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Laurie Johnson
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Laurence Reginald Ward Johnson (7 February 1927 – 16 January 2024) was an English composer and bandleader.
Quotes
After a musical on the stage has been running a little while it can be quite painful watching. The singers get out of tune, the timpanist can come in halfway through the second act and fall over the gong.
"The Sound of £££'s for Mr Johnson", Evening Standard (19 March 1965), p. 8
The film has to tell the composer what it need, then it's in the lap of the gods, isn't it, as to whether others think it works or not.
Laurie Johnson interview (14 August 2018)
External links
Category:1927 births
Category:2024 deaths
Category:People from London
Category:Composers from England