Trevor Duncan

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Trevor Duncan (* 27. February 1924 in Camberwell , London as Leonard Charles Trebilco ; † 17th December 2005 in Taunton , Somerset ) was an English composer . He wrote concert works and numerous compositions for film and television productions.

life and work

Trevor Duncan was born Leonard Charles Trebilcock (he later shortened this last name to Trebilco) in Camberwell , London. At the age of twelve he was able to play the piano by ear, but to be able to read and compose music himself, he attended the Trinity College of Music. He took courses in violin, harmony and counterpoint. When he was eighteen, Duncan joined the British Broadcasting Corporation . In 1943 he was drafted into the Royal Air Force as a radio operator . After his release from the RAF in 1947, he returned to the BBC to work for BBC Radio. He composed for radio play productions and newsreels , and from then on concentrated more and more on writing his own music. At the beginning of the 1950s, he finally began an independent musical career in the fields of film, television and concert halls.

The vast majority of his works are primarily assigned to the musical category of "light music". Well-known works here are primarily Children in the Park , 20th Century Express , Sixpenny Ride , Wine Festival and Meadow Mist .

As a composer he has also written orchestral works. In 1970 he composed the Symphony Sinfonia Tellurica . His other compositions include: The Navigators , St Boniface Down , A Tale of Two Hearts , The Visionaries and The Challenge of Space .

In 1954 he wrote the music for Ken Hughes' thriller The Secret of the Red Monkey with Richard Conte , Rona Anderson and Russell Napier . In 1955, Ken Hughes engaged him again for the drama Legion of Hell with Paul Douglas and Ruth Roman . Other films in British cinema were The Man in the Shadow , a 1957 crime film for director Montgomery Tully starring Zachary Scott , Faith Domergue , Peter Illing and Faith Brook , and in the same year he worked again with British director Ken Hughes together. This time for the literary adaptation Driving into the Abyss with Victor Mature , Diana Dors , Patrick Allen and Gene Anderson .

In 1962 he composed the music for the award-winning science fiction short film On the Edge of the Runway by French filmmaker Chris Marker .

Duncan was perhaps best known for his theme song for the television series Dr Finlay's Casebook .

Trevor Duncan died on December 17, 2005 at the age of 81 in Taunton , Somerset , England.

Film music (selection)

cinemamovies

  • 1954: The Mystery of the red apes ( Little Red Monkey )
  • 1955: Legion of Hell ( Joe MacBeth )
  • 1956: The Intimate Stranger
  • 1957: The Hypnotist
  • 1957: The journey into the abyss ( The Long Haul )
  • 1957: The Man in the Shadows ( Man in the Shadow )

Short films

literature

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Biography of Trevor Duncan in: The Virgin encyclopedia of fifties music , by Colin Larkin, Virgin, 1998, p. 121
  2. ↑ Trevor Duncan in: Journal Into Melody, The Robert Farnon Society ( Memento of the original of July 28, 2012 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was automatically inserted and not yet checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.rfsoc.org.uk
personal data
SURNAME Duncan, Trevor
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Trebilco, Leonard Charles
BRIEF DESCRIPTION English composer
DATE OF BIRTH February 27, 1924
PLACE OF BIRTH Camberwell , London , England
DATE OF DEATH December 17, 2005
Place of death Taunton , Somerset , England