John Scott (born Patrick John O’Hara Scott, 1 November 1930), also known as Johnny Scott and Patrick John Scott, is an English film composer and music conductor. Scott has collaborated with well-known directors and producers, including Mark Damon, Richard Donner, Charlton Heston, Mike Hodges, Hugh Hudson, Norman Jewison, Irvin Kershner, Daniel Petrie, Roger Spottiswoode, and Norman J. Warren, among others.
Scott was born in Bishopston, Bristol, England. His father, a musician in the Bristol Police Band, gave him his first music lessons. At the age of 14, he enrolled in the British Army (in the Royal Artillery Band, Woolwich) as a Boy Musician in order to continue his musical studies of the clarinet, harp and saxophone.
Later, Scott toured with some of the best-known British bands of the era. He was hired by EMI to arrange and conduct some of its most popular artists and, during this time, worked with Beatles producer George Martin (playing flute in the band’s 1965 recording “You’ve Got To Hide Your Love Away”). Scott also recorded such artists as Tom Jones, Cilla Black, and The Hollies. As a musician, he played with The Julian Bream Consort, John Dankworth, Cleo Laine, Yehudi Menuhin, Nelson Riddle and Ravi Shankar.
Credited as Johnny Scott, and playing flute, he led a jazz quintet, quartet and trio during the 1960s. He played for Henry Mancini and was principal saxophonist in John Barry’s soundtrack to the James Bond film Goldfinger (1964). The first film score that Scott composed was for A Study in Terror (1965).
Since the 1960s, Scott has composed for more than 100 film and television productions. Some of Scott’s most praised and recognized scores are The Final Countdown (1980), Antony and Cleopatra (1972) and North Dallas Forty (1979). His other film scores include Jules Verne’s Rocket to the Moon (1967) and Greystoke: The Legend of Tarzan, Lord of the Apes (1984). His TV work includes incidental music for the ITV series Rosemary and Thyme. Of note are his many scores for films and documentaries by French explorer Jacques Cousteau.
Scott is also active as a classical composer (having written a symphony, a ballet, four string quartets and a guitar concerto) and as a conductor. Orchestras that he has conducted include the London Philharmonic Orchestra, the London Symphony Orchestra, the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, the Munich Symphony Orchestra, the Berlin Radio Symphony Orchestra, the Budapest Opera Orchestra, the Lubliana Radio Orchestra and the Prague Philharmonic.
Since 2006, Scott has served as the artistic director of the Hollywood Symphony Orchestra. (by wikipedia)
And this is a real beautiful album from 1967: Sublime piece of Brit Jazz featuring a great mix of originals,standards and a bongotastic “Caravan”. (by Orgy In Rhythm)
Personnel:
Duncan Lamont (saxophone)
Barry Morgan (drums)
John Scott (flute)
David Snell (harp)
Tracklist:
01. Communication (Scott) 2.37
02. Mode Moderne (Snell) 4.06
03. Measure For Measure (Lamont) 2.44
04. Eleanor (Heatley/Cameron) 3.19
05. It’s For You (Lennon/McCartney) 3.09
06. Carnival (Bonfa) 2.56
07. Donna Lee (Parker) 2.20
08. Something’s Coming (Bernstein) 3.07
09. Morning Theories (Scott) 3.46
10. I Didn’t Know What Time It Was (Rodgers/Hart) 2.22
11. M.V.4 (Lamont) 2.45
12. Girls Were Made To Love And Kiss (Lehar) 4.55
13. Caravan (Ellington/Tizol) 3.09
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