Laurie Johnson

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Laurie Johnson (* 7. February 1927 as Lawrence Reginald Ward Johnson in Hampstead ) is a British film composer .

Life

Johnson gained greater fame through the theme music for the television series Mit Schirm, Charme und Melone and Die Profis, which were also successful in Germany . Especially for Mit Schirm, Charme und Melone , Laurie Johnson composed countless themes adapted to the respective episodes. His oeuvre includes film scores for more than a hundred films and television series.

Johnson's trademark was the combination of orchestral sounds, especially string instruments , with instruments that were modern at the time, such as As the Wah-Wah - Guitar , which was especially popular in the 1970s. Under the title "Synthesis" he wrote a large-scale work for big band and symphony orchestra that can be assigned to the third stream .

In addition to his main activity as a composer, Laurie Johnson has also worked repeatedly as a conductor or musical director. In the 1990s he also worked as a television producer for the new edition of the series Die Profis .

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SURNAME Johnson, Laurie
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Johnson, Lawrence Reginald Ward
BRIEF DESCRIPTION English composer
DATE OF BIRTH February 7, 1927
PLACE OF BIRTH Hampstead , England