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Edwin Astley was a prolific composer of music for television and film. He is best known for his work on the British television series The Saint, Danger Man, and Randall and Hopkirk (Deceased). He also composed the theme music for the popular British game show The Price Is Right. Astley was born in Warrington, Cheshire, England, and began his musical career as a jazz pianist. He later moved into composing for television and film, and his first major success was the theme music for The Saint. He went on to compose music for a number of other television series, including Danger Man, Randall and Hopkirk (Deceased), and The Price Is Right. Astley's music has been used in a number of films, including The Italian Job, The Man Who Knew Too Much, and The Spy Who Came in from the Cold. He also composed the music for the popular British game show The Price Is Right. Astley was awarded the Ivor Novello Award for Outstanding Contribution to British Music in 2003. He died in 2009 at the age of 87.

Popular As Edwin Thomas Astley
Occupation composer,music_department,soundtrack
Age 76 years old
Zodiac Sign Aries
Born 12 April 1922
Birthday 12 April
Birthplace Warrington, Cheshire, England, UK
Date of death 19 May, 1998
Died Place Goring, Oxfordshire, England, UK
Nationality United Kingdom

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1962

This was followed by similarly evocative, syncopated themes for The Saint (1962), The Baron (1966), The Champions (1968) and Department S (1969) -- instantly recognizable music which all but defined television in the swinging sixties. Britain's film industry declined in the decade which followed and Astley retired to Goring-on-Thames, a village in Oxfordshire. There, he spent his remaining years growing vegetables, building a summer house and a recording studio in his garage, boating on the Thames, playing golf and travelling.

1960

In between writing operatic pieces and music for son et lumière performances, Astley tended to reserve his best work for television, beginning with the classic jazzy harpsichord theme for Danger Man (1960).

1959

This inaugurated Astley's advancement to composer of scores for A-grade feature films (The Mouse That Roared (1959), The Day They Robbed the Bank of England (1960), The Phantom of the Opera (1962), etc. ), always preferring to work freelance, never under contract.

1955

Popularly, he first attracted attention with his nine-note fanfare introducing The Adventures of Robin Hood (1955) (though the actual theme song was written by American Carl Sigman).

1953

By 1953, Astley had also started in the film business (hired by the ever budget-conscious Danziger brothers), initially as a writer of incidental music.

1950

Britain's most iconic and prolific composer of music for TV action/adventure in the 1950's and 60's was born in Cheshire, the son of a builder. He dropped out of school to work for a gas oven manufacturer at the tender age of fourteen. Music was in his blood and jazz was a particularly strong influence. Equally adept at playing and at composing/arranging, Edwin Astley began playing clarinet and saxophone for the Royal Army Service Corps while in his teens. After World War II, he joined a dance band, before long, fronting his own orchestra. Some time later, he moved to London to join a prominent music publishing firm as arranger for singers Vera Lynn and Ann Shelton.

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