Johnny Hawksworth

Johnny Hawksworth

Johnny Hawksworth is a British musician and composer, who has lived and worked in Australia since 1984.

Hawksworth initially trained as a pianist, but also played double bass for the Ted Heath Band during the early 1950s and through the 1960s. However, he is probably best known for his short but memorable compositions for television. These include "Salute to Thames" (the famous identity tune for Thames Television) and also the theme tunes for the 1970s series "Roobarb", "George and Mildred" and "Man About the House". He also contributed some of the incidental music used in the 1967 "Spider-Man" cartoon. (Although originating from the U.S., "Spider-Man" had most of its incidental music supplied by British composers, including Phil Coulter, Syd Dale, Alan Hawkshaw, David Lindup, Bill Martin and Johnny Pearson.)

Hawksworth has also written many pieces of stock music for the De Wolfe library.


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