti"), the 1936 movie San Francisco ("Theme from San Francisco"), the Marx Brothers films A Night at the Opera ("Cosi Cosa," 1935) and A Day at the Races ("All God's Chillun Got Rhythm," 1937), and Presenting Lily Mars (1943) starring Judy Garland
.
In the early 1940s Jurmann, who had settled down in
Hollywood, California
.
Selected filmography
- That's All That Matters (1931)
- The Big Attraction (1931)
- Salto Mortale (1931)
- Marriage with Limited Liability (1931)
- Her Majesty the Barmaid (1931)
- His Highness Love (1931)
- Scandal on Park Street (1932)
- Three on a Honeymoon (1932)
- Things Are Getting Better Already (1932)
- A Mad Idea (1932)
- Madame Wants No Children (1933)
- Honeymoon Trip (1933)
- Today Is the Day (1933)
- All for Love(1933)
- A Song for You (1933)
- A Man Has Been Stolen (1934)
- Moscow Nights (1934)
References
- Elisabeth Buxbaum: "Veronika, der Lenz ist da!" Walter Jurmann – Ein Musiker zwischen den Welten und Zeiten (Vienna, 2006) (ISBN 3902494182).
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