John Addison
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John Mervyn Addison (16 March 1920 - 7 December 1998) was a British composer.
Addison is best known for his film scores. He won an Academy Award for the music to the 1963 film, Tom Jones and BAFTA Award for A Bridge Too Far (1977). He also composed the music for Reach for the Sky (1956), A Taste of Honey (1961), Torn Curtain (1966), Smashing Time (1967), Sleuth (1972), Swashbuckler (1976) and the television series Centennial (1978) among others. He also composed the theme music for Murder, She Wrote. Addison served with the British XXX Corps. during World War II.
Marlene Dietrich recorded If He Swing By The String and Such Trying Times from the music in Tom Jones.
