Muir Mathieson

Born: 1911-01-24 in Stirling, Stirlingshire, Scotland

Died: 1975-08-02

Known For: Sound

Biography

Trained at the Royal Academy of Music, Muir first worked in the movies on the quota quickies of the 1930s. His big break came when Alexander Korda signed him as musical director on The Rise of Catherine the Great (1934). He went on to conduct Sir William Walton's score for Henry V (1944) and Hamlet (1948), as a part of a long, distinguished career as one of the most distinguished composers and musical directors in British cinema. - IMDb mini biography by: Steve Crook

Filmography

1967

Calamity the Cow ... (Original Music Composer)

1966

Glasgow Belongs to Me ... (Associate Producer)
The Driving Force ... (Music Director)

1965

Genghis Khan ... (Conductor)
The Lift ... (Music Director)

1964

A Touch of Scotland ... (Music)

1963

The Running Man ... (Conductor)
The Young Detectives ... (Original Music Composer)
Call Me Bwana ... (Original Music Composer)
The Mind Benders ... (Conductor)

1962

The L-Shaped Room ... (Conductor)
Satan Never Sleeps ... (Conductor)
Crooks Anonymous ... (Original Music Composer)

1961

What a Carve Up! ... (Music)
The Canadians ... (Conductor)
Echo of Barbara ... (Conductor)
Hunted in Holland ... (Original Music Composer)

1960

The Grass Is Greener ... (Conductor)
Circus of Horrors ... (Original Music Composer)
A Story of David ... (Conductor)
Once More, with Feeling! ... (Conductor)
Surprise Package ... (Music Director)
Snowball ... (Conductor)
The Big Day ... (Conductor)
A Letter for Wales ... (Conductor)
An Arabian Night ... (Conductor)
The Professionals ... (Conductor)
Linda ... (Conductor)
October Moth ... (Conductor)

1959

Third Man on the Mountain ... (Conductor)
Ferry to Hong Kong ... (Conductor)
Horrors of the Black Museum ... (Music Director)
Killers of Kilimanjaro ... (Conductor)
Web of Evidence ... (Conductor)
Left Right and Centre ... (Conductor)
The Bridal Path ... (Conductor)
The White Trap ... (Conductor)
Devil's Bait ... (Music Director)
The Headless Ghost ... (Conductor)
Groundwork for Progress ... (Conductor)

1958

Vertigo ... (Conductor)
A Night to Remember ... (Conductor)
The Sheriff of Fractured Jaw ... (Conductor)
Tom Thumb ... (Music Director)
Another Time, Another Place ... (Conductor)
Carve Her Name with Pride ... (Conductor)
I Accuse! ... (Conductor)
Next to No Time ... (Conductor)
Law and Disorder ... (Conductor)
Heart of a Child ... (Music Director)
Intent to Kill ... (Conductor)
She Didn't Say No! ... (Conductor)
The Immortal Land ... (Music Director)
Rockets Galore ... (Music Director)
Rooney ... (Conductor)

1957

Night of the Demon ... (Music Director)
The Prince and the Showgirl ... (Music Director)
Seven Waves Away ... (Conductor)
Interpol ... (Conductor)
Manuela ... (Conductor)
The Secret Place ... (Conductor)
High Tide at Noon ... (Conductor)
High Flight ... (Music Director)
The Kid from Canada ... (Conductor)
The Twilight Forest ... (Conductor)
Journey into Spring ... (Conductor)

1956

The Man Who Never Was ... (Conductor)
Reach for the Sky ... (Music Director)
Trapeze ... (Conductor)
The Green Man ... (Conductor)
Zarak ... (Music Director)
A Hill in Korea ... (Conductor)
Wicked as They Come ... (Conductor)
The Weapon ... (Conductor)
Safari ... (Conductor)
The Spanish Gardener ... (Conductor)
Jumping for Joy ... (Conductor)
The Legend of the Good Beasts ... (Conductor)
Any Man's Kingdom ... (Conductor)

1955

That Lady ... (Conductor)
A Prize of Gold ... (Music Director)
I Am a Camera ... (Music Director)

1954

The Million Pound Note ... (Conductor)
Hobson's Choice ... (Music Director)
The Purple Plain ... (Conductor)
The Black Knight ... (Conductor)
The Sea Shall Not Have Them ... (Music Director)
Star of India ... (Music Director)
The Teckman Mystery ... (Music Director)
Father Brown ... (Conductor)
Svengali ... (Music)
Tonight in Britain ... (Music Director)
East Anglian Holiday ... (Music Director)

1953

The Master of Ballantrae ... (Music Director)
Genevieve ... (Music Director)
Sailor of the King ... (Music Director)
The Kidnappers ... (Conductor)
Innocents in Paris ... (Conductor)
Grand National Night ... (Music)
Highland Journey ... (Conductor)
Street Corner ... (Conductor)
Personal Affair ... (Conductor)
The Dog and the Diamonds ... (Conductor)
The Net ... (Conductor)

1952

The Crimson Pirate ... (Music Director)
The Story of Robin Hood and His Merrie Men ... (Conductor)
The Ringer ... (Music Director)
Lady in the Fog ... (Music Director)
Curtain Up ... (Conductor)
The Magic Box as Sir Arthur Sullivan
Venetian Bird ... (Conductor)
The Heart Is Highland ... (Conductor)
You're Only Young Twice! ... (Conductor)
Brief City ... (Music)
Operation Hurricane ... (Music Director)

1951

Scrooge ... (Conductor)
Valley of the Eagles ... (Music Director)
Lady Godiva Rides Again ... (Music Director)
Tom Brown's Schooldays ... (Conductor)
Night Without Stars ... (Music Director)
The Galloping Major ... (Conductor)
Home to Danger ... (Conductor)
Out of True ... (Music Director)
Bristol, British City ... (Conductor)

1950

Treasure Island ... (Conductor)
Night and the City ... (Music Director)
State Secret ... (Conductor)
The Black Rose ... (Music Director)
Family Portrait ... (Conductor)
Prelude to Fame ... (Music Director)
The Astonished Heart ... (Conductor)
Berth 24 ... (Orchestrator)

1949

The Passionate Friends ... (Conductor)
Helter Skelter ... (Music Director)
The Spider and the Fly ... (Conductor)
Adam and Evelyne ... (Music Director)
The Bad Lord Byron ... (Music Director)
The Chiltern Hundreds ... (Conductor)
Dear Mr. Prohack ... (Conductor)
The Cure for Love ... (Music Director)
Christopher Columbus ... (Music Director)
Cardboard Cavalier ... (Music Director)
Vote for Huggett ... (Music Director)
The Forbidden Street ... (Music Director)

1948

So Evil My Love ... (Conductor)
Portrait from Life ... (Music Director)
Daughter of Darkness ... (Conductor)
Blanche Fury ... (Music Director)
XIVth Olympiad: The Glory of Sport ... (Music Director)
Easy Money ... (Conductor)
It's Hard to be Good ... (Music Director)
The Calendar ... (Conductor)
Steps of the Ballet ... (Director)

1947

Uncle Silas ... (Conductor)
The Master of Bankdam ... (Conductor)
The Mark of Cain ... (Music Director)
The Upturned Glass ... (Conductor)
Dear Murderer ... (Conductor)
Take My Life ... (Music Director)
Captain Boycott ... (Music Director)
The Brothers ... (Conductor)

1946

I See a Dark Stranger ... (Music Director)
School for Secrets ... (Music Director)
A Girl in a Million as Conductor
The Years Between ... (Conductor)
Kelvin: Master of Measurement ... (Conductor)
Instruments of the Orchestra ... (Director)

1945

A Diary for Timothy ... (Conductor)
The Seventh Veil as Conductor
29 Acacia Avenue ... (Music Supervisor)
Steel ... (Conductor)

1944

This Happy Breed ... (Music Director)
The Way Ahead ... (Music Director)
Tawny Pipit ... (Music Director)

1943

The Lamp Still Burns ... (Conductor)
Fires Were Started ... (Music Director)
The Silent Village ... (Conductor)

1942

In Which We Serve ... (Conductor)
The First of the Few ... (Original Music Composer)
The Day Will Dawn ... (Conductor)
Unpublished Story ... (Music Director)
Ferry Pilot ... (Conductor)
Wales: Green Mountain, Black Mountain ... (Music Director)
Alice in Switzerland ... (Conductor)
Penn of Pennsylvania ... (Music Director)
Listen to Britain ... (Music Director)
Our Film ... (Conductor)
This Is Colour ... (Music Director)

1941

49th Parallel ... (Music Director)
This England ... (Music Director)
"Pimpernel" Smith ... (Music Director)
Major Barbara ... (Music Director)
Love on the Dole ... (Music)
Old Bill and Son ... (Music Director)

1940

The Thief of Bagdad ... (Music Director)
21 Days ... (Music Director)
Gaslight ... (Music Director)
Ten Days in Paris ... (Music Director)
Contraband ... (Music)
The New Britain ... (Music Consultant)

1939

The Spy in Black ... (Music Director)
On the Night of the Fire ... (Conductor)
Q Planes ... (Music Director)

1938

St. Martin's Lane ... (Music Director)
The Challenge ... (Music Director)
A Royal Divorce ... (Music Director)
North Sea ... (Conductor)

1937

Storm in a Teacup ... (Music Director)
Victoria the Great ... (Music Director)
Wings of the Morning ... (Music Director)
Elephant Boy ... (Music Director)
The Green Cockatoo ... (Music Director)
Action for Slander ... (Music Director)

1936

Things to Come ... (Music Director)
Rembrandt ... (Music Director)
The Man Who Could Work Miracles ... (Music Director)
Men Are Not Gods ... (Music Director)

1935

The Ghost Goes West ... (Music Director)

1934

The Scarlet Pimpernel ... (Music Director)
The Rise of Catherine the Great ... (Original Music Composer)
The Private Life of Don Juan ... (Music Director)