BEST OF BRITISH (MOMI 2022)
Revised version of compilation originally created for the British Film Institute's Museum Of Moving Image in London and based on films included in the TV series “Best Of British”
Music: Main Theme and Love Theme from “Best Of British”
Composed by Rob Waugh
Arranged and Conducted by Nicholas Raine
Performed by Royal Philharmonic Orchestra
Film Listing:
Best Of British Main Theme
The Magic Box (1951): Laurence Olivier, Robert Donat
Henry V (1944): Laurence Olivier
The Four Feathers (1939)
The Thief Of Bagdad (1940)
The Jungle Book (1942)
Lydia (1941)
Lady Hamilton (1941): Vivian Leigh
The Divorce Of Lady X (1938): Laurence Olivier
Over The Moon (1939): Merle Oberon
The Thief Of Bagdad (1940): June Duprez
The Man Who Could Work Miracles (1937)
Lady Hamilton (1941)
Hungry Hill (1947)
The Man In Grey (1943): James Mason, Margaret Lockwood
Caravan (1946): Jean Kent
Black Narcissus (1947): Deborah Kerr, Kathleen Byron
Brief Encounter (1945): Celia Johnson
Chu Chin Chow (1934)
As Long As They're Happy (1955): Jeannie Carson
The Red Shoes (1948): Moira Shearer
Hue And Cry (1947)
Don't Take It To Heart (1944)
Young And Innocent (1937): Nova Pilbeam, Derrick De Marney
Sabotage (1936): Oskar Homolka, Sylvia Sidney
The 39 Steps (1935): Madeleine Carroll, Robert Donat
The 39 Steps (1959): Kenneth More
The Thirty Nine Steps (1978): Robert Powell
The Lady Vanishes (1938): Dame May Whitty, Margaret Lockwood
The Lady Vanishes (1979): Cybill Shepherd, Elliott Gould
Great Expectations (1946)
The Blue Lagoon (1949)
Oliver Twist (1948): John Howard Davies
Henry V (1944): Laurence Olivier
Malta Story (1953)
A Matter Of Life And Death (1946): David Niven
In Which We Serve (1942)
The Way To The Stars (1947): Trevor Howard, John Mills
The Eagle Has Landed (1976)
Sea Of Sand (1958): Percy Herbert
Hell Drivers (1957): Sean Connery
The Trap (1966): Oliver Reed
Hell Drivers (1957): Patrick McGoohan, Stanley Baker
Waterloo Road (1944): John Mills
It Always Rains On Sunday (1947): Googie Withers, John McCallum
Odd Man Out (1947): Kathleen Ryan, James Mason
The Return Of The Pink Panther (1975): Peter Sellers
Carry On Loving (1970): Sid James, Hattie Jacques
The Early Bird (1965): Norman Wisdom, Jerry Desmonde
An Alligator Named Daisy (1955): James Robertson Justice
Saturn 3 (1980)
The Day The Earth Caught Fire (1961)
Escape To Athena (1979)
The Devil Rides Out (1968)
The Malta Story (1953): Jack Hawkins
Carve Her Name With Pride (1958): Virginia McKenna
Ice Cold In Alex (1958): Harry Andrews, Anthony Quayle, Sylvia Sims, John Mills
The Eagle Has Landed (1976): Michael Caine
In Which We Serve (1942): Noël Coward
In The Doghouse (1962): Leslie Phillips
The Railway Children (1970}: Gary Warren, Jenny Agutter, Sally Thomsett
Sophie's Choice (1982): Kevin Kline, Meryl Streep, Peter MacNicol
The Medusa Touch (1978): Lee Remick, Richard Burton
Man Friday (1975): Peter O'Toole, Richard Roundtree
The Cassandra Crossing (1976): Richard Harris
Escape To Athena (1979): Roger Moore
March Or Die (1977): Terence Hill, Catherine Deneuve
Best Of British Love Theme
Mayerling (1968): Catherine Deneuve
The Haunting Passion (1983): Jane Seymour
The Man In The Iron Mask (1977): Jenny Agutter
Simon And Laura (1955): Kay Kendall
Farewell My Lovely (1975): Charlotte Rampling
Black Narcissus (1947): Deborah Kerr
Fast Lady (1962): Julie Christie
So Long At The Fair (1950): Jean Simmons
Love Story (1944): Margaret Lockwood
The Wicked Lady (1945): Patricia Roc
Madonna Of The Seven Moons (1945): Phyllis Calvert
Madeleine (1950): Ann Todd
The Winslow Boy (1948): Margaret Leighton
The Cassandra Crossing (1976): Sophia Loren
Whistle Down The Wind (1961): Hayley Mills
Bachelor Of Hearts (1958): Sylvia Syms, Hardy Krüger
Miracle In Soho (1957): John Gregson, Belinda Lee
Lady Hamilton (1941): Vivian Leigh, Laurence Olivier
The Jungle Book (1942): Sabu
The Private Life Of Henry VIII (1933): Charles Laughton
Knight Without Armour (1937): Robert Donat, Marlene Dietrich
The Life And Death Of Colonel Blimp (1943): Roger Livesey
Major Barbara (1941): Rex Harrison
The Four Feathers (1939): Ralph Richardson
The Scarlet Pimpernel (1934): Leslie Howard
The Private Life Of Don Juan (1934): Douglas Fairbanks
The Rise Of Catherine The Great (1934): Douglas Fairbanks Jr.
Lydia (1941): Joseph Cotten, Merle Oberon
The Thief Of Bagdad (1940): Conrad Veidt
The Scarlet Pimpernel (1934): Raymond Massey
Blanche Fury (1948): Valerie Hobson
This Happy Breed (1944): Kay Walsh
I Know Where I'm Going! (1945)
Trio (1950): Nigel Patrick
Jack Of All Trades (1936): Jack Hulbert, Gina Malo
The Chiltern Hundreds (1949): Cecil Parker, A. E. Matthews
Blithe Spirit (1945): Margaret Rutherford
The Battle Of The Sexes (1959): Robert Morley
Laughter In Paradise (1951): Alastair Sim
Good Morning Boys (1937): Will Hay
The Card (1952): Alec Guinness
The Importance of Being Earnest (1952): Edith Evans
Great Expectations (1946): Martita Hunt, Anthony Wager
The Naked Truth (1957): Terry-Thomas
As Long As They're Happy (1955): Diana Dors
Where No Vultures Fly (1951): Anthony Steel
The Company Of Wolves (1984): Terence Stamp
It's Love Again (1936): Jessie Matthews
Carry On Up The Khyber (1968)
Hobson's Choice (1954): Charles Laughton
The Lady Vanishes (1979): Arthur Lowe, Ian Carmichael
The Lady Vanishes (1938): Naunton Wayne, Basil Radford
Kind Hearts And Coronets (1949): Dennis Price
The Third Man (1949): Orson Welles
The League Of Gentlemen (1959): Bryan Forbes, Richard Attenborough
We Dive At Dawn (1943): Eric Portman
North West Frontier (1959): Kenneth More
Windom's Way (1957): Peter Finch, Mary Ure
This Sporting Life (1963): Rachel Roberts
Violent Playground (1958): Peter Cushing
Caravan (1946): Stewart Granger
Whistle Down The Wind (1961): Alan Bates
The Eagle Has Landed (1976): Anthony Quayle
Scott Of The Antarctic (1948): John Mills
A Matter Of Life And Death (1946)
Romeo An Juliet (1954): Laurence Harvey
Turn The Key Softly (1953): Joan Collins
The Seventh Veil (1945): Herbert Lom
A Canterbury Tale (1944): Eric Portman
Dead Of Night (1945)
The October Man (1947): Joan Greenwood
The Importance of Being Earnest (1952): Michael Dennison, Michael Redgrave
Carnival (1946): Michael Wilding
A Canterbury Tale (1944): Sheila Sim
The Red Shoes (1948): Anton Walbrook
Trio (1950): Michael Rennie
I Know Where I'm Going! (1945): Wendy Hiller
The Servant (1963): Dirk Bogarde, James Fox
The Passionate Friends (1949): Trevor Howard
The Boys From Brazil (1976): Denholm Elliott
Odd Man Out (1947): Robert Newton, Elwyn Brook-Jones
Mad About Men (1954): Glynis Johns
Best Of British Main Theme (end titles)
Raise The Titanic (1980)
The Company Of Wolves (1984)
March Or Die (1977)
The Medusa Touch (1978)
North West Frontier (1959)
March Or Die (1977)
Campbell's Kingdom (1957)
The Gypsy and the Gentleman (1958)
The Legend Of The Lone Ranger (1981)
Genevieve (1953)
The Belstone Fox (1973)
Eagle's Wing (1979)
The Thief Of Bagdad (1940): Sabu
The Battle Of The River Plate (1956)
Aces High (1976)
The Thief Of Bagdad (1940)
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