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James Muir Mathieson (
24 January 1911,
Stirling,
Scotland —
2 August 1975,
London) was a British
conductor. Mathieson was almost always described as a "Musical Director" because he worked in films.
After attending
Stirling High School, Mathieson went to the
Royal College of Music in London. In the 1930s he was head of the music department at for
Alexander Korda at
Denham Film Studios.
During his wartime service with the
Ministry of Information, Mathieson is credited with commissioning film scores from
Sir Arthur Bliss,
William Walton,
Ralph Vaughan Williams and
Malcolm Arnold. He composed the music for the films
Hide and Seek (1963),
Call Me Bwana (1963) and
Woman of Straw (1964).
Jointly with the composer of the score for the 1953 film
Genevieve - the
harmonica player
Larry Adler - Mathieson was nominated for an
Academy Award, in his capacity as Musical Director. Under fierce pressure from the
House Un-American Activities Committee, the composer's name was reluctantly omitted from the list of nominees. Mathieson's name as Musical Director (not as composer) went forward. Many years later, Adler's name as composer was restored to the list by the Academy.
Mathieson was also musical director on films with scores composed by others, most notably on
Alfred Hitchcock's
Vertigo in 1958, where he conducted
Bernard Herrmann's score, later releasing an album of the music with the
Sinfonia of London.
In the year of
Vertigo alone he's credited with musical directorship of 28 films. Overall he's said to have conducted the music for over a thousand British films. His daughter, Fiona Mathieson, became an actress.
See Also
Biography
Hetherington, S. (2006) Muir Mathieson: A Life in Film Music, Scottish Cultural Press, ISBN 1-898218-11-0Further Information
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