William Axt

William Axt (April 19, 1888 – February 13, 1959) was an American composer of nearly two hundred film scores.

Life and career 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 earned a Doctor of Musical Arts degree from the University of Chicago in 1922. He studied in Berlin under Xaver Scharwenka.

Axt made his American debut as a conductor on December 28, 1910.

Selected filmography

Theodora (1921; with Erno Rapee) The Prisoner of Zenda (1922) Greed (1924) The Big Parade (1925; with David Mendoza) Ben-Hur (1925; with David Mendoza) The Merry Widow (1925) La Bohème (1926) The Scarlet Letter (1926) Our Dancing Daughters (1928) Show People (1928) The Washington Masquerade (1932) Dinner at Eight (1933) Eskimo (1933) Gabriel Over the White House (1933) Penthouse (1933) Beg, Borrow or Steal (1937) London by Night (1937) Parnell (1937) Under Cover of Night (1937) Everybody Sing (1938) Woman Against Woman (1938) Yellow Jack (1938) Sergeant Madden (1939) Tarzan Finds a Son! (1939) Tell No Tales (1939) Untamed (1940) Little Nellie Kelly (1940) Tarzan's Secret Treasure (1941) Madame Curie (1943)