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Person · Open Library
- Works
- 27
Top works
- Report of Trial of a cause Addison and others versus Hunt
- Extracts from ancient documents
- 1969
- Real Leadership
- Africa
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Film & TV
Chobham, Surrey
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
Known for
- The Phantom of the Opera — Conductor (uncredited)1990
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Music · MusicBrainz
- Type
- Person
- Gender
- Male
- Origin
- United Kingdom
- Active from
- 1920-03-16
- Active to
- 1998-12-07
Discography
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Listeners · Last.fm
- Listeners
- 6,272
- Total plays
- 45,104
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John Mervyn Addison (16 March 1920 – 7 December 1998) was a British composer best known for his film scores. Addison was born in Chobham, Surrey to a father who was a colonel in the British Army, and this influenced his choice of education at the Wellington College, Berkshire as a child. At the age of sixteen entered the Royal College of Music. He studied composition with Gordon Jacob, oboe with Léon Goossens, and clarinet with Frederick Thurston. <a href="https://www.last.fm/music/John+Addison
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Given name
- John
- Family name
- Addison
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland
- Place of birth
- United Kingdom
- Place of death
- Bennington
- Occupation
- film score composer
- Educated at
- Royal College of Music
- Languages spoken
- English language
- Field of work
- film score
- Instrument
- oboe
- Record label
- United Artists Records
- Conflict
- World War II
- Military branch
- British Army
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- date of birth
- 1920-03-16
- date of death
- 1998-12-07
- nominated for
- Academy Award for Best Original Score
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