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William Axt
b. 1888 — d. 1959 (aged 71)
New York City, New York, USA
Composer
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia William Axt (April 19, 1888 – February 13, 1959) was an American composer of nearly two hundred film scores. Born in New York City, Axt graduated from DeWitt Clinton High School in The Bronx and studied at the National Conservatory of Music of America. He served as an assistant conductor for the Hammerstein Grand Opera Company and was the musical director for the Capitol Theatre in Manhattan before joining the music department at Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer in 1919. He earned a Doctor of Musical Arts degree from the University of Chicago in 1922.
Known For
Filmography
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Rear Projection
2025 Composer
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★ 5.0
Untamed
1940 Composer
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★ 5.0
What's Your IQ?
1940 Composer
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★ 6.5
Tell No Tales
1939 Composer
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★ 6.5
Within the Law
1939 Composer
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★ 6.5
Stand Up and Fight
1939 Composer
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★ 6.0
Sergeant Madden
1939 Composer
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★ 5.2
The Kid from Texas
1939 Composer
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★ 6.5
Listen, Darling
1938 Composer
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★ 6.6
Fast Company
1938 Composer
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★ 6.4
Three Loves Has Nancy
1938 Composer
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★ 6.2
Rich Man, Poor Girl
1938 Composer
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★ 6.2
Woman Against Woman
1938 Composer
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★ 5.1
Spring Madness
1938 Composer
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★ 6.2
The Girl Downstairs
1938 Composer
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★ 6.3
Yellow Jack
1938 Composer
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★ 6.4
The Last of Mrs. Cheyney
1937 Composer
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★ 6.4
Big City
1937 Composer
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★ 5.3
Parnell
1937 Composer
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★ 6.1
London by Night
1937 Composer
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★ 6.6
Beg, Borrow or Steal
1937 Composer
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★ 6.3
Between Two Women
1937 Composer
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★ 6.0
The First Hundred Years
1937 Composer
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★ 6.4
The Bad Man of Brimstone
1937 Composer
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★ 6.2
Espionage
1937 Composer
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★ 5.8
Under Cover of Night
1937 Composer
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★ 6.6
Friend Indeed
1937 Composer
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★ 7.8
Libeled Lady
1936 Composer
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★ 6.4
Suzy
1936 Composer
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★ 7.3
Three Godfathers
1936 Composer
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★ 6.1
The Garden Murder Case
1936 Composer
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★ 6.6
The Unguarded Hour
1936 Composer
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★ 6.2
Petticoat Fever
1936 Composer
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★ 6.7
Piccadilly Jim
1936 Composer
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★ 6.0
Mad Holiday
1936 Composer
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★ 6.0
Tough Guy
1936 Composer
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★ 5.6
Three Live Ghosts
1936 Composer
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★ 5.6
We Went to College
1936 Composer
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★ 6.1
All American Chump
1936 Composer
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★ 6.6
Old Hutch
1936 Composer
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★ 7.8
The 3 Wise Guys
1936 Composer
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★ 6.8
The Murder Man
1935 Composer
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★ 6.6
Rendezvous
1935 Composer
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★ 6.7
Whipsaw
1935 Composer
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★ 6.5
Woman Wanted
1935 Composer
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★ 6.3
O'Shaughnessy's Boy
1935 Composer
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★ 5.9
Pursuit
1935 Composer
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★ 6.5
The Perfect Gentleman
1935 Composer
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★ 5.7
It's in the Air
1935 Composer
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Windy
1935 Composer
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★ 7.9
The Thin Man
1934 Composer
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★ 6.4
Forsaking All Others
1934 Composer
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★ 6.6
The Girl from Missouri
1934 Composer
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★ 6.9
Hide-Out
1934 Composer
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★ 6.3
Men in White
1934 Composer
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★ 6.7
This Side of Heaven
1934 Composer
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★ 6.6
A Wicked Woman
1934 Composer
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★ 6.6
You Can't Buy Everything
1934 Composer
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★ 6.0
Straight Is the Way
1934 Composer
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★ 5.3
Lazy River
1934 Composer
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★ 7.5
Dinner at Eight
1933 Composer
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★ 7.0
Midnight Mary
1933 Composer
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★ 6.3
Gabriel Over the White House
1933 Composer
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★ 6.8
Penthouse
1933 Composer
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★ 5.9
Reunion in Vienna
1933 Composer
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★ 6.6
The Secret of Madame Blanche
1933 Composer
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★ 5.7
Storm at Daybreak
1933 Composer
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★ 6.4
Blondie of the Follies
1932 Composer
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★ 6.1
Polly of the Circus
1932 Composer
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★ 6.2
The Wet Parade
1932 Composer
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★ 6.0
The Washington Masquerade
1932 Composer
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★ 5.9
Sea Spiders
1932 Composer
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★ 6.3
Pêle-Mêle
1930 Composer
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★ 6.7
The Single Standard
1929 Composer
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★ 6.1
Tide of Empire
1929 Composer
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★ 6.8
White Shadows in the South Seas
1928 Composer
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★ 6.5
While the City Sleeps
1928 Composer
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★ 6.7
The Garden of Allah
1927 Composer
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★ 7.6
The Fire Brigade
1926 Composer
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★ 5.2
Camille
1926 Composer
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★ 7.9
The Big Parade
1925 Composer