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Norman Kay(1929-2001)

  • Music Department
  • Composer
  • Soundtrack
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Norman Kay was born on 5 January 1929 in Bolton, Lancashire, England, UK. He was a composer, known for No Sudden Move (2021), Late Night Horror (1968) and Journey to the Unknown (1968). He died on 12 May 2001 in Esher, Surrey, England, UK.
BornJanuary 5, 1929
DiedMay 12, 2001(72)
BornJanuary 5, 1929
DiedMay 12, 2001(72)
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Known for

Don Cheadle and Benicio Del Toro in No Sudden Move (2021)
No Sudden Move
6.4
  • Soundtrack(as Norman Kaye, "Black Night")
  • 2021
Late Night Horror (1968)
Late Night Horror
6.7
TV Series
  • Composer
Journey to the Unknown (1968)
Journey to the Unknown
7.6
TV Series
  • Composer(as Norman Kaye, music composed by)
Out of the Unknown (1965)
Out of the Unknown
7.5
TV Series
  • Music Department(theme music)

Credits

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Music Department

  • Don Pasquale
    TV Movie
    • musical director
    • 1973
  • Thirty-Minute Theatre (1965)
    Thirty-Minute Theatre
    7.2
    TV Series
    • incidental music
    • incidental music composed and conducted by
    • composer: incidental music ...
    • 1965–1971
  • All the Right Noises (1970)
    All the Right Noises
    6.0
    • composer: stage musical
    • writer: stage musical
    • 1970
  • Fulton Mackay, Patrick Mower, Derren Nesbitt, Wensley Pithey, and George Sewell in Special Branch (1969)
    Special Branch
    7.4
    TV Series
    • composer: theme music
    • 1969
  • Out of the Unknown (1965)
    Out of the Unknown
    7.5
    TV Series
    • composer: theme music
    • conductor: theme music
    • composer: title music ...
    • 1965–1969
  • Marcello Mastroianni and Elaine Taylor in Diamonds for Breakfast (1968)
    Diamonds for Breakfast
    4.7
    • conductor
    • 1968
  • Pauline Boty and Jeremy Kemp in Contract to Kill (1965)
    Contract to Kill
    TV Mini Series
    • conductor
    • 1965
  • ITV Play of the Week (1955)
    ITV Play of the Week
    6.6
    TV Series
    • composer: incidental music
    • 1964
  • Paul McGann, Colin Baker, Tom Baker, Peter Davison, William Hartnell, Sylvester McCoy, Jon Pertwee, and Patrick Troughton in Doctor Who (1963)
    Doctor Who
    8.4
    TV Series
    • conductor
    • composer: incidental music
    • composer: additional music
    • 1963–1964
  • Detective (1964)
    Detective
    7.3
    TV Series
    • composer: incidental music
    • 1964
  • Earl Cameron, Lee Grant, and Fred Sadoff in The Respectful Prostitute (1964)
    Festival
    7.0
    TV Series
    • music
    • 1964
  • John Gregson in First Night (1963)
    First Night
    8.0
    TV Series
    • incidental music
    • 1964
  • Bob Dylan, David Warner, Ursula Howells, Reg Lye, and Maureen Pryor in The Madhouse on Castle Street (1963)
    BBC Sunday-Night Play
    8.5
    TV Series
    • composer: incidental music
    • music arranged by
    • 1962–1963
  • The River Flows East
    TV Series
    • conductor
    • 1962
  • The Silent Invasion (1962)
    The Silent Invasion
    4.5
    • composer: stock music (uncredited)
    • 1962

Composer

  • Spider's Web (1982)
    Spider's Web
    7.3
    TV Movie
    • Composer
    • 1982
  • Stratford Johns in Tales from the Thousand and One Nights (1981)
    Tales from the Thousand and One Nights
    TV Movie
    • Composer
    • 1981
  • Gillian Elisa in Border Country (1979)
    Border Country
    TV Series
    • Composer
    • 1979
  • BBC Play of the Month (1965)
    BBC Play of the Month
    6.8
    TV Series
    • Composer
    • 1971
  • Ian Holm, Denholm Elliott, Robert Eddison, Freddie Jones, and Patrick Mower in Mystery and Imagination (1966)
    Mystery and Imagination
    7.2
    TV Series
    • Composer
    • 1970
  • Richard Beckinsale, Freddie Fletcher, Arthur Lowe, Jack Rosenthal, and Paula Wilcox in ITV Playhouse (1967)
    ITV Playhouse
    7.2
    TV Series
    • Composer
    • 1969
  • Out of the Unknown (1965)
    Out of the Unknown
    7.5
    TV Series
    • Composer
    • 1965–1969
  • Marcello Mastroianni and Elaine Taylor in Diamonds for Breakfast (1968)
    Diamonds for Breakfast
    4.7
    • Composer
    • 1968
  • Journey to the Unknown (1968)
    Journey to the Unknown
    7.6
    TV Series
    • Composer (as Norman Kaye, music composed by)
    • 1968
  • The Company of Five (1968)
    The Company of Five
    6.9
    TV Series
    • Composer
    • 1968
  • The Rose Affair
    TV Movie
    • Composer
    • 1968
  • Late Night Horror (1968)
    Late Night Horror
    6.7
    TV Series
    • Composer
    • 1968
  • Theatre 625 (1964)
    Theatre 625
    7.6
    TV Series
    • Composer
    • 1964–1968
  • Thirty-Minute Theatre (1965)
    Thirty-Minute Theatre
    7.2
    TV Series
    • Composer
    • 1966–1968
  • Phillip Manikum and Christopher Matthews in Sir Arthur Conan Doyle (1967)
    Sir Arthur Conan Doyle
    TV Series
    • Composer
    • 1967

Soundtrack

  • Don Cheadle and Benicio Del Toro in No Sudden Move (2021)
    No Sudden Move
    6.4
    • writer: "Black Night" (as Norman Kaye)
    • 2021

Personal details

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  • Alternative name
    • Norman Kaye
  • Born
    • January 5, 1929
    • Bolton, Lancashire, England, UK
  • Died
    • May 12, 2001
    • Esher, Surrey, England, UK(motor neurone disease)

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