John Addison

Personal Info

Know For

Sound

Gender

Male

Birthday

1920-03-16 (78 years old)

Deathday

1998-12-07

Place of Birth

Chobham, Surrey

John Addison

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

Production

1972

Sleuth

as Original Music Composer

1953

The Man Between

as Original Music Composer

1963

Tom Jones

as Original Music Composer

1966

Torn Curtain

as Original Music Composer

1980

The Pilot

as Original Music Composer

1977

A Bridge Too Far

as Original Music Composer

1985

1963

Girl in the Headlines

as Original Music Composer

1977

Joseph Andrews

as Original Music Composer

1977

Joseph Andrews

as Conductor

1955

That Lady

as Original Music Composer

1967

The Honey Pot

as Original Music Composer

1985

Grace Quigley

as Original Music Composer

1954

1955

Touch and Go

as Music

1982

Highpoint

as Original Music Composer

1964

The Peaches

as Music

1957

1983

Strange Invaders

as Original Music Composer

1965

The Uncle

as Conductor

1965

The Uncle

as Original Music Composer

1951

High Treason

as Music

1974

Luther

as Music Arranger

1974

Luther

as Conductor

1964

Guns at Batasi

as Original Music Composer

1957

Lucky Jim

as Music Director

1957

Lucky Jim

as Original Music Composer

1970

Hamlet

as Music

1957

Cat Girl

as Music

1970

Start the Revolution Without Me

as Original Music Composer

1961

A Taste of Honey

as Original Music Composer

1979

1951

Pool of London

as Original Music Composer

1979

1953

Time Bomb

as Original Music Composer

1953

1954

1960

The Entertainer

as Original Music Composer

1958

I Was Monty's Double

as Original Music Composer

1970

Brotherly Love

as Original Music Composer

1978

The Bastard

as Music

1965

The Loved One

as Original Music Composer

1976

Swashbuckler

as Music

1950

Seven Days to Noon

as Original Music Composer

1976

Swashbuckler

as Original Music Composer

1964

Girl with Green Eyes

as Original Music Composer

1977

A Bridge Too Far

as Conductor

1974

Luther

as Original Music Composer

1961

His and Hers

as Original Music Composer

1954

The 'Maggie'

as Original Music Composer

1966

I Was Happy Here

as Original Music Composer

1960

The Entertainer

as Conductor

1979

1974

Dead Cert

as Music

1948

Brighton Rock

as Music Arranger

1972

Sleuth

as Conductor

1972

Sleuth

as Music Arranger

1955

Josephine and Men

as Original Music Composer

1962

Go to Blazes

as Conductor

1962

Go to Blazes

as Original Music Composer

1960

1960

School for Scoundrels

as Original Music Composer

1987

Strange Voices

as Original Music Composer

1956

Private's Progress

as Original Music Composer

1956

Private's Progress

as Music Director

1976

The Seven-Per-Cent Solution

as Original Music Composer

1955

One Good Turn

as Original Music Composer

1965

The Amorous Adventures of Moll Flanders

as Original Music Composer

1974

1967

1966

1957

The Shiralee

as Music

1963

1967

The Honey Pot

as Conductor

1956

Reach for the Sky

as Original Music Composer

1987

Bride of Boogedy

as Original Music Composer

1986

Dead Man's Folly

as Original Music Composer

1968

The Charge of the Light Brigade

as Original Music Composer

1954

1974

The Concert

as Music

1986

Mr. Boogedy

as Original Music Composer

1960

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