Hans May
Austrian film composer

Hans May

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Austrian film composer
Gender:
Male
Places:
Austria
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MusicianComposerActorConductorFilm score composer
Work field:
Film, TV, Stage & RadioMusic
Birth:
1 July 1886(Vienna)
Death:
31 December 1958(London)
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Hans May (11 July 1886 – 31 December 1958) was an Austrian-born film composer who went into exile in Britain after the Nazis came to power in his homeland. May composed over a hundred film scores. He wrote a musical Wedding in Paris in 1954.

Selected filmography

  • Wood Love (1925)
  • The Third Squadron (1926)
  • The Bohemian Dancer (1926)
  • White Slave Traffic (1926)
  • I Lost My Heart in Heidelberg (1926)
  • The Heart of a German Mother (1926)
  • Princess Trulala (1926)
  • When I Came Back (1926)
  • Our Emden (1926)
  • We Belong to the Imperial-Royal Infantry Regiment (1926)
  • Children's Souls Accuse You (1927)
  • His Greatest Bluff (1927)
  • The Field Marshal (1927)
  • Storm Tide (1927)
  • The City of a Thousand Delights (1927)
  • Vienna, City of Song (1930)
  • The Copper (1930)
  • The Flame of Love (1930)
  • The Road to Dishonour (1930)
  • Hai-Tang (1930)
  • A Student's Song of Heidelberg (1930)
  • Let's Love and Laugh (1931)
  • Weekend in Paradise (1931)
  • All is at Stake (1932)
  • The Ladies Diplomat (1932)
  • Trenck (1932)
  • The Pride of Company Three (1932)
  • Ein Lied geht um die Welt (1933) (A song goes round the world)
  • Wild Cattle (1934)
  • My Song Goes Round the World (1934)
  • Give Her a Ring (1934)
  • The Diplomatic Lover (1934)
  • A Star Fell from Heaven (1934)
  • The Student's Romance (1935)
  • No Monkey Business (1935)
  • Ein Stern fällt vom Himmel (A Star falls from Heaven)
  • Everything in Life (1936)
  • Southern Roses (1936)
  • A Star Fell from Heaven (1936)
  • Heut ist der schönste Tag in meinem Leben (c. 1936)
  • The Lilac Domino (1937)
  • Under Secret Orders (1937)
  • I Killed the Count (1939)
  • Paradise Lost (1940)
  • Pastor Hall (1940)
  • Thunder Rock (1942)
  • Back-Room Boy (1942)
  • Murder in Reverse (1945)
  • Twilight Hour (1945)
  • Waltz Time (1945)
  • The Laughing Lady (1946)
  • Green Fingers (1947)
  • Brighton Rock (1947)
  • Mrs. Fitzherbert (1947)
  • Counterblast (1948)
  • Warning to Wantons (1949)
  • The Twenty Questions Murder Mystery (1950)
  • Guilt Is My Shadow (1950)
  • Shadow of the Eagle (1950)
  • A Tale of Five Cities (1951)
  • Escape Route (1952)
  • The Tall Headlines (1952)
  • Rough Shoot (1953)
  • Never Let Me Go (1953)
  • The Gypsy and the Gentleman (1958)
  • A Song Goes Round the World (1958)