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John Addison

John Addison

John Addison

1920-03-16

Chobham, Surrey

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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

Best known for:

A Bridge Too Far

Sleuth

Torn Curtain

Murder, She Wrote

Tom Jones

Amazing Stories

The Loneliness of the Long Distance Runner

Brighton Rock

A Taste of Honey

The Seven-Per-Cent Solution

Strange Invaders

Thirteen at Dinner

The Charge of the Light Brigade

School for Scoundrels

The Man Between

The Honey Pot

The Entertainer

Dead Man's Folly

The Loved One

Mr. Boogedy

Start the Revolution Without Me

Seven Days to Noon

The Phantom of the Opera

Reach for the Sky

The 'Maggie'

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Filmography:

Brighton Rock (1948)
5.6
WORK AS:
Music Arranger
Seven Days to Noon (1950)
WORK AS:
Original Music Composer
Pool of London (1951)
WORK AS:
Original Music Composer
High Treason (1951)
WORK AS:
Music
Operation Hurricane (1952)
WORK AS:
Music
The Man Between (1953)
5.8
WORK AS:
Original Music Composer
The Red Beret (1953)
WORK AS:
Music
Time Bomb (1953)
WORK AS:
Original Music Composer

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The Black Knight (1954)
WORK AS:
Music
The 'Maggie' (1954)
WORK AS:
Original Music Composer
Make Me an Offer! (1954)
WORK AS:
Music
One Good Turn (1955)
WORK AS:
Original Music Composer
Touch and Go (1955)
WORK AS:
Music
That Lady (1955)
WORK AS:
Original Music Composer
Josephine and Men (1955)
WORK AS:
Original Music Composer
Reach for the Sky (1956)
WORK AS:
Original Music Composer

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Private's Progress (1956)
WORK AS:
Original Music Composer, Music Director
Cat Girl (1957)
WORK AS:
Music
Lucky Jim (1957)
WORK AS:
Music Director, Original Music Composer
Barnacle Bill (1957)
WORK AS:
Music
The Shiralee (1957)
WORK AS:
Music
I Was Monty's Double (1958)
WORK AS:
Original Music Composer
Carlton-Browne of the F.O. (1959)
WORK AS:
Music
The Entertainer (1960)
4.8
WORK AS:
Original Music Composer, Conductor
School for Scoundrels (1960)
5.6
WORK AS:
Conductor, Original Music Composer
A French Mistress (1960)
WORK AS:
Music
A Taste of Honey (1961)
5.7
WORK AS:
Original Music Composer
His and Hers (1961)
WORK AS:
Original Music Composer
The Loneliness of the Long Distance Runner (1962)
5.9
WORK AS:
Music
Go to Blazes (1962)
WORK AS:
Conductor, Original Music Composer
Tom Jones (1963)
4.5
WORK AS:
Original Music Composer
Girl in the Headlines (1963)
WORK AS:
Original Music Composer, Conductor
Detective (1964)
WORK AS:
Music
Guns at Batasi (1964)
WORK AS:
Original Music Composer
Girl with Green Eyes (1964)
WORK AS:
Original Music Composer
The Peaches (1964)
WORK AS:
Original Music Composer
The Loved One (1965)
4.9
WORK AS:
Original Music Composer
The Amorous Adventures of Moll Flanders (1965)
WORK AS:
Original Music Composer
The Uncle (1965)
WORK AS:
Conductor, Original Music Composer
Torn Curtain (1966)
5.3
WORK AS:
Original Music Composer
A Fine Madness (1966)
WORK AS:
Music
I Was Happy Here (1966)
WORK AS:
Original Music Composer
The Honey Pot (1967)
5.2
WORK AS:
Original Music Composer, Conductor
Smashing Time (1967)
WORK AS:
Music
The Charge of the Light Brigade (1968)
4.7
WORK AS:
Original Music Composer
Start the Revolution Without Me (1970)
4.5
WORK AS:
Original Music Composer
Brotherly Love (1970)
WORK AS:
Original Music Composer
Hamlet (1970)
WORK AS:
Music
Mr. Forbush and the Penguins (1971)
WORK AS:
Music
Sleuth (1972)
6.5
WORK AS:
Original Music Composer, Conductor, Music Arranger
Dead Cert (1974)
WORK AS:
Music
Luther (1974)
WORK AS:
Music Arranger, Conductor, Original Music Composer
The Concert (1974)
WORK AS:
Music
Back of Beyond (1974)
WORK AS:
Music
The Way of the World (1975)
WORK AS:
Music
The Seven-Per-Cent Solution (1976)
4.8
WORK AS:
Original Music Composer
Swashbuckler (1976)
WORK AS:
Music, Original Music Composer
A Bridge Too Far (1977)
6
WORK AS:
Original Music Composer, Conductor
Joseph Andrews (1977)
WORK AS:
Original Music Composer, Conductor
Centennial (1978)
WORK AS:
Original Music Composer
Pearl (1978)
WORK AS:
Music
Black Beauty (1978)
WORK AS:
Music
The Bastard (1978)
WORK AS:
Music
The French Atlantic Affair (1979)
WORK AS:
Original Music Composer
Love's Savage Fury (1979)
WORK AS:
Music
The Power Within (1979)
WORK AS:
Music
The Pilot (1980)
WORK AS:
Original Music Composer
Mistress of Paradise (1981)
WORK AS:
Music
Highpoint (1982)
WORK AS:
Original Music Composer
I Was a Mail Order Bride (1982)
WORK AS:
Music
Strange Invaders (1983)
3.3
WORK AS:
Original Music Composer
Murder, She Wrote (1984)
6.3
WORK AS:
Main Title Theme Composer
Ellis Island (1984)
WORK AS:
Original Music Composer
Amazing Stories (1985)
6.2
WORK AS:
Music
Thirteen at Dinner (1985)
4.3
WORK AS:
Music
Grace Quigley (1985)
WORK AS:
Original Music Composer
Dead Man's Folly (1986)
4.9
WORK AS:
Original Music Composer
Something in Common (1986)
WORK AS:
Music
Mr. Boogedy (1986)
4.9
WORK AS:
Original Music Composer
Bride of Boogedy (1987)
WORK AS:
Original Music Composer
Strange Voices (1987)
WORK AS:
Original Music Composer
Beryl Markham: A Shadow on the Sun (1988)
WORK AS:
Music, Conductor
The Phantom of the Opera (1990)
WORK AS:
Music