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Matyas Seiber(1905-1960)

  • Composer
  • Music Department
  • Soundtrack
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Matyas Seiber was born on 4 May 1905 in Budapest, Hungary. He was a composer, known for The Diamond Wizard (1954), Chase a Crooked Shadow (1958) and A Town Like Alice (1956). He was married to Lilla Bauer. He died on 24 September 1960 in South Africa.
BornMay 4, 1905
DiedSeptember 24, 1960(55)
BornMay 4, 1905
DiedSeptember 24, 1960(55)
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Known for

Dennis O'Keefe and Margaret Sheridan in The Diamond Wizard (1954)
The Diamond Wizard
5.8
  • Composer
  • 1954
Chase a Crooked Shadow (1958)
Chase a Crooked Shadow
7.0
  • Composer
  • 1958
Virginia McKenna in A Town Like Alice (1956)
A Town Like Alice
7.2
  • Composer
  • 1956
Coleen Gray and Dennis O'Keefe in The Fake (1953)
The Fake
6.1
  • Music Department(uncredited)
  • 1953

Credits

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Composer

  • Graham Sutherland
    TV Movie
    • Composer
    • 1963
  • For Better... For Worse
    Short
    • music
    • 1961
  • Foo-Foo (1960)
    Foo-Foo
    5.4
    TV Series
    • Composer
    • 1960
  • Snip and Snap (1960)
    Snip and Snap
    6.5
    TV Series
    • Composer
    • 1960
  • Moment of Danger (1960)
    Moment of Danger
    6.6
    • Composer
    • 1960
  • Habatales
    TV Series
    • Composer
    • 1959
  • The Christmas Visitor (1959)
    The Christmas Visitor
    6.2
    Short
    • Composer
    • 1959
  • Meeting Point
    TV Series
    • Composer
    • 1958
  • Chase a Crooked Shadow (1958)
    Chase a Crooked Shadow
    7.0
    • Composer
    • 1958
  • Animal, Vegetable, Mineral
    Short
    • Composer
    • 1957
  • The Candlemaker (1957)
    The Candlemaker
    6.0
    Short
    • Composer
    • 1957
  • Sidney Poitier, Patrick Allen, Helen Horton, Eartha Kitt, and Marne Maitland in The Mark of the Hawk (1957)
    The Mark of the Hawk
    5.3
    • Composer
    • 1957
  • Robbery Under Arms (1957)
    Robbery Under Arms
    6.0
    • Composer
    • 1957
  • To Your Health
    6.9
    Short
    • Composer
    • 1956
  • A Short Vision (1956)
    A Short Vision
    7.2
    Short
    • Composer
    • 1956

Music Department

  • Moment of Danger (1960)
    Moment of Danger
    6.6
    • conductor
    • 1960
  • Meeting Point
    TV Series
    • music arranged by
    • 1958
  • Chase a Crooked Shadow (1958)
    Chase a Crooked Shadow
    7.0
    • conductor
    • 1958
  • Robbery Under Arms (1957)
    Robbery Under Arms
    6.0
    • conductor
    • 1957
  • Virginia McKenna in A Town Like Alice (1956)
    A Town Like Alice
    7.2
    • conductor
    • 1956
  • Animal Farm (1954)
    Animal Farm
    7.2
    • conductor
    • 1954
  • Dennis O'Keefe and Margaret Sheridan in The Diamond Wizard (1954)
    The Diamond Wizard
    5.8
    • conductor
    • 1954
  • Coleen Gray and Dennis O'Keefe in The Fake (1953)
    The Fake
    6.1
    • arranger
    • conductor
    • music adaptor (uncredited)
    • 1953
  • The Owl and the Pussycat (1952)
    The Owl and the Pussycat
    6.7
    Short
    • conductor (uncredited)
    • 1952
  • Spring and Winter
    4.7
    • music arranger
    • 1951
  • Shapes and Forms
    Short
    • conductor
    • 1950
  • No Alternative (1949)
    No Alternative
    • conductor
    • 1949

Soundtrack

  • Chase a Crooked Shadow (1958)
    Chase a Crooked Shadow
    7.0
    • music: "In Search of a Dream" (uncredited)
    • 1958
  • Virginia McKenna in A Town Like Alice (1956)
    A Town Like Alice
    7.2
    • arranger: "Joget", "There's a Friend for Little Children" (uncredited)
    • 1956
  • Quatermass II (1955)
    Quatermass II
    7.1
    TV Mini Series
    • writer: "Faust: Making of Homunculus"
    • 1955
  • Coleen Gray and Dennis O'Keefe in The Fake (1953)
    The Fake
    6.1
    • arranger: "Pictures at an Exhibition"
    • performer: "Pictures at an Exhibition"
    • 1953

Personal details

  • Alternative name
    • M. Seiber
  • Born
    • May 4, 1905
    • Budapest, Hungary
  • Died
    • September 24, 1960
    • South Africa(car crash)
  • Spouse
    • Lilla BauerApril 12, 1946 - September 24, 1960 (his death, 1 child)

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    Became a British subject in 1935

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