Bretton Byrd(1904-1959)

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Composer
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Bretton Byrd was born on 30 November 1904 in Ramsgate, Kent, England, UK. He was a composer, known for Evergreen (1934), The Midas Touch (1940) and Smiling Along (1938). He died on 27 September 1959 in Harrow, Middlesex, England, UK.

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Known for

Evergreen

6.6

Movie

Music Department(The Gaumont British Studio Orchestra)

1934

The Midas Touch

Movie

Music Department

1940

Smiling Along

6.6

Movie

Music Department

1938

Time Flies

5.5

Movie

Composer

1944

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Music Department

Rendezvous
7.4
TV Series
- musical director
- 1959
Rheingold Theatre
8.2
TV Series
- musical director
- composer: stock music
- music director ...
- 1954–1957
Chevron Hall of Stars
6.8
TV Series
- musical director
- 1956
The Hostage
4.5
- musical director
- 1956
Port of Escape
5.4
- conductor
- 1956
Police Dog
5.7
- musical director
- 1955
Tony Draws a Horse
5.1
- conductor
- 1950
Look Before You Love
4.6
- conductor
- 1948
My Sister and I
7.5
- musical director
- 1948
Bad Sister
7.1
- conductor
- 1947
The Root of All Evil
6.7
- composer: incidental music
- 1947
The Magic Bow
6.0
- music editor
- 1946
Caravan
6.2
- music editor (uncredited)
- 1946
I'll Be Your Sweetheart
6.2
- composer: additional music (uncredited)
- 1945
Two Thousand Women
6.5
- composer: additional music (uncredited)
- 1944

Composer

The Hostage
4.5
- Composer (uncredited)
- 1956
Port of Escape
5.4
- Composer
- 1956
The Count of Monte Cristo
7.4
TV Series
- Composer
- 1956
Police Dog
5.7
- Composer (uncredited)
- 1955
Rheingold Theatre
8.2
TV Series
- Composer
- 1953–1954
The Triangle
- Composer (segment "Priceless Pocket")
- 1953
The Genie
- Composer (segment "The Genie")
- 1953
Tony Draws a Horse
5.1
- Composer
- 1950
Look Before You Love
4.6
- Composer
- 1948
My Sister and I
7.5
- Composer
- 1948
Bad Sister
7.1
- Composer
- 1947
Bothered by a Beard
4.9
Short
- Composer
- 1945
Time Flies
5.5
- Composer
- 1944
The Goose Steps Out
6.5
- Composer
- 1942
The Saint's Vacation
5.8
- Composer (uncredited)
- 1941

Soundtrack

Time Flies
5.5
- arranger: "When Lo! By Breake of Morning", "What If I Seek for Love of Thee?", "Buccaneer" (uncredited)
- 1944
Man of Evil
6.5
- arranger: "Good King Wenceslas", "Little Brown Jug", "Coppelia" (uncredited)
- 1944
Did You Ever See a Dream Talking
5.8
Short
- music: "Main and End Titles"
- 1943
Turned Out Nice Again
6.3
- arranger: "I Do Like to Be Beside the Seaside", "Wedding March"
- music: "Cabaret Nights" (uncredited)
- 1941
Hoots Mon
6.2
- arranger: "Loch Lomond" (uncredited)
- 1940
The Amazing Mr. Forrest
6.0
- music: "Foxtrot" (uncredited)
- 1939
Sexton Blake and the Hooded Terror
5.5
- music: "Rambler Roses" (uncredited)
- 1938
Windbag the Sailor
6.6
- arranger: "See the Conquering Hero Comes", "Homeward Bound", "Home Sweet Home" (uncredited)
- 1936
Doomed Cargo
6.7
- music: "Valse Constance" (uncredited)
- 1936
First a Girl
6.9
- music: "O Gentle Aphrodite" (uncredited)
- 1935
A Cup of Kindness
6.2
- arranger: "Auld Lang Syne" (uncredited)
- 1934
Evergreen
6.6
- arranger: "For He's a Jolly Good Fellow" (uncredited)
- 1934

Personal details

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Born
- November 30, 1904
- Ramsgate, Kent, England, UK
Died
- September 27, 1959
- Harrow, Middlesex, England, UK

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Trivia
British composer and musical director. He initially worked in the theatre as a pianist and conductor before joining British-Gaumont (as composer, conductor, orchestrator) in 1930.