Bernhard Kaun
Bernhard Kaun (5 April 1899 – 3 January 1980) was an American composer and orchestrator. He is known for the Frankenstein (1931) theme.
Bernhard Kaun
- Name
- Bernhard Kaun
- Born
- 5 April 1899
- Birthplace
- Milwaukee, Wisconsin, United States
- Died
- 1 March 1980
- Place of death
- Baden-Baden, Baden-Württemberg, West Germany
- Occupation
- Composer
- Nationality
- United States
- Languages
- German
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Bernhard Kaun (5 April 1899 – 3 January 1980) was an American composer and orchestrator. He is known for the Frankenstein (1931) theme.
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• Name — Bernhard Kaun • Born — 5 April 1899 • Birthplace — Milwaukee, Wisconsin, United States • Died — 1 March 1980 • Place of death — Baden-Baden, Baden-Württemberg, West Germany • Occupation — Composer
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• Platinum Blonde (1931) • Frankenstein (1931) • What Price Hollywood? (1932) • Doctor X (1932) • The Most Dangerous Game (1932) • Thirteen Women (1932) • A Bill of Divorcement (1932) • I Am a Fugitive from a Chain Gang (1932) • A Farewell to Arms (1932) • 20,000 Years in Sing Sing (1932) • Frisco Jenny (1932) • Employees' Entrance (1933) • Mystery of the Wax Museum (1933) • King Kong (1933) • I Loved a Woman (1933) • The Kennel Murder Case (1933) • Little Women (1933) • Lady Killer (1933) • Son of Kong (1933) • Flying Down to Rio (1933) • The Lost Patrol (1934) • The Gay Divorcee (1934) • The Little Minister (1934) • The Informer (1935) • Becky Sharp (1935) • She (1935) • The Three Musketeers (1935) • The Last Days of Pompeii (1935) • Peter Ibbetson (1935) • The Petrified Forest (1936) • Modern Times (1936) • The Walking Dead (1936) • The Story of Louis Pasteur (1936) • Little Lord Fauntleroy (1936) • Hearts Divided (1936) • China Clipper (1936) • The Garden of Allah (1936) • Black Legion (1937) • Marked Woman (1937) • Lost Horizon (1937) • A Star Is Born (1937) • Souls at Sea (1937) • The Adventures of Tom Sawyer (1938) • The Saint in New York (1938) • The Return of Doctor X (1939) • Gone with the Wind (1939) • They Died with Their Boots On (1941) • Kings Row (1942) • Mission to Moscow (1943) • Background to Danger (1943) • The Adventures of Mark Twain (1944) • Saratoga Trunk (1945) • Tomorrow Is Forever (1946) • Devotion (1946) • The Bravados (1958) • The Fly (1958)
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1980
Bernhard Kaun died on 3 January 1980.
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