Kurt Schröder (1888–1962) was a German

composer A composer is a person who writes music. The term is especially used to indicate composers of Western classical music, or those who are composers by occupation. Many composers are, or were, also skilled performers of music. Etymology and def ...

and conductor. Schröder composed a number of

film score A film score is original music written specifically to accompany a film. The score comprises a number of orchestral, instrumental, or choral pieces called cues, which are timed to begin and end at specific points during the film in order to ...

s. During the 1930s he worked in Britain for

Alexander Korda Sir Alexander Korda (; born Sándor László Kellner; ; 16 September 1893 – 23 January 1956)

's London Film Productions, and scored the company's breakthrough hit ''

The Private Life of Henry VIII ''The Private Life of Henry VIII'' is a 1933 British biographical drama film directed and co-produced by Alexander Korda and starring Charles Laughton, Robert Donat, Merle Oberon and Elsa Lanchester. It was written by Lajos Bíró and Arthur ...

'' in 1933.

Selected filmography

* '' Who Takes Love Seriously?'' (1931) * '' Der Mörder Dimitri Karamasoff'' (1931) * '' The Trunks of Mr. O.F.'' (1931) * '' Where Is This Lady?'' (1932) * '' Wedding Rehearsal'' (1932) * '' Men of Tomorrow'' (1932) * '' The Song You Gave Me'' (1933) * '' Mirages de Paris'' (1933) * ''

Cash In economics, cash is money in the physical form of currency, such as banknotes and coins. In book-keeping and financial accounting, cash is current assets comprising currency or currency equivalents that can be accessed immediately or near-i ...

'' (1933) * '' Red Wagon'' (1933) * '' The Girl from Maxim's'' (1933) * ''

.'' (1933) * '' On Secret Service'' (1933) * '' Black Roses'' (1935) * '' Escapade'' (1936) * '' Uncle Bräsig'' (1936) * '' Seven Slaps'' (1937) * '' Fanny Elssler'' (1937) * '' Triad'' (1938) * ''

The Scapegoat A scapegoat is a goat used in a religious ritual or the victim of scapegoating, the singling out of a party for unmerited blame. Scapegoat or The Scapegoat may also refer to: Places * Scapegoat Wilderness, a Wilderness Area in Montana ** Scapego ...

'' (1940) * '' The Girl at the Reception'' (1940) * ''

Twilight Twilight is daylight illumination produced by diffuse sky radiation when the Sun is below the horizon as sunlight from the upper atmosphere is scattered in a way that illuminates both the Earth's lower atmosphere and also the Earth's surf ...

'' (1940) * '' Der laufende Berg'' (1941) * ''

Der Posaunist Der or DER may refer to: Places * Darkənd, Azerbaijan * Dearborn (Amtrak station) (station code), in Michigan, US * Der (Sumer), an ancient city located in modern-day Iraq * d'Entrecasteaux Ridge, an oceanic ridge in the south-west Pacific Ocean ...

'' (1949)

Bibliography

* Hake, Sabine. ''Popular Cinema of the Third Reich''. University of Texas Press, 2001.

External links

* 1888 births 1962 deaths People from Hagenow People from the Grand Duchy of Mecklenburg-Schwerin German male film score composers Principal conductors of the Frankfurt Radio Symphony German male conductors (music) {{Germany-composer-stub