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Ewan MacColl(1915-1989)

  • Music Department
  • Composer
  • Writer
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Ewan MacColl was born on 25 January 1915 in Broughton, Salford, Greater Manchester, England, UK. He was a composer and writer, known for X-Men: Days of Future Past (2014), Play Misty for Me (1971) and One Day (2011). He was married to Peggy Seeger, Jean MacColl and Joan Littlewood. He died on 22 October 1989 in Brompton, Kensington and Chelsea, London, England, UK.
BornJanuary 25, 1915
DiedOctober 22, 1989(74)
BornJanuary 25, 1915
DiedOctober 22, 1989(74)
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  • Awards
    • 1 win & 1 nomination total

Known for

Halle Berry, Patrick Stewart, Ian McKellen, Nicholas Hoult, Hugh Jackman, James McAvoy, Elliot Page, Michael Fassbender, Daniel Cudmore, Bingbing Fan, and Jennifer Lawrence in X-Men: Days of Future Past (2014)
X-Men: Days of Future Past
7.9
  • Soundtrack
  • 2014
Clint Eastwood and Jessica Walter in Play Misty for Me (1971)
Play Misty for Me
6.9
  • Soundtrack
  • 1971
Anne Hathaway and Jim Sturgess in One Day (2011)
One Day
7.0
  • Soundtrack
  • 2011
Oscar Isaac in Inside Llewyn Davis (2013)
Inside Llewyn Davis
7.4
  • Soundtrack
  • 2013

Credits

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Music Department

  • Alan Stivell - The First Time I Ever Saw Your Face
    Music Video
    • lyrics
    • 2026
  • Claire Rushbrook and Adeel Akhtar in Ali & Ava (2021)
    Ali & Ava
    6.7
    • music by: "Dirty Old Town"
    • words by: "Dirty Old Town"
    • 2021
  • Paul Potts: La Prima Volta (First Time Ever I Saw Your Face)
    Music Video
    • Music Department
    • 2009
  • Céline Dion: The First Time Ever I Saw Your Face
    7.3
    Music Video
    • Music Department
    • 2000
  • The Good Old Way
    TV Mini Series
    • musician
    • 1983
  • The Big Hewer
    TV Movie
    • musician
    • 1974
  • The Shoals of Herring
    TV Movie
    • musician
    • 1972
  • Before the Mast
    TV Movie
    • musician
    • 1971
  • Sweet Thames
    Short
    • musical director
    • 1970
  • Landmarks (1964)
    Landmarks
    TV Mini Series
    • musician
    • 1964–1965
  • The Long Journey
    7.2
    TV Movie
    • musician
    • 1964
  • Coventry Kids
    TV Movie
    • musician
    • 1960
  • Eugene O'Neill: Three Plays of the Sea
    TV Movie
    • singer
    • 1960
  • The Steel Goddess
    TV Movie
    • musician
    • 1959
  • Eye to Eye (1957)
    Eye to Eye
    5.6
    TV Series
    • theme music composer
    • 1957

Composer

  • Alan Stivell - The First Time I Ever Saw Your Face
    Music Video
    • music by
    • 2026
  • Seams and Embers
    Short
    • Composer
    • 2012
  • The Big Hewer
    TV Movie
    • Composer
    • 1974
  • The Fight Game
    TV Movie
    • Composer
    • 1973
  • The Shoals of Herring
    TV Movie
    • Composer
    • 1972
  • Peggy Seeger: A Kind of Exile
    • Composer
    • 1971
  • Before the Mast
    TV Movie
    • Composer
    • 1971
  • We Are the Engineers
    • Composer
    • 1970
  • Landmarks (1964)
    Landmarks
    TV Mini Series
    • Composer
    • 1964
  • The Long Journey
    7.2
    TV Movie
    • Composer
    • 1964
  • Mining Review 16th Year No. 6
    Short
    • Composer
    • 1963
  • Mining Review 16th Year No. 7
    Short
    • Composer
    • 1963
  • Four People: A Ballad Film (1962)
    Four People: A Ballad Film
    6.3
    Short
    • Composer
    • 1962
  • Coventry Kids
    TV Movie
    • Composer
    • 1960
  • The Steel Goddess
    TV Movie
    • Composer
    • 1959

Writer

  • Stories and Songs of a Scots Family Group
    TV Movie
    • narrative script
    • 1980
  • The Big Hewer
    TV Movie
    • script
    • 1974
  • Rummelplatz
    TV Movie
    • play
    • 1964
  • Unternehmen Ölzweig
    TV Movie
    • Writer
    • 1961
  • Das krumme Gewerbe
    TV Movie
    • story
    • 1960

Personal details

  • Alternative name
    • Ewan MacColl & Peggy Seeger
  • Born
    • January 25, 1915
    • Broughton, Salford, Greater Manchester, England, UK
  • Died
    • October 22, 1989
    • Brompton, Kensington and Chelsea, London, England, UK(complications following heart surgery)
  • Spouses
      Peggy Seeger1977 - October 22, 1989 (his death, 3 children)
  • Publicity listings
    • 4 Articles

Did you know

  • Trivia
    Father, with Jean MacColl, of Kirsty MacColl and Hamish MacColl.

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