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Royden Denslow Webb (October 3, 1888 – December 10, 1982) was an American film music composer. One of the charter members of ASCAP, [1] Webb has hundreds of film music credits to his name, mainly with RKO Pictures. He is best known for film noir and horror film scores, in particular for the films of Val Lewton .
Roy Webb. Composer: Notorious. Trained in classical music at Columbia University, Webb worked on Broadway by the time he was in his mid-20's, not only composing incidental music, but co-writing original plays with his older brother, the director Kenneth S. Webb.
Jun 5, 2015 · All 10 films were scored by Roy Webb, who served as RKO’s chief staff composer from 1936 to 1955. A kindly, soft-spoken craftsman who died in 1982 at the age of 94, Webb is the most obscure of the major film-music composers.
Mar 27, 2021 · Roy Webb was RKO's Music Director and chief composer during the heyday of that studio and he is best known today for his Val Lewton horror film scores as well as his soundtracks for...
Jul 14, 2023 · Summary. Roy Webb's Victory Signature. On December 7, 1942, a year to the day from the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor, audiences at the Rialto Theater in New York City witnessed the premiere of producer Val Lewton's first film, Cat People.
Roy Webb (né Royden Denslow Webb; October 3, 1888 – December 10, 1982) was an American film music composer. Webb has hundreds of film music credits to his name, mainly with RKO Pictures. He is best known for film noir and horror film scores, in particular for the films of Val Lewton.
Roy Webb. Composer: Notorious. Trained in classical music at Columbia University, Webb worked on Broadway by the time he was in his mid-20's, not only composing incidental music, but co-writing original plays with his older brother, the director Kenneth S. Webb.
