Hans J. Salter Film Scores

Film and Television Composer
(aka Hans Salter, H. J. Salter, H.J. Slater)
January 14, 1896 - July 23, 1994
Born in Vienna, Austria

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A Few Favorite Melodies of Hans J. Salter

• Tower of London (1939, with uncredited Ralph Freed and Frank Skinner), starring Basil Rathbone, Boris Karloff and Vincent Price.
  
  
• The Invisible Man Returns (1940, with Frank Skinner), starring Vincent Price, Cedric Hardwicke and Nan Grey.
  
  
• Black Friday (1940, uncredited along with Frank Skinner, Ralph Freed, Charles Henderson, and Charles Previn), starring Boris Karloff, Stanley Ridges and Bela Lugosi.
  
  
• The Mummy's Hand (1940, uncredited, with Frank Skinner) starring Dick Foran, Peggy Moran, Wallace Ford, George Zucco, Eduardo Ciannelli and Tom Tyler as "Kharis".
  
  
• Man Made Monster (1941, with stock music by Frank Skinner and Charles Henderson), starring Lon Chaney Jr., Lionel Atwill and Anne Nagel.
  
  
• Horror Island (1941, uncredited along with Frank Skinner, Charles Henderson and Charles Previn), starring Dick Foran, Peggy Moran, Leo Carrillo and Foy Van Dolsen.
  
  
• The Black Cat (1941), starring Basil Rathbone, Broderick Crawford, Bela Lugosi, Gale Sondergaard, and Anne Gwynne.
  
  
• Hold That Ghost (1941, uncredited along with Frank Skinner, and Milton Rosen), starring Bud Abbott and Lou Costello, Richard Carlson and Evelyn Ankers.
  
  
• The Wolf Man (1941, uncredited with Frank Skinner and Charles Previn), starring Lon Chaney Jr., Evelyn Ankers, Claude Rains, Maria Ouspenskaya and Bela Lugosi.
  
  
• The Ghost of Frankenstein (1942), starring Lon Chaney Jr., Bela Lugosi, Cedric Hardwicke, Lionel Atwill and Evelyn Ankers.
  
  
• The Strange Case of Dr. Rx (1942, uncredited with Frank Skinner), starring Lionel Atwill, Patric Knowles and Anne Gwynne.
  
  
• Mystery of Marie Roget (1942), starring Patric Knowles, Maria Ouspenskaya and Maria Montez.
  
  
• Invisible Agent (1942, uncredited), starring Jon Hall, Ilona Massey, Cedric Hardwicke and Peter Lorre.
  
  
• Night Monster (1942, uncredited stock music), starring Bela Lugosi, Lionel Atwill, Ralph Morgan and Irene Hervey.
  
  
• The Mummy's Tomb (1942, uncredited stock music), starring Dick Foran, Elyse Knox, Wallace Ford, Turhan Bey, George Zucco and Lon Chaney Jr. as "Kharis".
  
  
• Frankenstein Meets the Wolf Man (1943, uncredited), starring Bela Lugosi, Lon Chaney Jr., Ilona Massey, Patric Knowles, Lionel Atwill and Maria Ouspenskaya.
  
  
• Captive Wild Woman (1943, with Frank Skinner), starring John Carradine, Acquanetta, Evelyn Ankers, Milburn Stone, and Ray Corrigan's Gorilla.
  
  
• Son of Dracula (1943), starring Lon Chaney Jr., Robert Paige, Louise Allbritton, J. Edward Bromberg and Evelyn Ankers.
  
  
• Calling Dr. Death (1943, with Paul Sawtell, Charles Henderson and Frank Skinner), starring Lon Chaney Jr., Patricia Morison and J. Carrol Naish.
  
  
• Sherlock Holmes and the Spider Woman (1944,), starring Basil Rathbone, Nigel Bruce and Gale Sondergaard.
  
  
• The Invisible Man's Revenge (1944, with uncredited William Lava and Eric Zeisl), starring Jon Hall, John Carradine, Evelyn Ankers and Gale Sondergaard.
  
  
• House of Frankenstein (1944, with uncredited Paul Dessau), starring Boris Karloff, Lon Chaney Jr., John Carradine, Elena Verdugo, J. Carrol Naish, George Zucco, Lionel Atwill, Anne Gwynne and Peter Coe.
  
  
• Sherlock Holmes and the House of Fear (1945), starring Basil Rathbone, Nigel Bruce, Aubrey Mather, Dennis Hoey and Paul Cavanagh.
  
  
• Scarlet Street (1945), starring Edward G. Robinson, Joan Bennett and Dan Duryea (directed by Fritz Lang).
  
  
• The Brute Man (1946, with uncredited William Lava, Charles Previn, Paul Sawtell and Frank Skinner), starring Rondo Hatton, Jane Adams and Tom Neal.
  
  
• Bend of the River (1952, with uncredited Frank Skinner), starring James Stewart, Arthur Kennedy, Julie Adams and Rock Hudson.
  
  
• The Creature from the Black Lagoon (1954, uncredited along with Henry Mancini, Robert Emmett Dolan, Milton Rosen and Herman Stein), starring Richard Carlson, Julie Adams, Ben Chapman, Ricou Browning, Richard Denning, Nestor Paiva and Whit Bissell.
  
  
• Revenge of the Creature (1955, uncredited with William Lava, Henry Mancini, Milton Rosen, Frank Skinner and Herman Stein), starring John Agar, Lori Nelson, John Bromfield, Nestor Paiva, Ricou Browning and Tom Hennesy.
  
  
• This Island Earth (1955, uncredited with Henry Mancini and Herman Stein), starring Jeff Morrow, Faith Domergue, Rex Reason, Regis Parton and Eddie Parker.
  
  
• The Creature Walks Among Us (1956, uncredited along with Irving Gertz, Henry Mancini, Heinz Roemheld and Herman Stein), starring Jeff Morrow, Rex Reason, Leigh Snowden, Ricou Browning and Don Megowan.
  
  
• The Mole People (1956, with Heinz Roemheld and Herman Stein), starring John Agar, Cynthia Patrick, Hugh Beaumont, Alan Napier, Nestor Paiva and Eddie Parker.
  
  
• The Incredible Shrinking Man (1957, uncredited with Irving Gertz and Herman Stein), starring Grant Williams, Randy Stuart, Raymond Bailey and William Schallert.
  
  
• The Land Unknown (1957, uncredited along with Henry Mancini, Heinz Roemheld and Herman Stein), starring Jock Mahoney, Shirley Patterson and Henry Brandon.
  
  
• Hitler (1962), starring Richard Basehart, John Mitchum, Celia Lovsky and Martin Kosleck.
  
  
• King Kong vs. Godzilla (1962, stock music in US version, with original score by Akira Ifukube), starring Tadao Takashima, Kenji Sahara, Shoichi Hirose as "Kingukongu," Haruo Nakajima / Katsumi Tezuka as "Gojira" and Les Tremayne as US narrator.
  
  
• Maya (1967, TV series), starring Jay North and Sajid Khan, with narration by Marvin Miller.
  
  
• DOZENS and DOZENS of unlisted horror films, mysteries, westerns, serials, films of other types, television shows, and even animated cartoons (Space Angel) use music composed by Hans J. Salter for Universal.

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