Person · Composer
Louis Levy
1894–1957, London
British composer, born in London. Wrote the music for 11 films on this site, including Secret Agent (1936), The Citadel (1938) and Waltzes from Vienna (1934).
Unlike his counterparts at other studios, Muir Mathieson and Ernest Irving, who cultivated art composers to contribute film scores, Levy operated a department of specialised staff composers and arrangers, closer to the Hollywood system.
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Although often given the only musical credit on films for which he supervised the music, Alexander Gleason has argued that Levy did not compose or arrange the scores for any of the 250 talkies with which his name is associated.
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Regulars
Films in this guide
Best known
- Secret Agent 1936composer
- The Citadel 1938composer
- Waltzes from Vienna 1934composer
- Night Train to Munich 1940composer
- The Young Mr Pitt 1942composer
- The Ghoul 1933composer
1930s
- I Was a Spy (1933)composer
- The Ghoul (1933)composer
- The Iron Duke (1934)composer
- Waltzes from Vienna (1934)composer
- Secret Agent (1936)composer
- Climbing High (1938)composer
- The Citadel (1938)composer
- A Girl Must Live (1939)composer
1940s
- Night Train to Munich (1940)composer
- The Young Mr Pitt (1942)composer
- The Adventures of Tartu (1943)composer