Sir Malcolm Henry Arnold CBE (21 October 1921 – 23 September 2006) was an English composer. His works feature music in many genres, including a cycle of nine symphonies, numerous concertos, concert works, chamber music, choral music and music for brass band and wind band. His style is tonal and rejoices in lively rhythms, brilliant orchestration, and an unabashed tunefulness. He wrote extensively for the theatre, with five ballets specially commissioned by the Royal Ballet, as well as two operas and a musical. He also produced scores for more than a hundred films, among these The Bridge on the River Kwai (1957), for which he won an Oscar.
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Academy Awards
Best Score, Adaptation or Treatment
Known For
Solomon and Sheba
(1959)
Music
The Bridge on the River Kwai
(1957)
Original Music Composer
Dunkirk
(1958)
Music
Suddenly, Last Summer
(1959)
Original Music Composer
The Heroes of Telemark
(1965)
Original Music Composer
Trapeze
(1956)
Original Music Composer
Hobson's Choice
(1954)
Original Music Composer
The Inn of the Sixth Happiness
(1958)
Original Music Composer
The Belles of St. Trinian's
(1954)
Original Music Composer
Stolen Face
(1952)
Original Music Composer
The Roots of Heaven
(1958)
Music
No Highway
(1951)
Original Music Composer
1984
(1956)
Original Music Composer
The Key
(1958)
Original Music Composer
Whistle Down the Wind
(1961)
Original Music Composer
A Hill in Korea
(1956)
Music
Full Filmography
Sound
Mining Review
(1948)
Music and Conductor
Queen o’ the Border
(1948)
Original Music Composer
The Forbidden Street
(1949)
Original Music Composer
Dollars and Sense
(1949)
Original Music Composer
Your Witness
(1950)
Original Music Composer
No Highway
(1951)
Original Music Composer
Stolen Face
(1952)
Original Music Composer
Wings of Danger
(1952)
Music
The Holly and the Ivy
(1952)
Original Music Composer
The Ringer
(1952)
Original Music Composer
Home at Seven
(1952)
Original Music Composer
The Sound Barrier
(1952)
Original Music Composer
Curtain Up
(1952)
Original Music Composer
The Island
(1952)
Music
It Started in Paradise
(1952)
Original Music Composer
Four Sided Triangle
(1953)
Original Music Composer
Man of Africa
(1953)
Music
Copenhagen: 'City of Towers'
(1953)
Music
The Captain's Paradise
(1953)
Original Music Composer
The Belles of St. Trinian's
(1954)
Original Music Composer
The Sleeping Tiger
(1954)
Original Music Composer
Hobson's Choice
(1954)
Original Music Composer
The Sea Shall Not Have Them
(1954)
Music
Devil on Horseback
(1954)
Music
Beautiful Stranger
(1954)
Original Music Composer
I Am a Camera
(1955)
Original Music Composer
Value for Money
(1955)
Music
The Constant Husband
(1955)
Original Music Composer
The Deep Blue Sea
(1955)
Original Music Composer
A Prize of Gold
(1955)
Original Music Composer
The Night My Number Came Up
(1955)
Music
Trapeze
(1956)
Original Music Composer
Wicked as They Come
(1956)
Original Music Composer
1984
(1956)
Original Music Composer
A Hill in Korea
(1956)
Music
The Bridge on the River Kwai
(1957)
Original Music Composer
Blue Murder at St. Trinian's
(1957)
Music
Island in the Sun
(1957)
Original Music Composer and Conductor
The Roots of Heaven
(1958)
Music
The Key
(1958)
Original Music Composer
The Inn of the Sixth Happiness
(1958)
Original Music Composer
Dunkirk
(1958)
Music
The Rise and Fall of a Jungle Giant
(1958)
Music
Suddenly, Last Summer
(1959)
Original Music Composer
Blind Date
(1959)
Conductor
Solomon and Sheba
(1959)
Music
Coupes des Alpes: The Story of the 1958 Alpine Rally
(1959)
Music
The Angry Silence
(1960)
Original Music Composer
Tunes of Glory
(1960)
Original Music Composer
The Pure Hell of St. Trinian's
(1960)
Music
On the Fiddle
(1961)
Music
Whistle Down the Wind
(1961)
Original Music Composer
The Inspector
(1962)
Original Music Composer and Conductor
The Lion
(1962)
Music and Conductor
Nine Hours to Rama
(1963)
Original Music Composer
The Chalk Garden
(1964)
Original Music Composer
The Thin Red Line
(1964)
Original Music Composer
The Heroes of Telemark
(1965)
Original Music Composer
The Great St. Trinian's Train Robbery
(1966)
Music
Divertimento
(1968)
Music
David Copperfield
(1969)
Music
The Reckoning
(1970)
Original Music Composer
The Making of 'The Bridge on the River Kwai'
(2000)
Original Music Composer
The Bridge on the River Kwai: An Appreciation by Filmmaker John Milius
(2000)
Music
Acting
Deep Purple: Konsert för grupp och orkester
(1970)
Himself - Conductor
Malcolm Arnold at 70
(1991)
Self
Toward the Unknown Region: Malcolm Arnold - A Story of Survival
(2004)
Self
Crew