Carl Edouarde

Carl Edouarde (31 October 1875 – 8 December 1932) was an American composer of film music, known particularly for his association with Samuel Roxy Rothafel.

He graduated from the Royal Conservatory of Leipzig in 1899 and returned to the United States that year with Allessandro Liberati's band as a virtuoso violinist.

When Rothafel opened the Strand Theatre in 1914, he appointed Edouarde as the lead conductor, a position he would hold for thirteen years.

Edouarde compiled photoplay music into scores for features at the Strand regularly, including The Hunchback of Notre Dame (1923 film) and The Private Life of Helen of Troy (1927).

In 1927, Edouarde left the Strand in order to work in the field of synchronizing musical scores to sound film.