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American film composer (1889–1954)

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Louis Silvers
Silvers in 1921
Background information
Also known as	Lou Silvers
Born	Louis Silberstein (1889-09-06)September 6, 1889 New York City, New York, U.S.
Died	March 26, 1954(1954-03-26) (aged 64) Hollywood, California, U.S.
Occupation	Film composer
Spouse	Janet Adair

Musical artist

Louis "Lou" Silvers (néLouis Silberstein; September 6, 1889 – March 26, 1954) was an Americanfilm score composer whose work has been used in more than 250 movies. In 1935, he won the firstAcademy Award forBest Original Score forOne Night of Love.^[1]

Early life

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Silvers was born inNew York City as Louis Silberstein.

Career

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Silvers scored the sound sequences in theD. W. Griffith filmDream Street (1921), and scored the part-talkingfeature filmThe Jazz Singer (1927).^[2] He was also music director forLux Radio Theater for most of its long run (1934–1955).

He is the composer of the song "April Showers" (1921).^[3]

Personal life and death

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Silvers was married toJanet Adair. On March 26, 1954, Silvers died of aheart ailment inHollywood, California.

Awards and nominations

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Year	Award	Result	Category	Film
1935	Academy Award	Won	Best Music, Score	One Night of Love
1938		Nominated	Best Music, Score	In Old Chicago
1939		Nominated	Best Music, Original Score	Suez
1940		Nominated	Best Music, Scoring	Swanee River

Selected filmography

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Sonny Boy (1929)
No Greater Glory (1934)
The Girl Friend (1935)
A Message to Garcia (1936)
Private Number (1936)

Bibliography

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Notes

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References

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ASCAP (1980)."Silvers, Louis" → ASCAP Biographical Dictionary (4th ed.).Jaques Cattell Press. p. 465.ISBN 9780835212830 – viaInternet Archive (Kahle/Austin Foundation).LCCN 80-65351;ISBN 0-8352-1283-1.
Catalogue of Copyright Entries. "Part 3: Musical Compositions." "New Series" – viaGoogle Books.

"April Showers,"B.G. DeSylva (words), Silvers (music).

Limbacher, James; Wright, H. Stephen Jr. (1991)."Louis Silvers" → Keeping Score – Film and Television Music, 1980–1988 (with additional coverage of 1921–1979).Scarecrow Press. pp. 7, 11, 617.ISBN 9780810824539 – viaInternet Archive (Boston Public Library).LCCN 91-21180;ISBN 0-8108-2453-1;OCLC 23975741 (all editions).
"Louis Silberstein (born September 6, 1889)".Sworn July 5, 1922 → "U.S., Passport Applications, 1795–1925." → "Louis Silberstein." Roll 2054 → Certificates: 201600–201975; 5 July 1922 – 7 July 1922 (digital images 330 & 331 of 630).NARA – viaAncestry.com.
"Louis Silvers" (born September 5, 1889) → "World War I Selective Service System Draft Registration Cards, 1917–1918." → "New York City" → "Manuel Montero" to "George Zuvick" (digital images 2358 & 2359 of 4239). New York:NARA Microfilm Publications – viaFamilySearch.
Gammond, Peter (1991)."Silvers, Louis" → Oxford Companion to Popular Music. p. 529 – viaInternet Archive (Arcadia Fund).{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: ref duplicates default (link)LCCN 90-14209;ISBN 0-1931-1323-6.

External links

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Wikimedia Commons has media related toLouis Silvers.

Louis Silvers atIMDb
Louis Silvers atFind a Grave
Free scores by Louis Silvers at theInternational Music Score Library Project (IMSLP)

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1930s	Louis Silvers (1934) Max Steiner (1935) Leo F. Forbstein (1936) Charles Previn (1937) Erich Wolfgang Korngold /Alfred Newman (1938) Herbert Stothart /Richard Hageman,W. Franke Harling,John Leipold andLeo Shuken (1939)
1940s	Leigh Harline,Paul J. Smith andNed Washington /Alfred Newman (1940) Bernard Herrmann /Frank Churchill andOliver Wallace (1941) Max Steiner /Ray Heindorf andHeinz Roemheld (1942) Alfred Newman /Ray Heindorf (1943) Max Steiner /Morris Stoloff andCarmen Dragon (1944) Miklos Rozsa /Georgie Stoll (1945) Hugo Friedhofer /Morris Stoloff (1946) Miklos Rozsa /Alfred Newman (1947) Brian Easdale /Johnny Green andRoger Edens (1948) Aaron Copland /Roger Edens andLennie Hayton (1949)
1950s	Franz Waxman /Adolph Deutsch andRoger Edens (1950) Franz Waxman /Johnny Green andSaul Chaplin (1951) Dimitri Tiomkin /Alfred Newman (1952) Bronislau Kaper /Alfred Newman (1953) Dimitri Tiomkin /Adolph Deutsch andSaul Chaplin (1954) Alfred Newman /Robert Russell Bennett,Jay Blackton andAdolph Deutsch (1955) Victor Young /Alfred Newman andKen Darby (1956) Malcolm Arnold (1957) Dimitri Tiomkin /André Previn (1958) Miklos Rozsa /André Previn andKen Darby (1959)
1960s	Ernest Gold /Morris Stoloff andHarry Sukman (1960) Henry Mancini /Saul Chaplin,Johnny Green,Sid Ramin andIrwin Kostal (1961) Maurice Jarre /Ray Heindorf (1962) John Addison /André Previn (1963) Richard M. Sherman andRobert B. Sherman /André Previn (1964) Maurice Jarre /Irwin Kostal (1965) John Barry /Ken Thorne (1966) Elmer Bernstein /Alfred Newman andKen Darby (1967) John Barry /Johnny Green (1968) Burt Bacharach /Lennie Hayton andLionel Newman (1969)
1970s	Francis Lai /The Beatles(John Lennon,Paul McCartney,George Harrison andRingo Starr) (1970) Michel Legrand /John Williams (1971) Charlie Chaplin,Raymond Rasch andLarry Russell /Ralph Burns (1972) Marvin Hamlisch /Marvin Hamlisch (1973) Nino Rota andCarmine Coppola /Nelson Riddle (1974) John Williams /Leonard Rosenman (1975) Jerry Goldsmith /Leonard Rosenman (1976) John Williams /Jonathan Tunick (1977) Giorgio Moroder /Joe Renzetti (1978) Georges Delerue /Ralph Burns (1979)
1980s	Michael Gore (1980) Vangelis (1981) John Williams /Henry Mancini andLeslie Bricusse (1982) Bill Conti /Michel Legrand,Alan and Marilyn Bergman (1983) Maurice Jarre /Prince (1984) John Barry (1985) Herbie Hancock (1986) Ryuichi Sakamoto,David Byrne andCong Su (1987) Dave Grusin (1988) Alan Menken (1989)
1990s	John Barry (1990) Alan Menken (1991) Alan Menken (1992) John Williams (1993) Hans Zimmer (1994) Luis Bacalov /Alan Menken andStephen Schwartz (1995) Gabriel Yared /Rachel Portman (1996) James Horner /Anne Dudley (1997) Nicola Piovani /Stephen Warbeck (1998) John Corigliano (1999)
2000s	Tan Dun (2000) Howard Shore (2001) Elliot Goldenthal (2002) Howard Shore (2003) Jan A. P. Kaczmarek (2004) Gustavo Santaolalla (2005) Gustavo Santaolalla (2006) Dario Marianelli (2007) A. R. Rahman (2008) Michael Giacchino (2009)
2010s	Trent Reznor andAtticus Ross (2010) Ludovic Bource (2011) Mychael Danna (2012) Steven Price (2013) Alexandre Desplat (2014) Ennio Morricone (2015) Justin Hurwitz (2016) Alexandre Desplat (2017) Ludwig Göransson (2018) Hildur Guðnadóttir (2019)
2020s	Trent Reznor,Atticus Ross andJon Batiste (2020) Hans Zimmer (2021) Volker Bertelmann (2022) Ludwig Göransson (2023) Daniel Blumberg (2024)

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