Portrait of Richard Rodgers

Sound

Richard Rodgers

Career

Active from 1931 to 2015, with a break from 1966 to 1996, with up to 2 main titles a year.

Leading roles
0
top three billing
Average score
GoodWatch score62/100
Highest rated
Poster for The King and I
The King and I
GoodWatch score78/100

Awards

Reported results for this person. Coverage is incomplete; these results don't establish award totals.

  • Primetime Emmy Awards · Outstanding Original Music and Lyrics

    1962 · Won

    The Valiant Years

    Source: Wikidata

  • Academy Awards · Music (Original Song)

    1946 · Won · 18th Academy Awards

    It Might as Well Be Spring

    Source: Wikidata

What stands out

Compared with the average well-known movie, over 29 of their titles. Select a trait to filter titles.

Energy: 3.3 versus catalog average 4.5EnergyHeart: 6.0 versus catalog average 4.2HeartHumor: 2.5 versus catalog average 2.6HumorWorld: 5.5 versus catalog average 5.6WorldCraft: 5.0 versus catalog average 5.3CraftStyle: 6.7 versus catalog average 5.9Style
Richard Rodgers Catalog average

Rarely in their work

  • Contemporary Realism
    1.4, average 5.4
  • Violence
    1.5, average 4.1
  • Crime
    1.0, average 3.6
  • Tension
    3.7, average 5.9

Main genres

Select a genre to see those titles.

Recurring tags

  • Classic Musical 7
  • Nostalgic Charm 4
  • Family Drama 3
  • Family-Friendly 3
  • Strong Female Lead 2
  • Classic Hollywood Musical 2
  • American West 2
  • Nostalgic 2
  • Iconic Songs 2
  • Golden Age Hollywood 2
  • Rodgers and Hammerstein 2
  • Historical Drama 2

Works often with

People in at least two of their main titles.

Movies and TV shows

66
Type
Role
Score
Decade
Genre
Group by

2020s

4 titles · average score 78
The Colors Within
The Colors Within (2024)
GoodWatch score 78

Music

My Favorite Things: The Rodgers & Hammerstein 80th Anniversary Concert
My Favorite Things: The Rodgers & Hammerstein 80th Anniversary Concert (2024)

Songs

Becoming Benanti: The Role of a Lifetime
Becoming Benanti: The Role of a Lifetime (2022)

Music

Some Enchanted Evening
Some Enchanted Evening (2021)

Songs, Music

2010s

6 titles · average score 66
The King and I
The King and I (2018)
GoodWatch score 73

Music, Songs

The Sound of Music Live!
The Sound of Music Live! (2015)
GoodWatch score 75

Songs, Original Music Composer

The Sound of Music Live!
The Sound of Music Live! (2013)
GoodWatch score 50

Songs, Original Music Composer

Rodgers and Hammerstein's Carousel: Live from Lincoln Center
Rodgers and Hammerstein's Carousel: Live from Lincoln Center (2013)

Songs

Oklahoma!
Oklahoma! (2011)

Musical

South Pacific
South Pacific (2010)

Musical

2000s

3 titles · average score 51
Oklahoma! (Takarazuka)
Oklahoma! (Takarazuka) (2006)

Songs, Original Music Composer

Oklahoma!
Oklahoma! (2002)

Music

South Pacific
South Pacific (2001)
GoodWatch score 51

Songs, Original Music Composer

1990s

5 titles · average score 59
The King and I
The King and I (1999)
GoodWatch score 33

Songs, Original Music Composer

Oklahoma!
Oklahoma! (1999)
GoodWatch score 75

Musical, Original Music Composer

Cinderella
Cinderella (1997)
GoodWatch score 69

Songs, Original Music Composer

Some Enchanted Evening: Celebrating Oscar Hammerstein II
Some Enchanted Evening: Celebrating Oscar Hammerstein II (1995)

Music

The King and I: Recording a Hollywood Dream
The King and I: Recording a Hollywood Dream (1993)

Music

1980s

2 titles
The Boys from Syracuse
The Boys from Syracuse (1986)

Music

I Am Returning Your Portrait
I Am Returning Your Portrait (1983)

Music

1970s

1 title · average score 70
That's Entertainment, Part II
That's Entertainment, Part II (1976)
GoodWatch score 70

Thanks

1960s

8 titles · average score 61
Androcles and the Lion
Androcles and the Lion (1967)

Songs, Lyricist

Annie Get Your Gun
Annie Get Your Gun (1967)

Producer

Carousel
Carousel (1967)

Songs

The Sound of Music
The Sound of Music (1965)
GoodWatch score 72

Music, Original Music Composer

Cinderella
Cinderella (1965)
GoodWatch score 69

Original Music Composer, Executive Producer

Billy Rose's Jumbo
Billy Rose's Jumbo (1962)
GoodWatch score 59

Songs, Original Music Composer

State Fair
State Fair (1962)
GoodWatch score 35

Original Music Composer, Songs

Flower Drum Song
Flower Drum Song (1961)
GoodWatch score 73

Original Music Composer, Songs

1950s

14 titles · average score 73
South Pacific
South Pacific (1958)
GoodWatch score 69

Original Music Composer, Theatre Play

Pal Joey
Pal Joey (1957)
GoodWatch score 75

Music, Original Music Composer

Cinderella
Cinderella (1957)
GoodWatch score 76

Original Music Composer, Songs

The King and I
The King and I (1956)
GoodWatch score 78

Original Music Composer, Songs

Carousel
Carousel (1956)
GoodWatch score 58

Musical, Music

Gaby
Gaby (1956)
GoodWatch score 66

Music

Oklahoma!
Oklahoma! (1955)
GoodWatch score 74

Executive Producer, Music

Love Me or Leave Me
Love Me or Leave Me (1955)
GoodWatch score 72

Songs

A Connecticut Yankee
A Connecticut Yankee (1955)

Songs

Dearest Enemy
Dearest Enemy (1955)

Songs

Victory at Sea
Victory at Sea (1954)
GoodWatch score 91

Music

America Applauds: An Evening for Richard Rodgers
America Applauds: An Evening for Richard Rodgers (1951)

Music

1940s

6 titles · average score 54
Words and Music
Words and Music (1948)
GoodWatch score 38

Original Music Composer, Songs

State Fair
State Fair (1945)
GoodWatch score 68

Songs, Original Music Composer

Stage Door Canteen
Stage Door Canteen (1943)
GoodWatch score 62

Songs

I Married an Angel
I Married an Angel (1942)
GoodWatch score 46

Musical, Songs

The Boys from Syracuse
The Boys from Syracuse (1940)

Songs

Too Many Girls
Too Many Girls (1940)
GoodWatch score 55

Songs

1930s

16 titles · average score 65
Babes in Arms
Babes in Arms (1939)
GoodWatch score 76

Theatre Play, Songs

Dancing Pirate
Dancing Pirate (1936)
GoodWatch score 46

Songs

Mississippi
Mississippi (1935)
GoodWatch score 68

Music, Songs

Hollywood Party
Hollywood Party (1934)
GoodWatch score 46

Original Music Composer, Lyricist

Evergreen
Evergreen (1934)
GoodWatch score 65

Original Music Composer

Manhattan Melodrama
Manhattan Melodrama (1934)
GoodWatch score 75

Songs

Dancing Lady
Dancing Lady (1933)
GoodWatch score 74

Songs

Love Me Tonight
Love Me Tonight (1932)
GoodWatch score 87

Songs

The Phantom President
The Phantom President (1932)
GoodWatch score 62

Songs

The Hot Heiress
The Hot Heiress (1931)
GoodWatch score 60

Original Music Composer

Ten Cents a Dance
Ten Cents a Dance (1931)
GoodWatch score 64

Idea

Follow Thru
Follow Thru (1930)
GoodWatch score 70

Songs

1920s

1 title
Makers of Melody
Makers of Melody (1929)

Songs