Philip Green (composer)

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Philip "Phil" Green (born July 19, 1911 in London-Whitechapel , United Kingdom ; † October 6, 1982 in Dublin , Ireland ) was a British pianist , composer and film composer .

Life

Phil Green began taking piano lessons from the age of seven and, given his great talent, was awarded a scholarship from the famous Trinity College of Music in his hometown of London at the age of 13 . At 19, he was already engaged as a conductor at the Prince of Wales Theater in London's Leicester Square. A little later, the record company EMI hired him as their musical director. In this role, Green also worked for the BBC broadcaster . As a pianist, Green took part in numerous recordings of music programs, which were also pressed onto records. Cooperations brought him together with Teddy Foster, Henry Jacques, The New Mayfair Dance Orchestra, Harry Roy and Jack Simpson, among others. Phil Green worked for Decca Records as their house arranger and conductor.

Although Phil Green had made his first contacts with film during the Second World War , he only decided to change his profession immediately after the end of the war. Green wrote his first compositions without naming them, from 1948 he was given names. In just twenty years of work, Phil Green set almost a hundred films to music, most of which he also worked as his own arranger and conductor. The majority of these productions were "simple mass dispersion without too great artistic demands". In the 1960s, he also set crime series to British television. For a time Philip Green was also the musical director of the Rank Organization . After finishing his film work, he and his wife Dorothy moved to Ireland. There Philip Green concentrated on composing religious pieces of music.

Filmography

  • 1946: While the Sun Shines
  • 1948: Convicted Innocent ( For Them That Trespass )
  • 1949: Man on the network ( Man on the Run )
  • 1949: Saints and Sinners
  • 1950: The Reluctant Widow
  • 1950: murder without killer ( Murder Without Crime )
  • 1951: With use of the kitchen ( Young Wives' Tales )
  • 1951: The Franchise Affair
  • 1952: 24 Hours of a Woman's Life
  • 1953: The Blonde Spy ( Park Plaza 605 )
  • 1953: Conflict of Wings
  • 1954: Golden Ivory
  • 1955: In love with a queen ( John and Julie )
  • 1955: Me and the Minister ( Man of the Moment )
  • 1956: Me and the Countess ( Up in the World )
  • 1956: Law of the Fist in Kenya ( Escape in the Sun )
  • 1956: Escape into the tropical night
  • 1957: A Sparrow in the Hand ( Just My Luck )
  • 1957: Little culprits ( Innocent Sinners )
  • 1957: Children of the Street ( Violent Playground )
  • 1957: Rooney
  • 1958: Against Customs and Morals ( A Question of Adultery )
  • 1958: Angry Sea ( Sea Fury )
  • 1959: Operation Amsterdam ( Operation Amsterdam )
  • 1959: The girl sapphire ( Sapphire )
  • 1959: Bobbikins
  • 1959: The naked mirror ( The Shakedown )
  • 1959: The burglars do themselves the honor ( The League of Gentlemen )
  • 1960: High treason with obstacles ( A Touch of Larceny )
  • 1960: A mink at the Angel ( Make Mine Mink )
  • 1960: The signal is red ( Piccadilly Third Stop )
  • 1960: The sinister accomplice ( The Secret Partner )
  • 1960: Black Torch ( Flame in the Streets )
  • 1960: Summer of the Cursed ( The Singer Not the Song )
  • 1961: Tiara Tahiti ( Tiara Tahiti )
  • 1961: The vicious circle (Victim)
  • 1961: The hot night ( All Night Long )
  • 1961: It's all about the dog ( In the Doghouse )
  • 1962: In the name of the devil
  • 1962: The Man Who Finally Died
  • 1962: Two Left Feet
  • 1963: Bed Laughter ( A Stitch in Time )
  • 1963: It's All Happening (also production)
  • 1963: The Killer Is Killed ( The Girl Hunters )
  • 1964: Agents ask ( Masquerade )
  • 1964: Hot Goods - Cold Feet ( The Intelligence Men )
  • 1965: Joey Boy
  • 1966: The Yellow Hat

literature

  • Kay Less : The film's great personal dictionary . The actors, directors, cameramen, producers, composers, screenwriters, film architects, outfitters, costume designers, editors, sound engineers, make-up artists and special effects designers of the 20th century. Volume 3: F - H. Barry Fitzgerald - Ernst Hofbauer. Schwarzkopf & Schwarzkopf, Berlin 2001, ISBN 3-89602-340-3 , p. 377.

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Kay Less : The film's great personal dictionary . The actors, directors, cameramen, producers, composers, screenwriters, film architects, outfitters, costume designers, editors, sound engineers, make-up artists and special effects designers of the 20th century. Volume 3: F - H. Barry Fitzgerald - Ernst Hofbauer. Schwarzkopf & Schwarzkopf, Berlin 2001, ISBN 3-89602-340-3 , p. 377.

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personal data
SURNAME Green, Philip
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Green, Phil (nickname)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION British pianist, composer and film composer
DATE OF BIRTH July 19, 1911
PLACE OF BIRTH London Whitechapel , United Kingdom
DATE OF DEATH October 6, 1982
Place of death Dublin , Ireland