John Addison

John Addison

  • Birthday: 1920-03-16
  • Deathday: 1998-12-07
  • Place of birth: Chobham, Surrey
  • Also know as: Jock 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

Sleuth

1972

As Original Music Composer

The Man Between

1953

As Original Music Composer

Tom Jones

1963

As Original Music Composer

Torn Curtain

1966

As Original Music Composer

A Bridge Too Far

1977

As Original Music Composer

Thirteen at Dinner

1985

As Music

Dead Man's Folly

1986

As Music

Girl in the Headlines

1963

As Original Music Composer

Make Me an Offer!

1954

As Music

Reach for the Sky

1956

As Music

Touch and Go

1955

As Music

Highpoint

1982

As Original Music Composer

The Peaches

1964

As Music

Strange Invaders

1983

As Original Music Composer

High Treason

1951

As Music

Mr. Boogedy

1986

As Music

Start the Revolution Without Me

1970

As Original Music Composer

A Taste of Honey

1961

As Original Music Composer

Time Bomb

1953

As Original Music Composer

The Red Beret

1953

As Music

The Black Knight

1954

As Music

The Entertainer

1960

As Original Music Composer

I Was Monty's Double

1958

As Original Music Composer

Brotherly Love

1970

As Original Music Composer

The Loved One

1965

As Original Music Composer

Swashbuckler

1976

As Music

Seven Days to Noon

1950

As Original Music Composer

Swashbuckler

1976

As Original Music Composer

Girl with Green Eyes

1964

As Original Music Composer

The 'Maggie'

1954

As Original Music Composer

I Was Happy Here

1966

As Original Music Composer

The Entertainer

1960

As Conductor

The Power Within

1979

As Music

Dead Cert

1974

As Music

Brighton Rock

1948

As Music Arranger

Sleuth

1972

As Music Arranger

Sleuth

1972

As Conductor

Josephine and Men

1955

As Original Music Composer

Go to Blazes

1962

As Original Music Composer

Go to Blazes

1962

As Conductor

School for Scoundrels

1960

As Original Music Composer

School for Scoundrels

1960

As Conductor

Private's Progress

1956

As Music Director

Private's Progress

1956

As Original Music Composer

Strange Voices

1987

As Original Music Composer

The Seven-Per-Cent Solution

1976

As Original Music Composer

One Good Turn

1955

As Original Music Composer

The Amorous Adventures of Moll Flanders

1965

As Original Music Composer

Back of Beyond

1974

As Music

Smashing Time

1967

As Music

A Fine Madness

1966

As Music

The Shiralee

1957

As Music

Something In Common

1986

As Music

Girl in the Headlines

1963

As Conductor

The Honey Pot

1967

As Original Music Composer

Grace Quigley

1985

As Original Music Composer

Luther

1974

As Conductor

Luther

1974

As Music Arranger

The Pilot

1980

As Original Music Composer

Operation Hurricane

1952

As Music

Joseph Andrews

1977

As Original Music Composer

Joseph Andrews

1977

As Conductor

That Lady

1955

As Original Music Composer

The Uncle

1965

As Original Music Composer

The Uncle

1965

As Conductor

Lucky Jim

1957

As Original Music Composer

Lucky Jim

1957

As Music Director

Like Normal People

1979

As Music

Love's Savage Fury

1979

As Music

Mistress of Paradise

1981

As Music

The Bastard

1978

As Music

His and Hers

1961

As Original Music Composer

Barnacle Bill

1957

As Music

Guns at Batasi

1964

As Original Music Composer

Hamlet

1970

As Music

Cat Girl

1957

As Music

Pool of London

1951

As Original Music Composer

The Way of the World

1975

As Music

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