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Composer

Walter Schumann

Best rated (music): The Night of the Hunter (7.9)

Music films
11
Music avg
6.47
Peak run
1949’55
Music films, by TMDB rating

The career

Walter Schumann, music career by TMDB rating5-film averagePeak era
Peak 1949 to 1955, 6.5556781948195019521954The Night of the Hunter 7.9Africa Screams 5.7Career avg 6.47

Dot size shows audience votes. Films below the source vote floor sit on the baseline.

Walter Schumann's career barcodecoolhot
194711 films1955
Current formLast 5: 6.55 vs career 6.47 (+0.08)
  1. WBud Abbott and Lou Costello Meet the Killer, Boris Karloff1949 · 6.6+0.1
  2. LBud Abbott and Lou Costello in the Foreign Legion1950 · 6.1−0.4
  3. LComin' Round the Mountain1951 · 6.1−0.4
  4. LDragnet1954 · 6.1−0.4
  5. WThe Night of the Hunter1955 · 7.9+1.4
As a composer, films with 25+ votes

Walter by the numbers

Average
6.47
8 rated films
Vote weighted
6.61
bigger films count more
Median
6.3
half are better
Consistency
±0.67
rating spread
Career
9y
1947 to 1955
Total votes
2.26K
across every film
Best
7.9
The Night of the Hunter
Worst
5.7
Africa Screams
Newest first

Filmography

Better together?

Walter Schumann's regulars

The number on the right is the lift: their average together minus the average of their two careers. Acting pairs here count billed roles (an actor in a director's top six, co-stars both in the top five); each duo page counts every film they made together in those roles.

Films together: Charles Barton and Walter Schumann movies · Charles Lamont and Walter Schumann movies

Takes

On Walter Schumann

Career statistics use TMDB ratings and 25+ votes per film.

Sources: TMDB (TMDB API terms and product-specific authorization, as of 2026-10-12T23:47:04.021Z), Wikidata (CC0).

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