David Whitaker (composer)
David Sinclair Whitaker (born January 6, 1931 in Kingston , † January 11, 2012 in Oxfordshire ) was a British film composer .
Life
David Whitaker began his career in the 1960s as an arranger for numerous well-known artists on the British and French music scene such as The Rolling Stones , Marianne Faithfull , Serge Gainsbourg , France Gall , Johnny Hallyday , Air , Etienne Daho , Claude François , and later Jimmy Page and Simply Red . He often worked with the BBC Radio Orchestra.
Whitaker conducted several recording sessions for the BBC Radio Orchestra at Maida Vale Studios, London in the early 1980s, including a mixture of his own compositions and arrangements.
He has worked as a conductor, arranger or composer for over 20 films; in the 1970s, for example, alongside composers such as James Bernard , Harry Robinson and Christopher Gunning for Hammer Studios .
Whitaker was nominated for both the French César Film Prize and the American Film Prize of the Academy of Science Fiction, Fantasy & Horror Films .
Awards ceremonies
- 1983: Nomination for the Saturn Award for the best music Talon in the fight against the empire by Albert Pyun
- 2001: Nomination for the César for the best music for a French film Harry, un ami qui vous veut du bien by Dominik Moll
Filmography (selection)
- 1968: Hammerhead
- 1968: The Spinner (Don't Raise the Bridge, Lower the River)
- 1969: The Death Rider (The Desperados)
- 1969: Run Wild, Run Free
- 1970: The living corpses of Dr. Mabuse (Scream and Scream Again)
- 1970: Threesome
- 1971: Dr. Jekyll and Sister Hyde (Dr. Jekyll and Sister Hyde)
- 1972: Circus of the Vampires (Vampire Circus)
- 1972: Danny Jones
- 1972: That's Your Funeral
- 1974: Mistress Pamela
- 1974: Vampira
- 1978: The Playbirds
- 1979: Shadows around Dominique (Dominique)
- 1979: Confessions from the David Galaxy Affair
- 1979: Queen of the Blues
- 1982: Talon fighting the Empire (The Sword and the Sorcerer)
- 2000: Harry means well to you (Harry, un ami qui vous veut du bien)
- 2005: Lemming
- 2008: Lady Godiva
Web links
- Works by David Whitaker in the catalog of the German National Library
- David Whitaker in Internet Movie Database (English)
- David Whitaker at Discogs (English)
- Interview (English)
- List of his film compositions
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- ↑ http://westernboothill.blogspot.com/2012/01/rip-david-whitaker.html
- ^ David Whitaker obituary, Guardian, Feb. 16, 2012
- ^ David Whitaker obituary in The Telegraph, Jan. 26, 2012
- ↑ David Whitaker obituary in The Stage, February 3, 2012 ( Memento of the original from September 1, 2012 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
- ^ David Whitaker: mort d'un arrangeur de génie, lesinRocks, January 16, 2012 by Christophe Conte
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Whitaker, David |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Whitaker, David Sinclair (full name) |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | British film composer |
| DATE OF BIRTH | January 6, 1931 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Kingston upon Thames near London |
| DATE OF DEATH | January 11, 2012 |
| Place of death | Oxfordshire |