Muir Mathieson

Muir Mathieson was the single most influential figure in British film music of the twentieth century. He conducted the scores of virtually every major movie made in England from the mid-'30s until 1960 and, equally important, elevated the quality of film music for the industry. A graduate of the Royal College of Music, he joined Alexander Korda's London Films at age 20 as an assistant, and at 22 was appointed music director. Mathieson engaged the best musicians and some of the top young composers in England, including his RCM classmate Arthur Benjamin, who scored The Scarlet P...