Hans May

Hans May (1886–1958) was an Austrian-born film composer who went into exile in Britain after the Nazis came to power in his homeland. May composed over a hundred film scores. He wrote a musical Wedding in Paris in 1954.

Selected filmography

• Back-Room Boy (1942)
• Brighton Rock (1947)
• Mrs. Fitzherbert (1947)
• Warning to Wantons (1949)
• The Twenty Questions Murder Mystery (1950)
• Guilt Is My Shadow (1950)
• Shadow of the Eagle (1950)
• A Tale of Five Cities (1951)
• The Tall Headlines (1952)
• Rough Shoot (1953)
• Never Let Me Go (1953)
• The Gypsy and the Gentleman (1958)

Bibliography

• Bergfelder, Tim & Cargnelli, Christian. Destination London: German-speaking emigrés and British cinema, 1925-1950. Berghahn Books, 2008.

External links

• Hans May at the Internet Movie Database