Tag: composer

Dudley Moore

(1935–2002) Dudley Stuart John Moore, CBE Works: • Bedazzled (1968) Filmography as Actor: Foul Play 1978 Director: Colin Higgins Starring: Goldie Hawn, Chevy Chase   Born April 19 1935 London (England) Died March 27 2002 Plainfield, NJ (USA) Cause of death Pneumonia Occupation Actor…

Cole Porter

(1891–1964) Cole Albert Porter Works: • Evil Under The Sun (1982) • High Society (1956) • The Words and Music of Cole Porter (1920s, 30s, 40s) Filmography as Composer: High Society 1956 Director: Charles Walters Starring: Bing Crosby, Grace Kelly     Evil…

Franz Waxman

(1906–1967) Franz Wachsmann Works: • Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde (1941) • Fascination (1957) • Love in the Afternoon (1957) • Rear Window (1954) • Rebecca (1940) • Sunset Boulevard (1950) • Suspicion (1941) • The Philadelphia Story (1940) Filmography as Composer: Rebecca…

Louis Armstrong

(1901–1971) Louis Daniel Armstrong Works: • Basin Street Blues • Black and Blue (1965) • Hello Dolly • West End Blues • What a wonderful world (1967) • When the saints go marching In Filmography as Actor: High Society 1956…

Bernard Herrmann

(1911–1975) Max ‘Benny’ Herman Works: • Movie Theme Songs • “Scene d’amour” from Hitchcock’s “Vertigo” • Vertigo (1958) Filmography as Composer: Citizen Kane 1941 Director: Orson Welles Starring: Joseph Cotten, Dorothy Comingore     Vertigo 1958 Director: Alfred Hitchcock Starring: James Stewart, Kim…

Noël Coward

(1899–1973) Sir Noël Peirce Coward Musical works: • Words and Music of Noel Coward (Songs from the 20s, 30s & 40s) Filmography as Writer: Burton and Taylor 2013 Director: Richard Laxton Starring: Helena Bonham Carter, Dominic West     Filmography as Actor: Around…

Alberto Sordi

(1920–2003) Filmography as Actor: Mio figlio Nerone 1956 Director: Steno Starring: Alberto Sordi, Vittorio De Sica     I nuovi mostri 1977 Directors: D. Risi, E. Scola, M. Monicelli Starring: Vittorio Gassman, Ornella Muti   Born June 15 1920 Roma (Italia) Died February 24 2003 Roma (Italia) Cause of death…

Claude Debussy

(1862–1918) Achille-Claude Debussy Works: • Arabesques (1888-1891) • Children’s Corner (1908) • Images (1905-1907) • Jeux (1913) • La Mer (1905) • Pelléas et Mélisande (1902) • Prélude à l’après-midi d’un faune (1894) • Préludes (1909-1913) • Quatuor à cordes…

Jean Yanne

(1933–2003) Jean Roger Gouyé Works: • Jouez transistors, résonnez cassettes (1982) Filmograhy as Actor: Madame Bovary 1991 Director: Claude Chabrol Starring: Isabelle Huppert, Jean-François Balmer   Born July 18 1933 Les Lilas (France) Died May 23 2003 Morsains (France) Occupation…

Mikis Theodorakis

(1925–2021) Μιχαήλ (Μίκης) Θεοδωράκης Works: • Electra (1962) • Golden Collection (Instrumental) • Iphigenia (1977) • The Trojan Women (1971) • Zorba’s Dance (1964) • Zorba the Greek (1964) Filmography as Composer: Electra 1962 Director: Michael Cacoyannis Starring: Irene Papas, Giannis Fertis    …