David Whitaker (composer)

For the video game music composer, see David Whittaker (video game composer).

David Whitaker (born David Sinclair Whitaker in 1931 in Kingston upon Thames) is an English composer, songwriter, arranger, and conductor.

active in the 1960s and 1970s. He collaborated with some of the most prestigious British and French artists including Air, Etienne Daho, Marianne Faithfull, Claude François, Serge Gainsbourg, France Gall, Johnny Hallyday, The Rolling Stones, Jimmy Page (Death Wish II), Saint Etienne, Simply Red, Sylvie Vartan and others like Lee Hazlewood, Kings of Convenience and Francesco De Gregori.

Whitaker recorded several sessions with the BBC Radio Orchestra at the Maida Vale Studios, London in the early 1980s, featuring a mixture of his own compositions and arrangements, to high-acclaim.

Selected Movies

• 1968: Hammerhead directed by David Miller, starring Diana Dors
• 1969: Run Wild, Run Free directed by Richard C. Sarafian, starring John Mills
• 1971: Dr. Jekyll and Sister Hyde directed by Roy Ward Baker, starring Ralph Bates, Martine Beswick
• 1974: Vampira directed by Clive Donner, starring David Niven, Teresa Graves
• 1978: Dominique directed by Michael Anderson, starring Cliff Robertson, Jean Simmons
• 1982: The Sword and the Sorcerer directed by Albert Pyun, starring Lee Horsley, Kathleen Beller
• 1998: Shadow Run directed by Geoffrey Reeve, starring Michael Caine, James Fox
• 2000: With a Friend Like Harry (Harry, un ami qui vous veut du bien) directed by Dominik Moll, starring Sergi López
• 2006: Lemming directed by Dominik Moll, starring Charlotte Rampling, Charlotte Gainsbourg

Discography

Compilation

• 2002: The David Whitaker Songbook, 1 CD Collection "Musée de l’Imaginaire", Album 20 Tricatel - Compiled by Thomas Jamois and Bertrand Burgalat with the help of David Whitaker (all selections arranged and conducted by David Sinclair Whitaker), track listing:

1. The Andrew Oldham Orchestra
   The Last Time
   (Mick Jagger / Keith Richards) Westminster Music / ABKCO Music, Inc. (BMI)
   (P) 1967 Immediate Records, lnc
2. Long Chris
   La Petite fille de l’hiver
   (Éric Demarsan / Long Chris) Ed. Tulsa
   (P) 1967 Philips
3. OST Run Wild, Run Free
   Philip’s Triumph
   (David Whitaker) Screen Gems-Columbia, BMI
   (P) 1969 SGC
4. Music To Spy By
   Strange Affair
   (David Whitaker)
   (P) 1965 CBS
5. Nico
   I‘m Not Saying
   (Gordon Lightfoot) Chelsea Music Publishing
   (P) 1965 Andrew Loog Oldham Production
6. Music to spy by
   Alive At Last
   (David Whitaker)
   (P) 1965 CBS
7. OST Run Wild, Run Free
   A Ride On The White Colt
   (David Whitaker) Screen Gems-Columbia, BMI
   (P) 1969 SGC
8. Lee Hazlewood
   What’s More I Don’t Need Her
   (Lee Hazlewood) Lee Hazlewood Music, Corp
   (P) 1970 Lee Hazlewood Music, Corp
9. David Whitaker
   Pavane
   (David Whitaker)
   (P) 1974 Reserved rights
10. David Whitaker
    Susie
    (David Whitaker)
    (P) 1974 Reserved rights
11. OST Run Wild, Run Free
    Philip On The Moors
    (David Whitaker) Screen Gems-Columbia, BMI
    (P) 1969 SGC
12. OST Run Wild, Run Free
    Philip Grows Up
    (David Whitaker) Screen Gems-Columbia, BMI
    (P) 1969 SGC
13. OST Hammerhead
    Hood Explore The Triton
    (David Whitaker) Screen Gems-Columbia, BMI
    (P) 1968 Colgems Records, lnc
14. Music To Spy By
    Interception
    (David Whitaker)
    (P) 1965 SGC
15. France Gall
    Chanson Indienne (Indian Song)
    (Lyrics by Robert Gall / Music David Whitaker) Ed. Sidonie
    (P) 1968 Philips
16. OST Harry un ami qui vous veut du bien
    L’Autoroute des vacances
    (David Whitaker) Ed. Diaphana / BMG Music Pub.
    (P) 2000 Diaphana / Source
17. Marianne Faithfull
    Plaisir d'Amour
    (Public domain)
    (P) 1965 Andrew Loog Oldham Production
18. Music To Spy By
    Cressida
    (David Whitaker)
    (P) 1965 SGC
19. Music To Spy By
    Mr Mouthpiece
    (David Whitaker)
    (P) 1965 SGC
20. Air
    Remember (David Whitaker version)
    (Nicolas Godin / Jean-Benoît Dunckel) Ed. Revolvair
    (P) 1998 Source
21. David Whitaker
    Dominique
    (David Whitaker)
    (P) 1973 Reserved rights

Awards

• David Whitaker, nominated in 2001 for the César Award for Best Music Written for a Film with the French movie With a Friend Like Harry (Harry, un ami qui vous veut du bien) directed by Dominik Moll.^[1]

References

1. ^ "Awards: David Whitaker". AMG. http://www.allmovie.com/artist/david-whitaker-294224/awards. Retrieved 7 May 2010. 

External links

• David Whitaker at the Internet Movie Database

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