Edward J. Kay

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Edward J. Kay (born November 27, 1898 in New York City , † December 22, 1973 in Los Angeles County , California ) was an American composer for film music who was nominated for five Academy Awards.

Career

Kay began his career in the Hollywood film industry in the mid- 1930s and has worked as a composer or musical director in around 400 film productions. He made his debut as musical director in 1936 in the film Federal Agent (1936) directed by Sam Newfield .

He received his first Oscar nomination in 1942 in the category Best Score in a Drama for the film Lord of the Zombies - Isle of the Living Dead by Jean Yarbrough . 1943 followed a nomination for the best film music in the drama Klondike Fury by William K. Howard . In 1945, Kay was nominated for his work in the music film Belita tanzt ( Lady, Let's Dance ) by Frank Woodruff . The following year he was nominated twice, for the music film Sunbonnet Sue by Ralph Murphy and for the comedy GI Honeymoon by Phil Karlson .

His other works include the horror film The Ape Man (1943) by William Beaudine , the Western Riding the California Trail (1947) by William Nigh and the film drama The Checkered Coat (1948) by Edward L. Cahn . Most recently he was musical director of the crime film Im Dschungel der Großstadt (1958) by Paul Landres .

According to the Internet Movie Database , Kay also composed the electronic music for the science fiction film The Creation of the Humanoids (1962), which he co-produced under the pseudonym "IFM", but there is no evidence of this.

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SURNAME Kay, Edward J.
BRIEF DESCRIPTION American composer
DATE OF BIRTH November 27, 1898
PLACE OF BIRTH New York City
DATE OF DEATH 22nd December 1973
Place of death Los Angeles County , California