Stanley Myers

Stanley Myers

Known for: Sound
Biography: 1930-10-06
Deathday: 1993-11-09 (63 years old)

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Biography

Stanley Myers (6 October 1930 – 9 November 1993) was an English composer and conductor, who scored over sixty films and television series, working closely with filmmakers Nicolas Roeg, Jerzy Skolimowski and Volker Schlöndorff. He is best known for his guitar piece "Cavatina", composed for the 1970 film The Walking Stick and later used as the theme for The Deer Hunter. He was nominated for a BAFTA Award for Best Film Music for Wish You Were Here (1987), and was an early collaborator with and mentor of Hans Zimmer. Myers was born in Birmingham, England; as a teenager he went to King Edward's School in Edgbaston, a suburb of Birmingham. he married choreographer Eleanor Fazan.

Myers wrote incidental music for television: for example, The Reign of Terror, a 1964 serial in the television series Doctor Who; the theme to All Gas and Gaiters; and the theme for the BBC's Question Time.One night in 1966, Myers and Barry Fantoni had called into the Chi Chi club to discuss the music for the movie Kaleidoscope which was to star Warren Beatty and Susannah York. What they were after was a switched on song they needed for a switched on intense movie. The resident group called Romeo Z came on and caused the ceiling to shake. There they knew they had the band they wanted, and they got the band to record the song "Kaleidoscope" which appeared in the film and on the soundtrack album which was released on Warner Bros. W 1663 in October 1966He is known for composing music for the cult horror films House of Whipcord, Frightmare, House of Mortal Sin and Schizo for filmmaker Pete Walker.The Pink Floyd website credits the brass parts on their 1968 song Corporal Clegg to "The Stanley Myers Orchestra".Myers is best known for "Cavatina" (1970), an evocative guitar piece, played by John Williams, that served as the signature theme for Michael Cimino's 1978 film The Deer Hunter, and for which Myers won the Ivor Novello Award. A somewhat different version of this work, not performed by Williams, had appeared in The Walking Stick. And yet another version had lyrics added. Cleo Laine and Iris Williams, in separate recordings as He Was Beautiful, helped to make "Cavatina" become even more popular.During the 1980s, Myers worked frequently with director Stephen Frears. His score for Prick Up Your Ears (1987) won him a "Best Artistic Contribution" award at the Cannes Film Festival. He also scored the film Wish You Were Here and several low budget features (Time Traveller, Blind Date, The Wind, Zero Boys) for director Nico Mastorakis, collaborating with Hans Zimmer. He won another Ivor Novello Award for his soundtrack to The Witches in 1991.Myers died of cancer aged 63 in Kensington and Chelsea, London.

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Filmography

all 128

Movies 125

TV Shows 3

Director 1

Composer
The Summer House

The Summer House (1993)

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Stalag Luft

Stalag Luft (1993)

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Original Music Composer
Heart of Darkness

Heart of Darkness (1993)

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The Snapper

The Snapper (1993)

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6
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Mrs. 'Arris Goes to Paris

Mrs. 'Arris Goes to Paris (1992)

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Sarafina!

Sarafina! (1992)

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Cold Heaven

Cold Heaven (1992)

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My Friend Walter

My Friend Walter (1992)

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Claude

Claude (1992)

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Iron Maze

Iron Maze (1991)

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A Murder of Quality

A Murder of Quality (1991)

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Voyager

Voyager (1991)

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Rosencrantz & Guildenstern Are Dead

Rosencrantz & Guildenstern Are Dead (1991)

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4
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Heading Home

Heading Home (1991)

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The Witches

The Witches (1990)

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7.44
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Children Crossing

Children Crossing (1990)

Movie
Musical
Ladder of Swords

Ladder of Swords (1990)

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Age-Old Friends

Age-Old Friends (1989)

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Original Music Composer
Torrents of Spring

Torrents of Spring (1989)

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A Small Mourning

A Small Mourning (1989)

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Scenes from the Class Struggle in Beverly Hills

Scenes from the Class Struggle in Beverly Hills (1989)

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Danny the Champion of the World

Danny the Champion of the World (1989)

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Heartland

Heartland (1989)

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The Boost

The Boost (1988)

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Original Music Composer
Paperhouse

Paperhouse (1988)

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Tidy Endings

Tidy Endings (1988)

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Nightmare at Noon

Nightmare at Noon (1988)

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Trading Hearts

Trading Hearts (1988)

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Track 29

Track 29 (1988)

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6
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Stars & Bars

Stars & Bars (1988)

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Taffin

Taffin (1988)

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Baja Oklahoma

Baja Oklahoma (1988)

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The Nature of the Beast

The Nature of the Beast (1988)

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Stones for Ibarra

Stones for Ibarra (1988)

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Sammy and Rosie Get Laid

Sammy and Rosie Get Laid (1987)

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A Wreath of Roses

A Wreath of Roses (1987)

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Wish You Were Here

Wish You Were Here (1987)

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The Second Victory

The Second Victory (1987)

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Pack of Lies

Pack of Lies (1987)

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Scoop

Scoop (1987)

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Prick Up Your Ears

Prick Up Your Ears (1987)

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6
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The Wind

The Wind (1986)

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Smart Money

Smart Money (1986)

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The Zero Boys

The Zero Boys (1986)

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5.85
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Strong Medicine

Strong Medicine (1986)

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Separate Vacations

Separate Vacations (1986)

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The Russian Soldier

The Russian Soldier (1986)

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Castaway

Castaway (1986)

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Strong Medicine

Strong Medicine (1986)

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Mr. and Mrs. Edgehill

Mr. and Mrs. Edgehill (1985)

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The Lightship

The Lightship (1985)

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My Beautiful Laundrette

My Beautiful Laundrette (1985)

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6
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Dreamchild

Dreamchild (1985)

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My Brother Jonathan

My Brother Jonathan (1985)

TV
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Insignificance

Insignificance (1985)

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Florence Nightingale

Florence Nightingale (1985)

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The Next One

The Next One (1984)

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The Story of O Part 2

The Story of O Part 2 (1984)

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Success Is the Best Revenge

Success Is the Best Revenge (1984)

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The Zany Adventures of Robin Hood

The Zany Adventures of Robin Hood (1984)

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Rainy Day Women

Rainy Day Women (1984)

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Blind Date

Blind Date (1984)

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The Chain

The Chain (1984)

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A Pattern of Roses

A Pattern of Roses (1983)

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The Honorary Consul

The Honorary Consul (1983)

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Eureka

Eureka (1983)

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Moonlighting

Moonlighting (1982)

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6
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Incubus

Incubus (1982)

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Original Music Composer
Lady Chatterley's Lover

Lady Chatterley's Lover (1981)

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The Gentleman Bandit

The Gentleman Bandit (1981)

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The Border

The Border (1980)

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The Great Riviera Bank Robbery

The Great Riviera Bank Robbery (1980)

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The Watcher in the Woods

The Watcher in the Woods (1980)

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A Nightingale Sang In Berkeley Square

A Nightingale Sang In Berkeley Square (1980)

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Music Director
Yesterday's Hero

Yesterday's Hero (1979)

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Composer
The Class Of Miss MacMichael

The Class Of Miss MacMichael (1979)

Movie
Original Music Composer
The Deer Hunter

The Deer Hunter (1978)

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6
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Summer of My German Soldier

Summer of My German Soldier (1978)

Movie
Composer
The Comeback

The Comeback (1978)

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Composer
Absolution

Absolution (1978)

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6
Music
The Greek Tycoon

The Greek Tycoon (1978)

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Composer
A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man

A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man (1977)

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Original Music Composer
Schizo

Schizo (1976)

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Coup de Grâce

Coup de Grâce (1976)

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House of Mortal Sin

House of Mortal Sin (1976)

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A Passage to England

A Passage to England (1975)

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Original Music Composer
The Wilby Conspiracy

The Wilby Conspiracy (1975)

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Original Music Composer
Conduct Unbecoming

Conduct Unbecoming (1975)

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Frightmare

Frightmare (1974)

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Stayover in Tirol

Stayover in Tirol (1974)

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Caravan to Vaccarès

Caravan to Vaccarès (1974)

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Little Malcolm and His Struggle Against the Eunuchs

Little Malcolm and His Struggle Against the Eunuchs (1974)

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House of Whipcord

House of Whipcord (1974)

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Music
The Apprenticeship of Duddy Kravitz

The Apprenticeship of Duddy Kravitz (1974)

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Composer
Road Movie

Road Movie (1974)

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Is This a Record?

Is This a Record? (1973)

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The Operation

The Operation (1973)

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Divorce His, Divorce Hers

Divorce His, Divorce Hers (1973)

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The Love Ban

The Love Ban (1973)

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The Blockhouse

The Blockhouse (1973)

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A Free Woman

A Free Woman (1972)

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King, Queen, Knave

King, Queen, Knave (1972)

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Sitting Target

Sitting Target (1972)

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Zee and Co.

Zee and Co. (1971)

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The Raging Moon

The Raging Moon (1971)

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A Severed Head

A Severed Head (1971)

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Take a Girl Like You

Take a Girl Like You (1970)

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5.6
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Tam Lin

Tam Lin (1970)

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Underground

Underground (1970)

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Composer
The Walking Stick

The Walking Stick (1970)

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Composer
Tropic of Cancer

Tropic of Cancer (1970)

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Composer
Two Gentlemen Sharing

Two Gentlemen Sharing (1969)

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Original Music Composer
Age of Consent

Age of Consent (1969)

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Music
Michael Kohlhaas - The Rebel

Michael Kohlhaas - The Rebel (1969)

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Composer
Otley

Otley (1969)

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Original Music Composer / Conductor
The Night of the Following Day

The Night of the Following Day (1969)

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Separation

Separation (1968)

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No Way to Treat a Lady

No Way to Treat a Lady (1968)

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Ulysses

Ulysses (1967)

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Exit 19

Exit 19 (1966)

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Kaleidoscope

Kaleidoscope (1966)

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The Big Man Coughed and Died

The Big Man Coughed and Died (1966)

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Road to St. Tropez

Road to St. Tropez (1966)

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Composer
The Coming Out Party

The Coming Out Party (1965)

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Original Music Composer
The End of Arthur's Marriage

The End of Arthur's Marriage (1965)

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Composer
The Trial and Torture of Sir John Rampayne

The Trial and Torture of Sir John Rampayne (1965)

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Composer
A Tap on the Shoulder

A Tap on the Shoulder (1965)

Movie
Music
Doctor Who: The Reign of Terror

Doctor Who: The Reign of Terror (1964)

Movie

Ratings

Average 5.56
Based on 602 Thousand movie and tv ratings over time
1964
1973
1983
1974
1993
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Information

Known For
Sound

Gender
Male

Birthday
1930-10-06

Deathday
1993-11-09 (63 years old)

Birth Place
Birmingham, United Kingdom

Citizenships
United Kingdom

Also Known As
Ludus Tonalis


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