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Film/documentary music


Date Title Words Duration Publisher More…
March 1972
 
Film/documentary music
Aerosols—What? Why? How?
Instructional film
2 mins Manuscript info i
Notes: A 10-minute colour film made by Duet Films; music played by the London Saxophone Quartet
Archive: British Film Institute (BFI):
Original bound music manuscript
May 1969
 
Film/documentary music
Before the Party
TV play
Ray Lawler 19 mins Manuscript info i
Notes: Somerset Maugham short story adaptation, first series; received 1970 Drama Series Production Award of the Society of Film and Television Arts
Archive: British Film Institute (BFI):
Original bound music manuscript
February 1973
 
Film/documentary music
Capital City
Film documentary
Wilfred Greatorex 8 mins Manuscript info i
Notes: A 28-minute film in 16mm and 35mm sponsored by the Corporation of the City of London; 35mm version launched at seven major ABC cinemas in London in conjunction with the feature film, The Sting, 17th February 1974, followed by nationwide showing of this double bill
Archive: British Film Institute (BFI):
  • 16mm film stock
  • Original bound music manuscript
  • November 1964
     
    Film/documentary music
    Display to Sell
    Instructional film
    Tom Scott Robson 7 mins Manuscript info i
    Notes: A short training film
    Archive: British Film Institute (BFI):
  • 16mm film stock
  • Original bound music manuscript
  • December 1972
     
    Film/documentary music
    Flying Birds
    Film documentary
    8 mins Manuscript info i
    Notes: A 12½-minute colour film for theatrical presentation; first shown at the Royal Festival Hall, 17th February 1973; the music, played by the London Saxophone Quartet, comprises a theme and nine variations depicting the many and varied aspects of bird flight; there is no spoken commentary; filmed by Dr David Urry and Kate Urry
    Archive: British Film Institute (BFI):
  • 16mm film stock
  • Original bound music manuscript
  • January 1970
     
    Film/documentary music
    Footprints in the Jungle
    TV play
    Robin Chapman 9 mins Manuscript info i
    Notes: Somerset Maugham short story adaptation, second series
    Archive: British Film Institute (BFI):
    Original bound music manuscript
    February 1969
     
    Film/documentary music
    The Wednesday Play
    It Wasn’t Me
    TV play
    James Hanley 11½ mins Manuscript info i
    Notes: A sinister, but sad, black comedy about the age-old problem of old age
    Archive: British Film Institute (BFI):
    Original bound music manuscript
    February 1966
     
    Film/documentary music
    Play of the Month
    Julie’s Gone
    TV play
    Michael Winder 11 mins Manuscript info i
    Notes: A black comedy about three men who robbed a mail train and their au pair, Julie, who disappears; music performed by Janet Craxton (oboe, cor anglais) and Valda Aveling (harpsichord)
    Archive: British Film Institute (BFI):
    Original bound music manuscript
    November 1970
     
    Film/documentary music
    Kites are Flying
    Film documentary
    Anthony Bomford 10 mins Manuscript info i
    Notes: A 30-minute colour film for theatrical presentation; first shown at the Royal Festival Hall, 13th February 1971
    Archive: British Film Institute (BFI):
    Original bound music manuscript
    April 1966
     
    Film/documentary music
    Low Water
    Film documentary
    George Thomson 5 mins Manuscript info i
    Notes: A 28-minute social documentary, shot in black and white; awarded 1st Prize, 12th International Short Film Festival, Tours, 1967 (First Entry category)
    Archive: British Film Institute (BFI):
  • 16mm film stock
  • Original bound music manuscript
  • November 1969
     
    Film/documentary music
    Sherlock Holmes
    Animated cartoon film
    10 mins Manuscript info i
    Notes: Music for a 6-minute pilot film for a projected series of 13 half-hour animated cartoon films for the American TV networks, with individual musical themes for over a dozen characters; in fact, for various reasons, not even the pilot itself was made
    Archive: British Film Institute (BFI):
    Original bound music manuscript
    May 1972
     
    Film/documentary music
    Word Cinema
    The Box of Pandora
    Feature film
    2 hours, 11 mins Manuscript info i
    Notes: Special soundtrack for BBC-tv, transmission of this silent classic using music by Alban Berg, Kurt Weill, the Savoy Orpheans and the Grimesthorpe Colliery Band
    November 1976
     
    Film/documentary music
    Midweek Cinema
    The Crowd
    Feature film
    1 hour, 36 mins Manuscript info i
    Notes: Special soundtrack for BBC-tv, transmission of this classic silent film using music by Charles Ives and popular music of the 1920s played by the California Ramblers
    May 1967
     
    Film/documentary music
    The Furryfolk on Holiday
    Stop-frame animated cartoon film
    Elsie B. Mills 3½ mins Manuscript info i
    Notes: A road safety film featuring Tufty Fluffytail, sponsored by Butlin’s Holiday Camps
    January 1969
     
    Film/documentary music
    The Goshawk
    TV documentary
    T. H. White 15 mins Manuscript info i
    Notes: A 50-minute colour film; awarded the Golden Gate award in the 13th San Francisco International Film Festival (Films as Communication category)
    Archive: British Film Institute (BFI):
    Original bound music manuscript
    September 1972
     
    Film/documentary music
    Web of Life
    The Living River
    Film documentary
    Desmond Hawkins 14 mins Manuscript info i
    Notes: A 30-minute colour film in the BBC-tv/BP Film Unit Co-Production series Web of Life; awarded (a) Gold Camera Award for 1st Place, U.S. Industrial Film Festival, 1973; (b) Certificate of Merit from the British Association for the Advancement of Science, 1973; and (c) Gold Award for joint 1st Place in Category F, British Sponsored Film Festival, 1973
    Archive: British Film Institute (BFI):
  • 16mm film stock
  • Original bound music manuscript
  • December 1971
     
    Film/documentary music
    Play for Today
    The Pigeon-Fancier
    TV play
    Peter Hankin 4 mins Manuscript info i
    Notes: A somewhat sombre play set in the North of England concerning the retirement of a Nottinghamshire miner and obsessional pigeon-breeder and racer, and his son, a schoolteacher; music performed by Harold Clarke
    Archive: British Film Institute (BFI):
    Original bound music manuscript