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Ron Goodwin

Composer | * 02/17/1925 († 77, 01/08/2003) | Plymouth (United Kingdom (UK))
Ronald Alfred Goodwin (17 February 1925 – 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 performers, which resulted in more than 100 chart successes. He wrote his first feature film score for ()
Most frequent genres for this person: Drama | Comedies | Crime

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Movies with Ron Goodwin as Crew(46)

Sound/Original Music Composer1986 Valhalla
Sound/Conductor1978 Force 10 from Navarone
Sound/Original Music Composer1978 Force 10 from Navarone
Sound/Music1977 Candleshoe
Sound/Original Music Composer1977 Born to Run
Sound/Conductor1977 Born to Run
Sound/Music1976 Spanish Fly
Sound/Original Music Composer1975 Deadly Strangers
Sound/Music1974 The Happy Prince
Sound/Original Music Composer1972 Frenzy
Sound/Music1971 The Selfish Giant
Sound/Original Music Composer1970 The Executioner
Sound/Original Music Composer1969 Battle of Britain
Sound/Music1969 Submarine X-1
Sound/Original Music Composer1968 Where Eagles Dare
Sound/Orchestrator1968 Where Eagles Dare
Sound/Conductor1968 Where Eagles Dare
Sound/Original Music Composer1967 The Magnificent Two
Sound/Music1966 The Trap
Sound/Original Music Composer1965 Operation Crossbow
Sound/Conductor1965 Operation Crossbow
Sound/Original Music Composer1965 The Alphabet Murders
Sound/Music1965 Charley
Sound/Original Music Composer1964 Murder Ahoy
Sound/Original Music Composer1964 Children of the Damned
Sound/Music1964 633 Squadron
Sound/Conductor1964 Eagle Rock
Sound/Original Music Composer1964 Go Kart Go
Sound/Original Music Composer1964 Of Human Bondage
Sound/Original Music Composer1964 Murder Most Foul
Sound/Conductor1964 Murder Most Foul
Sound/Music1963 Ladies Who Do
Sound/Original Music Composer1963 Lancelot and Guinevere
Sound/Original Music Composer1963 Murder at the Gallop
Sound/Original Music Composer1963 Follow the Boys
Sound/Music1962 Postman's Knock
Sound/Original Music Composer1962 I Thank a Fool
Sound/Original Music Composer1962 The Day of the Triffids
Sound/Original Music Composer1961 Murder She Said
Sound/Conductor1961 Murder She Said
Sound/Music1961 Invasion Quartet
Sound/Original Music Composer1960 Village of the Damned
Sound/Original Music Composer1959 Whirlpool
Sound/Music1958 Man with a Gun

TV Shows/Series with Ron Goodwin as Crew(1)

Sound/Music1971 Theatre Macabre

Full Name: Ron Goodwin
Citizenship: United Kingdom (UK)
Born: Tuesday, 02/17 1925 (February) in Plymouth (United Kingdom (UK))
Died: Wednesday, 01/08 2003 (January) in Newbury (aged: 77)
Zodiac sign: Aquarius (Chinese zodiac sign: Ox)
Languages: English (EN)
Educated at: Guildhall School of Music and Drama, Capital City Academy
Ron Goodwin frequently works together with these people:
Irene Howard (9x, Crew)
J.B. Smith (7x, Crew)
Tom Howard (7x, Crew)
Ernest Walter (6x, Crew)
Robert Morley (5x, Actor)
Agatha Christie (5x, Crew)
A.W. Watkins (5x, Crew)
Margaret Rutherford (5x, Actress)
Stringer Davis (5x, Actor)
George H. Brown (5x, Crew)
WatchPlayStream ID: PEOPLE:413304, Added: 09/22/2018, Last updated: 02/28/2024