Erno Rapee(1891-1945)

Music Department
Composer
Soundtrack

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Erno Rapee was born on 4 June 1891 in Budapest, Hungary. He was a composer, known for The Island (2005), La Ligne verte (1999) and Les Associés (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

Ewan McGregor and Scarlett Johansson in The Island (2005)

6.8

Soundtrack("Charmaine")

2005

Tom Hanks in La Ligne verte (1999)

8.6

Soundtrack("Charmaine")

1999

Nicolas Cage, Sam Rockwell, and Alison Lohman in Les Associés (2003)

7.3

Soundtrack("Charmaine")

2003

Alec Baldwin and Meryl Streep in Pas si simple (2009)

6.6

Soundtrack("Charmaine")

2009

Credits

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
3.4
- music arranger
- 1934
Court-circuit
6.7
- composer: stock music (uncredited)
- 1933
Les sans-soucis
7.2
- composer: stock music (uncredited)
- 1932
The Doomed Battalion
6.8
- composer: stock music (uncredited)
- 1932
Mon passé
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
Le Petit César
7.2
- general musical director
- 1931
Other Men's Women
6.4
- general musical director
- 1930
Captain Thunder
4.5
- 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
Le club des célibataires
4.3
- Composer (uncredited)
- 1929
Dry Martini
4.4
- Composer (uncredited)
- 1928
Quatre diables
- Composer (uncredited)
- 1928
Grande vedette
4.9
- Composer
- 1928
La danse rouge
6.2
- Composer
- 1928
L'insoumise
5.9
- Composer
- 1928
L'homme qui rit
7.6
- Composer (uncredited)
- 1928
L'ange de la rue
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: The Return
8.5
TV Series
- writer: "Charmaine"
- 2017
Rhum Express
6.1
- writer: "Charmaine"
- 2011
This Must Be the Place
6.7
- writer: "Charmaine"
- 2011
Brian Wilson: Songwriter 1962 - 1969
8.0
Video
- writer: "Charmaine"
- 2010
Pas si simple
6.6
- 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
Les Associés
7.3
- writer: "Charmaine"
- 2003
La Ligne verte
8.6
- writer: "Charmaine"
- 1999
Jimmy Jenseits
Short
- Soundtrack ("Charmaine")
- 1993
Only Fools and Horses
9.0
TV Series
- writer: "Diane" (uncredited)
- 1985
Gigolo
5.4
- lyrics: "Charmaine"
- 1978

Personal details

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

Did you know

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.

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