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Richard Rodney Bennett
Highest Rated: 95% Billy Liar (1963)
Lowest Rated: 50% Billion Dollar Brain (1967)
Birthday: Mar 29, 1936
Birthplace: Broadstairs, Kent, England, UK
Deft, versatile composer who entered movies at age 20 and quickly established himself as one of the finest talents in the field. Bennett has often contributed to the films of John Schlesinger, scoring "Billy Liar" (1963), "Darling" (1965), "Far From the Madding Crowd" (1967) and "Yanks" (1979). He has worked mostly in TV since the early 1980s. A rare exception was the award-winning comedy "Four Weddings and a Funeral" (1994).
Filmography
Movies
| Credit | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| No Score Yet | 37% | The Tale of Sweeney Todd | Original Music | - | 1998 |
| 92% | 74% | Four Weddings and a Funeral | Original Music | $49.3M | 1994 |
| 85% | 84% | Enchanted April | Original Music | $12.8M | 1991 |
| 90% | 78% | Murder on the Orient Express | Original Music | - | 1974 |
| 69% | 78% | Nicholas and Alexandra | Original Music | - | 1971 |
| 64% | 77% | Far From the Madding Crowd | Original Music | - | 1967 |
| 50% | 42% | Billion Dollar Brain | Original Music | - | 1967 |
| No Score Yet | 70% | Heavens Above! | Original Music | - | 1963 |
| No Score Yet | 58% | The Wrong Arm of the Law | Original Music | - | 1963 |
| 95% | 83% | Billy Liar | Original Music | $35.6K | 1963 |
| No Score Yet | 80% | The Mark | Original Music | - | 1961 |
| No Score Yet | 69% | The Devil's Disciple | Music | - | 1959 |