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Stanley Myers (I) (1933–1993)

Composer | Music Department | Soundtrack

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Is probably best known for composing 'Cavatina', which became famous worldwide as the title music for The Deer Hunter. The theme had previously been used in the 1970 film The Walking Stick. See more trivia »

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in Birmingham, England, UK

Died:

(age 60) in London, England, UK
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1994 Middlemarch (TV mini-series)
 
1993 The Summer House
 
1993 Heart of Darkness (TV movie)
 
1993 Stalag Luft (TV movie)
 
1993 Claude
 
1986-1993 Screen Two (TV series)
– The Clothes in the Wardrobe (1993)
– Heading Home (1991)
– Children Crossing (1990)
– He's Asking for Me (1990)
– The Russian Soldier (1986)
 
1993 Head Over Heels (TV series)
 
1992 Mrs. 'Arris Goes to Paris (TV movie)
 
1992 Sarafina!
 
1992 My Friend Walter (TV movie)
 
1991 A Murder of Quality (TV movie)
 
1991 Cold Heaven
 
1991 Voyager
 
1991 Iron Maze
 
1990 Rosencrantz & Guildenstern Are Dead
 
1990 The Witches
 
1990 Never Come Back (TV series)
 
1990 Ladder of Swords
 
1989 Age-Old Friends (TV movie)
 
1989 Screenplay (TV series)
– A Small Mourning (1989)
 
1989 Scenes from the Class Struggle in Beverly Hills
 
1989 Torrents of Spring
 
1989 Roald Dahl's Danny the Champion of the World (TV movie)
 
1988 The Boost
 
1988 Christabel (TV movie)
 
1988 Paperhouse
 
1988 Tidy Endings (TV movie)
 
1988 Death Street USA
 
1988 Track 29
 
1988 Stars and Bars
 
1988 Trading Hearts
 
1988 Taffin
 
1988 The Nature of the Beast
 
1988 Baja Oklahoma (TV movie)
 
1988 Stones for Ibarra (TV movie)
 
1987 Sammy and Rosie Get Laid
 
1987 Wish You Were Here
 
1987 The Wind (video)
 
1987 The Second Victory
 
1987 Scoop (TV movie)
 
1987 Pack of Lies (TV movie)
 
1987 Prick Up Your Ears
 
1987 A Wreath of Roses (TV movie)
 
1987 Harry's Kingdom (TV movie)
 
1986 The Singing Detective (TV mini-series)
– Heat (1986) (uncredited)
– Skin (1986) (uncredited)
 
1986 The Zero Boys
 
1986 Castaway
 
1986 Monte Carlo (TV movie)
 
1986 Separate Vacations
 
1986 Strong Medicine (TV movie)
 
1985 Mr. and Mrs. Edgehill (TV movie)
 
1985 Dreamchild
 
1985 The Lightship
 
1985 My Brother Jonathan (TV movie)
 
1985 Insignificance
 
1985 Widows 2 (TV mini-series)
– Episode #1.2 (1985)
– Episode #1.1 (1985)
 
1985 Florence Nightingale (TV movie)
 
1985 Black Arrow (TV movie)
 
1984 The Chain
 
1984 The Next One
 
1984 Histoire d'O: Chapitre 2
 
1984 Blind Date
 
1984 Success Is the Best Revenge
 
1984 The Zany Adventures of Robin Hood (TV movie)
 
1973-1984 Play for Today (TV series)
– Rainy Day Women (1984)
– Dear Brutus (1981)
– A Passage to England (1975)
– The Operation (1973)
 
1983 A Pattern of Roses (TV movie)
 
1983 Beyond the Limit
 
1983 Eureka (music composed by)
 
1983 Widows (TV mini-series)
– Episode #1.1 (1983)
 
1982 Moonlighting
 
1982 The Incubus
 
1982 Masterpiece Theatre: Nancy Astor (TV mini-series)
 
1981 Lady Chatterley's Lover
 
1981 The Gentleman Bandit (TV movie)
 
1980 Border Cop
 
1980 The Watcher in the Woods
 
1980 The Martian Chronicles (TV mini-series)
 
1979 Yesterday's Hero
 
1979 The Class of Miss MacMichael
 
1979 A Nightingale Sang in Berkeley Square
 
1979 The Great Riviera Bank Robbery
 
1978 Absolution
 
1978 The Deer Hunter
 
1978 Summer of My German Soldier (TV movie)
 
1978 The Comeback
 
1978 The Greek Tycoon
 
1977 A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man
 
1976 Schizo
 
1976 Coup de grâce
 
1976 The Confessional
 
1975 The Legend of Robin Hood (TV mini-series)
 
1975 Conduct Unbecoming
 
1975 The Wilby Conspiracy
 
1974 Cover Up
 
1974 Übernachtung in Tirol (TV movie)
 
1974 Caravan to Vaccares
 
1974 Little Malcolm
 
1974 Shoulder to Shoulder (TV mini-series)
– Christabel Pankhurst (1974)
– Lady Constance Lytton (1974)
– Annie Kenney (1974)
– The Pankhursts (1974)
 
1974 House of Whipcord
 
1974 Road Movie
 
1973 The Blockhouse
 
1973 Divorce His - Divorce Hers (TV movie)
 
1973 Is This a Record? (short)
 
1973 The Love Ban
 
1972 A Free Woman
 
1972 Sitting Target
 
1972 King, Queen, Knave
 
1972 X, Y and Zee
 
1967-1971 All Gas and Gaiters (TV series)
– The Bishop Loses His Chaplain (1971)
– The Bishop Has a Rest (1971)
– The Bishop Shows His Loyalty (1971)
– The Bishop Gives a Present (1971)
– The Bishops Entertains (1971)
See all 31 episodes »
 
1971 Long Ago, Tomorrow
 
1970 The Devil's Widow
 
1970 A Severed Head
 
1970 Take a Girl Like You
 
1970 Underground
 
1970 The Walking Stick
 
1970 Tropic of Cancer
 
1969 Two Gentlemen Sharing
 
1969 Age of Consent (international version)
 
1969 Michael Kohlhaas - Der Rebell (alternate score: UK release)
 
1968 The Night of the Following Day
 
1968 Otley
 
1968 Never a Cross Word (TV series)
– Mr and Mrs Baldock and Friend (1968) (music composed by)
 
1968 Separation
 
1968 No Way to Treat a Lady
 
1967 A Series of Bird's (TV series)
– Back to the Front (1967)
– The Eric Giddings Story 2: The Plot Thins (1967)
– The Eric Giddings Story (1967)
– Here Come the Trendies (1967)
– The Plot of Land (1967)
See all 6 episodes »
 
1967 Ulysses
 
1966 Five More (TV series)
– Exit 19 (1966)
 
1966 Kaleidoscope
 
1965-1966 The Wednesday Play (TV series)
– The Big Man Coughed and Died (1966)
– The Coming Out Party (1965)
– The End of Arthur's Marriage (1965) (uncredited)
– The Trial and Torture of Sir John Rampayne (1965)
– Wear a Very Big Hat (1965)
See all 6 episodes »
 
1966 Road to Saint Tropez (short)
 
1964 Six (TV series)
– Don't I Look Like a Lord's Son? (1964)
 
1964 Diary of a Young Man (TV series)
– Relationships (1964)
– Life, or a Girl Called Fred (1964)
– Power (1964)
– Marriage (1964)
– Money (1964)
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1964 Doctor Who (TV series)
– Prisoners of Conciergerie (1964)
– A Bargain of Necessity (1964)
– The Tyrant of France (1964)
– A Change of Identity (1964)
– Guests of Madame Guillotine (1964)
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1961 ITV Television Playhouse (TV series)
– A Resounding Tinkle (1961)
 
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1989 Scenes from the Class Struggle in Beverly Hills (conductor)
 
1988 The Boost (orchestrator)
 
1988 Stars and Bars (conductor - uncredited)
 
1987 Wish You Were Here (conductor)
 
1987 The Wind (video) (conductor)
 
1987 Prick Up Your Ears (composer: theme music)
 
1985 Dreamchild (conductor)
 
1985 The Lightship (conductor)
 
1985 My Beautiful Laundrette (music producer)
 
1985 Black Arrow (TV movie) (conductor)
 
1984 The Zany Adventures of Robin Hood (TV movie) (conductor)
 
1983 Eureka (music conductor)
 
1982 The Incubus (conductor)
 
1979 Yesterday's Hero (musical director)
 
1979 The Great Riviera Bank Robbery (conductor)
 
1978 Absolution (conductor)
 
1978 The Comeback (conductor)
 
1978 The Greek Tycoon (orchestrator)
 
1977 Take Hart (TV series) (composer: stock music "Cavatina" (The Gallery - / 1977 - uncredited)
 
1977 A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man (conductor)
 
1976 Schizo (conductor)
 
1976 The Confessional (conductor)
 
1974 Cover Up (conductor)
 
1974 Little Malcolm (conductor)
 
1974 House of Whipcord (conductor)
 
1974 The Apprenticeship of Duddy Kravitz (music supervisor)
 
1974 Road Movie (conductor)
 
1972 Sitting Target (conductor)
 
1966-1971 All Gas and Gaiters (TV series) (musical director - 33 episodes)
– The Bishop Loses His Chaplain (1971) (musical director)
– The Bishop Has a Rest (1971) (musical director)
– The Bishop Shows His Loyalty (1971) (musical director)
– The Bishop Gives a Present (1971) (musical director)
– The Bishops Entertains (1971) (musical director)
See all 33 episodes »
 
1971 Percy (music supervisor)
 
1970 The Devil's Widow (conductor)
 
1970 A Severed Head (conductor)
 
1970 Take a Girl Like You (conductor)
 
1970 The Walking Stick (conductor)
 
1970 Tropic of Cancer (conductor)
 
1969 Two Gentlemen Sharing (conductor)
 
1969 Age of Consent (conductor)
 
1968 The Night of the Following Day (conductor)
 
1968 Otley (conductor)
 
1967 Ulysses (musical director)
 
1966 Kaleidoscope (conductor)
 
1965 Vision On (TV series) (composer: stock music "Cavatina" (The Gallery - / 1965-1976 - uncredited)
 
1965 The Party's Over (composer: party music - uncredited)
 
1964 Doctor Who (TV series) (conductor: incidental music - 6 episodes, 1964) (composer: incidental music - 1 episode, 1964)
– Prisoners of Conciergerie (1964) (conductor: incidental music)
– A Bargain of Necessity (1964) (conductor: incidental music)
– The Tyrant of France (1964) (conductor: incidental music)
– A Change of Identity (1964) (conductor: incidental music)
– Guests of Madame Guillotine (1964) (conductor: incidental music)
See all 6 episodes »
 
1958 Murder Reported (composer: song)
 
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2007 Grindhouse (music: "Time Out" - uncredited)
 
2006 Battlestar Galactica (TV series)
– Scar (2006) (writer: "Cavatina" - uncredited)
 
2005 Jarhead (writer: "Cavatina")
 
2000 Jam (TV series)
 
1997 I Love You, Don't Touch Me! (writer: "Girl on the Sand")
 
1991 Celeste (TV series)
– Episode #1.1 (1991) (music: "Cavatina" - uncredited)
 
1988 Paperhouse (arranger: "Requiem")
 
1987 Wish You Were Here (arranger: "Waltz" unidentified - uncredited, "Cosi fan tutti" - uncredited)
 
1987 Prick Up Your Ears (writer: "Dancing Hearts")
 
1985 Insignificance (music: "Life Goes On")
 
1984 The Chain (writer: "The Chain")
 
1984 Scandalous (music: "Time Out" - uncredited)
 
1981 Venom (music: "Time Out" - uncredited)
 
1978 The Deer Hunter (writer: "Sarabande" 1978 - uncredited / music: "Cavatina" 1970 - uncredited, "Struggling Ahead" 1978 - uncredited, "Waiting His Turn" 1978 - uncredited / arranger: "Troika" - uncredited)
 
1975 The Wilby Conspiracy (music: "All the Wishing in the World" - uncredited, "Geliefde Man")
 
1974 The Apprenticeship of Duddy Kravitz (arranger: "When the Saints Go Marching In" - uncredited, "Camptown Races" - uncredited, "Mademoiselle from Armentieres" - uncredited)
 
1971 Long Ago, Tomorrow (music: "Many Loving Things")
 
1970 Take a Girl Like You (writer: "It Takes a Lot of Loving", "I Wish You Would")
 
1970 The Walking Stick (writer: "Cavatina")
 
1969 Age of Consent (music: "Tell Her You Love Her" - uncredited)
 
1968 Otley (writer: "Homeless Bones")
 
1968 No Way to Treat a Lady (music: "A QUIET PLACE")
 
1965 The Wednesday Play (TV series)
– Up the Junction (1965) (writer: "Bad Girl")
 
1959 Desert Mice (music: "Christmas Star" - uncredited)
 

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Trivia:

Is probably best known for composing 'Cavatina', which became famous worldwide as the title music for The Deer Hunter. The theme had previously been used in the 1970 film The Walking Stick. See more »

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