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Roy Budd
Sign in to saveAlso known as Roy Frederick Budd
British jazz musician and composer (1947-1993)
Film & TV
Known for
- Das ist Ihr Leben — Self1976
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Music · MusicBrainz
- Type
- Person
- Gender
- Male
- Country
- United Kingdom
- Active from
- 1947
- Active to
- 1993
Discography
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Listeners · Last.fm
- Listeners
- 43,002
- Total plays
- 374,301
Tags
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Roy Frederick Budd (14 March 1947, Mitcham, Surrey – 7 August 1993, London) was a British jazz musician and film composer. He is best known for his score for the 1971 British cult film Get Carter. Although some biographies say Budd started playing aged four, he was two and a half years old when he started picking out tunes on the piano the morning after a Christmas party (verified by Roy's brother). When he was six, two German professors visited him in South Norwood, and after various tests, fo
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Given name
- Roy
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- United Kingdom
- Place of birth
- Mitcham
- Place of death
- London
- Spouse
- Caterina Valente
- Occupation
- film score composer
- Languages spoken
- English language
- Genre
- jazz
- Instrument
- piano
- Record label
- Castle Communications
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- date of birth
- 1947-03-14
- date of death
- 1993-08-07
- cause of death
- stroke
- manner of death
- natural causes
- start of work period
- 1965-00-00
- related category
- Category:Films scored by Roy Budd
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Gallery (2)
Available in 8 languages
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