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John Addison

Born March 16, 1920
Chobham, Surrey
Died Dec. 7, 1998, aged 78

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 …

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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

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A Bridge Too Far (1977)

Original music / Conductor

Sleuth (1972)

Original music / Conductor / Music Arranger

Torn Curtain (1966)

Original music

Murder, She Wrote (1984)

Main Title Theme Composer

Tom Jones (1963)

Original music

Amazing Stories (1985)

Music

The Loneliness of the Long Distance Runner (1962)

Music

Brighton Rock (1948)

Music Arranger

A Taste of Honey (1961)

Original music

The Seven-Per-Cent Solution (1976)

Original music

Thirteen at Dinner (1985)

Music

Strange Invaders (1983)

Original music

The Charge of the Light Brigade (1968)

Original music

School for Scoundrels (1960)

Original music / Conductor

The Honey Pot (1967)

Original music / Conductor

The Man Between (1953)

Original music

Dead Man's Folly (1986)

Original music

The Entertainer (1960)

Original music / Conductor

Start the Revolution Without Me (1970)

Original music

The Phantom of the Opera (1990)

Music

The Loved One (1965)

Original music

Mr. Boogedy (1986)

Original music

Seven Days to Noon (1950)

Original music

Swashbuckler (1976)

Music / Original music

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Reach for the Sky (1956)

Original music

The 'Maggie' (1954)

Original music

Centennial (1978)

Original music

Pool of London (1951)

Original music

Guns at Batasi (1964)

Original music

Girl with Green Eyes (1964)

Original music

I Was Monty's Double (1958)

Original music

Private's Progress (1956)

Original music / Music Director

Lucky Jim (1957)

Music Director / Original music

Barnacle Bill (1957)

Music

Cat Girl (1957)

Music

Time Bomb (1953)

Original music

A Fine Madness (1966)

Music

Grace Quigley (1985)

Original music

The Shiralee (1957)

Music

Bride of Boogedy (1987)

Original music

The Red Beret (1953)

Music

The Amorous Adventures of Moll Flanders (1965)

Original music

Joseph Andrews (1977)

Original music / Conductor

Smashing Time (1967)

Music / Original music

One Good Turn (1955)

Original music

Black Beauty (1978)

Music

High Treason (1951)

Music

Mr. Forbush and the Penguins (1971)

Music

The Black Knight (1954)

Music

Three Men in a Boat (1956)

Original music

Touch and Go (1955)

Music

Ellis Island (1984)

Original music

Go to Blazes (1962)

Original music / Conductor

His and Hers (1961)

Original music

Luther (1974)

Music Arranger / Conductor / Original music

Nero Wolfe (1981)

Original music

Strange Voices (1987)

Original music

Carlton-Browne of the F.O. (1959)

Original music

Girl in the Headlines (1963)

Original music / Conductor

I Was Happy Here (1966)

Original music

Highpoint (1984)

Original music

I Was a Mail Order Bride (1982)

Music

A French Mistress (1960)

Music

Dead Cert (1974)

Music

Pearl (1978)

Music

The Concert (1974)

Music

The Pilot (1980)

Original music

The Uncle (1964)

Original music / Conductor

Brotherly Love (1970)

Original music

Charles & Diana: A Royal Love Story (1982)

Original music

Josephine and Men (1955)

Original music

Make Me an Offer! (1954)

Music

That Lady (1955)

Original music

The French Atlantic Affair (1979)

Original music

Love's Savage Fury (1979)

Music

Like Normal People (1979)

Music

Beryl Markham: A Shadow on the Sun (1988)

Music / Conductor

Mistress of Paradise (1981)

Music

Detective (1964)

Music

Hamlet (1970)

Music

Hamlet (1970)

Original music

Operation Hurricane (1952)

Music

Something in Common (1986)

Music

The Bastard (1978)

Music

The Peaches (1964)

Original music

The Power Within (1979)

Music

Tonight in Britain (1954)

Music

Back of Beyond (1974)

Music

The Way of the World (1975)

Music

Acting (1)

The Phantom of the Opera (1990)

Conductor (uncredited)