Ron Goodwin
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Ronald Alfred Goodwin (17 February 1925 â 8 January 2003) was an English composer and conductor known for his film music. He scored over 70 films in a career lasting over fifty years. His most famous works included Where Eagles Dare, Battle of Britain, 633 Squadron, Margaret Rutherford's Miss Marple films, and Frenzy. Born in Plymouth, Devon, England, Goodwin learned to play the piano and trumpet from the age of five which allowed him to join the school band. When he was nine, the family moved to Harrow, London, where he attended Willesden County School and Pinner County Grammar School, in Middlesex. From there he went on to study the trumpet in London at the Guildhall School of Music.
Whilst working as a copyist, he formed his own orchestra in his spare time and began arranging and conducting recordings for over fifty artists, which resulted in more than 100 chart successes. He wrote his first feature film score for Whirlpool, with screenplay by Lawrence P. Bachmann. After Bachmann became executive producer at MGM-British Studios in 1959, Goodwin composed and conducted the music for most of its productions, as well as working for other film studios. In the 1980s Goodwin began concentrating on live orchestral performances and appeared as guest conductor with many symphony orchestras at home and abroad including the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, the City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra, the Detroit Symphony Orchestra and the New Zealand Symphony Orchestra.
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Ron Goodwin
Roy Goodwin: 633 Squadron; Drake 400 Suite; Arabian Celebration; New Zealand Suite
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- March: Plymouth Hoe
- Rhapsody on a Theme of Paganini Op. 43 by Ron Goodwin
- The Hoe on a Summer Night
- The Eddystone Seascape (Reprise)
- Song of the Mewstone
- Cafe Royale Waltz (from The Film 'the Trials Of Oscar Wilde')
- Love Theme From Film '633 Squadron'
- Market Day (Take 2)
- Greensleeves No. 2 (Piano)
- Puppet Serenade, for orchestra
- Main Titles (Take 6)
- Main Titles (Take 5)
- Greensleeves No. 1 (Piano)
- Aeotearoa (The Land of the Long White Cloud)
- Bundage Comes Back for More
- E.T.: Main Theme
- The Treasure Is Found
- Catching the 12:20 Train
- The Big Fight at Candleshoe
- Market Day
- Casey Gets Knocked Out
- Casey in the Churchyard
- Colonel Dennis at the Gallop
- Casey Is Apprehended in the Library
