Biography
Jeffry Wayne (born 1 July 1943) is an American-British composer, musician and lyricist. In 1978, he released Jeff Wayne's Musical Version of The War of the Worlds, his musical adaptation of H. G. Wells' science-fiction novel The War of the Worlds. Wayne wrote approximately 3,000 advertising jingles in the 1970s which appeared on television in the United Kingdom, including a Gordon's Gin commercial which was covered by the Human League. Wayne also composed numerous television themes, including Good Morning Britain (TV-am), ITV's The Big Match and World of Sport, and the BBC's Sixty Minutes.
Wayne wrote feature film and documentary film scores and was musical director for various artists. Wayne published a book called The Book of Tennis and created, produced and scored eight thirty-minute episodes of The Book of Tennis Chronicles that was distributed by Fox Sports in approximately twenty countries, and was broadcast in the US on the Tennis Channel between 2005 and 2008.
Filmography
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Movies 10
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Director 1
Everything: The Real Thing Story (2020)
Jeff Wayne's Musical Version of the War of the Worlds - The New Generation: Alive on Stage! (2013)
War of the Servers (2007)
Jeff Wayne's Musical Version of The War of the Worlds: Live on Stage! (2006)
McVicar (1980)
The Knowledge (1979)
The Anatomy of a Pin-Up (1971)
9 Days in Summer (1967)
REJECTED! Turned Down! Ignored! and #*?/@ ON!
The Christmas Messenger
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GenderMale
Birthday1943-07-01 (80 years old)
Birth PlaceForest Hills, United States of America
CitizenshipsUnited States of America
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