Douglas Gamley

Douglas Gamley (24 September 1924, Melbourne – 5 February 1998) 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.

Selected filmography

• Fire Down Below (1957)
• The Admirable Crichton (1957)
• Gideon's Day (1958)
• Tom Thumb (1958)
• Tarzan's Greatest Adventure (1959)
• The Ugly Duckling (1959)
• The Rough and the Smooth (1959)
• Foxhole in Cairo (1960)
• The City of the Dead (1960)
• Carry On Cruising (1962)
• The Horror of It All (1963)
• The Return of Mr. Moto (1965)
• Spring and Port Wine (1970)
• And Now for Something Completely Different (1971)
• Asylum (1972)
• Tales from the Crypt (1972)
• And Now the Screaming Starts! (1973)
• The Vault of Horror (1973)
• From Beyond the Grave (1974)
• The Beast Must Die (1974)
• Madhouse (1974)
• The Little Prince (1974, winning him a nomination for Academy Award for Best Original Score)
• The Land That Time Forgot (1975)
• The Monster Club (1980)

External links

• Douglas Gamley at the Internet Movie Database