Richard Addinsell

Composer

About

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Birth Place

London, England, GB

Born

January 13, 1904

Died

November 15, 1977

Biography

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Scored numerous British historical and period films and won international recognition for his popular "Warsaw Concerto" from the 1940 film, "Dangerous Moonlight/Suicide Squadron." After writing incidental music for the stage, Addinsell first went to Hollywood in the early 1930s and returned to England to become a mainstay of the British film industry from the late 1930s to the mid-1960s,...

Filmography

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The Sea Wolves (1980)

Life at the Top (1965)

Music Composition

Music & Original score

Waltz of the Toreadors (1962)

Music Composition

The War Lover (1962)

Music Composition

Loss of Innocence (1961)

Music Composition

Photos & Videos

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Roman Spring of Mrs. Stone, The - (Original Trailer)

Goodbye, Mr. Chips (1939) - (Original Trailer)

Biography

Scored numerous British historical and period films and won international recognition for his popular "Warsaw Concerto" from the 1940 film, "Dangerous Moonlight/Suicide Squadron." After writing incidental music for the stage, Addinsell first went to Hollywood in the early 1930s and returned to England to become a mainstay of the British film industry from the late 1930s to the mid-1960s, writing the music for such period films as "Goodbye Mr. Chips" (1939), "Gaslight" (1940), "A Christmas Carol" (1951), "The Prince and the Showgirl" (1957) and "A Tale of Two Cities" (1958) as well as the more contemporary, "The Roman Spring of Mrs. Stone" (1961) and "Life at the Top" (1965).

Filmography

Music (Feature Film)

The Sea Wolves (1980)

Life at the Top (1965)

Music Composition

Music & Original score

Waltz of the Toreadors (1962)

Music Composition

The War Lover (1962)

Music Composition

Loss of Innocence (1961)

Music Composition

The Roman Spring of Mrs. Stone (1961)

Music Composition

The Roman Spring of Mrs. Stone (1961)

A Tale of Two Cities (1958)

The Prince and the Showgirl (1957)

Music Composition

The Prince and the Showgirl (1957)

Beau Brummell (1954)

Music Composition

Sea Devils (1953)

Music Composition

Tom Brown's Schooldays (1951)

A Christmas Carol (1951)

Tom Brown's Schooldays (1951)

The Black Rose (1950)

Music Composition

Under Capricorn (1949)

Suicide Squadron (1942)

Music Composition

Suicide Squadron (1942)

The Lion Has Wings (1940)

Gaslight (1940)

Goodbye, Mr. Chips (1939)

Special Music by

The Beachcomber (1939)

South Riding (1938)

Troopship (1937)

Dark Journey (1937)

Fire over England (1937)

Life Events

1928

Composed setting for Clemence Dane's stage play, "Adam's Opera", London

1933

Entered films with RKO

1933

Moved to New York; wrote musical score for Eva Le Galliene's "Alice in Wonderland"

1936

Returned to Britain

Videos

Tale Of Two Cities, A (1958) -- (Movie Clip) Recalled To Life Sydney Carton (Dirk Bogarde), Jarvis Lowry (Cecil Parker) and the title of the first book of Charles Dickens' novel are introduced in this first scene from the 1958 Rank Organisation production of A Tale Of Two Cities.

Tale Of Two Cities, A (1958) -- (Movie Clip) I Come Here Every Night Carton (Dirk Bogarde), found in the street by Lucie (Dorothy Tutin) and Prossy (Athene Seyler), makes his extraordinary confession in the 1958 British production of Charles Dickens' A Tale Of Two Cities.

Roman Spring of Mrs. Stone, The - (Original Trailer) A fading star (Vivien Leigh) hires a gigolo (Warren Beatty) in Tennessee Williams' The Roman Spring of Mrs. Stone (1961).

Goodbye, Mr. Chips (1939) - (Original Trailer) A cold-hearted teacher becomes the school favorite when he falls for a beautiful young woman in Goodbye, Mr. Chips (1939) with Robert Donat.

Beau Brummell (1954) - (Original Trailer) An English Don Juan (Stewart Granger) courts the Prince of Wales's favor while romancing his way through society in Beau Brummell (1954).

War Lover, The - (Original Trailer) A WWII bomber pilot (Steve McQueen) succeeds at flying but the rest of his life isn't so under control in The War Lover (1962).

Prince and the Showgirl, The - (Original Trailer) An American showgirl (Marilyn Monroe) creates an international incident when she falls for a European prince (Laurence Olivier) in The Prince and the Showgirl (1957).

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