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Edward B. Powell

Composer · Died February 28, 1984, aged 74 · Carroll County, Illinois, USA

Born
December 5, 1909
Died
February 28, 1984 (aged 74)
From
Carroll County, Illinois, USA
Works as
Composer
Titles
96 on Motif · 106 credits in all
Links
IMDb (opens in a new tab)TMDB (opens in a new tab)

Known for

TMDB popularity, last 39 days to Oct 28Up 33% in 30 days

What are Edward B. Powell's films like?

Across their 5 Motif titles with a thematic analysis, their films lean Bonds and Self.

Themes

share of theme weight
Bonds
49%
Self
31%
Morality
15%
Power
5%
Romantic love3 titles, browse their movies with this theme

What they feel like to watch

their average across 5 films
ToneFeelDemandtheir average · filled zone: the category
Grounded: How far its world departs from everyday reality. Browse their grounded movies.
Tone · Style
naturalisticheightened

A split, not a type: Grounded 2 · Stylized 3 · Heightened 0

Charged: How hard the emotional peaks hit while you watch. Browse their charged movies.
Feel · Intensity
gentleintense

Gentle 1 · Charged 4 · Intense 0

Shifting: How much it swings between very different feelings. Browse their shifting movies.
Feel · Swings
steadyswings

Steady 2 · Shifting 3 · Whiplash 0

Some laughs: How much of the runtime is played for laughs. Browse their some laughs movies.
Feel · Humor
noneconstant

A split, not a type: Straight-faced 2 · Some laughs 1 · Funny 2

Slow burn: How fast it moves from scene to scene. Browse their slow burn movies.
Demand · Pace
slowrelentless

A split, not a type: Slow burn 2 · Even-paced 3 · Relentless 0

Casual: How much focus it asks of you — look away and lose the thread? Browse their casual movies.
Demand · Attention
casualfull focus

Casual 5 · Engaged 0 · Full focus 0

Easy watch: How much it costs you emotionally; whether you need recovery time. Browse their easy watch movies.
Demand · Emotional cost
easyheavy

A split, not a type: Easy watch 2 · Affecting 3 · Heavy 0

Resolved: How much is left for you to interpret. Browse their resolved movies.
Demand · Resolution
resolvedambiguous

Resolved 5 · Open-ended 0 · Ambiguous 0

Moods and endings

endings are an aggregate; no title is named

Dominant moods · mentions across their titles

Tense
3
Joyful
2
Melancholic
2
Romantic
2
Warm
2
Other
5

How their films linger

Feel-good3 titles, browse their movies with this aftertasteBittersweet2 titles, browse their movies with this aftertasteUnsettling2 titles, browse their movies with this aftertaste

How their films end

  • Happy3
  • Bittersweet1
  • Tragic1

AI-generated from each title's plot synopsis and cast list, with extra plot summaries, reviews and Parents Guide notes for titles the model may not know, and the model's own knowledge of the ones it recognizes. Only analyzed titles count, so this covers part of the filmography; the feel axes count films only for now.

Where can I watch Edward B. Powell's films?

As of October 24, 2026, 23 of their 96 Motif titles stream on a subscription or free service, most on Tubi (13).

Also on these channels

Subscription and free streaming for Edward B. Powell's titles on Motif; rent and buy are not counted. Titles are listed by Midcredits score, highest first, at most 12 per service; a dashed chip is a producer credit or a minor one, such as a thanks. A service opens the browse page, which counts movies only, so its number can differ.

Filmography

106 credits, 96 with a Motif page.

  • Hang 'Em High(1968)

    Orchestrator

    Midcredits score: 81st percentile of all films

  • A Big Hand for the Little Lady(1966)

    Orchestrator

    Midcredits score: 89th percentile of all films

  • The Great Sioux Massacre(1965)

    Composer

    Midcredits score: 11th percentile of all films

  • Sylvia(1965)

    Orchestrator

    Midcredits score: 62nd percentile of all films

  • Period of Adjustment(1962)

    Orchestrator

    Midcredits score: 50th percentile of all films

  • Wild in the Country(1961)

    Orchestrator

    Midcredits score: 59th percentile of all films

  • Flaming Star(1960)

    Orchestrator

    Midcredits score: 65th percentile of all films

  • Cimarron(1960)

    Orchestrator

    Midcredits score: 54th percentile of all films

  • From the Terrace(1960)

    Orchestrator

    Midcredits score: 69th percentile of all films

  • Seven Thieves(1960)

    Orchestrator

    Midcredits score: 61st percentile of all films

  • The Story on Page One(1959)

    Orchestrator

    Midcredits score: 57th percentile of all films

  • Beloved Infidel(1959)

    Orchestrator

    Midcredits score: 46th percentile of all films

  • The Man Who Understood Women(1959)

    Orchestrator

    Midcredits score: 3rd percentile of all films

  • The Diary of Anne Frank(1959)

    Orchestrator

    Midcredits score: 88th percentile of all films

  • From Hell to Texas(1958)

    Orchestrator

    Midcredits score: 74th percentile of all films

  • The Young Lions(1958)

    Orchestrator

    Midcredits score: 85th percentile of all films

  • South Pacific(1958)

    Orchestrator

    Midcredits score: 70th percentile of all films

  • Desk Set(1957)

    Orchestrator

    Midcredits score: 88th percentile of all films

  • Will Success Spoil Rock Hunter?(1957)

    Orchestrator

    Midcredits score: 80th percentile of all films

  • An Affair to Remember(1957)

    Orchestrator

    Midcredits score: 91st percentile of all films

  • The Wayward Bus(1957)

    Orchestrator

    Midcredits score: 59th percentile of all films

  • Boy on a Dolphin(1957)

    Orchestrator

    Midcredits score: 49th percentile of all films

  • Oh, Men! Oh, Women!(1957)

    Orchestrator

    Midcredits score: 10th percentile of all films

  • Anastasia(1956)

    Orchestrator

    Midcredits score: 79th percentile of all films

  • Bigger Than Life(1956)

    Orchestrator

    Midcredits score: 91st percentile of all films

  • Between Heaven and Hell(1956)

    Orchestrator

    Midcredits score: 65th percentile of all films

  • Bus Stop(1956)

    Orchestrator

    Midcredits score: 50th percentile of all films

  • Carousel(1956)

    Orchestrator

    Midcredits score: 57th percentile of all films

  • The Girl in the Red Velvet Swing(1955)

    Composer

    Midcredits score: 59th percentile of all films

  • The Tall Men(1955)

    Orchestrator

    Midcredits score: 70th percentile of all films

  • The Left Hand of God(1955)

    Orchestrator

    Midcredits score: 58th percentile of all films

  • The Seven Year Itch(1955)

    Orchestrator

    Midcredits score: 80th percentile of all films

  • Daddy Long Legs(1955)

    Orchestrator

    Midcredits score: 69th percentile of all films

  • Black Widow(1954)

    Orchestrator

    Midcredits score: 70th percentile of all films

  • Three Coins in the Fountain(1954)

    Orchestrator

    Midcredits score: 51st percentile of all films

  • River of No Return(1954)

    Orchestrator

    Midcredits score: 67th percentile of all films

  • How to Marry a Millionaire(1953)

    Orchestrator

    Midcredits score: 78th percentile of all films

  • The Robe(1953)

    Orchestrator

    Midcredits score: 71st percentile of all films

  • Inferno (not in the Motif catalog yet)(1953)

    Orchestrator

  • A Blueprint for Murder(1953)

    Orchestrator

    Midcredits score: 69th percentile of all films

  • Pickup on South Street(1953)

    Orchestrator

    Midcredits score: 95th percentile of all films

  • The Desert Rats(1953)

    Orchestrator

    Midcredits score: 71st percentile of all films

  • Treasure of the Golden Condor(1953)

    Orchestrator

    Midcredits score: 37th percentile of all films

  • Niagara(1953)

    Orchestrator

    Midcredits score: 81st percentile of all films

  • Taxi (not in the Motif catalog yet)(1953)

    Orchestrator

  • Night Without Sleep (not in the Motif catalog yet)(1952)

    Orchestrator

  • Deadline - U.S.A.(1952)

    Orchestrator

    Midcredits score: 87th percentile of all films

  • Let's Make It Legal(1951)

    Orchestrator

    Midcredits score: 41st percentile of all films

  • Anne of the Indies(1951)

    Orchestrator

    Midcredits score: 69th percentile of all films

  • David and Bathsheba(1951)

    Orchestrator

    Midcredits score: 48th percentile of all films

  • The Secret of Convict Lake(1951)

    Orchestrator

    Midcredits score: 77th percentile of all films

  • The House on Telegraph Hill(1951)

    Orchestrator

    Midcredits score: 77th percentile of all films

  • On the Riviera (not in the Motif catalog yet)(1951)

    Orchestrator

  • Fourteen Hours(1951)

    Orchestrator

    Midcredits score: 83rd percentile of all films

  • Rawhide(1951)

    Orchestrator

    Midcredits score: 85th percentile of all films

  • All About Eve(1950)

    Orchestrator

    Midcredits score: 98th percentile of all films

  • Mister 880(1950)

    Orchestrator

    Midcredits score: 83rd percentile of all films

  • No Way Out(1950)

    Orchestrator

    Midcredits score: 91st percentile of all films

  • Panic in the Streets(1950)

    Orchestrator

    Midcredits score: 86th percentile of all films

  • Broken Arrow(1950)

    Orchestrator

    Midcredits score: 83rd percentile of all films

  • Stella (not in the Motif catalog yet)(1950)

    Orchestrator

  • Where the Sidewalk Ends(1950)

    Orchestrator

    Midcredits score: 94th percentile of all films

  • Night and the City(1950)

    Orchestrator

    Midcredits score: 97th percentile of all films

  • The Gunfighter(1950)

    Orchestrator

    Midcredits score: 97th percentile of all films

  • Twelve O'Clock High(1949)

    Orchestrator

    Midcredits score: 95th percentile of all films

  • Pinky(1949)

    Orchestrator

    Midcredits score: 85th percentile of all films

  • Come to the Stable(1949)

    Orchestrator

    Midcredits score: 81st percentile of all films

  • You're My Everything(1949)

    Orchestrator

    Midcredits score: 34th percentile of all films

  • The Fan (not in the Motif catalog yet)(1949)

    Orchestrator

  • Down to the Sea in Ships(1949)

    Orchestrator

    Midcredits score: 89th percentile of all films

  • Yellow Sky(1948)

    Orchestrator

    Midcredits score: 90th percentile of all films

  • Sitting Pretty(1948)

    Orchestrator

    Midcredits score: 90th percentile of all films

  • Call Northside 777(1948)

    Orchestrator

    Midcredits score: 91st percentile of all films

  • Captain from Castile(1947)

    Orchestrator

    Midcredits score: 76th percentile of all films

  • Daisy Kenyon(1947)

    Orchestrator

    Midcredits score: 76th percentile of all films

  • I Wonder Who's Kissing Her Now(1947)

    Orchestrator

    Midcredits score: 69th percentile of all films

  • Miracle on 34th Street(1947)

    Composer · Music Arranger

    Midcredits score: 97th percentile of all films

  • Moss Rose (not in the Motif catalog yet)(1947)

    Orchestrator

  • My Darling Clementine(1946)

    Orchestrator

    Midcredits score: 95th percentile of all films

  • Home Sweet Homicide (not in the Motif catalog yet)(1946)

    Orchestrator

  • Dragonwyck(1946)

    Orchestrator

    Midcredits score: 77th percentile of all films

  • Leave Her to Heaven(1945)

    Orchestrator

    Midcredits score: 95th percentile of all films

  • A Tree Grows in Brooklyn(1945)

    Music Arranger

    Midcredits score: 97th percentile of all films

  • The Song of Bernadette(1943)

    Music Arranger

    Midcredits score: 92nd percentile of all films

  • The Black Swan(1942)

    Orchestrator

    Midcredits score: 69th percentile of all films

  • The Pied Piper (not in the Motif catalog yet)(1942)

    Orchestrator

  • Moontide(1942)

    Orchestrator

    Midcredits score: 73rd percentile of all films

  • This Above All(1942)

    Orchestrator

    Midcredits score: 68th percentile of all films

  • My Gal Sal(1942)

    Orchestrator

    Midcredits score: 47th percentile of all films

  • How Green Was My Valley(1941)

    Orchestrator

    Midcredits score: 95th percentile of all films

  • Beau Geste(1939)

    Music Arranger

    Midcredits score: 90th percentile of all films

  • Made for Each Other(1939)

    Composer

    Midcredits score: 53rd percentile of all films

  • Topper Takes a Trip(1938)

    Composer

    Midcredits score: 62nd percentile of all films

  • The Cowboy and the Lady(1938)

    Orchestrator

    Midcredits score: 65th percentile of all films

  • There Goes My Heart(1938)

    Composer

    Midcredits score: 66th percentile of all films

  • The Hurricane(1937)

    Orchestrator

    Midcredits score: 82nd percentile of all films

  • The Prisoner of Zenda(1937)

    Orchestrator

    Midcredits score: 93rd percentile of all films

  • Dead End(1937)

    Orchestrator

    Midcredits score: 87th percentile of all films

  • Beloved Enemy(1936)

    Orchestrator

    Midcredits score: 49th percentile of all films

  • Dodsworth(1936)

    Orchestrator

    Midcredits score: 95th percentile of all films

  • One Rainy Afternoon(1936)

    Orchestrator

    Midcredits score: 36th percentile of all films

  • These Three(1936)

    Orchestrator

    Midcredits score: 89th percentile of all films

  • Modern Times(1936)

    Music Arranger

    Midcredits score: 99th percentile of all films

  • Broadway Melody of 1936(1935)

    Orchestrator

    Midcredits score: 69th percentile of all films

  • The President Vanishes (not in the Motif catalog yet)(1934)

    Composer

  • Our Daily Bread(1934)

    Orchestrator

    Midcredits score: 81st percentile of all films

Career shape

A full career of 105 titles from 1934 to 1968.

Highest rated

There Goes My Heart (1938)

Midcredits 66th

Most popular right now

Made for Each Other (1939)

By role

only this rolewith another role
Music6 of 105: 5 only music, 1 with another role · typical Midcredits score59thOther crew100 of 105: 99 only other crew, 1 with another role · typical Midcredits score77th

By decade

1930s15 · crew1940s26 · crew1950s54 · crew1960s10 · crew

Counts from TMDB across their full career, self appearances out; a title counts in every role they held on it. The ring is the typical Midcredits score (the median percentile) of the role's titles that are on Motif, shown from 5 scored.

How do Edward B. Powell's films land?

Their typical Motif film has a Midcredits score in the 77th percentile, the median of all 96; across their 5 films with reception data, the typical film sits in the 60th percentile for acclaim.

Acclaim · how much people like their films

60thpercentile
Typical film, the median of 5

Approval · how many liked their films

54thpercentile
Typical film, the median of 5

Reach · how many have seen their films

47thpercentile
Typical film, the median of 5

Midcredits score across 96 titles, by percentile

  • 75th and up50
  • 50th to 74th34
  • 25th to 49th9
  • Below 25th3

Shape of the crowd

None of their 96 titles divides audiences: 67 are Crowd Pleasers.

  • Universally Loved19
  • Crowd Pleaser67
  • Broadly Agreed4
  • Mixed6

Most loved · composer

Miracle on 34th Street (1947)

Midcredits 97th · 86% liked

Reviewers score the sound and music 50/100 in their films, across 4 reviewed titles; fans 58, detractors 40. The element that speaks to their work as a composer.

Percentiles are each film's standing among all films on Motif; the typical film is the median, so one outlier cannot drag it. Percentiles and reviewer scores count the films IMDb credits them on, for now; the Midcredits score bands, the shape of the crowd and the two cards count their Motif titles, shows included (a show ranked among shows), appearances as themselves left out. A descriptor is the shape of a title's IMDb rating distribution against the catalog; "most divisive" needs a spread wider than half of all titles, and a card names only a principal credit: a craft role, and on a show a crew role or a run of episodes, never a courtesy credit or a one-off guest spot.

Who does Edward B. Powell work with?

People who share at least 2 of Edward B. Powell's Motif titles, grouped by what they did on them; Norman Z. McLeod shares the most, 2.

Directors

Writers

Actors

Composers, cinematographers and editors

Producers