1894-1957 GB, London
Composer of Pop and Soundtrack
English film composer and music director (20 November 1894 – 18 August 1957). Levy worked frequently on Alfred Hitchcock and Will Hay films. He began 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 became Music Chief at Shepherd’s Bush Pavilion and is credited with being the first to develop the theme song in movies. During the beginning of talking pictures, he joined the Gaumont British studios at Shepherd’s Bush, and became the head of the music department for all Gainsborough Pictures productions starting in 1933. He later had a long running BBC radio series Music From the Movies, which started in 1936 and continued into the 1950s.
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Title | Artist | Year | Type |
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Music From The Alfred Hitchcock Movies -Rebecca/ The 39 Steps/ Sabotage (A Woman Alone)/ Young And Innocent (The Girl Was Young)/ The Lady Vanishes | Franz Waxman, Hubert Bath, Jack Beaver, Charles Williams, Louis Levy, Cecil Milner | 2001 | Compil. |
South Pacific / Kiss Me Kate | The New Queen's Hall Orchestra, Louis Levy | Album |
Louis Levy & His Music From The Movies Orchestra |
Louis Levy |
Louis Levy And His Gaumont British Symphony Soundtrack and Pop |
Louis Levy And His Orchestra GB Pop and Soundtrack |