Derek Scott

Derek Thomas Scott (25 December 1921 – 27 May 2006) was a British film, television and stage musical director, film and television composer and musician. He started his career as a double act with both Terry-Thomas and Tony Hancock before becoming a composer for film and television and "one of Britain's best known light entertainment musical directors."

Scott is best known for being the music director for ITV's The Muppet Show (1976–1981)

Career After the war, "Scott accompanied the comedian Sid Field in Piccadilly Hayride (Prince of Wales Theatre 1946) and worked as a stooge with Terry-Thomas." Scott would later compose the music for The Punch and Judy Man, and the music for Hancock, the comedian's series for ATV broadcast in 1963.

Personal life In 1957, Scott married Gillian Veronica Matheson Bain, known as Sidi, a dancer, the daughter of a Bristol doctor and a dance teacher. They had two daughters, Nikki and Emma. Scott retired in 1982 and lived at Southwold, Suffolk, serving as organist at St Edmund's Church, a continuation of a tradition he had started as a schoolboy.

TV and filmography 1948 New to You (TV; musician & performer with Tony Hancock) 1957–1960 Spectacular (TV series; musical associate – 2 episodes) 1957 No Road Back (music: "Society Rumba", "Club Society", "Minor Murder" – uncredited) 1961 Val Parnell's Sunday Night at the London Palladium (TV series; musical associate – 1 episode) 1963 Hancock (ATV series; musical director/composer) 1963 The Punch and Judy Man (composer) 1966 ITV Play of the Week (TV series; composer – 1 episode) 1966 Topo Gigio Comes to Town (TV; composer) 1967 ITV Play of the Week (TV series, musical director – 1 episode) 1967 Armchair Theatre (TV Series) (TV series, musician – 2 episodes; composer, 1 episode) 1967 The Benny Hill Show (TV series; musical associate) 1967 Spotlight (TV series, musical associate – 1 episode) 1967 Market in Honey Lane 1969 ITV Sunday Night Theatre (TV series; music director – 2 episodes, 1969, music supervisor – 1 episode, 1969) 1969 The Peapicker in Piccadilly (TV; musical associate) 1969-1970 The Worker (TV series; musical director - 5 episodes) 1970 Carol Channing's Mad English Tea Party (TV; music associate) 1970 The Engelbert Humperdinck Show (TV series; music associate – 16 episodes) 1970 It's the Only Way to Go (Short; composer) 1970–1973 Crime of Passion (TV series, 32 episodes; composer) 1972 The Marty Feldman Comedy Machine (TV, 1 episode; composer) 1972 Spyder's Web (TV, 13 episodes; composer) 1972–1978 General Hospital (UK TV series; composer – 113 episodes) 1973 Hunter's Walk (TV Series; composer) 1976–1981 The Muppet Show (TV series; musical associate/composer/conductor) 1977 Marti (TV series; music associate – 1 episode) 1977 The Tony Hatch Music Show (TV special; music associate) 1978 Dawn of the Dead (composer: stock library music – uncredited, writer: "Fugarock", "Zap", Scarey 1", "Scarey 2", (Mall Montage Scene) – uncredited) (from 'Sounds Unusual' by Derek Scott (Music De Wolfe) (1975) 1978 Tony Hatch & All Kinds of Music (TV special; music associate) 1978 Parables (TV series, 1 episode; composer) 1981 Starburst (TV Series)|Starburst (music associate – 1 episode) 1990 Songs of Praise (St Edmund's Church, Southwold as Organist and Director of Music) 1996 The Muppet CDROM: Muppets Inside (Video Game; musician: Animal's drum solo) 2005 Unknown Hancock (TV Movie documentary)