Stanley Black

Stanley Black OBE , born Solomon Schwartz (born June 14, 1913 in London , United Kingdom ; † November 26, 2002 ibid) was a British composer , film composer , band leader, conductor and orchestra leader.

Life

Black was born in 1913 as the son of Polish-Romanian Jewish immigrants to Great Britain. He took piano lessons at the age of seven and began composing at the age of twelve. After his professional training at the Matthay School of Music, Black worked as a commercial musician for several clients, played jazz and continued to compose pieces. He collaborated with band leaders such as Harry Roy, Maurice Winnick and Lew Stone and also briefly appeared with the American jazz saxophonist Coleman Hawkins . Black could also be heard on the radio, and he also made his debut as a film composer in 1937.

Still, Stanley Black stayed away from working in cinema for the next ten years. In the following year (1938) Black went to South America for some time, where he developed his love for Latin American sounds. After serving in the Royal Air Force , Stanley Black was musical director of the BBC dance orchestra from 1944 to 1952 . Black also wrote the scores for weekly news reports for the Pathé . Regularly active in the cinema since 1947, Stanley Black made a name for himself with dramatic compositions for crime novels, and occasionally for comedies - a total of 105 musical film background music is Black's account. In 1959 he was appointed musical director of Elstree Studios . For British International Pictures he also served as first conductor and from 1958 to 1963 as musical director.

Since the middle of 1967 he has neglected his cinema activity and a decade later returned to the screen only for the composition of a Valentino biography with Rudolf Nureyev in the title role. Black appeared in these later years as a guest conductor with the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra and the London Symphony Orchestra and went on tour tours that made him a. a. also to Winnipeg (Canada), Boston (USA), New Zealand , Belgium , the Netherlands and Japan , where he performed with the Osaka Philharmonic Orchestra. Stanley Black remained connected to the music world as an orchestra conductor until the 1990s. Black has received numerous honors.

Discography (selection)

Albums :

• 1950: Music Of Ernesto Lecuona , Decca Records
• 1950: Latin Rhythms , Decca Records
• 1951: Dancing Time , London Records
• 1954: A Stanley Black Showcase , Decca Records
• 1954: The Music of Irving Berlin , London Records
• 1954: Christmas Holiday For Romance , London Records
• 1955: Dancing In The Dark , Decca Records
• 1955: Soft Lights And Sweet Music , Richmond
• 1956: Some Enchanted Evening , Decca Records
• 1956: The Music Of Lecuona , London Records
• 1956: Symphonic Suite Of The Music Of Cole Porter , Decca Records
• 1957: Plays For Latin Lovers , Decca Records
• 1957: Summer Evening Serenade , Decca Records
• 1957: Red Velvet , Decca Records
• 1957: The Night Was Made For Love , London Records
• 1957: Moonlight Cocktail , London Records
• 1957: Tropical Moonlight , London Records
• 1958: Sophisticat in Cuba , Decca Records
• 1958: Cuban Moonlight with Latin-American Rhythms, Decca Records
• 1958: Girls, Girls, Girls , Decca Records
• 1958: Hollywood Love Themes , Decca Records
• 1958: Great Film Themes , London Records
• 1958: Place Pigalle , Richmond
• 1959: Plays The Big Instrumental Hits , Decca Records
• 1959: Jack The Ripper (soundtrack) , RCA
• 1960: Friml & Romberg In Cuban Moonlight London Records
• 1962: Film Spectacular! (Music From Great Motion Pictures) conducting The London Festival Orchestra, Decca Records
• 1963: Film Spectacular! Vol. 2 (Music From Great Motion Pictures) conducting The London Festival Orchestra, Decca Records
• 1963: Grand Canyon Suite conducting the London Festival Orchestra, Decca Records
• 1964: Russia conducting the London Festival Orchestra, Decca Records

Filmography

• 1937: Rhythm Racketeer
• 1947: Mrs. Fitzherbert
• 1947: Whitechapel (It Always Rains on Sunday)
• 1948: The Fatal Night
• 1948: The Small Voice
• 1950: Lili Marlene
• 1950: Hunt for "Z" (Paul Temple's Triumph)
• 1950: Who Laughs Last (Laughter in Paradise)
• 1950: One Wild Oat
• 1952: Meeting point Moscow (Top Secret)
• 1953: Chased to Death (Recoil)
• 1953: In the Clutches of the Underworld (Three Steps to the Gallow)
• 1954: The Castle Ghost (Happy Ever After)
• 1954: Treffpunkt Palette (The Gilded Cage)
• 1954: His Lordship from Brooklyn (A Yank in Ermine)
• 1955: Hahn im Korb (As Long as They're Happy)
• 1955: Blacklisted (Tiger by the Tail)
• 1955: An alligator named Daisy (An Alligator Named Daisy)
• 1956: Jaguar packs up (Passport to Treason)
• 1956: That Woman Opposite
• 1957: Interpol calls Berlin (The Vicious Circle)
• 1957: The Ugly Truth (The Naked Truth)
• 1957: It Started When She Said No (These Dangerous Years)
• 1957: Twelve seconds to eternity (Time Lock)
• 1957: Blood of the Vampire
• 1958: The Devil Cloud of Monteville (The Trollenberg Terror)
• 1958: A City Is Looking For A Killer (Jack the Ripper)
• 1958: Tatort Apartment 310 (The Man Who Wouldn't Talk)
• 1958: The 110th birthday (Broth of a Boy)
• 1959: The Flesh and the Fiends
• 1959: Mister Miller is not a killer (The Battle of the Sexes)
• 1960: Hetzjagd (Hell is a City)
• 1960: The Invisible Shadow (The Full Treatment)
• 1960: Beautiful widows are dangerous (Five Golden Hours)
• 1960: hand in hand
• 1960: Sidney Street Criminal Center (The Siege of Sidney Street)
• 1961: Double Bunk
• 1961: The Day the Earth Caught Fire (The Day the Earth Caught Fire)
• 1961: Hello Mr. Twen (The Young Ones)
• 1962: Holiday for you and me (Summer Holiday)
• 1962: The Boiled Out (Maniac)
• 1962: The Pot Carriers
• 1963: West Eleven
• 1963: The System
• 1964: Wonderful Life - Kiss Me with Music (The Wonderful Life)
• 1964: Seduction has to be learned (Rattle of a Simple Man)
• 1964: Keep the Keys Hot (Ballad in Blue)
• 1965: City on the Sea (City Under the Sea)
• 1969: Deadly Salute (Crossplot)
• 1977: Valentino

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 1: A - C. Erik Aaes - Jack Carson. Schwarzkopf & Schwarzkopf, Berlin 2001, ISBN 3-89602-340-3 , p. 407.
• International Motion Picture Almanac 1965, p. 199.

Web links

• Obituary in The Guardian, December 3, 2002.
• Stanley Black in the Internet Movie Database (English)