Reg Tilsley
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| Birth name | Reginald Longueville Tilsley |
| Born | 1926 Surrey, England |
| Died | 1987 (age 61) West Sussex, England |
Reginald Longueville Tilsley was a British composer, arranger, and conductor born in Surrey, England. He was a prolific orchestral composer whose work has been featured in various films and television shows.
Early life
Tilsley was a chorister at Westminster Abbey before attending the London College of Music. He later studied conducting in Stuttgart under Polish composer Jerzy Gert.[1]
Career and legacy
Tilsley composed songs under his own name or various group names such as "Tilsley Orchestra," "Reg Tilsley and His Orchestra," and the ten LPs in the Tilsley Orchestral series. These compositions have been featured in various films, television shows, and commercials.
Film
Tilsley was the conductor and composer for the soundtracks of the 1968 film Love in Our Time and the 1969 films The Body Stealers, What's Good for the Goose, and Horror House.[2] His compositions continue to be used in films, most notably "Chianti Country" in Letters to Juliet (2010) and "Super Diana" in Laggies (2014).[3]
As uncredited stock music, his song "We Are The Champions" was featured in Dawn of the Dead (1978).
Television
"Hold the Road" was used as the theme music for The Eight O'Clock Movie on New York television station WPIX from 1975 to 1980.[4]
A modified version of "Slow Moody Blues" was used as the title music of Harvey Birdman, Attorney at Law.
As uncredited stock music, "Return to Summer" was featured in The Benny Hill Show[5] as well as two episodes of Breaking Bad.[6][7].
Tilsley's music has been used in commercials such as the Magnavox 'Total Automatic Color' TV commercial using the song "Soft Spectrum" from Tilsley Orchestral No. 4. Other companies which have used his work in commercials include Mobil, Carnation Milk, and Lunn-Poly.[8]
Sampling
Tilsley's song "Warlock" has been sampled by artists such as KRS-One and Cam'ron, and in the song "We Made It" by Drake and Soulja Boy.[9]
References
- ↑ https://www.dewolfemusic.com/page/reg_tilsley
- ↑ https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0863480/?ref_=nmbio_ov
- ↑ https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0863480/?ref_=nmbio_ov
- ↑ https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0863480/bio/
- ↑ https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0521477/soundtrack/
- ↑ https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0959621/soundtrack/
- ↑ https://www.imdb.com/title/tt2301467/soundtrack/
- ↑ https://www.dewolfemusic.com/page/reg_tilsley
- ↑ https://www.whosampled.com/Reg-Tilsley-Orchestra/Warlock/
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