Richard Rodney Bennett

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Richard Rodney Bennett

Sound March 29, 1936

Broadstairs, Kent, England, UK

Sir Richard Rodney Bennett CBE (29 March 1936 – 24 December 2012) was an English composer of film, TV and concert music, and also a jazz pianist and occasional vocalist. He was ba…

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Four Weddings and a Funeral

Four Weddings and a Funeral

6.8 1994 Movie
Murder on the Orient Express

Murder on the Orient Express

7.1 1974 Movie
Doctor Who

Doctor Who

7.9 1963 TV Show
Indiscreet

Indiscreet

6.6 1958 Movie
Equus

Equus

7.0 1977 Movie
Billion Dollar Brain

Billion Dollar Brain

5.6 1967 Movie
Billy Liar

Billy Liar

6.8 1963 Movie
The Nanny

The Nanny

7.0 1965 Movie
Far from the Madding Crowd

Far from the Madding Crowd

6.9 1967 Movie
Nicholas and Alexandra

Nicholas and Alexandra

6.9 1971 Movie
The Man Who Could Cheat Death

The Man Who Could Cheat Death

5.8 1959 Movie
The Brink's Job

The Brink's Job

6.2 1978 Movie

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Sir Richard Rodney Bennett CBE (29 March 1936 – 24 December 2012) was an English composer of film, TV and concert music, and also a jazz pianist and occasional vocalist. He was based in New York City from 1979 until his death there in 2012. Description above from the Wikipedia page Richard Rodney Bennett, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

Filmography

Movies and shows, newest first

  1. 2010
    Circus Drawings

    Movie Music

  2. 2004
    Making 'Murder on the Orient-Express'

    Movie Self

  3. 2000
    Gormenghast

    TV show Original Music Composer

  4. 1998
    The Tale of Sweeney Todd

    Movie Original Music Composer

  5. 1997
    Swann

    Movie Music

  6. 1994
    Four Weddings and a Funeral

    Movie Original Music Composer

  7. 1991
    Enchanted April

    Movie Original Music Composer

  8. 1989
    Poor Little Rich Girl: The Barbara Hutton Story

    TV show Music

  9. 1988
    Strange Interlude

    TV show Original Music Composer

  10. 1985
    Tender Is the Night

    TV show Original Music Composer

  11. 1985
    Murder with Mirrors

    Movie Original Music Composer

  12. 1985
    Knockback: 2

    Movie Music

  13. 1985
    Knockback: 1

    Movie Music

  14. 1984
    Elizabeth Maconchy

    Movie Self

  15. 1983
    The Return of the Soldier

    Movie Original Music Composer

  16. 1979
    Yanks

    Movie Original Music Composer

More credits
  1. 1978
    The Brink's Job

    Movie Original Music Composer

  2. 1977
    Equus

    Movie Original Music Composer

  3. 1977
    The Accuser

    Movie Original Music Composer

  4. 1976
    Abide with Me

    Movie Music

  5. 1976
    Sherlock Holmes in New York

    Movie Original Music Composer

  6. 1975
    Permission to Kill

    Movie Original Music Composer

  7. 1974
    Murder on the Orient Express

    Movie Original Music Composer

  8. 1973
    Voices

    Movie Original Music Composer

  9. 1972
    Lady Caroline Lamb

    Movie Original Music Composer

  10. 1971
    Nicholas and Alexandra

    Movie Original Music Composer

  11. 1970
    Figures in a Landscape

    Movie Original Music Composer

  12. 1970
    The Buttercup Chain

    Movie Original Music Composer

  13. 1968
    Secret Ceremony

    Movie Original Music Composer

  14. 1968
    Jazz Calendar

    Movie Music

  15. 1967
    Billion Dollar Brain

    Movie Original Music Composer

  16. 1967
    Far from the Madding Crowd

    Movie Original Music Composer

  17. 1966
    The Witches

    Movie Original Music Composer

  18. 1965
    The Nanny

    Movie Original Music Composer

  19. 1965
    Hereward the Wake

    TV show Original Music Composer

  20. 1965
    One Way Pendulum

    Movie Original Music Composer

  21. 1964
    Doctor Who: The Aztecs

    Movie Music

  22. 1964
    Hamlet at Elsinore

    Movie Original Music Composer

  23. 1963
    Doctor Who

    TV show Original Music Composer

  24. 1963
    Billy Liar

    Movie Original Music Composer