Alfred Newman made his earlier career in musical comedy on Broadway before moving to Hollywood, where he eventually enjoyed a highly successful career as a composer and conductor of film music and head of the 20th Century Fox music department.
Film Music
Newman’s 250 film scores include music for The Hunchback of Notre Dame, Beau Geste, All About Eve, The Robe, The Song of Bernadette and, at the start of his Hollywood career, City Lights and Street Scene.