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James Muir Mathieson, OBE (24 January 1911 – 2 August 1975) was a British musician whose career was spent mainly as the musical director for British film studios. Born in Scotland, to a musical family, Mathieson won a scholarship to the Royal College of Music in London.
Muir Mathieson (1911-1975) was a music director and composer for many classic British films, such as Vertigo, Brief Encounter, and Hamlet. He also conducted operas, ballets, and orchestral works, and was the brother of Dock Mathieson, another film conductor.
- Music Department, Composer, Actor
- January 24, 1911
- Muir Mathieson
- August 2, 1975
Mar 23, 2022 · Mathieson, Muir, Conductors (Music) -- Great Britain -- Biography, Motion picture music -- Great Britain -- Analysis, appreciation Publisher Dalkeith, Scotland : Scottish Cultural Press
Muir Mathieson. Music Department: Vertigo. Trained at the Royal Academy of Music, Muir first worked in the movies on the quota quickies of the 1930s. His big break came when Alexander Korda signed him as musical director on The Rise of Catherine the Great (1934).
- January 24, 1911
- August 2, 1975
Muir Mathieson was the single most influential figure in British film music of the twentieth century. He conducted the scores of virtually every major movie made in England from the mid-'30s until 1960…. Read Full Biography.
More than any other person, Muir Mathieson was responsible for the transformation and development of British film music from the mid-1930s onwards. For too long he has...
Composer and Conductor Muir Mathieson preferred to be the Musical Director on most of the movies that he worked on. He earned credits on 475 films in the forty years that he worked in the industry. As a Musical Director he could incorporate music from a variety of first rate composers and arrange and conduct their scores.
