Erich Wolfgang Korngold
Erich Wolfgang Korngold · Arts & Literature
Film Composer - The Adventures of Robin Hood
1897, Brünn (Brno), Moravia, Austria-Hungary — 1957, Hollywood, Los Angeles, California, USA
Austria · United States
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Erich Wolfgang Korngold was an Austrian-American composer and child prodigy who became a pioneer of the symphonic Hollywood film score, winning Academy Awards for Anthony Adverse and The Adventures of Robin Hood (1938). He was Jewish and fled Nazi-annexed Austria for the United States. His lush, romantic idiom shaped the sound of golden-age Hollywood.
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Film Composer - The Adventures of Robin Hood
Source: Hollywood film music pioneer
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