Louis Levy

Louis Levy

Known for: Sound
Biography: 1894-11-20
Deathday: 1957-08-18 (62 years old)

Biography

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Louis Levy (20 November 1894 – 18 August 1957) was an English film composer and music director, who worked in particular on Alfred Hitchcock and Will Hay films. He was born in London and died in Slough, Berkshire.


As a child Louis Levy played the violin, beginning with a toy violin that his father bought him at the age of seven. He later became the pupil of Guido Papini but due to his parents' limited means, ended his studies with Papini and began a period of self-study. This led to him gaining a scholarship at the London College of Music. Papini refused to allow Levy to study under anyone else, so resumed his tuition, this time free of charge.


He started his career in 1910 arranging and performing music for silent films. In 1916 he became musical director for the New Gallery Cinema in London. In 1921, he went to the Shepherd’s Bush Pavilion as Music Chief and is credited with being the first to develop the theme song in movies.


At the beginning of talkies, he joined the Gaumont British studios at Shepherd’s Bush, where he became the head of the music department for all Gainsborough Pictures productions from 1933 onwards. The rich sounds emanating from his large orchestra are all the more impressive when one realises that electrical sound industry was barely ten years old. He worked in particular on Alfred Hitchcock and Will Hay films.


He later had a long running BBC radio series Music From the Movies, which started in 1936 and went on until the 1950s.


At this time, through the sheer necessity of having to produce so much music he employed several talented arrangers, among them Peter Yorke ) and Bretton Byrd, who was his chief music editor at Gaumont British.

Filmography

all 124

Movies 124

Director 88

Writer 2

Producer 1

Music Director
Caravan

Caravan (1946)

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Original Music Composer
Gasbags

Gasbags (1941)

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Original Music Composer / Music Director
Night Train to Munich

Night Train to Munich (1940)

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Music Director / Original Music Composer
Girl in the News

Girl in the News (1940)

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Original Music Composer / Music Director
The Lady Vanishes

The Lady Vanishes (1938)

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6
Original Music Composer / Music Director
Young and Innocent

Young and Innocent (1937)

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3.5
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Non-Stop New York

Non-Stop New York (1937)

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Music Director
Gangway

Gangway (1937)

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Music / Music Director
Sabotage

Sabotage (1937)

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6
Music Director
All In!

All In! (1936)

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Original Music Composer
Everything Is Thunder

Everything Is Thunder (1936)

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Original Music Composer / Music Director
Seven Sinners

Seven Sinners (1936)

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Original Music Composer
Foreign Affaires

Foreign Affaires (1935)

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Additional Music / Music Director
The Passing of the Third Floor Back

The Passing of the Third Floor Back (1935)

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Original Music Composer / Conductor / Music Director
The 39 Steps

The 39 Steps (1935)

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4.67
Music Director
Heat Wave

Heat Wave (1935)

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Original Music Composer
Forbidden Territory

Forbidden Territory (1934)

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Music Director
Evergreen

Evergreen (1934)

Movie
Original Music Composer
The Ghoul

The Ghoul (1933)

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6
Music Director
Baroud

Baroud (1932)

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Music Director
Lord Babs

Lord Babs (1932)

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Music Director
Balaclava

Balaclava (1928)

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Information

Known For
Sound

Gender
Male

Birthday
1894-11-20

Deathday
1957-08-18 (62 years old)

Birth Place
London, United Kingdom

Citizenships
United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, United Kingdom

Also Known As
L. Levy

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