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20th Century Fox Fanfare: A family legacy

Twenty Thousand Hertz

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Music in Movies

Alfred Newman was a child prodigy pianist, first generation from Ukraine. He started doing vaudeville playing for singers when he was 13 and matriculated into Broadway in the early 20s. When Alfred arrived in Hollywood, studios were still figuring out how to use music in films. In just a few years, these composers revolutionized the way music was used in movies.

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