Michael J. Lewis (composer)

Michael John Lewis (born 11 January 1939 in Aberystwyth, Wales) is a British composer, primarily of film music.

Educated at the Guildhall School of Music and Drama, his credits include The Madwoman of Chaillot (1969) for which he won an Ivor Novello Award, The Man Who Haunted Himself (1970), Theatre of Blood (1973) and The Medusa Touch (1978). He composed the score for the 1973 Broadway musical Cyrano, as well as several hymns and choral music, many of which are inspired by and performed in his native Wales.

Filmography

• The Madwoman of Chaillot (1969)
• The Man Who Haunted Himself (1970)
• Julius Caesar (1970)
• Unman, Wittering and Zigo (1971)
• Running Scared (1972)
• Theatre of Blood (1973)
• Baxter! (1973)
• 11 Harrowhouse (1974)
• 92 in the Shade (1975)
• Russian Roulette (1975)
• The Stick Up (1977)
• The Medusa Touch (1978)
• The Legacy (1978)
• The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe (1979)
• The Passage (1979)
• North Sea Hijack (1980)
• The Unseen (1980)
• Sphinx (1981)
• Yes, Giorgio (1982)
• The Hound of the Baskervilles (1983)
• On the Third Day (1983)
• The Naked Face (1984)
• The Rose and the Jackal (1990)
• Deadly Target (1994)

External links

• Michael J. Lewis at IMDb
• Michael J. Lewis at the Internet Broadway Database
• Official site (via archive.org)

• Riedlinger, Stefan: 50 Best Soundtracks. A guide to the music of Jerry Goldsmith, John Williams, Hans Zimmer and many more with an exclusive interview with Michael J. Lewis (2018). ISBN 1717705847. ISBN 978-1717705846.