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Louis Levy

Louis Levy

Composer

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Louis Levy (20 November 1894 – 18 August 1957) was an English film composer and music director, who worked in particular on Alfred Hitchcock and Will Hay films. He was born in London and died in Slough, Berkshire. As a child Louis Levy played the violin, beginning with a toy violin that his father bought him at the age of seven. He later became the pupil of Guido Papini but due to his parents' limited means, ended his studies with Papini and began a period of self-study. This led to him gaining a scholarship at the London College of Music. Papini refused to allow Levy to study under anyone else, so resumed his tuition, this time free of charge. He started his career in 1910 arranging and performing music for silent films. In 1916 he became musical director for the New Gallery Cinema in London. In 1921, he went to the Shepherd’s Bush Pavilion as Music Chief and is credited with being the first to develop the theme song in movies. At the beginning of talkies, he joined the Gaumont British studios at Shepherd’s Bush, where he became the head of the music department for all Gainsborough Pictures productions from 1933 onwards. The rich sounds emanating from his large orchestra are all the more impressive when one realises that electrical sound industry was barely ten years old. He worked in particular on Alfred Hitchcock and Will Hay films. He later had a long running BBC radio series Music From the Movies, which started in 1936 and went on until the 1950s. At this time, through the sheer necessity of having to produce so much music he employed several talented arrangers, among them Peter Yorke ) and Bretton Byrd, who was his chief music editor at Gaumont British.

Born: November 20, 1894 in London, England, UK

Died: August 18, 1957 (Age 62)

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Louis Levy  Movies & TV Credits

Title Rating Job Role(s) Year
Movie
5.8
ActorConductor1937
Movie
6.4
DirectingMusic Director1939
Movie
6.4
DirectingMusic Director1944
Movie
4.9
DirectingMusic Director1952
Movie
5.3
DirectingMusic Director1938
Movie
5.8
DirectingMusic Director1935
Movie
7.1
DirectingMusic Director1939
Movie
6
WritingMusical1942
Movie
6.2
SoundMusic1938
Movie
6.5
SoundMusic1941
Movie
6
SoundMusic1935
Movie
6.3
SoundOriginal Music Composer1935
Movie
7.4
DirectingMusic Director1951
Movie
5.5
DirectingMusic Director1935
Movie
6
DirectingMusic Director1946
Movie
6
DirectingMusic Director1937
Movie
6.5
DirectingOriginal Music Composer, Music Director1936
Movie
5.6
DirectingMusic Director1954
Movie
6.4
DirectingMusic Director1934
Movie
5.9
SoundOriginal Music Composer1936
Movie
6.6
DirectingMusic Director1937
Movie
5.2
SoundOriginal Music Composer1941
Movie
6.6
DirectingOriginal Music Composer, Music Director1940
Movie
5.5
DirectingMusic Director1944
Movie
7.8
DirectingMusic Director1939
Movie
6
SoundMusic1940
Movie
6.3
ProductionAssociate Producer1945
Movie
6.6
SoundMusic1939
Movie
6.2
DirectingMusic Director1956
Movie
6.2
SoundMusic1936
Movie
7
DirectingMusic Director1951
Movie
5.4
DirectingMusic Director1957
Movie
6.5
SoundMusic1941
Movie
7.2
DirectingMusic Director1934
Movie
6.3
DirectingMusic Director1944
Movie
6.5
DirectingMusic Director1949
Movie
7.2
SoundConductor1956
Movie
6.2
DirectingMusic Director1950
Movie
7.3
DirectingMusic Director, Original Music Composer1940
Movie
6.3
DirectingMusic Director1936
Movie
6.3
DirectingOriginal Music Composer, Music Director1937
Movie
6.4
DirectingMusic Director1932
Movie
6.9
DirectingMusic, Music Director1937
Movie
6.4
DirectingMusic Director1938
Movie
6.2
DirectingMusic Director1936
Movie
5.4
SoundMusic1925
Movie
6.6
DirectingMusic Director1952
Movie
6.9
DirectingMusic Director1950
Movie
7.7
DirectingOriginal Music Composer, Music Director, Conductor1935
Movie
6.8
DirectingMusic Director1943
Movie
6.8
SoundOriginal Music Composer1938
Movie
7.6
DirectingMusic Director1955
Movie
6.9
DirectingMusic Director1951
Movie
5.6
SoundOriginal Music Composer1933
Movie
5.1
DirectingMusic Director1953
Movie
7.1
SoundConductor1949
Movie
7.8
DirectingOriginal Music Composer, Music Director1938
Movie
6.6
DirectingMusic Director1934
Movie
6.2
SoundMusic1933
Movie
6.3
DirectingMusic Director1943
Movie
6
DirectingMusic Director1938
Movie
6.7
DirectingAdditional Music, Music Director1935
Movie
6.9
DirectingMusic Director1949
Movie
5.6
SoundConductor1955
Movie
6.6
DirectingMusic Director1942
Movie
5.3
DirectingMusic Director1944
Movie
6
DirectingMusic Director1954
Movie
6.3
DirectingMusic Director1944
Movie
5.6
DirectingMusic Director1954
Movie
6.6
DirectingMusic Director1952
Movie
5.6
SoundConductor1953
Movie
7.1
SoundMusic1957
Movie
5.3
DirectingMusic Director1951
Movie
6.6
DirectingMusic Director, Original Music Composer1937
Movie
6.1
DirectingMusic Director1954
Movie
6
SoundOriginal Music Composer1935
Movie
6
DirectingMusic Director1932
Movie
5.7
SoundMusic1940
Movie
DirectingMusic Director1932
Movie
6.2
DirectingMusic Director1936
Movie
7
DirectingMusic Director1939
Movie
5.6
DirectingMusic Director1937
Movie
6
DirectingMusic Director1957
Movie
6.5
DirectingMusic Director1932
Movie
5.7
DirectingMusic Director1932
Movie
5.1
DirectingMusic Director1940
Movie
6
DirectingMusic Director1943
Movie
5.7
DirectingMusic Director1935
Movie
6
DirectingMusic Director1932
Movie
7.1
DirectingMusic Director1940
Movie
5.7
SoundMusic1931
Movie
6.8
DirectingMusic Director1931
Movie
WritingWriter1933
Movie
6.7
DirectingMusic Director1950
Movie
7.3
SoundMusic1931
Movie
5.9
DirectingMusic Director1934
Movie
DirectingMusic Director1930
Movie
5.9
WritingWriter1915
Movie
5.3
DirectingMusic Director1928
Movie
7.7
SoundMusic1930
Movie
6.8
DirectingMusic Director1932
Movie
5.6
DirectingMusic Director1932
Movie
6.3
DirectingMusic Director1930
Movie
6.2
DirectingMusic Director1934
Movie
7.3
DirectingMusic Director1932
Movie
6.8
DirectingMusic Director1934
Movie
7.3
SoundOriginal Music Composer1934
Movie
6.9
DirectingMusic Director1942
Movie
6.1
DirectingMusic Director1934
Movie
6.1
DirectingMusic Director1936
Movie
6.1
DirectingMusic Director1956
Movie
6.9
DirectingMusic Director1934
Movie
6.3
DirectingMusic Director1935
Movie
SoundMusic Arranger1927
Movie
DirectingMusic Director1937
Movie
5.9
DirectingMusic Director1936
Short Film
SoundMusic1937
Title Rating Job Role(s) Year
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