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    Addison, John Mervin (16th March 1920-7th December 1998)  

    He was born in Cobham, Surrey, England and was sometimes known as Jock Addison.  He was a soldier in XXX Corps, the British tank force that drove north through Holland during Operation Market Garden commencing Sept. 17, 1944. He wrote the music-score for A Bridge Too Far as a tribute to his fellow tankers of XXX Corps, for which he won a BAFTA award.  He won an Oscar and a Grammy for his score for Tom Jones and he won 6 Emmys for Murder, She Wrote from 1988-1995.   Other scores he worked on included Sleuth, A Taste of Honey and Reach for the Sky.  He died on 7th December 1998 in Vermont, USA, of a stroke. 

     

    Songs

    Swashbuckler - Main Theme (John Addison)                                                          

    Swashbuckler - Love Theme (John Addison)                                                            

     

    Sources:

    1. http://imdb.com/name/nm0011709/

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

     



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