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William Alwyn (1905–1985)

Virtuoso flautist and composer who taught at London's Royal Academy of Music as a professor from 1926 to 1955. During the war years, he was employed by the Ministry of Information, where he came to the fore as a composer of scores for documentary films which were used for morale building, the instruction of troops and for propaganda... See full bio »

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Filmography

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1961 The Naked Edge
 
1959 Devil's Bait
 
1958 I Accuse!
 
1957 Stowaway Girl
 
1956 Zarak
 
1956 Smiley
 
1956 Safari
 
1956 The Black Tent
 
1955 Wee Geordie
 
1955 Bedevilled
 
1955 PT Raiders
 
1954-1955 War in the Air (TV series documentary)
Eastern Victory (1955)
Fifty North (1954)
 
1954 Svengali
 
1954 Land of Fury
 
1954 Savage World (documentary)
 
1953 Personal Affair
 
1953 Malta Story
 
1953 The Long Memory
 
1952 Royal Heritage (documentary short) (music score)
 
1952 The Promoter
 
1951 The Magic Box
 
1951 Bikini Baby
 
1951 Henry Moore (TV documentary)
 
1951 Festival in London (documentary short)
 
1950 The Magnet
 
1950 The Mudlark
 
1950 Madeleine
 
1950 Daybreak in Udi (documentary)
 
1949 Under One Roof (documentary short)
 
1948 The Fallen Idol
 
1948 The Winslow Boy
 
1948 Escape
 
1948 So Evil My Love
 
1948 Three Dawns to Sydney (documentary)
 
1947 Take My Life
 
1947 The October Man
 
1947 Captain Boycott
 
1947 Odd Man Out
 
1947 A City Speaks (documentary)
 
1946 The Adventuress
 
1946 Your Children and You (documentary short)
 
1946 Total War in Britain (documentary short)
 
1946 Land of Promise (documentary)
 
1945 The True Glory (documentary)
 
1945 Great Day
 
1944 The Way Ahead
 
1944 On Approval
 
1944 Tunisian Victory (documentary)
 
1944 Our Country
 
1944 Penicillin (documentary short)
 
1944 Soldier, Sailor
 
1943 Lift Your Heads (documentary short)
 
1943 Desert Victory (documentary)
 
1943 There's a Future in It (short)
 
1943 A Welcome to Britain (documentary) (uncredited)
 
1943 A Letter from Ulster (documentary short)
 
1942 Wings and the Woman (musical score)
 
1942 Post 23 (short)
 
1942 Wales: Green Mountain, Black Mountain (documentary short)
 
1942 The Battle for Freedom (short)
 
1942 The Harvest Shall Come (short)
 
1942 Trinity House (documentary short)
 
1942 Border Weave (documentary short)
 
1941 Architects of England (documentary short)
 
1941 W.V.S. (short)
 
1941 Steel Goes to Sea (documentary short)
 
1941 Western Isles (documentary short)
 
1941 Queen Cotton (documentary short)
 
1941 Green Girdle (documentary short)
 
1940 The New Britain (short)
 
1939 Wings Over Empire (documentary short)
 
1939 Time of Your Life (short)
 
1938 Free to Roam (documentary short)
 
1938 Monkey into Man (documentary)
 
1937 The Future's in the Air (documentary short)
 
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1956 Smiley (music: "Smiley")
 
1955 Wee Geordie (arranger: "Highland Laddie" - uncredited)
 
1954 Land of Fury (music: "Choral Dance" - uncredited, "Christening Chant" - uncredited)
 
1951 The Magic Box (music: "Choral Concert" - uncredited / lyrics: "Choral Concert" - uncredited)
 
1950 Madeleine (arranger: "Lord Blantyre" - uncredited, "Mrs. Mcleod Of Raasey" - uncredited)
 
1949 Marry Me (music: "Jive Music" - uncredited)
 
1948 So Evil My Love (arranger: "Cherry Ripe" - uncredited)
 
1947 Captain Boycott (arranger: "God Save Ireland" - uncredited, "The Girl I Left Behind" - uncredited, "Heights of Alma" - uncredited)
 
1944 On Approval (music: "Spring Rain" - uncredited / arranger: "Drink To Me Only With Thine Eyes" - uncredited, "The Wedding March" - uncredited)
 
Show ShowMusic Department (4 titles)
1985 The Walt Disney Comedy and Magic Revue (video short) (musical director: archive footage)
 
1954 Svengali (musical director)
 
1950 Operation Disaster (composer: stock music - uncredited)
 
1937 The Future's in the Air (documentary short) (conductor)
 

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