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Dennis Farnon (Paul Gerard, John Dennis) was born on 13 August, 1923 in Toronto, Ontario, Canada, is a Composer, Soundtrack, Music Department. Discover Dennis Farnon's Biography, Age, Height, Physical Stats, Dating/Affairs, Family and career updates. Learn How rich is He in this year and how He spends money? Also learn how He earned most of Dennis Farnon networth?
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Paul Gerard, John Dennis |
Occupation |
composer,soundtrack,music_department |
Age |
96 years old |
Zodiac Sign |
Leo |
Born |
13 August, 1923 |
Birthday |
13 August |
Birthplace |
Toronto, Ontario, Canada |
Date of death |
21 May, 2019 |
Died Place |
Netherlands |
Nationality |
Canada |
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He is a member of famous Composer with the age 96 years old group.
Dennis Farnon Height, Weight & Measurements
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He is currently single. He is not dating anyone. We don't have much information about He's past relationship and any previous engaged. According to our Database, He has no children.
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Dennis Farnon Net Worth
His net worth has been growing significantly in 2022-2023. So, how much is Dennis Farnon worth at the age of 96 years old? Dennis Farnon’s income source is mostly from being a successful Composer. He is from Canada. We have estimated
Dennis Farnon's net worth
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Net Worth in 2023 |
$1 Million - $5 Million |
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In the mid-1990s he was invited to the Hilversum recording studios to work with the celebrated Dutch Metropole Orchestra on a digitally recorded version of the Mother Magoo Suite.
The films Reversal of Fortune (1990), Fever Pitch (2005) and numerous popular television series such as Spiderman, Doctor Who, Sons and Daughters, Prisoner (TV series) and Flying Doctors also carry credits for his work. He continued to write short piano compositions right up until his death, always favouring lighthearted comical tunes to make people laugh, with titles such as The Camel with the Wooden Leg, Two Doves on a Chimneypot, Grass Valley and Friend, Ms. Penguin and Twinkletoes and Me.
While out on a stroll, Dennis stopped for a coffee and started writing down the first few bars of the Bouquet of Barbed Wire (1976) theme on several beer coasters, so he wouldn't forget the tune.
From 1974 to 1976 Dennis spent most of his time living in the Netherlands. He then moved back to London until 1979, at which point it was decided that he would move the entire family to the Netherlands.
For television, he composed music for some episodes of the British children's series Follyfoot (1971) and wrote the theme for the London Weekend Television production Bouquet of Barbed Wire (1976). As with his brothers Brian and Robert, Dennis Farnon specialised in light music and orchestral arrangements of well-known standards, sometimes writing under the pseudonyms of Paul Gerard and John Dennis. Farnon resided for a short time in Cascais, Portugal, where he worked with various Portuguese composers-singers including Fernando Tordo, Carlos do Carmo and Sérgio Borges. He eventually moved again and settled in the Netherlands. He continued writing, producing solo and chamber pieces with the classical guitarist Yves Storms and composing various short piano pieces.
His movie credits include the score for the 1966 Tony Curtis film Arrivederci, Baby!.
In the early 1960s he moved to London, where he learnt about library music and signed up with a number of publishing companies such as Boosey and Hawkes, KPM (now EMI) and Chappell Music. Over the course of the next 20 years, he went on to compose and publish a large volume of library music licensed for film, television, radio and other media. The styles ranged from jazz, funk, drama and romantic to his personal favourite, comedy music, which more recently has appeared in The Ren and Stimpy Show and SpongeBob SquarePants.
In 1957, he was one of the five founding members (along with Paul Weston, Lloyd Dunn, Jesse Kaye, and Sonny Burke) of the National Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences (now known as The Recording Academy) - the organisation which bestows the annual Grammy Awards.
In 1956, he was tapped by RCA Records to head their West Coast A & R and signed on as producer, arranger and recording artist. During that time, the Dennis Farnon Orchestra recorded numerous albums, including Magoo in Hi-Fi, over 10 episodes of Mr Magoo cartoon shorts, Chet Atkins in Hollywood, Velvet Carpet - The George Shearing's Quintet, The Enchanted Woods, Songs From The Motion Picture Gigi with singers Gogi Grant and Tony Martin (American singer), and Caution! Men Swinging.
Dennis Farnon (born 13 August 1923) was a Canadian musical arranger, composer and orchestra conductor.
Dennis Farnon was born in 1923 in Toronto, Canada as John Denis Farnon to Robert and Elsie Farnon (née Menzies). He grew up in a musical family, and learned to play the trumpet at age 12. Through his older brother Robert, he enlisted into the Canadian Army Band, also travelling to Europe to entertain the Allied troops during the last years of the war. In his mid-20's, he moved to Chicago where he played in jazz clubs and pursued studies in conducting, arranging, and orchestration, strongly influenced by the works of Maurice Ravel, Claude Debussy, Béla Bartók and Sergey Prokofiev. Several years later, he accepted an invitation to Hollywood as musical director for singer Johnny Holiday, and he stayed, continuing to compose, conduct and arrange.