Johnny Douglas

Johnny Douglas

str, 1920-2003 GB, London Borough of Hackney
Musician / Composer / Arranger / Producer of Pop
A.k.a. John Henry Douglas Jon Douglas

Johnny Douglas (19 June 1920 - 20 April 2003) was an English composer, musical director and string arranger, perhaps best known for his work in the easy listening genre. He recorded over 500 tracks for DECCA and over 80 albums for RCA, and wrote the soundtrack to the 1971 film The Railway Children, plus 37 other feature films.In the 1980s, he also composed and conducted music for many television series, including the children's TV animation series Spider-Man and His Amazing Friends, Dungeons & Dragons, The Incredible Hulk, G.I. Joe: A Real American Hero and The Transformers.

Instruments

Strings
Keyboards

Genres

Pop
Jazz
Soundtrack
Classical
World

Plays With

Johnny Douglas And His Orchestra

Johnny Douglas And The Mandes Sound

Johnny Douglas Combo

Living Strings

The Johnny Douglas Band

Living Voices

Popular Tracks

Just a Step from Heaven on Always And Forever by Eternal

Lady Marmalade - 1998 Remix on All Saints by All Saints

Come to Capri on Living Strings Play Music of the Sea by Living Strings & Johnny Douglas

Koocachoo on Good Vibrations by Various Artists

Funkdefining - Johnny Douglas Edit on Funkdefining - EP by Nate James

Faraway Places on Living Strings Play Music of the Sea by Living Strings & Johnny Douglas

Password on Light Years by Kylie Minogue

Jamaican Rumba on Living Strings Play Music of the Sea by Living Strings & Johnny Douglas

Ebb Tide on Living Strings Play Music of the Sea by Living Strings & Johnny Douglas

Yo (Excuse Me Miss) - Johnny Douglas Remix on Yo by Chris Brown

Track list and 30sec audio provided by

Band Members

Discography

Title	Artist	Year	Type
80'S TV Classics - Music From Transformers	Robert J. Walsh, Johnny Douglas	2018	Album
Crack In The World (Music From The Motion Picture) / Phase IV (Music From The Motion Picture)	Johnny Douglas, Brian Gascoigne	2016	Compil.
On Stage	Johnny Douglas	1990	Album
West Side Story	Johnny Douglas Musiche Di Leonard Bernstein	1981	Album
Heartstrings	Johnny Douglas	1981	Album
Oxigeno Magic Fly	Johnny Douglas	1980	Album
The Splendour Of Strings	Frank Chacksfield - Werner Müller - Johnny Douglas - Cambridge Strings	1980	Compil.
Feelings	Living Strings, Johnny Douglas	1977	Album
Quella Fantastica Pazza Ferrovia (The Railway Children) - Colonna Sonora Originale del Film	Johnny Douglas	1971	Album
The Railway Children - Music From The Motion Picture	Johnny Douglas	1970	Album
With A Happy Beat	Living Strings And Living Voices Arranged And Conducted By Johnny Douglas	1964	Album
Annie Get Your Gun	The New World Show Orchestra With The Linden Singers And Presenting Johnny Douglas	1961	Album
Carousel	Johnny Douglas, The New World Show Orchestra	1961	Album
Showboat	The New World Show Orchestra With The Linden Singers Starring Martin Lawrence, Isabelle Lucas, Stella Moray, Donald Scott, Janet Waters, Ian Humphris Conducted By Johnny Douglas	1961	Album
South Pacific	Joyce Blair, Peter Grant, Isabelle Lucas, Bernard Martin, Ian Wallace, Mike Sammes Singers, The New World Show Orchestra Conducted By Johnny Douglas	1961	Album
The Bridge Of Sighs	David Whitfield, Johnny Douglas	1953	Album
Oklahoma!	Rodgers & Hammerstein - Barbara Brown, Barbara Elsy, Peter Felgate, Julian Orchard, George Romaine, Marion Madden With Mike Sammes Singers And Presenting Johnny Douglas Conducting The The New World Show Orchestra		Album

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