Bretton Byrd

Personal Info

Know For

Sound

Gender

Male

Birthday

1904-11-30 (53 years old)

Deathday

1957-09-27

Place of Birth

Ramsgate, Kent, England, UK

Bretton Byrd

Biography

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Bretton Byrd (1904–1959) was a British composer and musician known for his work on film scores between 1932 and 1956. Byrd was employed by British Gaumont, then the largest British production company, in the 1930s. He worked alongside Louis Levy writing scores for films such as It's Love Again (1936) Byrd worked for the company's musical department both as a composer and arranger. After leaving British Gaumont, he was employed by a variety of other production companies and in the 1950s also worked in television.

Production

1935

Boys Will Be Boys

as Original Music Composer

1944

Time Flies

as Music

1938

They Drive by Night

as Original Music Composer

1938

They Drive by Night

as Music Director

1947

1935

Oh, Daddy!

as Music

1934

1940

1954

1934

Jew Süss

as Original Music Composer

1939

1939

1940

1940

Hoots Mon

as Music Director

1940

The Midas Touch

as Original Music Composer

1940

The Midas Touch

as Music Director

1941

The Saint's Vacation

as Original Music Composer

1941

The Saint's Vacation

as Music Director

1934

Evergreen

as Conductor

1936

1939

Murder Will Out

as Original Music Composer

1936

Seven Sinners

as Original Music Composer

1933

Sleeping Car

as Music

1953

The Genie

as Original Music Composer

1937

Non-Stop New York

as Original Music Composer

1940

A Window in London

as Music Director

1956

1938

The Return of Carol Deane

as Music Director

© All Rights Reserved 2025