Trevor Duncan
Trevor Duncan ( born February 27, 1924 in Camberwell, London as Leonard Charles Trebilco, † December 17, 2005 in Taunton, Somerset ) was an English composer. He wrote concert works and numerous compositions for film and television productions.
Life and work
Trevor Duncan was as Leonard Charles Trebilcock ( he cut later this last name on Trebilco ) in Camberwell, London born. The age of twelve he was the piano by ear to be able to even read music and compose play, But, he attended Trinity College of Music, he took courses in violin, harmony and counterpoint. At eighteen, Duncan joined then at the British Broadcasting Corporation. In 1943 he was drafted as a radio operator in the Royal Air Force. After his discharge from the RAF in 1947 he went back to the BBC to there for the BBC radio to work. He composed music for radio plays and newsreels, focused on it more and more to writing his own music. Finally, at the beginning of the 1950s he began an independent musical career in film, television and concert hall.
The vast number of his works are associated mainly the musical category of "Light Music". Well-known works are above all Children in the Park, 20th Century Express, Sixpenny Ride, Wine Festival and Meadow Mist.
As a composer he has written orchestral works. In 1970 he composed the symphony Sinfonia Tellurica. His other compositions include The Navigators, St Boniface Down, A Tale of Two Hearts, The Visionaries and The Challenge of Space.
In 1954 he wrote the music for Ken Hughes thriller The secret of the red monkeys with Richard Conte, Rona Anderson and Russell Napier. 1955 Ken Hughes hired him again for the drama Legion of Hell with Paul Douglas and Ruth Roman. Other films of British cinema were the man in the shadows, a thriller for director Montgomery Tully from 1957 with cast: Zachary Scott, Faith Domergue, Peter Illing and Faith Brook, and the same year he worked for a further meeting with the British director Ken Hughes together. This time for the literary adaptation journey into the abyss with Victor Mature, Diana Dors, Patrick Allen and Gene Anderson.
In 1962 he composed the music for the award-winning sci-fi short film on the edge of the taxiway by French filmmaker Chris Marker.
Best known Duncan was perhaps for his title theme for the television series Dr Finlay's Casebook.
Trevor Duncan died on 17 December 2005 at the age of 81 in Taunton, Somerset in England.