John Scott

Patrick John O'Hara Scott (born November 1, 1930) He is also a composer of contemporary classical music. His father, a musician in the Bristol Police Band, gave him his first music lessons. At the age of 14, he enrolled in the British Army (in the Royal Artillery Band, Woolwich) as a boy musician to continue his musical studies of the clarinet, harp and saxophone.

Career Beginning in the 1960s, Scott toured with Ted Heath's big band, among others. He was hired by EMI to arrange and conduct some of its most popular artists and, during this time, worked with Beatles producer George Martin, playing flute in the band's 1965 recording "You've Got To Hide Your Love Away". He played for Henry Mancini and was principal saxophonist in John Barry's soundtrack to the James Bond film Goldfinger (1964). For London Swings (1966), he assembled an impressive line-up of British jazz musicians, including Eddie Blair, Alan Branscombe, Leon Calvert, Duncan Lamont, Don Lusher, Ronnie Ross and others. For the quintet record Communication (1967) the lineup includes Scott himself on flute, Duncan Lamont (saxophone), David Snell (harp), Arthur Watts (bass) and Barry Morgan (drums).

Film and television music Since the 1960s, Scott has composed for more than 100 film and television productions. Some of Scott's most praised and recognised scores are Antony and Cleopatra (1972), England Made Me (1973), North Dallas Forty (1979), The Final Countdown (1980), Greystoke: The Legend of Tarzan, Lord of the Apes (1984), The Shooting Party (1985) and Lionheart (1990).

His TV work includes the themes to the BBC current affairs programmes Nationwide and Midweek, incidental music for the ITV series Rosemary and Thyme, and documentaries by French explorer Jacques Cousteau.

Contemporary classical music Scott is also active as a classical composer (having written a symphony, a ballet, four string quartets and a guitar concerto) and as a conductor.

In 2006–2008, Scott served as the artistic director of the Hollywood Symphony Orchestra.

On 16 October 2013 Scott was presented with a BASCA Gold Badge Award in recognition of his contribution to music.

Filmography

A Study in Terror (1965) Doctor in Clover (1966) Stranger in the House (1967) The Long Duel (1967) Jules Verne's Rocket to the Moon (1967) Berserk! (1967) The Violent Enemy (1968) Amsterdam Affair (1968) Her Private Hell (1968) Loving Feeling (1969) Crooks and Coronets (1969) Twinky (1969) Trog (1970) Girl Stroke Boy (1971) Wake in Fright (1971) Antony and Cleopatra (1972) Doomwatch (1972) The Jerusalem File (1972) Mark of the Devil Part II (1973) England Made Me (1973) Penny Gold (1973) Billy Two Hats (1974) Craze (1974) Symptoms (1974) Hennessy (1975) That Lucky Touch (1975) Satan's Slave (1976) The Queen's Garden (documentary) (1976) The People That Time Forgot (1977) North Dallas Forty (1979) The Hostage Tower (1980) The Final Countdown (1980) Inseminoid (1981) Yor, the Hunter from the Future (1983) Greystoke: The Legend of Tarzan, Lord of the Apes (1984) The Shooting Party (1985) The Whistle Blower (1986) King Kong Lives (1986) The Clan of the Cave Bear (1986) (rejected) Man on Fire (1987) A Prayer for the Dying (1987) (rejected) White Water Summer (1987) (rejected) Shoot to Kill (1988) The Deceivers (1988) Winter People (1989) Black Rainbow (1989) King of the Wind (1990) Lionheart (1990) Ruby (1992) Far from Home: The Adventures of Yellow Dog (1995) The Second Jungle Book: Mowgli & Baloo (1997) 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea (1997) The New Swiss Family Robinson (1998) Time of the Wolf (2002) The Wicker Tree (2011)