Malcolm Lockyer

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Malcolm Neville Lockyer (born October 5, 1923 in Greenwich , † June 28, 1976 in London ) was a British pianist , composer and conductor . He created several musical works for British cinema in the 1960s and 1970s, including compositions for films such as Secret in the Blue Castle , Marrakech , Isle of Terror , The Revenge of Dr. Fu Man Chu or Deadly Day .

life and work

Malcolm Neville Lockyer was born in Greenwich, London in 1923. Lockyer was trained as an architect before turning to music, his childhood love. During his military service he played as a musician at the age of nineteen in the Royal Air Force , including with Sid Phillips And His Quintet . In 1944 he joined the Buddy Featherstonhaugh Sextet and played a few albums there for Radion and HMV Records. Since 1945 he has also worked for the BBC Radio for around 6,000 programs. In 1951, Malcolm Lockyer left the Royal Air Force, founded the Malcolm Lockyer Orchestra and also worked as a pianist for composers such as Robert Farnon , Bert Ambrose and Cyril Stapleton.

From 1950, Malcolm Lockyer had also started writing music for television series, including episodes of series such as The Center Show , Friends and Neighbors , Dear Dotty , And So to Bentley , BBC Sunday-Night Theater , HMS Paradise , Summer Comedy Hour and The Pathfinders . Since the late 1950s, he has also composed for British cinema. He set films such as Sweet Beat , Businesses of Mr Cupid , 1965 the Agatha Christie film adaptation of the Secret in the Blue Castle with Hugh O'Brian , Shirley Eaton and Leo Genn , Don Sharp's action comedy Marrakech with Tony Randall , Senta Berger and Herbert Lom , Terence Fisher's horror film Insel des Schreckens with Peter Cushing , the crime drama Hot Cats in the cast Richard Johnson , Elke Sommer and Sylva Koscina for the director Ralph Thomas , 1967 the two Christopher Lee films Burning Death and The Revenge of Dr. Fu Man Chu . In 1968 the director Peter Collinson hired him for his war drama Deadly Day with David Hemmings in the leading role. His last film composition was written in 1974 under the direction of Spaniard Gonzalo Suárez.

In the 1960s, Lockyer played a number of musical albums with Reg Owen, The Knightsbridge Strings and the Cambridge Strings . In 1966 he finally became the conductor of the newly founded radio orchestra. His acquaintance with the famous bandleader Glenn Miller , which came about in 1944 when he was stationed in Bedford, gave him the opportunity to conduct the Million Airs Orchestra in 26 successful Glenn Miller tribute concerts shortly before his death . Malcolm Lockyer died in London in June 1976 at the age of 52.

Filmography (selection)

movie theater

watch TV

  • 1950: The Center Show (TV series, 1 episode)
  • 1954: Friends and Neighbors (TV series, 6 episodes)
  • 1954: Dear Dotty (TV series, 6 episodes)
  • 1954: And So to Bentley (TV series, 6 episodes)
  • 1955: BBC Sunday-Night Theater (TV series, 1 episode)
  • 1961: The pursuers
  • 1964: HMS Paradise (TV series, 20 episodes)
  • 1965: Summer Comedy Hour (TV miniseries, 4 episodes)
  • 1972–1973: The Pathfinders (TV series, 10 episodes)

literature

  • Malcolm Lockyer. In: James L. Limbacher: Keeping score: film music 1972-1979. , Scarecrow Press, 1981, p. 4

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Malcolm Lockyer. In: Colin Larkin : The Encyclopedia of Popular Music: Kollington - Morphine. , MUZE, 2006, p. 292
personal data
SURNAME Lockyer, Malcolm
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Lockyer, Malcolm Neville (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION British pianist, composer and conductor
DATE OF BIRTH October 5, 1923
PLACE OF BIRTH Greenwich , England
DATE OF DEATH June 28, 1976
Place of death London , England