Lyn Murray

Lyn Murray (born December 6, 1909 in London - † May 20, 1989 in Los Angeles ; born Lionel Breeze ) was an American composer , arranger and conductor .

biography

Lyn Murray was born Lionel Breeze in London in 1909. His father emigrated to the USA in 1923. The family followed in 1925 and he grew up in Philadelphia . Lyn Murray studied music at the Juilliard School and with Joseph Schillinger . He then began to work from 1931 in Philadelphia and from 1934 in New York at CBS Radio as a conductor, arranger and composer. He stayed with radio until 1947, working on shows such as The Adventures of Ellery Queen , Radio Readers Digest , March of Time and The Ford Theater . From 1947 he lived in Los Angeles , where he was employed at the Hallmark Playhouse from 1947 to 1951 from 1951 to 1989, mainly for television as a composer.

Murray died of cancer on May 20, 1989 at the age of 79 at Cedars-Sinai Medical Center in Los Angeles.

Filmography (selection)

• 1951: The Night of Truth ( The Big Night )
• 1952: Pale Face Junior ( Son of Paleface )
• 1954: The skirt-hunter of Venice ( Casanova's Big Night )
• 1954: The Bridges at Toko-Ri ( The Bridges at Toko-Ri )
• 1955: Above the roofs of Nice ( To Catch a Thief )
• 1956: Testpiloten ( On the Threshold of Space )
• 1956: Between Heaven and Hell ( D-Day the Sixth of June )
• 1962: Escape from Zahrain ( Escape from Zahrain )
• 1962: time adjusting ( Period of Adjustment )
• 1963: Oh darling ... not here! ( Wives and Lovers )
• 1963: Fly with me to happiness ( Come Fly with Me )
• 1964: Guide to Murder ( Signpost to Murder )
• 1965: Promise her anything ( Promise Her Anything )
• 1966: The Time Tunnel (series, episodes 2, 3 and more; theme music by John Williams)

Web links

• Lyn Murray in the Internet Movie Database (English)
• Lyn Murray; Wrote Scores for Films, TV , Los Angeles Times , May 24, 1989
• Lyn Murray, 79, Dies; Composed Film Scores , The New York Times , June 10, 1989