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Muir Mathieson

1911–1975 · Stirling, Stirlingshire, Scotland

Biography

Trained at the Royal Academy of Music, Muir first worked in the movies on the quota quickies of the 1930s. His big break came when Alexander Korda signed him as musical director on The Rise of Catherine the Great (1934). He went on to conduct Sir William Walton's score for Henry V (1944) and Hamlet (1948), as a part of a long, distinguished career as one of the most distinguished composers and musical directors in British cinema. - IMDb mini biography by: Steve Crook

Sound 208

1970s

1971
Mr. Horatio Knibbles
Music

1960s

1967
Calamity the Cow
Original Music Composer, Conductor
1966
The Driving Force
Music Director
Glasgow Belongs to Me
Music Director
1965
Genghis Khan
Conductor
58
1963
The Running Man
Conductor
Call Me Bwana
Original Music Composer
The Mind Benders
Conductor
1962
The L-Shaped Room
Conductor
Crooks Anonymous
Original Music Composer
Satan Never Sleeps
Conductor
1961
What a Carve Up!
Music
Hunted in Holland
Original Music Composer
Echo of Barbara
Conductor
The Canadians
Conductor
1960
The Grass Is Greener
Conductor
67
A Story of David
Conductor
Linda
Conductor
Surprise Package
Music Director
October Moth
Conductor
The Big Day
Conductor
An Arabian Night
Conductor, Music Arranger
Circus of Horrors
Original Music Composer
60
Once More, with Feeling!
Conductor, Music Arranger
Snowball
Conductor
The Professionals
Conductor
A Letter for Wales
Conductor

1950s

1959
Devil's Bait
Music Director
Third Man on the Mountain
Conductor
69
Ferry to Hong Kong
Conductor
Killers of Kilimanjaro
Conductor
The Bridal Path
Conductor
The White Trap
Conductor
Left Right and Centre
Conductor
Horrors of the Black Museum
Music Director
52
Web of Evidence
Conductor
The Headless Ghost
Conductor
Groundwork for Progress
Conductor
1958
Tom Thumb
Music Director
The Sheriff of Fractured Jaw
Conductor
62
Rockets Galore
Music Director
She Didn't Say No!
Conductor
Next to No Time
Conductor
Intent to Kill
Conductor
A Night to Remember
Conductor
84
Law and Disorder
Conductor
Vertigo
Conductor
88
Another Time, Another Place
Conductor
58
Heart of a Child
Music Director
Rooney
Conductor
I Accuse!
Conductor
Carve Her Name with Pride
Conductor
69
1957
Night of the Demon
Music Director
80
High Flight
Music Director
Manuela
Conductor
The Prince and the Showgirl
Music Director
High Tide at Noon
Conductor
Interpol
Conductor
Seven Waves Away
Conductor
The Secret Place
Conductor
The Kid from Canada
Conductor
Journey into Spring
Conductor
1956
The Spanish Gardener
Conductor
The Green Man
Conductor
The Legend of the Good Beasts
Conductor
Zarak
Music Director
A Hill in Korea
Conductor
The Weapon
Conductor
Reach for the Sky
Music Director
Safari
Conductor
Trapeze
Conductor
69
Wicked as They Come
Conductor
The Man Who Never Was
Conductor
77
Any Man's Kingdom
Conductor
Jumping for Joy
Conductor
1955
A Prize of Gold
Music Director
I Am a Camera
Music Director
That Lady
Conductor
1954
The Teckman Mystery
Music Director
The Purple Plain
Conductor
65
Svengali
Music
The Black Knight
Conductor
55
Father Brown
Conductor
The Sea Shall Not Have Them
Music Director
66
Hobson's Choice
Music Director
80
The Million Pound Note
Conductor
69
Star of India
Music Director
East Anglian Holiday
Music Director
1953
The Kidnappers
Conductor
The Dog and the Diamonds
Conductor
Personal Affair
Conductor
The Master of Ballantrae
Music Director
73
Innocents in Paris
Conductor
Sailor of the King
Music Director
Genevieve
Music Director
Grand National Night
Music
Street Corner
Conductor
The Net
Conductor
Highland Journey
Conductor
1952
The Ringer
Music Director
Lady in the Fog
Music Director
Venetian Bird
Conductor
63
The Crimson Pirate
Music Director
79
Operation Hurricane
Music Director
You're Only Young Twice!
Conductor
The Story of Robin Hood and His Merrie Men
Conductor
64
Curtain Up
Conductor
Brief City
Music
The Magic Box
Conductor
1951
Scrooge
Conductor
81
Lady Godiva Rides Again
Music Director
Valley of the Eagles
Music Director
Home to Danger
Conductor
The Galloping Major
Conductor
Tom Brown's Schooldays
Conductor
Night Without Stars
Music Director
Out of True
Music Director
1950
Berth 24
Orchestrator
Family Portrait
Conductor
State Secret
Conductor
70
The Black Rose
Music Director
Treasure Island
Conductor
73
Night and the City
Music Director
79
Prelude to Fame
Music Director
The Astonished Heart
Conductor

1940s

1949
The Cure for Love
Music Director
The Spider and the Fly
Conductor
Christopher Columbus
Music Director
The Chiltern Hundreds
Conductor
Dear Mr. Prohack
Conductor
Helter Skelter
Music Director
Adam and Evelyne
Music Director
Cardboard Cavalier
Music Director
The Forbidden Street
Music Director
Vote for Huggett
Music Director
The Passionate Friends
Conductor
72
1948
Portrait from Life
Music Director
It's Hard to be Good
Music Director
XIVth Olympiad: The Glory of Sport
Music Director
So Evil My Love
Conductor
The Calendar
Conductor
Blanche Fury
Music Director
Daughter of Darkness
Conductor
Easy Money
Conductor
1947
Uncle Silas
Conductor
Captain Boycott
Music Director
The Master of Bankdam
Conductor
Dear Murderer
Conductor
The Upturned Glass
Conductor
Take My Life
Music Director
The Brothers
Conductor
The Mark of Cain
Music Director
1946
School for Secrets
Music Director
The Years Between
Conductor
I See a Dark Stranger
Music Director
Kelvin: Master of Measurement
Conductor
1945
A Diary for Timothy
Conductor
The Seventh Veil
Conductor
67
Steel
Conductor
29 Acacia Avenue
Music Supervisor
1944
The Way Ahead
Music Director
76
This Happy Breed
Music Director, Conductor, Original Music Composer
80
Tawny Pipit
Music Director
1943
The Lamp Still Burns
Conductor
The Silent Village
Conductor
Fires Were Started
Music Director
1942
Ferry Pilot
Conductor
In Which We Serve
Conductor
76
The First of the Few
Original Music Composer
69
Unpublished Story
Music Director
Our Film
Conductor
The Day Will Dawn
Conductor
Alice in Switzerland
Conductor
This Is Colour
Music Director
Listen to Britain
Music Director
Penn of Pennsylvania
Music Director
1941
49th Parallel
Music Director
76
"Pimpernel" Smith
Music Director
This England
Music Director
Love on the Dole
Music
Major Barbara
Music Director
Old Bill and Son
Music Director
1940
Gaslight
Music Director
80
Ten Days in Paris
Music Director
Contraband
Music, Music Director
The Thief of Bagdad
Music Director
80
21 Days
Music Director

1930s

1939
On the Night of the Fire
Conductor
The Spy in Black
Music Director
Q Planes
Music Director
1938
St. Martin's Lane
Music Director
A Royal Divorce
Music Director
The Challenge
Music Director
North Sea
Conductor
1937
The Green Cockatoo
Music Director
Victoria the Great
Music Director
Action for Slander
Music Director
Elephant Boy
Music Director
Storm in a Teacup
Music Director
Wings of the Morning
Music Director
1936
Men Are Not Gods
Music Director
Rembrandt
Music Director
The Man Who Could Work Miracles
Music Director
66
Things to Come
Music Director
72
1935
The Ghost Goes West
Music Director
1934
The Scarlet Pimpernel
Music Director
77
The Rise of Catherine the Great
Original Music Composer, Music Director
60
The Private Life of Don Juan
Music Director
62

Acted in 3

1950s

1952
The Magic Box
Sir Arthur Sullivan

1940s

1946
A Girl in a Million
Conductor
1945
The Seventh Veil
Conductor
67

Directed 1

1940s

1946
Instruments of the Orchestra
Director

Produced 1

1960s

1966
Glasgow Belongs to Me
Associate Producer