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John Addison

  • Birth: March 16, 1920
  • Death: December 7, 1998
  • Age: 78
  • United Kingdom

English composer John Addison (1920-1998) lent his sophisticated—one is tempted to call it "erudite"—symphonic style to such notable pictures as Tom Jones, Hitchcock's Torn Curtain (replacing Bernard Herrmann), Sleuth, Swashbuckler, The Seven-Per-Cent Solution and A Bridge Too Far. He also wrote the... More

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nominations

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winning rate

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wins

Academy Awards

Edition Year Award Movie Status
45th edition 1973 Best Original Score Sleuth
36th edition 1964 Best Original Score Tom Jones Winner
Edition Year Award Movie Status
31st edition 1978 Best Original Score A Bridge Too Far Winner

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