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Ron Goodwin
Ron Goodwin
English composer and conductor
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Johnny Pearson
Johnny Pearson
British composer, orchestra leader and pianist (1925-2011)
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John Barry
John Barry
English film score composer
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Don Sebesky
Don Sebesky
American jazz musician
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John Dankworth
John Dankworth
British musician (1927-2010)
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Bert Kaempfert
Bert Kaempfert
German orchestra leader, multi-instrumentalist, music producer, arranger and composer (1923-1980)
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Johnny Mandel
Johnny Mandel
American composer and arranger of popular songs, film music and jazz (1925-2020)
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Don Banks
Don Banks
Australian composer
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Joe Wilder
Joe Wilder
American trumpeter
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Toshiro Mayuzumi
Toshiro Mayuzumi
Japanese composer
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Malcolm Arnold
Malcolm Arnold
English composer, conductor
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Bert Shefter
Bert Shefter
American-Russian composer
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Edwin Astley
Edwin Astley
British composer
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David Amram
David Amram
American musician
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Henry Mancini
Henry Mancini
American composer, conductor, arranger, pianist and flautist (1924-1994)
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André Previn
André Previn
German-American pianist, conductor and composer
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John Scott
John Scott
English composer and conductor
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Alex North
Alex North
American composer
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John Addison
John Addison
British composer (1920-1998)
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Robert Farnon
Robert Farnon
Canadian-born composer, conductor, musical arranger and trumpet player
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Alan Shulman
Alan Shulman
American composer and cellist
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Nelson Riddle
Nelson Riddle
American arranger, composer, bandleader and orchestrator (1921-1985)
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Pete Rugolo
Pete Rugolo
American jazz composer, arranger, and record producer (1915-2011)
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Elmer Bernstein
Elmer Bernstein
American composer and conductor (1922-2004)
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Stanley Black
Stanley Black
British composer
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Don Butterfield
Don Butterfield
American musician
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Martin France
Martin France
drummer
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Frank De Vol
Frank De Vol
American actor, and using the name De Vol was an arranger and composer (1911-1999)
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Alan Rawsthorne
Alan Rawsthorne
British composer
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George Duvivier
George Duvivier
American musician
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Michel Legrand
Michel Legrand
French film score composer (1932-2019)
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Bernard Herrmann
Bernard Herrmann
American composer (1911-1975)
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Howard Roberts
Howard Roberts
American guitarist
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Leslie Bricusse
Leslie Bricusse
English composer, lyricist and playwright, most prominently working in musicals and also cinema theme music (born 1931)
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Alan Hawkshaw
Alan Hawkshaw
British composer
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Jule Styne
Jule Styne
British-born American songwriter
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Ernest Gold
Ernest Gold
Austrian American composer (1921-1999)
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Billy Byers
Billy Byers
American jazz trombonist and arranger (1927-1996)
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Chris Laurence
Chris Laurence
musician
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Tubby Hayes
Tubby Hayes
British jazz musician
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James Buffington
James Buffington
American musician
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Paul Horn
Paul Horn
American flautist in jazz and New Age music
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Dick Nash
Dick Nash
American musician
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Dimitri Tiomkin
Dimitri Tiomkin
American conductor
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Milt Bernhart
Milt Bernhart
American musician
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Osie Johnson
Osie Johnson
American jazz drummer, arranger and singer
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Buddy Greco
Buddy Greco
American singer and pianist
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Marty Paich
Marty Paich
American pianist, composer, arranger, record producer, music director and bandleader (1925-1995)
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Claus Ogerman
Claus Ogerman
German composer
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Don Ellis
Don Ellis
American jazz musician
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Mundell Lowe
Mundell Lowe
American jazz guitarist (1922-2017)
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Norman Leyden
Norman Leyden
American conductor
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Stanley Turrentine
Stanley Turrentine
American musician
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Bert Berns
Bert Berns
American songwriter and record producer of the 1960s
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Dominic Frontiere
Dominic Frontiere
American composer, arranger, and jazz accordionist (1931-2017)
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Harold McNair
Harold McNair
Jamaican musician
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Kai Winding
Kai Winding
Danish-born American jazz musician and trombonist
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Ferde Grofé
Ferde Grofé
American composer, arranger, pianist and instrumentalist
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Abbey Lincoln
Abbey Lincoln
American singer (1930-2010)
Laurie Johnson
British film and tv composer and bandleader

Laurie Johnson

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British film and tv composer and bandleader
Awards Received
Member of the Order of the British Empire

Laurence Reginald Ward Johnson, MBE (born 7 February 1927) is an English composer and bandleader who has written scores for dozens of film and television series and has been one of the most highly regarded arrangers of instrumental pop and swing music since the 1950s with works often serving as stock production music.