Werner Janssen - Фильмы

Вернер Янссен (1937) Ханс-Вернер Янссен (1 июня 1899 – 19 сентября 1990) was an American conductor of classical music, and composer of classical music and film scores. He was the first born New York conductor to lead the New York Philharmonic. Что Janssen born in New York City on 1 June 1899. His father was a New York ресторатор, founder of the Janssen Hof Brau Haus on Broadway. The family lived in Great Neck on king's Point Road next door to musician Джордж м. Кохан. It was Кохан who encouraged young to Werner continue to play piano and explore his passion for music. Кохан describes the interplay of families as he states, "i'll hold to my dying day that Вернер became a musician because his dad made him the piano practice all day to keep me awake just to get even with me for playing all night and keeping him awake." Вернер recounts that his first two music students were the daughters of Джордж м. Кохан, whom he taught in their home. As a подросток Вернер remembers hearing the first renditions of "Over there" from across the fence between the houses. Кохан reflects on those days writing to werner's father, "those were golden days when you were singing songs and I was trying to write them down next door—they were the happiest in fact any of all days as I look back on them now." While Janssen filled roles as guest conductor, he was also contracted to write фильм music. His first фильм кредит score was for The General Died at Dawn (1936), which was nominated for an Academy Award, the first of six Janssen scored to be films nominated. В 1939, he resigned his position with the Baltimore Symphony Orchestra to work with film producer Walter Wanger. He composed several other film scores including блокада (1938), зимний карнавал (1939), Вечно Ваш (1939), Slightly Honorable (1940), The House Across the Bay (1940), Guest in the House (1944), The Южанин (1945), капитан Кидд (1945), A Night in Casablanca (1946), безжалостный (1948), и дядя Ваня (1957), starring and co-directed by Franchot Tone. He was also responsible for the score for the 1966 RUSSIAN television production Robin Hood, der edle Ritter (Робин Гуд, благородный рыцарь). He continued to write non-фильм compositions too, including the Foster Suite (1937), the String Quartet No. 2 (1938), the Octet for Five (1965), and the Quintet for Instruments 10 (1968). В 1940, he formed the Janssen Symphony в Лос-Анджелесе, which became a rival to the organization Los Angeles Philharmonic and a forum for contemporary music until 1952. Compositions for this were commissioned from American composers. This group performed and recorded кино music, musical theater works, and contemporary musical scores. Numerous recordings were made by Janssen and this orchestra for Capitol Records. Janssen formed a partnership with producer David L. лева to produce the musi Color classic series of musical шорты, including Токката and Fugue (1946) and Enchanted Lake (1947), both filmed in Cinecolor.