Muir Mathieson
Trained at the Royal Academy of Music, Muir first worked in the movies on the quota quickies of the 1930s. His big break came when Alexander Korda signed him as musical director on The Rise of Catherine the Great (1934). He went on to conduct Sir William Walton's score for Henry V (1944) and Hamlet (1948), as a part of a long, distinguished career as one of the most distinguished composers and musical directors in British cinema.
- IMDb mini biography by: Steve Crook
Movies (226)
Come Away In
1973 · Music
Gardens by the Sea
1973 · Music
The Line to Skye
1973 · Music
Journey Inter-City
1972 · Music
Mr. Horatio Knibbles
1971 · Music
Practical Romantic, Sir Walter Scott
1969 · Music
Calamity the Cow
1967 · Original Music Composer, Conductor
The Driving Force
1966 · Music Director
Glasgow Belongs to Me
1966 · Associate Producer, Music Director
The Lift
1965 · Music Director
Genghis Khan
1965 · Conductor
A Touch of Scotland
1964 · Music
The Running Man
1963 · Conductor
Call Me Bwana
1963 · Original Music Composer
The Mind Benders
1963 · Conductor
The L-Shaped Room
1962 · Conductor
Crooks Anonymous
1962 · Original Music Composer
Satan Never Sleeps
1962 · Conductor
What a Carve Up!
1961 · Music
Hunted in Holland
1961 · Original Music Composer
Echo of Barbara
1961 · Conductor
The Canadians
1961 · Conductor
The Grass Is Greener
1960 · Conductor
A Story of David
1960 · Conductor
Linda
1960 · Conductor
Surprise Package
1960 · Music Director
October Moth
1960 · Conductor
The Big Day
1960 · Conductor
An Arabian Night
1960 · Conductor, Music Arranger
Circus of Horrors
1960 · Original Music Composer
Once More, with Feeling!
1960 · Conductor, Music Arranger
Snowball
1960 · Conductor
The Professionals
1960 · Conductor
A Letter for Wales
1960 · Conductor
Devil's Bait
1959 · Music Director
Third Man on the Mountain
1959 · Conductor
Ferry to Hong Kong
1959 · Conductor
Killers of Kilimanjaro
1959 · Conductor
The Bridal Path
1959 · Conductor
The White Trap
1959 · Conductor
Left Right and Centre
1959 · Conductor
Horrors of the Black Museum
1959 · Music Director
Web of Evidence
1959 · Conductor
The Headless Ghost
1959 · Conductor
Groundwork for Progress
1959 · Conductor
Tom Thumb
1958 · Music Director
The Sheriff of Fractured Jaw
1958 · Conductor
Rockets Galore
1958 · Music Director
She Didn't Say No!
1958 · Conductor
Next to No Time
1958 · Conductor
Intent to Kill
1958 · Conductor
A Night to Remember
1958 · Conductor
Law and Disorder
1958 · Conductor
Vertigo
1958 · Conductor
Another Time, Another Place
1958 · Conductor
Heart of a Child
1958 · Music Director
Rooney
1958 · Conductor
I Accuse!
1958 · Conductor
Carve Her Name with Pride
1958 · Conductor
The Immortal Land
1958 · Music Director
Night of the Demon
1957 · Music Director
High Flight
1957 · Music Director
Manuela
1957 · Conductor
The Prince and the Showgirl
1957 · Music Director
High Tide at Noon
1957 · Conductor
Interpol
1957 · Conductor
Seven Waves Away
1957 · Conductor
The Secret Place
1957 · Conductor
The Kid from Canada
1957 · Conductor
Journey into Spring
1957 · Conductor
The Twilight Forest
1957 · Conductor
The Spanish Gardener
1956 · Conductor
The Green Man
1956 · Conductor
The Legend of the Good Beasts
1956 · Conductor
Zarak
1956 · Music Director
A Hill in Korea
1956 · Conductor
The Weapon
1956 · Conductor
Reach for the Sky
1956 · Music Director
Safari
1956 · Conductor
Trapeze
1956 · Conductor
Wicked as They Come
1956 · Conductor
The Man Who Never Was
1956 · Conductor
Any Man's Kingdom
1956 · Conductor
Jumping for Joy
1956 · Conductor
A Prize of Gold
1955 · Music Director
I Am a Camera
1955 · Music Director
That Lady
1955 · Conductor
The Teckman Mystery
1954 · Music Director
The Purple Plain
1954 · Conductor
Svengali
1954 · Music
The Black Knight
1954 · Conductor
Father Brown
1954 · Conductor
The Sea Shall Not Have Them
1954 · Music Director
Hobson's Choice
1954 · Music Director
The Million Pound Note
1954 · Conductor
Star of India
1954 · Music Director
East Anglian Holiday
1954 · Music Director
Tonight in Britain
1954 · Music Director
The Kidnappers
1953 · Conductor
The Dog and the Diamonds
1953 · Conductor
Personal Affair
1953 · Conductor
The Master of Ballantrae
1953 · Music Director
Innocents in Paris
1953 · Conductor
Sailor of the King
1953 · Music Director
Genevieve
1953 · Music Director
Grand National Night
1953 · Music
Street Corner
1953 · Conductor
The Net
1953 · Conductor
Highland Journey
1953 · Conductor
The Ringer
1952 · Music Director
Lady in the Fog
1952 · Music Director
Venetian Bird
1952 · Conductor
The Crimson Pirate
1952 · Music Director
Operation Hurricane
1952 · Music Director
You're Only Young Twice!
1952 · Conductor
The Story of Robin Hood and His Merrie Men
1952 · Conductor
Curtain Up
1952 · Conductor
The Magic Box
1952 · Sir Arthur Sullivan, Conductor
Brief City
1952 · Music
The Heart Is Highland
1952 · Conductor
Scrooge
1951 · Conductor
Lady Godiva Rides Again
1951 · Music Director
Valley of the Eagles
1951 · Music Director
Home to Danger
1951 · Conductor
The Galloping Major
1951 · Conductor
Tom Brown's Schooldays
1951 · Conductor
Night Without Stars
1951 · Music Director
Out of True
1951 · Music Director
Bristol, British City
1951 · Conductor
Berth 24
1950 · Orchestrator
Family Portrait
1950 · Conductor
State Secret
1950 · Conductor
The Black Rose
1950 · Music Director
Treasure Island
1950 · Conductor
Night and the City
1950 · Music Director
Prelude to Fame
1950 · Music Director
The Astonished Heart
1950 · Conductor
The Cure for Love
1949 · Music Director
The Spider and the Fly
1949 · Conductor
Christopher Columbus
1949 · Music Director
The Chiltern Hundreds
1949 · Conductor
Dear Mr. Prohack
1949 · Conductor
Helter Skelter
1949 · Music Director
Adam and Evelyne
1949 · Music Director
The Bad Lord Byron
1949 · Music Director
Cardboard Cavalier
1949 · Music Director
The Forbidden Street
1949 · Music Director
Vote for Huggett
1949 · Music Director
The Passionate Friends
1949 · Conductor
Portrait from Life
1948 · Music Director
It's Hard to be Good
1948 · Music Director
XIVth Olympiad: The Glory of Sport
1948 · Music Director
So Evil My Love
1948 · Conductor
The Calendar
1948 · Conductor
Blanche Fury
1948 · Music Director
Daughter of Darkness
1948 · Conductor
Easy Money
1948 · Conductor
Steps of the Ballet
1948 · Director
Uncle Silas
1947 · Conductor
Captain Boycott
1947 · Music Director
The Master of Bankdam
1947 · Conductor
Dear Murderer
1947 · Conductor
The Upturned Glass
1947 · Conductor
Take My Life
1947 · Music Director
The Brothers
1947 · Conductor
The Mark of Cain
1947 · Music Director
School for Secrets
1946 · Music Director
A Girl in a Million
1946 · Conductor
The Years Between
1946 · Conductor
I See a Dark Stranger
1946 · Music Director
Instruments of the Orchestra
1946 · Director
Kelvin: Master of Measurement
1946 · Conductor
A Diary for Timothy
1945 · Conductor
The Seventh Veil
1945 · Conductor
Steel
1945 · Conductor
29 Acacia Avenue
1945 · Music Supervisor
The Way Ahead
1944 · Music Director
This Happy Breed
1944 · Music Director, Conductor, Original Music Composer
Tawny Pipit
1944 · Music Director
The Lamp Still Burns
1943 · Conductor
The Silent Village
1943 · Conductor
Fires Were Started
1943 · Music Director
Ferry Pilot
1942 · Conductor
Wales: Green Mountain, Black Mountain
1942 · Music Director
In Which We Serve
1942 · Conductor
The First of the Few
1942 · Original Music Composer
Unpublished Story
1942 · Music Director
Our Film
1942 · Conductor
The Day Will Dawn
1942 · Conductor
Alice in Switzerland
1942 · Conductor
This Is Colour
1942 · Music Director
Listen to Britain
1942 · Music Director
Penn of Pennsylvania
1942 · Music Director
49th Parallel
1941 · Music Director
"Pimpernel" Smith
1941 · Music Director
This England
1941 · Music Director
Love on the Dole
1941 · Music
Major Barbara
1941 · Music Director
Old Bill and Son
1941 · Music Director
Gaslight
1940 · Music Director
Ten Days in Paris
1940 · Music Director
Contraband
1940 · Music, Music Director
21 Days
1940 · Music Director
The Thief of Bagdad
1940 · Music Director
The New Britain
1940 · Music Consultant, Conductor
On the Night of the Fire
1939 · Conductor
St. Martin's Lane
1939 · Music Director
The Spy in Black
1939 · Music Director
Q Planes
1939 · Music Director
A Royal Divorce
1938 · Music Director
The Challenge
1938 · Music Director
North Sea
1938 · Conductor
The Green Cockatoo
1937 · Music Director
Victoria the Great
1937 · Music Director
Action for Slander
1937 · Music Director
Storm in a Teacup
1937 · Music Director
Elephant Boy
1937 · Music Director
Wings of the Morning
1937 · Music Director
Men Are Not Gods
1936 · Music Director
Rembrandt
1936 · Music Director
The Man Who Could Work Miracles
1936 · Music Director
Things to Come
1936 · Music Director
The Ghost Goes West
1935 · Music Director
The Scarlet Pimpernel
1934 · Music Director
The Rise of Catherine the Great
1934 · Original Music Composer, Music Director
The Private Life of Don Juan
1934 · Music Director