Louis Levy
Sound
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.
Known for
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movieNo Time for Tears
1957
Music Director
movieLet's Be Happy
1957
Music Director
movieIt's Great to be Young!
1956
Music Director
movieNow and Forever
1956
Music Director
movieMoby Dick
1956
Conductor
movieYield to the Night
1956
Music Director
movieThe Dam Busters
1955
Music Director
movieThe Dark Avenger
1955
Conductor
movieDuel in the Jungle
1954
Music Director
movieHappy Ever After
1954
Music Director
movieThe Weak and the Wicked
1954
Music Director
movieIsn't Life Wonderful!
1953
Music Director
movieWill Any Gentleman...?
1953
Conductor
movieSouth of Algiers
1953
Music Director
movie24 Hours of a Woman's Life
1952
Music Director
movieWhere's Charley?
1952
Music Director
movieSo Little Time
1952
Music Director
movieYoung Wives' Tale
1951
Music Director
movieLaughter in Paradise
1951
Music Director
movieCaptain Horatio Hornblower R.N.
1951
Music Director
movieThe Franchise Affair
1951
Music Director
moviePortrait of Clare
1950
Music Director
movieMurder Without Crime
1950
Music Director
movieStage Fright
1950
Music Director
movieObsession
1949
Conductor
movieMan on the Run
1949
Music Director
movieThe Queen of Spades
1949
Music Director
movieCaravan
1946
Music Director
movieLove Story
1944
Music Director
movieTwo Thousand Women
1944
Music Director
movieGive Us the Moon
1944
Music Director
movieFanny by Gaslight
1944
Music Director
movieTime Flies
1944
Music Director
movieThe Adventures of Tartu
1943
Music Director
Dear Octopus
1943
Music Director
movieThe Man in Grey
1943
Music Director
movieThe Young Mr. Pitt
1942
Music Director
movieUncensored
1942
Music Director
movieGasbags
1941
Original Music Composer
Neutral Port
1940
Music Director
movieNight Train to Munich
1940
Original Music Composer, Music Director
movieGirl in the News
1940
Music Director, Original Music Composer
movieAn Englishman's Home
1940
Music Director
movieA Girl Must Live
1939
Music Director
movieGoodbye, Mr. Chips
1939
Music Director
movieAsk a Policeman
1939
Music Director
movieThe Lambeth Walk
1939
Music Director
movieEverything Happens to Me
1938
Music Director
movieClimbing High
1938
Original Music Composer
movieThe Citadel
1938
Original Music Composer
movieThe Lady Vanishes
1938
Original Music Composer, Music Director
movieCrackerjack
1938
Music Director
movieAlf's Button Afloat
1938
Music Director
movieSailing Along
1938
Music Director
movieNon-Stop New York
1937
Original Music Composer, Music Director
movieThe Gap
1937
Music
movieDoctor Syn
1937
Music Director
movieGangway
1937
Music Director
movieCommand Performance
1937
Music Director
movieYoung and Innocent
1937
Original Music Composer, Music Director
movieSabotage
1937
Music, Music Director
Take My Tip
1937
Music Director
All In!
1936
Music Director
movieEverything Is Thunder
1936
Original Music Composer
movieTudor Rose
1936
Music Director
movieEast Meets West
1936
Music Director
movieSeven Sinners
1936
Original Music Composer, Music Director
movieSecret Agent
1936
Music Director
movieFirst Offence
1936
Music Director
Foreign Affaires
1935
Original Music Composer
movieBulldog Jack
1935
Music Director, Original Music Composer
movieThe Passing of the Third Floor Back
1935
Music Director
movieBoys Will Be Boys
1935
Original Music Composer
movieThe 39 Steps
1935
Original Music Composer, Conductor, Music Director
movieHeat Wave
1935
Music Director
movieOh, Daddy!
1935
Music Director
movieCar of Dreams
1935
Music Director
movieMy Heart Is Calling
1935
Music Director
movieThe Man Who Knew Too Much
1934
Music Director
movieDirty Work
1934
Music Director
movieThe Iron Duke
1934
Music Director
Road House
1934
Music Director
movieLittle Friend
1934
Music Director
Forbidden Territory
1934
Original Music Composer
movieMy Old Dutch
1934
Music Director
It's a Boy
1934
Music Director
movieA Cup of Kindness
1934
Music Director
movieMan of Aran
1934
Music Director
movieEvergreen
1934
Music Director
movieFriday the Thirteenth
1933
Original Music Composer
movieThe Ghoul
1933
Original Music Composer
movieThe Midshipmaid
1932
Music Director
movieAfter the Ball
1932
Music Director
movieBaroud
1932
Music Director
movieRome Express
1932
Music Director
movieLove on Wheels
1932
Music Director
movieJack's the Boy
1932
Music Director
movieThe Faithful Heart
1932
Music Director
White Face
1932
Music Director
movieLord Babs
1932
Music Director
movieMichael and Mary
1931
Music Director
movieNo Lady
1931
Music
movieBed and Breakfast
1930
Music Director
Just for a Song
1930
Music Director
movieBalaclava
1928
Music Director
The Arcadians
1927
Music Arranger
movieShe
1925
Music
Writing3
Acting1
movieO-Kay for Sound
1937
Conductor
Crew1
movieThe Passing of the Third Floor Back
1935
Additional Music
Production1
movieI'll Be Your Sweetheart
1945
Associate Producer