Erno Rapee(1891-1945)

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Composer
Soundtrack

Erno Rapee was born on 4 June 1891 in Budapest, Hungary. He was a composer, known for The Island (2005), The Green Mile (1999) and Matchstick Men (2003). He was married to Mariska ?. He died on 26 June 1945 in New York City, New York, USA.

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Known for

The Island

6.8

Soundtrack("Charmaine")

2005

The Green Mile

8.6

Soundtrack("Charmaine")

1999

Matchstick Men

7.3

Soundtrack("Charmaine")

2003

It's Complicated

6.5

Soundtrack("Charmaine")

2009

Credits

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Music Department

Back Door to Heaven
5.9
- musical director
- 1939
Revolt of the Zombies
3.4
- composer: stock music (uncredited)
- 1936
Chloe, Love Is Calling You
3.3
- music arranger
- 1934
By Candlelight
6.8
- composer: stock music (uncredited)
- 1933
The Doomed Battalion
7.0
- composer: stock music (uncredited)
- 1932
My Past
5.6
- general musical director
- 1931
The Hot Heiress
5.7
- general musical director
- 1931
Illicit
6.1
- general musical director
- 1931
Sit Tight
5.0
- general musical director
- 1931
Misbehaving Ladies
- musical director
- 1931
Kiss Me Again
5.5
- general musical director
- 1931
Little Caesar
7.2
- general musical director
- 1931
Other Men's Women
6.4
- general musical director
- 1930
Captain Thunder
4.5
- general musical director
- 1930
Going Wild
5.8
- general musical director
- 1930

Composer

Conquer by the Clock
5.4
Short
- Composer
- 1942
Invasion
- Composer
- 1941
The Dead March
- Composer
- 1937
Men of the Sky
7.4
- Composer
- 1931
Der Tanz geht weiter
- Composer (as Ernö Rapée)
- 1930
Whispering Winds
- Composer
- 1929
Making the Grade
- Composer
- 1929
Bachelor's Club
3.5
- Composer (uncredited)
- 1929
Dry Martini
4.4
- Composer (uncredited)
- 1928
4 Devils
- Composer (uncredited)
- 1928
Mother Knows Best
4.9
- Composer
- 1928
The Red Dance
6.2
- Composer
- 1928
Fazil
6.0
- Composer
- 1928
The Man Who Laughs
7.6
- Composer (uncredited)
- 1928
Street Angel
7.3
- Composer (uncredited)
- 1928

Soundtrack

My Father and Me
7.3
- writer: "Charmaine"
- 2019
Genius
8.2
TV Series
- lyrics: "Charmaine" (uncredited)
- 2018
Twin Peaks
8.5
TV Series
- writer: "Charmaine"
- 2017
The Rum Diary
6.1
- writer: "Charmaine"
- 2011
This Must Be the Place
6.7
- writer: "Charmaine"
- 2011
Brian Wilson: Songwriter 1962 - 1969
8.1
Video
- writer: "Charmaine"
- 2010
It's Complicated
6.5
- writer: "Charmaine"
- 2009
Hollywood Singing and Dancing: A Musical History - The 1920s: The Dawn of the Hollywood Musical
8.1
Video
- music: "Charmaine" (uncredited)
- 2008
The Island
6.8
- writer: "Charmaine"
- 2005
Panorama Ephemera
6.2
- writer: "Excerpts from 'Conquer by the Clock'"
- 2004
Matchstick Men
7.3
- writer: "Charmaine"
- 2003
The Green Mile
8.6
- writer: "Charmaine"
- 1999
Jimmy Jenseits
Short
- Soundtrack ("Charmaine")
- 1993
Only Fools and Horses
9.0
TV Series
- writer: "Diane" (uncredited)
- 1985
Just a Gigolo
5.4
- lyrics: "Charmaine"
- 1978

Personal details

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Alternative names
- Ernó Rapee
Born
- June 4, 1891
- Budapest, Hungary
Died
- June 26, 1945
- New York City, New York, USA(heart attack)
Spouse
- Mariska ?
Other works
Book: "Enyclopedia of Music for Motion Pictures". New York: Belmont.
Publicity listings
- 2 Articles

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Trivia
His two most popularly enduring compositions were the songs 'Charmaine', written in 1926, and 'Diane', written for the 1927 silent movie "Seventh Heaven". The first was later recorded, among others, by Mantovani and Billy May, the second (famously) by Ray Charles and by the Miles Davis Quartet.