John Addison
Born: 1920-03-16 in Chobham, Surrey
Died: 1998-12-07
Known For: Sound
Biography
English composer John Addison (1920-1998) lent his sophisticated—one is tempted to call it "erudite"—symphonic style to such notable pictures as Tom Jones, Hitchcock's Torn Curtain (replacing Bernard Herrmann), Sleuth, Swashbuckler, The Seven-Per-Cent Solution and A Bridge Too Far. He also wrote the memorable theme to TV's Murder, She Wrote and composed for the stage and concert hall
Filmography
1990
- The Phantom of the Opera as Conductor (uncredited)
1988
- Beryl Markham: A Shadow on the Sun ... (Music)
1987
- Bride of Boogedy ... (Original Music Composer)
- Strange Voices ... (Original Music Composer)
1986
- Dead Man's Folly ... (Original Music Composer)
- Mr. Boogedy ... (Original Music Composer)
- Something in Common ... (Music)
1985
- Amazing Stories ... (Music)
- Thirteen at Dinner ... (Music)
- Grace Quigley ... (Original Music Composer)
1984
- Murder, She Wrote ... (Main Title Theme Composer)
- Ellis Island ... (Original Music Composer)
1983
- Strange Invaders ... (Original Music Composer)
1982
- Highpoint ... (Original Music Composer)
- Charles & Diana: A Royal Love Story ... (Original Music Composer)
- I Was a Mail Order Bride ... (Music)
1981
- Mistress of Paradise ... (Music)
1980
- The Pilot ... (Original Music Composer)
1979
- The French Atlantic Affair ... (Original Music Composer)
- Like Normal People ... (Music)
- The Power Within ... (Music)
- Love's Savage Fury ... (Music)
1978
- Centennial ... (Original Music Composer)
- Black Beauty ... (Music)
- The Bastard ... (Music)
- Pearl ... (Music)
1977
- A Bridge Too Far ... (Original Music Composer)
- Joseph Andrews ... (Original Music Composer)
1976
- Swashbuckler ... (Music)
- The Seven-Per-Cent Solution ... (Original Music Composer)
1975
- The Way of the World ... (Music)
1974
- Dead Cert ... (Music)
- Luther ... (Music Arranger)
- Back of Beyond ... (Music)
- The Concert ... (Music)
1972
- Sleuth ... (Original Music Composer)
1971
- Mr. Forbush and the Penguins ... (Music)
1970
- Start the Revolution Without Me ... (Original Music Composer)
- Brotherly Love ... (Original Music Composer)
- Hamlet ... (Original Music Composer)
- Hamlet ... (Music)
1968
- The Charge of the Light Brigade ... (Original Music Composer)
1967
- The Honey Pot ... (Original Music Composer)
- Smashing Time ... (Music)
1966
- Torn Curtain ... (Original Music Composer)
- A Fine Madness ... (Music)
- I Was Happy Here ... (Original Music Composer)
1965
- The Loved One ... (Original Music Composer)
- The Amorous Adventures of Moll Flanders ... (Original Music Composer)
1964
- Detective ... (Music)
- Guns at Batasi ... (Original Music Composer)
- Girl with Green Eyes ... (Original Music Composer)
- The Uncle ... (Original Music Composer)
- The Peaches ... (Original Music Composer)
1963
- Tom Jones ... (Original Music Composer)
- Girl in the Headlines ... (Original Music Composer)
1962
- The Loneliness of the Long Distance Runner ... (Music)
- Go to Blazes ... (Original Music Composer)
1961
- His and Hers ... (Original Music Composer)
- A Taste of Honey ... (Original Music Composer)
1960
- The Entertainer ... (Original Music Composer)
- A French Mistress ... (Music)
- School for Scoundrels ... (Original Music Composer)
1959
- Carlton-Browne of the F.O. ... (Music)
1958
- I Was Monty's Double ... (Original Music Composer)
1957
- Barnacle Bill ... (Music)
- Cat Girl ... (Music)
- Lucky Jim ... (Music Director)
- The Shiralee ... (Music)
1956
- Reach for the Sky ... (Original Music Composer)
- Private's Progress ... (Original Music Composer)
- Three Men in a Boat ... (Original Music Composer)
1955
- Touch and Go ... (Music)
- That Lady ... (Original Music Composer)
- Josephine and Men ... (Original Music Composer)
- One Good Turn ... (Original Music Composer)
1954
- The Black Knight ... (Music)
- The 'Maggie' ... (Original Music Composer)
- Tonight in Britain ... (Music)
- Make Me an Offer! ... (Music)
1953
- The Red Beret ... (Music)
- The Man Between ... (Original Music Composer)
- Time Bomb ... (Original Music Composer)
1952
- Operation Hurricane ... (Music)
1951
- Pool of London ... (Original Music Composer)
- High Treason ... (Music)
1950
- Seven Days to Noon ... (Original Music Composer)
1948
- Brighton Rock ... (Music Arranger)