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John Mervyn Addison (16 March 19207 December 1998) was a British composer best known for his film scores. Addison was born in Chobham, Surrey to a father who was a colonel in the Royal Field Artillery, and this influenced the decision to send him to school at Wellington College, Berkshire. His grandfather was Lieut Col George Addison, who played for the Royal Engineers in the 1872 and 1874 FA Cup Finals. At the age of sixteen he entered the Royal College of Music,〔''The Guardian'' obituary, 15 December 1998〕 where he studied composition with Gordon Jacob, oboe with Léon Goossens, and clarinet with Frederick Thurston.〔 This education ended in 1939 with service in World War II. Addison served with the British XXX Corps in the 23rd Hussars. He was a tank officer in the Battle of Normandy and wounded at Caen, later participating in Operation Market Garden. At the end of the war, he returned to London to teach composition at the Royal College of Music. Addison is best known for his film scores. He won an Academy Award and a Grammy Award in the Best Original Score from a Motion Picture or Television Show category for the music to the 1963 film, ''Tom Jones''.〔 He also won a BAFTA Award for ''A Bridge Too Far'' (1977). His other film scores included ''A Taste of Honey'' (1961), ''Smashing Time'' (1967), ''The Honey Pot'' (1967),〔''The Honey Pot: original motion picture score'' 〕 ''Sleuth'' (1972), ''Swashbuckler'' (1976) and the television series ''Centennial'' (1978). He composed the theme music for the television series ''Murder, She Wrote'', for which he won an Emmy. Addison will also be remembered as the composer Alfred Hitchcock turned to when the director ended his long relationship with Bernard Herrmann over the score to his 1966 film ''Torn Curtain''.〔 He had a personal connection to ''Reach for the Sky'' (1956) which he scored, since Douglas Bader (the subject of the movie) was his brother-in-law. For the theatre, Addison wrote the music for John Osborne's plays ''The Entertainer'' (1957)〔Tynan, Kenneth. ''Tynan on Theatre'', Penguin Books, London, 1964, p. 50〕 and ''Luther.'' (1961)〔''The Times'', 7 July 1961, p. 15〕 He collaborated with John Cranko on a revue, "Cranks" in 1956.〔''The Times'', 24 May 1956, p. 3〕 Although he wrote numerous classical compositions, Addison explained that "If you find you're good at something, as I was as a film composer, it's stupid to do anything else." His classical works included a trumpet concerto, described by ''The Times'' as "buoyant" and "Gershwinesque";〔''The Times'', 18 July 1950, p. 8 and 18 June 1951, p. 2〕 a trio for oboe, clarinet and bassoon;〔''The Times'', 18 April 1952, p. 2〕 ''Carte Blanche'', a ballet for Sadler's Wells 〔''The Times'', 19 August 1953, p. 4〕 from which an orchestral suite of "sophisticated high spirits" was performed at the Proms;〔''The Times'', 13 August 1956, p. 3 and 9 November 1956, p. 3〕 a septet for wind and harp,〔''The Times'', 27 February 1957, p. 3〕 a piano concerto,〔1959, commissioned for and performed by the then "National Schools Symphony Orchestra" (not to be confused with the later National Schools Symphony Orchestra), otherwise called the "British Youth Orchestra" ( http://www.answers.com/topic/trevor-harvey-2 ), following the withdrawal of his former teacher, Gordon Jacob from the commission, following the death of the latter's first wife〕 a concertante for oboe, clarinet, horn and orchestra;〔''The Times'', 14 July 1959, p. 8〕 and a partita for strings, which was warmly praised.〔''The Times'', 1 May 1961, p. 16〕 Marlene Dietrich recorded ''If He Swing By the String'' and ''Such Trying Times'' from the music in ''Tom Jones''. Addison's collection of correspondence, scores, and studio recordings were donated to the Film Music Archives at Brigham Young University in 1994. He was survived by his wife Pamela; two sons Jonathan and Daniel; daughter Lucinda; stepson Rex Birchenough, and stepdaughter Sandra Stapleton. His daughter Jane pre-deceased him. ==Selected Film Scores== *1985 ''Code Name: Emerald'' *1985 ''Grace Quigley'' *1983 ''Strange Invaders'' *1982 ''Highpoint'' *1980 ''The Pilot'' *1977 ''Joseph Andrews *1977 ''A Bridge Too Far'' *1976 ''Swashbuckler'' *1976 ''The Seven-Per-Cent Solution'' *1975 ''Ride a Wild Pony'' *1974 ''Dead Cert'' *1973 ''Luther'' *1972 ''Sleuth'' *1971 ''Mr. Forbush and the Penguins'' *1970 ''Country Dance'' *1970 ''Start the Revolution Without Me'' * 1968 ''The Charge of the Light Brigade'' * 1967 ''Smashing Time'' * 1967 ''The Honey Pot'' * 1966 ''Torn Curtain'' *1966 ''A Fine Madness'' *1965 ''The Loved One'' * 1965 ''The Amorous Adventures of Moll Flanders'' *1964 ''Guns at Batasi'' *1964 ''Girl with Green Eyes'' * 1963 ''Girl in the Headlines'' * 1963 ''Tom Jones'' *1962 ''The Loneliness of the Long Distance Runner'' * 1961 ''A Taste of Honey'' * 1960 ''School for Scoundrels'' * 1960 ''The Entertainer'' *1959 ''Carlton-Browne of the F.O.'' *1958 ''I Was Monty's Double'' *1957 ''Lucky Jim'' * 1956 ''Private's Progress'' * 1956 ''Reach for the Sky'' * 1955 ''The Cockleshell Heroes'' *1954 ''The Black Knight'' *1953 ''The Red Beret'' * 1953 ''The Man Between'' * 1951 ''Pool of London'' 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「John Addison」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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