Roy Webb

Roy Webb was a Hollywood studio film composer, whose reputation as a dependable workhorse -- he scored in excess of 360 films and served as musical director on about 100 more -- has obscured the very fine qualities of his music. Born in New York, Webb was the younger brother of Kenneth Webb, a popular songwriter and silent film director. Roy Webb began his career as a songwriter and pit conductor for Broadway shows; along the way, it was Webb who gave instruction to the young Richard Rodgers in musical notation. Webb composed Columbia University's official football fight song,...