Richard Addinsell(1904-1977)

Composer
Music Department
Soundtrack

English composer Richard Addinsell was born in 1904. After finishing his law studies at Oxford, he took a short course in music at the Royal College of Music in London and studied from 1929 to 1932 in Berlin and Vienna. From 1933 to 1935 he lived in the USA writing scores for the Hollywood studios.

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Known for

My Week with Marilyn

6.9

Soundtrack("Hurdy Gurdy", "I Found a Dream")

2011

A Christmas Carol

8.1

Composer(musical score by)

1951

Goodbye, Mr. Chips

7.9

Music Department(special music)

1939

Gaslight

7.3

Composer(musical score)

1940

Credits

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Composer

Great Performances
7.9
TV Series
- Composer
- 1983
Joyce Grenfell
TV Series
- Composer
- 1972
Before the Fringe
TV Series
- Composer
- 1967
The Wednesday Play
7.4
TV Series
- Composer
- 1966
Life at the Top
6.7
- Composer
- 1965
Festival
6.9
TV Series
- Composer
- 1964
BBC Sunday-Night Play
8.5
TV Series
- Composer
- 1962
The War Lover
6.5
- Composer
- 1962
Waltz of the Toreadors
5.8
- Composer
- 1962
The Roman Spring of Mrs. Stone
6.4
- Composer
- 1961
Loss of Innocence
6.7
- Composer
- 1961
Macbeth
8.2
TV Movie
- Composer
- 1960
BBC Sunday-Night Theatre
6.9
TV Series
- Composer
- 1953–1958
Saturday Playhouse
TV Series
- Composer
- 1958
Theatre Night
8.3
TV Series
- Composer
- 1958

Music Department

Re:Joyce! - A Celebration of the Work of Joyce Grenfell
7.4
TV Movie
- composer: stock music
- 1991
The Sea Wolves
6.3
- music by
- 1980
BBC Show of the Week
8.8
TV Series
- music by
- 1966
Joyce Grenfell
TV Special
- music
- 1964
BBC Sunday-Night Theatre
6.9
TV Series
- composer: ballad
- composer: incidental music
- 1950–1953
Sabotage at Sea
5.4
- composer: stock music (uncredited)
- 1942
The Arsenal Stadium Mystery
6.2
- composer: stock music (uncredited)
- 1939
Goodbye, Mr. Chips
7.9
- composer: special music
- 1939

Soundtrack

Madame Web
4.0
- performer: "Scrooge"
- writer: "Scrooge"
- 2024
My Week with Marilyn
6.9
- writer: "Hurdy Gurdy", "I Found a Dream"
- 2011
The Sea Wolves
6.3
- music: "The Precious Moments"
- 1980
Nationwide
6.9
TV Series
- music: "The World Outside" (uncredited)
- 1975
Qing hai you lan
- writer: "Warsaw Concerto" (uncredited)
- 1964
The War Lover
6.5
- writer: "Song of Liberty" (uncredited)
- 1962
The Roman Spring of Mrs. Stone
6.4
- music: "Love Is a Bore" (uncredited)
- 1961
The Steve Allen Plymouth Show
8.4
TV Series
- writer: "Warsaw Concerto" (uncredited)
- 1959
Woman in a Dressing Gown
7.3
- music: "Invitation Waltz" (uncredited)
- 1957
The Prince and the Showgirl
6.4
- music: "I Found a Dream" (uncredited)
- 1957
Paradise Lagoon
7.1
- writer: "Waltz Sequence"
- 1957
Rätten att älska
5.7
- music: "Invitation Waltz" (uncredited)
- 1956
Out of the Clouds
5.7
- music: "Flame" (uncredited)
- 1955
Music for You
TV Series
- writer: "The Smoky Mountains"
- 1952
The Ed Sullivan Show
7.9
TV Series
- writer: "The Warsaw Concerto" (uncredited)
- 1949

Personal details

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Alternative names
- Richard Addinsel
Born
- January 13, 1904
- Bloomsbury, London, England, UK
Died
- November 14, 1977
- Chelsea, London, England, UK(bronchopneumonia)
Other works
He composed the music for the 1932 Broadway adaptation of "Alice in Wonderland", which was revived on stage in 1947, and subsequently given two different television productions, in 1955, and in 1983. Both television productions used his music.
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Trivia
His famous 'Warsaw Concerto', a Rachmaninoff like piece for piano and orchestra composed for the RKO picture Suicide Squadron (1941), is still being performed.