William Alwyn

Composer

About

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Birth Place

Northampton, England, GB

Born

November 07, 1905

Died

September 12, 1985

Biography

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Prolific English composer whose film work began in documentaries in 1936. Alwyn went on to score over 100 films including the Carol Reed classics "Odd Man Out" (1947) and "The Fallen Idol" (1948). He was also a noted painter and author....

Filmography

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Walk in the Shadow (1966)

The Running Man (1963)

Music Composition

In Search of the Castaways (1962)

Music Composition

Burn, Witch, Burn (1962)

Music Composition

The Naked Edge (1961)

Music Composition

Swiss Family Robinson (1960)

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Crimson Pirate, The (1952) -- (Movie Clip) Long Live El Libre

Crimson Pirate, The (1952) -- (Movie Clip) What A Pretty Knife

Biography

Prolific English composer whose film work began in documentaries in 1936. Alwyn went on to score over 100 films including the Carol Reed classics "Odd Man Out" (1947) and "The Fallen Idol" (1948). He was also a noted painter and author.

Filmography

Music (Feature Film)

Walk in the Shadow (1966)

The Running Man (1963)

Music Composition

In Search of the Castaways (1962)

Music Composition

Burn, Witch, Burn (1962)

Music Composition

The Naked Edge (1961)

Music Composition

Swiss Family Robinson (1960)

Killers of Kilimanjaro (1960)

Music Composition

Third Man on the Mountain (1959)

Shake Hands with the Devil (1959)

Music Composition

The Silent Enemy (1959)

I Accuse! (1958)

She Played with Fire (1958)

Music Composition

Carve Her Name With Pride (1958)

A Night to Remember (1958)

Music Composition

Stowaway Girl (1957)

The Smallest Show on Earth (1957)

Music Composition

The Ship That Died Of Shame (1956)

Bedevilled (1955)

Music Composition

Svengali (1955)

Man with a Million (1954)

Music Composition

The Rainbow Jacket (1954)

Land Of Fury (1954)

The Master of Ballantrae (1953)

Music Composition

Personal Affair (1953)

The Malta Story (1953)

Island of Desire (1952)

The Crimson Pirate (1952)

Music Composition

The Card (1952)

I'll Never Forget You (1951)

Music Composition

Lady Godiva Rides Again (1951)

The Mudlark (1950)

State Secret (1950)

The History of Mr. Polly (1949)

So Evil My Love (1948)

Music Composition

Music Composition

The Winslow Boy (1948)

The Fallen Idol (1948)

Odd Man Out (1947)

Captain Boycott (1947)

Great Day (1946)

The True Glory (1945)

Escape to Danger (1944)

Wings and the Woman (1942)

Life Events

1936

First short documentary score, "The Future's in the Air"

1938

First feature-length documentary score, "Monkey into Man"

1942

First fiction feature score, "Squadron Leader X"

Videos

Crimson Pirate, The (1952) -- (Movie Clip) Long Live El Libre Shooting on location around the Isle of Capri in cut-rate post-war Italy, the title character (Burt Lancaster) and his mute sidekick (Nick Cravat) decide to taunt the implacable Spanish imperial soldiers, hailing a Caribbean rebel leader they haven't yet met, in The Crimson Pirate, 1952.

Crimson Pirate, The (1952) -- (Movie Clip) What A Pretty Knife With sidekick Nick Cravat tending to the ship, and rescued Carribean rebel beauty Eva Bartok harassed by his crew (Ewan Roberts, Derek Tansley), Burt Lancaster (title character) plots his next move, aboard a Spanish naval ship he's taken, in The Crimson Pirate, 1952.

Long Memory, The -- (Movie Clip) It's A Bit Lonely Opening scenes, introducing newly released wrongly convicted Davidson (John Mills), cop Lowther (John McCallum) and trash-picker Jackson (Michael Martin-Harvey), from director Robert Hamer's brit-Noir The Long Memory, 1952.

Burn, Witch, Burn - (Original Trailer) A skeptical college professor discovers that his wife has been practicing magic for years in Burn, Witch, Burn (1962).

Wings and the Woman - (Original Trailer) Wings and the Woman (1942), the true story of Amy Johnson, England's record-breaking airplane pilot of the 1930's.

Bedevilled - (Original Trailer) A novice priest offers sanctuary to Anne Baxter who is on the run from gangsters in Bedevilled (1955).

Crimson Pirate, The - (Original Trailer) Burt Lancaster is The Crimson Pirate (1952) who gets mixed up in a Caribbean revolution.

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