John Addison
Sound

John Addison

Born 16 March 1920 · Chobham, Surrey · Died 7 December 1998

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

Known for

A Bridge Too Far
Sleuth
Torn Curtain
Tom Jones
Amazing Stories
The Loneliness of the Long Distance Runner
A Taste of Honey
The Seven-Per-Cent Solution
Thirteen at Dinner
Strange Invaders
The Charge of the Light Brigade
School for Scoundrels
Beryl Markham: A Shadow on the Sun
Strange Voices
Bride of Boogedy
Something in Common
Dead Man's Folly
Mr. Boogedy
Thirteen at Dinner
Grace Quigley
Highpoint
Strange Invaders
I Was a Mail Order Bride
Charles & Diana: A Royal Love Story
Mistress of Paradise
The Pilot
Love's Savage Fury
Like Normal People
1979
The Power Within
A Bridge Too Far
Joseph Andrews
Swashbuckler
The Seven-Per-Cent Solution
The Way of the World
Luther
Dead Cert
Back of Beyond
The Concert
Sleuth
Mr. Forbush and the Penguins
Hamlet
Start the Revolution Without Me
Brotherly Love
Hamlet
The Charge of the Light Brigade
The Honey Pot
Smashing Time
Torn Curtain
I Was Happy Here
A Fine Madness
The Loved One
The Amorous Adventures of Moll Flanders
The Uncle
Guns at Batasi
Girl with Green Eyes
The Peaches
Tom Jones
Girl in the Headlines
Go to Blazes
The Loneliness of the Long Distance Runner
A Taste of Honey
His and Hers
The Entertainer
School for Scoundrels
A French Mistress
Carlton-Browne of the F.O.
I Was Monty's Double
Barnacle Bill
Lucky Jim
Cat Girl
The Shiralee
Private's Progress
Reach for the Sky
Three Men in a Boat
That Lady
Touch and Go
Josephine and Men
One Good Turn
Make Me an Offer!
The Black Knight
The 'Maggie'
Tonight in Britain
1954
The Man Between
Time Bomb
The Red Beret
Operation Hurricane
High Treason
Pool of London
Seven Days to Noon
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