Top Ten British Soundtrack Composers
by librarys-etc | created - 20 Nov 2014 | updated - 20 Nov 2014 | Public
1. Johnny Harris
Music_department | The Powers of Matthew Star
Johnny Harris was born in Edinburgh, Scotland 1932 (of Welsh parentage) and is a graduate of the Guildhall School of Music in London. He originally played trumpet with English big bands in the 50's and started freelance writing and arranging in the early 60's before he was hired by Tony Hatch for ...
2. John Barry
Soundtrack | Out of Africa
John Barry was born in York, England in 1933, and was the youngest of three children. His father, Jack, owned several local cinemas and by the age of fourteen, Barry was capable of running the projection box on his own - in particular, The Rialto in York. As he was brought up in a cinematic ...
3. Roy Budd
Music_department | Get Carter
Born on the 14th March, 1947, Roy Budd the musician was entirely self-taught, and was hailed as a child prodigy. At the age of four he began to play the piano, initially by ear and then by copying various melodies he heard by listening to the radio. By the age of six he had appeared in public at ...
4. Roger Webb
Soundtrack | Southland Tales
Roger Webb was born on April 7, 1934 in Bristol, England, UK. He was a composer and actor, known for Southland Tales (2006), Awake (2007) and Boogie Nights (1997). He was married to Margot Ley. He died on December 19, 2002 in Fulham, London, England, UK.
5. Barry Gray
Soundtrack | Aquaman
Although many reference sources inexplicably give Barry Gray's year of birth as 1925, he was in fact born John Livesey Eccles in Blackburn on 18 July 1908. His father John Haworth Eccles was a stationery traveller by profession, but both parents were said to be musically talented, and John Junior ...
6. Ron Goodwin
Music_department | Frenzy
Ron Goodwin was born on 17th February 1925 in Plymouth. He was the son of a London policeman who was detached to the harbour-town. His mother felt that piano lessons would be a good pastime, so in his fifth year, the little Ron was hoisted onto a piano-stool and his education on this instrument ...
7. Dudley Moore
Actor | Arthur
Dudley Moore, the gifted comedian who had at least three distinct career phases that brought him great acclaim and success, actually started out as a musical prodigy as a child. Moore -- born in Dagenham, Essex, England to working class parents in 1935 -- won a music scholarship to Magdalen College...
8. Stanley Myers
Composer | The Witches
Stanley Myers was born on October 6, 1930 in Birmingham, England, UK. He was a composer, known for The Witches (1990), The Deer Hunter (1978) and Prick Up Your Ears (1987). He was married to Brigitta Stroeh and Eleanor Fazan. He died on November 9, 1993 in London, England, UK.
9. Johnny Pearson
Music_department | All Creatures Great & Small
Johnny Pearson was born on June 18, 1925 in Chesterfield, Derbyshire, England, UK. He was a composer, known for All Creatures Great and Small (1978), Children of Men (2006) and Nightcrawler (2014). He was married to Alex Thorpe. He died on March 20, 2011 in the UK.
10. Delia Derbyshire
Composer | The Legend of Hell House
Delia Derbyshire was born on May 5, 1937 in Coventry, West Midlands, England, UK. She was a composer, known for The Legend of Hell House (1973), The Sweeney (1975) and Doctor Who (2005). She died on July 3, 2001 in Northampton, Northamptonshire, England, UK.
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