Edward Ward (composer)
Edward Ward ( born April 3, 1900 in St. Louis, Missouri, † December 26, 1971 in Hollywood, California ) was an American composer of film music, which was nominated for seven Oscars.
Life
Ward began his career as a film composer in the late 1920s. In 1928 he made his debut with the music accompanying Frances White, entitled Breaking Heart- Creole Rose. Throughout his career, he was responsible for the music of more than 130 films, particularly in the 1940s.
At the Academy Awards in 1939 he was nominated along with the songwriters Chet Forrest and Bob Wright for the song Always and Always from the movie Mannequin ( 1938) by Frank Borzage for an Oscar as Best Song. In 1942 he was nominated three times, namely for the Oscar for best film music in the film dramas Cheers for Miss Bishop (1941 ) by Tay Garnett and Tanks a Million (1941 ) by Fred Guiol as well as in the musical film All-American Co-Ed (1941 ) by LeRoy Prinz.
At the Academy Awards in 1943 he was nominated for one for the best film music in the musical Flying with Music ( 1942) by George Archainbaud and maintained with the copywriters Forrest and Wright for Best Original Song Pennies for Peppino from the movie Flying with Music. Finally in 1944 he got his last Oscar nomination for best film music in the musical Phantom of the Opera (1943 ) by Arthur Lubin.
Mostly he also collaborated with other composers such as Hubert Bath.