Louis Levy
Compositore, Attore, Produttore, Sceneggiatore
20 novembre 1894 — 18 agosto 1957 (62 anni)
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Louis Levy (20 November 1894 – 18 August 1957) was an English film composer and music director, who worked in particular on Alfred Hitchcock and Will Hay films. He was born in London and died in Slough, Berkshire.
As a child Louis Levy played the violin, beginning with a toy violin that his father bought him at the age of seven. He later became the pupil of Guido Papini but due to his parents' limited means, ended his studies with Papini and began a period of self-study. This led to him gaining a scholarship at the London College of Music. Papini refused to allow Levy to study under anyone else, so resumed his tuition, this time free of charge.
He started his career in 1910 arranging and performing music for silent films. In 1916 he became musical director for the New Gallery Cinema in London. In 1921, he went to the Shepherd’s Bush Pavilion as Music Chief and is credited with being the first to develop the theme song in movies.
At the beginning of talkies, he joined the Gaumont British studios at Shepherd’s Bush, where he became the head of the music department for all Gainsborough Pictures productions from 1933 onwards. The rich sounds emanating from his large orchestra are all the more impressive when one realises that electrical sound industry was barely ten years old. He worked in particular on Alfred Hitchcock and Will Hay films.
He later had a long running BBC radio series Music From the Movies, which started in 1936 and went on until the 1950s.
At this time, through the sheer necessity of having to produce so much music he employed several talented arrangers, among them Peter Yorke ) and Bretton Byrd, who was his chief music editor at Gaumont British.
Louis Levy (20 November 1894 – 18 August 1957) was an English film composer and music director, who worked in particular on Alfred Hitchcock and Will Hay films. He was born in London and died in Slough, Berkshire.
As a child Louis Levy played the violin, beginning with a toy violin that his father bought him at the age of seven. He later became the pupil of Guido Papini but due to his parents' limited means, ended his studies with Papini and began a period of self-study. This led to him gaining a scholarship at the London College of Music. Papini refused to allow Levy to study under anyone else, so resumed his tuition, this time free of charge.
He started his career in 1910 arranging and performing music for silent films. In 1916 he became musical director for the New Gallery Cinema in London. In 1921, he went to the Shepherd’s Bush Pavilion as Music Chief and is credited with being the first to develop the theme song in movies.
At the beginning of talkies, he joined the Gaumont British studios at Shepherd’s Bush, where he became the head of the music department for all Gainsborough Pictures productions from 1933 onwards. The rich sounds emanating from his large orchestra are all the more impressive when one realises that electrical sound industry was barely ten years old. He worked in particular on Alfred Hitchcock and Will Hay films.
He later had a long running BBC radio series Music From the Movies, which started in 1936 and went on until the 1950s.
At this time, through the sheer necessity of having to produce so much music he employed several talented arrangers, among them Peter Yorke ) and Bretton Byrd, who was his chief music editor at Gaumont British.
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Filmografia
| 1957 | |
| 1941 | |
| 1941 | |
| 1941 | Gasbags · as Original Music Composer |
| 1940 | Spare a Copper · as Composer |
| 1940 | Night Train to Munich · as Original Music Composer |
| 1940 | |
| 1940 | |
| 1940 | Band Waggon · as Composer |
| 1939 | |
| 1939 | The Frozen Limits · as Composer |
| 1939 | |
| 1939 | Where's That Fire? · as Composer |
| 1938 | Hey! Hey! U.S.A! · as Composer |
| 1938 | Climbing High · as Original Music Composer |
| 1938 | The Lady Vanishes · as Original Music ComposerSu Plex |
| 1938 | The Citadel · as Original Music Composer |
| 1938 | Convict 99 · as Composer |
| 1938 | |
| 1937 | Non-Stop New York · as Original Music Composer |
| 1937 | |
| 1937 | Good Morning, Boys! · as Composer |
| 1937 | Young and Innocent · as Original Music ComposerSu Plex |
| 1936 | SabotageSu Plex |
| 1936 | Windbag the Sailor · as Composer |
| 1936 | Everything Is Thunder · as Original Music Composer |
| 1936 | Doomed Cargo · as Original Music Composer |
| 1936 | |
| 1936 | Jack of All Trades · as Composer |
| 1936 | Pot Luck · as Composer |
| 1935 | King of the Damned · as Composer |
| 1935 | Boys Will Be Boys · as Original Music Composer |
| 1935 | Hyde Park Corner · as Composer |
| 1935 | Foreign Affaires · as Original Music Composer |
| 1935 | |
| 1935 | Fighting Stock · as Composer |
| 1935 | The 39 Steps · as Original Music ComposerSu Plex |
| 1934 | The Camels Are Coming · as Composer |
| 1933 | I Was a Spy · as Composer |
| 1933 | The Ghoul · as Original Music ComposerSu Plex |
| 1933 | A Cuckoo in the Nest · as Composer |
| 1933 | Friday the Thirteenth · as Original Music Composer |
| 1933 | Channel Crossing · as Composer |
| 1933 | Sleeping Car · as Composer |
| 1933 | |
| 1932 | |
| 1932 | There Goes the Bride · as Composer |
| 1931 | |
| 1930 | |
| 1929 | High Treason · as Composer |
| 1925 |
| 1937 | O-Kay for Sound · as Conductor |
| 1936 | It's Love Again · as Orchestra Conductor |
| 1945 | I'll Be Your Sweetheart · as Associate Producer |
| 1933 | Channel Crossing · as Co-Producer |
| 1915 |
| 1957 | No Time for Tears · as Music Director |
| 1957 | Let's Be Happy · as Music Director |
| 1956 | It's Great to Be Young! · as Music Director |
| 1956 | Now and Forever · as Music Director |
| 1956 | Yield to the Night · as Music Director |
| 1956 | Moby Dick · as Conductor |
| 1955 | The Warriors · as Conductor |
| 1955 | The Dam Busters · as Music Director |
| 1954 | Duel in the Jungle · as Music Director |
| 1954 | Young and Willing · as Music Director |
| 1954 | Tonight's the Night · as Music Director |
| 1953 | Uncle Willie's Bicycle Shop · as Music Director |
| 1953 | Will Any Gentleman...? · as Conductor |
| 1953 | The Golden Mask · as Music Director |
| 1952 | Where's Charley? · as Music Director |
| 1952 | Affair in Monte Carlo · as Music Director |
| 1952 | So Little Time · as Music Director |
| 1951 | Young Wives' Tale · as Music Director |
| 1951 | Laughter in Paradise · as Music Director |
| 1951 | Captain Horatio Hornblower · as Music Director |
| 1951 | The Franchise Affair · as Music Director |
| 1950 | Portrait of Clare · as Music Director |
| 1950 | Murder Without Crime · as Music Director |
| 1950 | Stage Fright · as Music Director |
| 1949 | The Hidden Room · as Conductor |
| 1949 | Man on the Run · as Music Director |
| 1949 | The Queen of Spades · as Music Director |
| 1946 | Caravan · as Music Director |
| 1944 | A Lady Surrenders · as Music Director |
| 1944 | Two Thousand Women · as Music Director |
| 1944 | Give Us the Moon · as Music Director |
| 1944 | Man of Evil · as Music Director |
| 1944 | Time Flies · as Music Director |
| 1943 | The Adventures of Tartu · as Music DirectorSu Plex |
| 1943 | Dear Octopus · as Music Director |
| 1943 | The Man in Grey · as Music Director |
| 1942 | The Young Mr. Pitt · as Music Director |
| 1942 | Back-Room Boy · as Musical |
| 1940 | Neutral Port · as Music Director |
| 1940 | The Girl in the News · as Music Director |
| 1939 | A Girl Must Live · as Music Director |
| 1939 | Goodbye, Mr. Chips · as Music Director |
| 1939 | Ask a Policeman · as Music Director |
| 1939 | Me and My Girl · as Music Director |
| 1938 | The Man with 100 Faces · as Music Director |
| 1938 | Alf's Button Afloat · as Music Director |
| 1938 | Sailing Along · as Music Director |
| 1937 | Doctor Syn · as Music Director |
| 1937 | Command Performance · as Music Director |
| 1937 | Gangway · as Music Director |
| 1936 | East Meets West · as Music Director |
| 1936 | Nine Days a Queen · as Music Director |
| 1936 | Secret Agent · as Music Director |
| 1935 | Car of Dreams · as Music Director |
| 1935 | The Passing of the Third Floor Back · as Music Director |
| 1935 | Alias Bulldog Drummond · as Music Director |
| 1935 | Heat Wave · as Music Director |
| 1935 | Oh, Daddy! · as Music Director |
| 1934 | The Man Who Knew Too Much · as Music DirectorSu Plex |
| 1934 | Dirty Work · as Music Director |
| 1934 | The Iron Duke · as Music Director |
| 1934 | Road House · as Music Director |
| 1934 | Little Friend · as Music Director |
| 1934 | My Old Dutch · as Music Director |
| 1934 | Man of Aran · as Music DirectorSu Plex |
| 1934 | A Cup of Kindness · as Music Director |
| 1934 | Evergreen · as Music Director |
| 1933 | It's a Boy · as Music Director |
| 1933 | The Good Companions · as Assistant Producer |
| 1932 | Midshipmaid Gob · as Music Director |
| 1932 | Love on Wheels · as Music Director |
| 1932 | Baroud · as Music Director |
| 1932 | Rome Express · as Music Director |
| 1932 | Night and Day · as Music Director |
| 1932 | Faithful Hearts · as Music Director |
| 1928 | Balaclava · as Music Director |
| 1927 | The Arcadians · as Music Arranger |