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Brian Easdale (10 August 1909 – 30 October 1995) was a British composer of operatic, orchestral, choral and film music, best known for his ballet film score The Red Shoes of 1948.
Brian Easdale became the first British composer to receive and Oscar for film music (for "The Red Shoes"). He kept the statuette on his mantle shelf. Whilst in India, he met and befriended Rumer Godden (which eventually led to him scoring "Black Narcissus" for Powell and Pressburger).
- August 10, 1909
- October 30, 1995
Pages in category "Films scored by Brian Easdale" The following 10 pages are in this category, out of 10 total. This list may not reflect recent changes.
Brian Easdale. Composer: The Red Shoes. Brian studied under Gordon Jacob and Armstrong Gibbs at the RCM (Royal College of Music). He wrote his first opera (Rapunzel) at the age of 17 and at age 20 had the honor of having a Dead March processional he had written performed by the London Symphony Orchestra under Sir 'Malcolm Sargent'.
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- Manchester, England, UK
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- London, England, UK
The Battle of the River Plate (a.k.a. Pursuit of the Graf Spee in the United States) is a 1956 British war film in Technicolor and VistaVision by the writer-director-producer team of Michael Powell and Emeric Pressburger. The film stars John Gregson, Anthony Quayle, Bernard Lee and Peter Finch. It was distributed worldwide by Rank Film ...
Brian Easdale is chiefly known for the second of 13 film scores composed for Michael Powell and Emmerich Pressberger between 1947 (Black Narcissus) and 1961 (The Queen's Guards) -- The Red Shoes of 1948, which won him an Academy Award.
Brian Easdale was born in Manchester on 10th August 1909 and educated at Westminster Abbey Choir School and then The Royal College of Music, where he studied with Gordon Jacob and Armstrong Gibbs and won the Foli Scholarship for Composition.
