Louis Levy
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.
The 39 Steps
(Original Music Composer)
The Lady Vanishes
(Original Music Composer)
My Heart Is Calling
(Music Director)
Back-Room Boy
(Musical)
For Freedom
(Music)
Caravan
(Music Director)
The Dark Avenger
(Conductor)
Crackerjack
(Music Director)
Ask a Policeman
(Music Director)
Gasbags
(Original Music Composer)
Boys Will Be Boys
(Original Music Composer)
Busman's Honeymoon
(Music)
Sailing Along
(Music Director)
24 Hours of a Woman's Life
(Music Director)
Cottage to Let
(Music)
Inspector Hornleigh Goes to It
(Music)
Inspector Hornleigh on Holiday
(Music)
Isn't Life Wonderful!
(Music Director)
Everything Is Thunder
(Original Music Composer)
Waltz Time
(Writer)
Brown on Resolution
(Music)
Young Wives' Tale
(Music Director)
Alf's Button Afloat
(Music Director)
The Man Who Knew Too Much
(Music Director)
Oh, Daddy!
(Music Director)
Dirty Work
(Music Director)
Little Friend
(Music Director)
A Cup of Kindness
(Music Director)
My Old Dutch
(Music Director)
The Man from Toronto
(Music)
Where's Charley?
(Music Director)
Moby Dick
(Conductor)
The Queen of Spades
(Music Director)
The Gap
(Music)
Secret Agent
(Music Director)
Young and Innocent
(Original Music Composer)
No Time for Tears
(Music Director)
Stage Fright
(Music Director)
Balaclava
(Music Director)
Gangway
(Music Director)
Road House
(Music Director)
Baroud
(Music Director)
Forbidden Territory
(Original Music Composer)
Foreign Affaires
(Original Music Composer)
A Girl Must Live
(Music Director)
South of Algiers
(Music Director)
Captain Horatio Hornblower
(Music Director)
Car of Dreams
(Music Director)
Duel in the Jungle
(Music Director)
Madame de Thèbes
(Writer)
Bulldog Jack
(Music Director)
Happy Ever After
(Music Director)
The Citadel
(Original Music Composer)
The Lady Vanishes
(Music Director)
The Young Mr. Pitt
(Music Director)
The Adventures of Tartu
(Music Director)
Take My Tip
(Music Director)
She
(Music)
An Englishman's Home
(Music Director)
Girl in the News
(Music Director)
Dear Octopus
(Music Director)
Neutral Port
(Music Director)
Fanny by Gaslight
(Music Director)
Bed and Breakfast
(Music Director)
Symphony in Two Flats
(Music)
Just for a Song
(Music Director)
Michael and Mary
(Music Director)
Lord Babs
(Music Director)
Love on Wheels
(Music Director)
The Faithful Heart
(Music Director)
The Midshipmaid
(Music Director)
The Stronger Sex
(Music)
Jack's the Boy
(Music Director)
After the Ball
(Music Director)
White Face
(Music Director)
All In!
(Music Director)
East Meets West
(Music Director)
Night Train to Munich
(Original Music Composer)
No Lady
(Music)
First Offence
(Music Director)
Laughter in Paradise
(Music Director)
Sabotage
(Music)
Goodbye, Mr. Chips
(Music Director)
Uncensored
(Music Director)
Two Thousand Women
(Music Director)
The Lambeth Walk
(Music Director)
Evergreen
(Music Director)
The Arcadians
(Music Arranger)
It's Love Again
(Music)
Obsession
(Conductor)
Seven Sinners
(Original Music Composer)
The 39 Steps
(Conductor)
The 39 Steps
(Music Director)
The Dam Busters
(Music Director)
The Passing of the Third Floor Back
(Music Director)
The Passing of the Third Floor Back
(Additional Music)
It's Great to be Young!
(Music Director)
Young and Innocent
(Music Director)
Murder Without Crime
(Music Director)
Rome Express
(Music Director)
Man of Aran
(Music Director)
Will Any Gentleman...?
(Conductor)
Sabotage
(Music Director)
Now and Forever
(Music Director)
Bank Holiday
(Music)
I'll Be Your Sweetheart
(Associate Producer)
Love Story
(Music Director)
Command Performance
(Music Director)
Portrait of Clare
(Music Director)
Woman in a Dressing Gown
(Music)
The Man in Grey
(Music Director)
Night Train to Munich
(Music Director)
Time Flies
(Music Director)
Give Us the Moon
(Music Director)
Non-Stop New York
(Original Music Composer)
Non-Stop New York
(Music Director)
Tudor Rose
(Music Director)
Man on the Run
(Music Director)
So Little Time
(Music Director)
Let's Be Happy
(Music Director)
The Ghoul
(Original Music Composer)
Girl in the News
(Original Music Composer)
Seven Sinners
(Music Director)
The Franchise Affair
(Music Director)
Doctor Syn
(Music Director)
The Weak and the Wicked
(Music Director)
Everything Happens to Me
(Music Director)
Yield to the Night
(Music Director)
Heat Wave
(Music Director)
It's a Boy
(Music Director)