Douglas Gamley was born on September 24, 1924 in
Melbourne, Victoria, Australia. Douglas was an Australian film composer, who
worked on British and American films.
Gamley's early teachers included Waldemar Seidel in
Melbourne. He was particularly influenced by Modest Mussorgsky, creating a full
orchestral version of his “Pictures at an Exhibition”, and adapting his Night
on Bald Mountain for his score for “Asylum” (1972). He adapted Gabriel Fauré's
Pavane for “The Monster Club” (1980).
Gamley created many vocal arrangements for Dame Joan
Sutherland and Dame Kiri Te Kanawa, both for performing and recordings. He also
made orchestral arrangements of songs for Luciano Pavarotti and Victoria de los
Ángeles. He was associated for many years with the Australian Pops Orchestra as
conductor and arranger.
Gamley’s only Euro-western score was for the 1961 film
“The Canadians”.
Douglas died in London, England on February 5, 1998.
Today we remember Douglas Gamley on what would have been
his 90th birthday.
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