Biography
English composer John Addison continues to be employed in film because the past due 1940s. Addison is one of the even more prolific composers and is well known for his knowledge of diverse musical styles which range from light traditional to brooding jazz.
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1 | British wartime fighter pilot Douglas Bader, the subject of "Reach for the Sky" - scored by Addison - was his brother-in-law. |
2 | In the 1950's, in addition to his film work, he orchestrated and composed incidental music for leading English playwrights (including John Osborne) at the Royal Court Theatre. He also scored Olivier's staging of "Hamlet" at the National Theatre. |
3 | Among his classical compositions are chamber works, a ballet ("Carte Blanche"), a concerto for trumpet, strings and percussion, a musical revue ("Cranks") and a Bassoon Concertina. |
4 | The son of a British army colonel, he was educated at Wellington College and the Royal Academy of Music in London, studying composition, clarinet, oboe and piano. |
5 | He was a soldier in XXX Corps, the British tank force that drove north through Holland during "Operation Market Garden", commencing Sept. 17, 1944. He wrote the music-score for A Bridge Too Far (1977), which depicted "Operation Market Garden", as a tribute to his fellow tankers of XXX Corps. |
Music Department
Music Department
Title | Year | Status | Character |
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Eleanor, First Lady of the World | 1982 | TV Movie conductor | |
The Pilot | 1980 | conductor | |
The Eddie Capra Mysteries | 1978-1979 | TV Series composer - 12 episodes | |
A Death in Canaan | 1978 | TV Movie music arranger | |
A Bridge Too Far | 1977 | conductor | |
Joseph Andrews | 1977 | conductor | |
The Seven-Per-Cent Solution | 1976 | conductor | |
Swashbuckler | 1976 | conductor | |
Dead Cert | 1974 | conductor | |
Luther | 1974 | conductor / music arranger | |
Sleuth | 1972 | conductor / music arranger | |
Cry of the Penguins | 1971 | conductor | |
Start the Revolution Without Me | 1970 | conductor | |
Smashing Time | 1967 | conductor | |
The Honey Pot | 1967 | conductor | |
Torn Curtain | 1966 | conductor - uncredited | |
Time Lost and Time Remembered | 1966 | conductor | |
The Uncle | 1965 | conductor | |
The Loved One | 1965 | conductor | |
The Peaches | 1965 | Short conductor | |
The Amorous Adventures of Moll Flanders | 1965 | conductor | |
Guns at Batasi | 1964 | conductor | |
Detective | 1964 | TV Series composer - 17 episodes | |
Sherlock Holmes | 1964 | TV Series composer - 1 episode | |
Girl with Green Eyes | 1964 | conductor | |
The Model Murder Case | 1963 | conductor | |
Tom Jones | 1963 | music conductor | |
The Loneliness of the Long Distance Runner | 1962 | conductor / music arranger | |
Go to Blazes | 1962 | conductor | |
A Taste of Honey | 1961 | conductor | |
Sambo and the Snow Mountains | 1961 | TV Short conductor | |
A French Mistress | 1960 | composer: song "Madeleine" / conductor | |
The Entertainer | 1960 | conductor | |
School for Scoundrels | 1960 | conductor | |
Look Back in Anger | 1959 | music supervisor | |
Man in a Cocked Hat | 1959 | conductor | |
Hell, Heaven or Hoboken | 1958 | conductor | |
Lucky Jim | 1957 | music director | |
Cat Girl | 1957 | composer: stock music - uncredited | |
Private's Progress | 1956 | music director | |
John and Julie | 1955 | composer: stock music - uncredited | |
Make Me an Offer | 1955 | conductor | |
The End of the Road | 1954 | conductor | |
Terror on a Train | 1953 | conductor | |
The Hour of 13 | 1952 | conductor | |
Brandy for the Parson | 1952 | conductor | |
Fame Is the Spur | 1947 | musician: The Chopin Prelude - as Jock Addison | |
Murder, She Wrote | 1984-1996 | TV Series composer - 262 episodes | |
The Phantom of the Opera | 1990 | TV Mini-Series conductor - 2 episodes | |
Beryl Markham: A Shadow on the Sun | 1988 | TV Movie conductor | |
Walt Disney's Wonderful World of Color | 1986 | TV Series conductor - 1 episode | |
Dead Man's Folly | 1986 | TV Movie conductor - uncredited | |
Thirteen at Dinner | 1985 | TV Movie conductor - uncredited | |
Grace Quigley | 1984 | conductor - uncredited / orchestrator |
Composer
Composer
Title | Year | Status | Character |
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'Torn Curtain' Rising | 2000 | Video documentary short | |
The Phantom of the Opera | 1990 | TV Mini-Series 2 episodes | |
Beryl Markham: A Shadow on the Sun | 1988 | TV Movie | |
Strange Voices | 1987 | TV Movie | |
Walt Disney's Wonderful World of Color | 1986-1987 | TV Series 2 episodes | |
Amazing Stories | 1986 | TV Series 2 episodes | |
Something in Common | 1986 | TV Movie | |
Dead Man's Folly | 1986 | TV Movie | |
Code Name: Emerald | 1985 | ||
Thirteen at Dinner | 1985 | TV Movie | |
Ellis Island | 1984 | TV Mini-Series 3 episodes | |
Murder, She Wrote | 1984 | TV Series 1 episode | |
Grace Quigley | 1984 | ||
Strange Invaders | 1983 | ||
I Was a Mail Order Bride | 1982 | TV Movie | |
The Devlin Connection | 1982 | TV Series | |
Charles & Diana: A Royal Love Story | 1982 | TV Movie | |
Eleanor, First Lady of the World | 1982 | TV Movie | |
Mistress of Paradise | 1981 | TV Movie | |
Nero Wolfe | 1981 | TV Series 14 episodes | |
The Pilot | 1980 | ||
Love's Savage Fury | 1979 | TV Movie | |
The Power Within | 1979 | TV Movie | |
Like Normal People | 1979 | TV Movie | |
Centennial | 1978-1979 | TV Mini-Series 12 episodes | |
The French Atlantic Affair | 1979 | TV Mini-Series 3 episodes | |
Pearl | 1978 | TV Mini-Series 3 episodes | |
The Eddie Capra Mysteries | 1978 | TV Series 1 episode | |
The Bastard | 1978 | TV Movie | |
Black Beauty | 1978 | TV Mini-Series | |
A Bridge Too Far | 1977 | ||
Joseph Andrews | 1977 | ||
The Seven-Per-Cent Solution | 1976 | ||
Swashbuckler | 1976 | ||
Grady | 1975 | TV Series 2 episodes | |
Ride a Wild Pony | 1975 | ||
A Journey to London | 1975 | TV Movie | |
Bellamira | 1974 | TV Movie | |
Play for Today | 1974 | TV Series 1 episode | |
The Concert | 1974 | Short | |
Dead Cert | 1974 | ||
Sleuth | 1972 | ||
Cry of the Penguins | 1971 | ||
ITV Saturday Night Theatre | 1970 | TV Series music composer - 1 episode | |
Hamlet | 1970/I | TV Movie | |
Brotherly Love | 1970 | ||
Start the Revolution Without Me | 1970 | ||
The Charge of the Light Brigade | 1968 | ||
Smashing Time | 1967 | ||
The Honey Pot | 1967 | ||
Torn Curtain | 1966 | ||
A Fine Madness | 1966 | ||
Time Lost and Time Remembered | 1966 | ||
The Uncle | 1965 | ||
The Loved One | 1965 | ||
The Peaches | 1965 | Short | |
The Amorous Adventures of Moll Flanders | 1965 | ||
Guns at Batasi | 1964 | ||
Detective | 1964 | TV Series 1 episode | |
Girl with Green Eyes | 1964 | ||
The Model Murder Case | 1963 | ||
Tom Jones | 1963 | ||
The Loneliness of the Long Distance Runner | 1962 | ||
Go to Blazes | 1962 | ||
A Taste of Honey | 1961 | ||
Sambo and the Snow Mountains | 1961 | TV Short music specially composed by | |
His and Hers | 1961 | ||
A French Mistress | 1960 | ||
The Entertainer | 1960 | ||
School for Scoundrels | 1960 | ||
Man in a Cocked Hat | 1959 | ||
Hell, Heaven or Hoboken | 1958 | ||
All at Sea | 1957 | ||
Lucky Jim | 1957 | ||
The Shiralee | 1957 | ||
Three Men in a Boat | 1956 | ||
Reach for the Sky | 1956 | ||
Private's Progress | 1956 | ||
The Cockleshell Heroes | 1955 | ||
Josephine and Men | 1955 | ||
Touch and Go | 1955 | ||
Make Me an Offer | 1955 | ||
That Lady | 1955 | ||
One Good Turn | 1955 | ||
The Black Knight | 1954 | ||
High and Dry | 1954 | ||
The End of the Road | 1954 | ||
The Man Between | 1953 | ||
Paratrooper | 1953 | ||
Terror on a Train | 1953 | ||
The Hour of 13 | 1952 | ||
Brandy for the Parson | 1952 | ||
Operation Hurricane | 1952 | Documentary short | |
High Treason | 1951 | ||
Pool of London | 1951 | ||
Seven Days to Noon | 1950 |
Soundtrack
Soundtrack
Title | Year | Status | Character |
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BBC Proms | 2007 | TV Series 1 episode | |
Music for the Movies: Bernard Herrmann | 1992 | Documentary writer: "Torn Curtain" | |
Resurrected | 1989 | music: "Reach for the Sky" - uncredited | |
A Death in Canaan | 1978 | TV Movie arranger: "Yankee Doodle" - uncredited / music: "Canaan Rock" - uncredited | |
The Seven-Per-Cent Solution | 1976 | arranger: "Valse Sentimental" - uncredited | |
Ride a Wild Pony | 1975 | arranger: "In the Good Old Summertime" - uncredited | |
Rape Victims | 1975 | writer: "Love Theme" from tt0057590 motion picture soundtrack - uncredited | |
Twisted Nerve | 1968 | writer: "Madeleine" - uncredited | |
The Charge of the Light Brigade | 1968 | arranger: "My Heart's In The Highlands", "Pretty Poll Polka", "Standard Bearer Quadrille", "Gallop", "From Greenland's Icy Mountains" - uncredited | |
The Hollywood Palace | 1968 | TV Series writer - 1 episode | |
Smashing Time | 1967 | lyrics: "It's Always Your Fault" / music: "Smashing Time", "Carnaby Street", "Waiting For My Friend", "New Clothes", "It's Always Your Fault", "While I'm Still Young", "Day Out", "Trouble", "The Morning After", "Baby Don't Go", "Swinging Thru London" | |
Torn Curtain | 1966 | writer: "Torn Curtain Main Title", "Torn Curtain Love Theme End Title" | |
The Amorous Adventures of Moll Flanders | 1965 | writer: "Theme from the Amorous Adventures of Moll Flanders" | |
A Taste of Honey | 1961 | music: "Baby Face Rock" - uncredited | |
A French Mistress | 1960 | writer: "Madeleine" - uncredited | |
The Entertainer | 1960 | music: "Why Should I Care?", "Let's Rock", "Hide Your Face, Mum", "Thank God I'm Normal" - uncredited | |
It's Great to Be Young! | 1956 | writer: "Scherzo" | |
The Cockleshell Heroes | 1955 | arranger: "A Life on the Ocean Wave" - uncredited | |
The Man Between | 1953 | music: "The Man Between Theme" - uncredited | |
Brighton Rock | 1947 | arranger: "More Than Ever" / music: "Hello Hello!" - uncredited |
Actor
Actor
Title | Year | Status | Character |
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The Phantom of the Opera | 1990 | TV Mini-Series | Conductor (uncredited) |
Miscellaneous
Miscellaneous
Title | Year | Status | Character |
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Tom Jones | 1963 | supervisor: restoration - restored version |
Self
Self
Title | Year | Status | Character |
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The 37th Annual Primetime Emmy Awards | 1985 | TV Special | Himself - Winner: Outstanding Music Composition for a Series |
Filmharmonic '80 | 1980 | TV Movie | Himself - Conductor |
Filmharmonic '77 | 1977 | TV Movie | Himself - Conductor |
Won awards
Won awards
Year | Award | Ceremony | Nomination | Movie | Award shared with |
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2007 | IFMCA Award | International Film Music Critics Award (IFMCA) | Best Film Music Compilation Album or Box Set | · Douglass Fake (album produced by) · Jon Burlingame (liner notes by) · John Williams (music composed by) · Alan Silvestri (music composed by) · Craig Safan (music composed by) · Michael Kamen (music composed by) · Bruce Broughton (music composed by) · Billy Goldenberg (music composed by) · Fred Steiner (music composed by) · Pat Metheny (music composed by) |
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1995 | ASCAP Award | ASCAP Film and Television Music Awards | Top TV Series | Murder, She Wrote (1984) | |
1994 | ASCAP Award | ASCAP Film and Television Music Awards | Top TV Series | Murder, She Wrote (1984) | |
1993 | ASCAP Award | ASCAP Film and Television Music Awards | Top TV Series | Murder, She Wrote (1984) | |
1990 | ASCAP Award | ASCAP Film and Television Music Awards | Top TV Series | Murder, She Wrote (1984) | |
1989 | ASCAP Award | ASCAP Film and Television Music Awards | Top TV Series | Murder, She Wrote (1984) | |
1988 | ASCAP Award | ASCAP Film and Television Music Awards | Top TV Series | Murder, She Wrote (1984) | |
1985 | Primetime Emmy | Primetime Emmy Awards | Outstanding Music Composition for a Series (Dramatic Underscore) | Murder, She Wrote (1984) | |
1978 | Anthony Asquith Award for Film Music | BAFTA Awards | A Bridge Too Far (1977) | ||
1964 | Oscar | Academy Awards, USA | Best Music, Score - Substantially Original | Tom Jones (1963) | |
1964 | Grammy | Grammy Awards | Best Original Score from a Motion Picture or Television Show | Tom Jones (1963) |
Nominated awards
Nominated awards
Year | Award | Ceremony | Nomination | Movie | Award shared with |
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1990 | Primetime Emmy | Primetime Emmy Awards | Outstanding Music Composition for a Miniseries or a Special (Dramatic Underscore) | The Phantom of the Opera (1990) | |
1973 | Oscar | Academy Awards, USA | Best Music, Original Dramatic Score | Sleuth (1972) | |
1971 | Primetime Emmy | Primetime Emmy Awards | Outstanding Achievement in Music Composition - For a Special Program | Hamlet (1970) | |
1971 | Primetime Emmy | Primetime Emmy Awards | Outstanding Achievement in Music Direction of a Variety, Musical or Dramatic Program | Hamlet (1970) | |
1969 | Anthony Asquith Award for Film Music | BAFTA Awards | The Charge of the Light Brigade (1968) |
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