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Ray Martin(1918-1988)

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  • Composer
  • Soundtrack
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Ray Martin was born on 11 October 1918 in Vienna, Austria. He was a composer, known for Bronson (2008), Never Too Young (1965) and Yield to the Night (1956). He died on 7 February 1988 in Johannesburg, Gauteng, South Africa.
BornOctober 11, 1918
DiedFebruary 7, 1988(69)
BornOctober 11, 1918
DiedFebruary 7, 1988(69)
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Known for

Tom Hardy in Bronson (2008)
Bronson
7.0
  • Soundtrack
  • 2008
Never Too Young (1965)
Never Too Young
7.8
TV Series
  • Music Department
Diana Dors in Yield to the Night (1956)
Yield to the Night
7.1
  • Composer
  • 1956
Strawberries Need Rain (1971)
Strawberries Need Rain
5.7
  • Composer
  • 1971

Credits

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Music Department



  • Bright Promise (1969)
    Bright Promise
    6.7
    TV Series
    • theme music composer
    • 1969–1972
  • Never Too Young (1965)
    Never Too Young
    7.8
    TV Series
    • composer: theme music
    • 1965
  • Belinda Lee in The Secret Place (1957)
    The Secret Place
    6.6
    • composer: additional music (uncredited)
    • 1957
  • John Mills in It's Great to Be Young! (1956)
    It's Great to Be Young!
    6.4
    • composer: incidental music
    • 1956
  • Isn't It Romantic?
    TV Series
    • orchestra (as The Ray Martin Orchestra)
    • 1955–1956
  • Lady Luck
    TV Movie
    • music and lyrics by
    • 1948

Composer



  • The Hoax (1972)
    The Hoax
    4.9
    • Composer
    • 1972
  • The Young Graduates (1971)
    The Young Graduates
    4.4
    • Composer
    • 1971
  • Strawberries Need Rain (1971)
    Strawberries Need Rain
    5.7
    • Composer
    • 1971
  • Never Too Young (1965)
    Never Too Young
    7.8
    TV Series
    • Composer
    • 1965–1966
  • The Atom and Eve
    5.8
    Short
    • Composer
    • 1966
  • Ted Ray and Ronald Shiner in My Wife's Family (1956)
    My Wife's Family
    4.4
    • Composer
    • 1956
  • Diana Dors in Yield to the Night (1956)
    Yield to the Night
    7.1
    • Composer
    • 1956
  • The Six Proud Walkers
    TV Series
    • Composer
    • 1954

Soundtrack



  • Tom Hardy in Bronson (2008)
    Bronson
    7.0
    • performer: "Meet Mister Callaghan"
    • 2008
  • The Morecambe & Wise Show (1968)
    The Morecambe & Wise Show
    8.1
    TV Series
    • performer: "Marching Strings"
    • writer: "Marching Strings" (uncredited, uncredited)
    • 1971
  • Strawberries Need Rain (1971)
    Strawberries Need Rain
    5.7
    • lyrics: "Strawberries Need Rain", "Yellow and Green and Blue"
    • music: "Strawberries Need Rain", "Yellow and Green and Blue"
    • 1971
  • John Cleese, Graham Chapman, Marty Feldman, and Tim Brooke-Taylor in At Last the 1948 Show (1967)
    At Last the 1948 Show
    7.7
    TV Series
    • performer: "Marching Strings"
    • writer: "Marching Strings" (uncredited, uncredited)
    • 1967
  • Television Top of the Form
    4.2
    TV Series
    • performer: "Marching Strings"
    • writer: "Marching Strings" (uncredited, uncredited)
    • 1962–1975
  • Belinda Lee in The Secret Place (1957)
    The Secret Place
    6.6
    • Soundtrack ("But You")
    • 1957
  • Nat 'King' Cole in The Nat King Cole Show (1956)
    The Nat King Cole Show
    8.4
    TV Series
    • writer: "You Are My First Love"
    • music: "You Are My First Love" (uncredited)
    • 1957
  • John Mills in It's Great to Be Young! (1956)
    It's Great to Be Young!
    6.4
    • music: "You Are My First Love"
    • writer: "Marching Strings"
    • 1956
  • Flottans muntergökar (1955)
    Flottans muntergökar
    3.7
    • writer: "Serenade"
    • 1955

Personal details

  • Alternative names
    • Buddy Cadbury
  • Born
    • October 11, 1918
    • Vienna, Austria
  • Died
    • February 7, 1988
    • Johannesburg, Gauteng, South Africa(cancer)
  • Other works
    Wrote (under the pseudonym of Marshall Ross) Marching Strings, the theme tune for the long running BBC television quiz show "Top of the Form".

Did you know

  • Trivia
    Orchestra owner and composer who came to Britain in 1937, and also made records for Columbia.
  • Nickname
    • Lester Powell

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