About Merrick Farran
Lived 1906 – 1991 (aged 84–85). Merrick Farran was an artist, music arranger, violinist, composer and conductor.
William Merrick Farran (14 January 1906 – 26 November 1991)
He established himself as a conductor of both classical and popular music, and a composer of library music for KPM and Bruton. His House of Horror music was used in TV productions such as Prisoner Cell Block H and SpongeBob SquarePants. There was also some concert music, including Symphonic Variations On A Rock 'N Roll Theme (the theme being from 'Rock Around the Clock'), which was issued on a Melodisc LP in 1958, and the three movement Stranger in London suite. Farran was the arranger of 'The Ghost of Your Past' and 'Quite Suddenly' for Matt Monro in 1961.
He died at the Acland Hospital in Oxford.
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Who was Merrick Farran?
British composer, arranger and violinist (1906–1991)
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Merrick Farran was born in 1906.
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Merrick Farran died in 1991.
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Merrick Farran was an artist, music arranger, violinist, composer and conductor.
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