Song:End Title-An Affair To Remember
Album:Original Soundtrack: An Affair To Remember
Film composer Hugo Friedhofer wasn't as well known as composers like Bernard Herrmann or Miklos Rosza. But he wrote several fine scores in the 40s and 50s and won an Oscar for the 1946 film The Best Years Of Our Lives. He was born May 3, 1901 in San Francisco. His parents were German immigrants and his father played cello. So it's not surprising that Friedhofer took up the cello himself and studied at the University Of California at Berkeley. He moved to Los Angeles in 1929 to take a job at Fox Studios as an arranger. He went to work at Warner Bros. in the mid-30s and orchestrated many films for Max Steiner and Erich Wolfgang Korngold. His first film as composer was the 1937 film The Adventures Of Marco Polo. 20th Century Fox house composer Alfred Newman got him into the studio to score the 1944 film The Lodger. But Friedhofer's big break came when Newman recommended him to producer Sam Goldwyn for the 1946 film The Best Years Of Our Lives. Friedhofer won the Best Original Score Oscar. He worked on many films in the 50s and 60s including Leo McCarey's 1957 film An Affair To Remember starring Cary Grant and Deborah Kerr. The film is a scene for scene remake of McCarey's 1939 film Love Affair. The remake was in Technicolor and Cinemascope. McCarey wrote the theme to the film with veteran songwriters Harold Adamson and Harry Warren. Vic Damone sang it over the opening credits and it was a top 20 pop hit. This instrumental version plays over the end credits and Lionel Newman conducted the orchestra. Epic released the soundtrack on CD in 1993. It's mostly instrumental with the Damone vocal and a few songs performed in the film by Deborah Kerr and dubbed by Marni Nixon. The film is also available on DVD. Film music fans should check it out. Hugo Friedhofer retired in the early 70's and died on May 17, 1981 at age 80. Here's the trailer for the 1957 film An Affair To Remember.
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