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Ron Goodwin
FactsAKA: Ron Goddwyn Occupation: Composer Also: Conductor, Musical Direction/Supervision Birthname: Ronald Alfred Goodwin Birthdate: February 17, 1925 Birthplace: Plymouth, Devon, England Died: January 8, 2003(Brimpton Common, Reading, Berkshire, England, UK) Biography Ron Goodwin started his music proffession in 1941 when he joined the music publisher Campbell, Connely & Co Ltd. He was the head of arranging department at Bron Associated Publishers from 1945-50. During these years arrangements for all the leading broadcasting bands and orchestras. In 1950 he started working as musical director for Parlophone (EMI) records and he acconmpanied artists like Peter Sellers and Sophia Loren. He also started recording and broadcasting as Ron Goodwin and his orchestra. He wrote his first movie-score for a movie entitled Whirlpool (1958) and after that he began his association with MGM British Studios. He composes and conducted music for 61 films, including Alfred Hitchcock's Frenzy (1972) and Harry Saltzman's Battle of Britain (1969). Selected Films Blackmail - 1929 Whirlpool - 1958 I'm All Right Jack - 1959 Village of the Damned - 1960 Invasion Quartet - 1961 Kill or Cure - 1962 I Thank a Fool - 1962 Postman's Knock - 1962 Follow the Boys - 1963 Lancelot and Guinevere - 1963 Murder at the Gallop - 1963 633 Squadron - 1964 Of Human Bondage - 1964 Operation Crossbow - 1965 Those Magnificent Men in Their Flying Machines - 1965 That Riviera Touch - 1966 Trap, The - 1966 Magnificent Two, The - 1967 Decline and Fall... of a Bird Watcher - 1968 Monte Carlo or Bust - 1969 Battle of Britain - 1969 Where Eagles Dare - 1969 Frenzy - 1972 Littlest Horse Thieves, The - 1977 Force 10 from Navarone - 1978 Day of the Triffids, The - 1981 Valhalla - 1992 Sabouteur: A Closer Look - 2000 Selected Records Music to Set You Dreaming - 1956 It Can't Be Wrong - 1957 Out of the World - 1958 Swingin' Sweathearts - 1958 Music for an Arabian Night - 1959 Ron Goodwin and his Magic Strings - 1961 Serenade - 1961 Holiday in Beirut - 1962 Smooth Sounds of Ron Goodwin - 1964 Of Human Bondage - 1964 Sunrise Serenade - 1965 Adventure - 1966 Gypsy Fire - 1967 Christmas Wonderland - 1967 Legend of Glass Mountain - 1968 Excitement - 1970 Ron Goodwin in Concert - 1971 Ron Goodwin... - 1972 Spellbound - 1972 Ron Goodwin & His Orchestra Play Burt Bacharach - 1972 Warsaw Concerto - 1973 Rhythm and Romance - 1976 Going Places - 1978 Beatles Concerto - 1979 My Kind of Music - 1989 Mozart Magic - 1990 Classic Love Songs - 1992 Ron Goodwin conducts Film and TV Themes - 1997 Curiosa
Web: Composed by Ron Goodwin Int: Ron Goodwin about the music of Where Eagles Dare User Comments: matthew (2007-01-09)
what is the best of the movie.
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