KETÈLBEY’S
MUSIC USED IN FILMS
Ketèlbey was working in the cinema from as early as
1910, when he was director of the orchestra at the Empire Cinema, Kingston upon
Thames. He compiled two collections of
very short piano pieces for use to accompany silent films – Kinemamusic and New Moving Picture Music.
The latter was later orchestrated in the Bosworth’s Loose-Leaf Film-Play Music series, with six additional
pieces. They were the most popular music
of their type, and for a while gave Ketèlbey
the highest income of any British composer.
In the era of sound movies, his music was sometimes
used as part of the soundtrack. In
particular, it was promoted in library music for use as background to newsreels
and documentaries. The list below gives
films which use his works. This is far
from complete, and I would be interested in hearing of more details and other
examples.
Tom McCanna
Acknowledgements:
AG –The British Film Music Encyclopaedia by Alexander Gleason
IMDb - Internet Movie Database
TM – my
own research
|
DATE |
FILM |
DIRECTOR |
KETÈLBEY WORK |
PERFORMERS & OTHER NOTES |
SOURCE |
|
1924 |
This Frail Woman |
|
Will
You Forgive? |
Arthur Jordan. The
sheet music refers to a silent film, but no further details have been traced. |
TM |
|
1928 |
Weisse Schatten (German version of the American silent film White
Shadows in the South Seas) |
|
By
the Blue Hawaiian Waters |
Dransmann. Listed in Meisterwerke moderner Unterhaltungsmusik |
TM |
|
1929 |
In a Monastery Garden (short) |
|
In a Monastery Garden |
sung by Godfrey Gwither |
AG |
|
1930 |
Bacchanale de
Montmartre |
|
IMDb |
||
|
1930 |
Pathetone Weekly #34 (17/11/30) |
|
In a Monastery Garden |
Edward O’Henry (Madam Tussauds
Wurlitzer organ) |
AG |
|
1932 |
In a Monastery Garden |
|
In a Monastery Garden, Sanctuary of the Heart |
|
AG |
|
1932 |
Pathe Pictorial #734 (28/4/32) |
|
By the Blue Hawaiian
Waters |
danced by Winnie Ryland |
AG |
|
1933 |
Castles and Fisher Folk (doc) |
Walter R. Creighton |
In
a Camp of the Ancient Britons |
commissioned by Cadbury’s |
AG |
|
1933 |
O’er Hill and Dale (doc) |
|
The Moonlit Glade |
|
AG |
|
1933 |
On the Air |
|
In a Persian Market |
danced by Wilson, Kepell and
Betty |
AG |
|
1934 |
Sanctuary of the
Heart |
Frank Titterton (in the film) |
IMDb |
||
|
1935 |
The Clock and the
Dresden Figures |
|
IMDb |
||
|
1935 |
Pathe Pictorial #910 (12/9/35) |
|
In a Monastery Garden |
The Argentina Accordeon Band |
AG |
|
1936 |
Pathetone Weekly #327 (29/6/36) |
|
In a Persian Market |
Louis Almaer (mouth organ) |
AG |
|
1937 |
Pleasure Trove in Trinidad (doc) |
|
In a Persian Market |
|
AG |
|
1938 |
General Repair (doc) |
|
Danse Diabolique |
|
AG |
|
1938 |
Pathe New Sound Pictorial #112 (19/5/38) |
|
In a Monastery Garden |
Musical Dawson and his Canary
Choir |
AG |
|
1938 |
Fairies of the
Stream |
|
IMDb |
||
|
1939 |
Bank Holiday |
|
IMDb |
||
|
1940 |
Pathe New Sound Pictorial #217 (30/5/40) |
|
Bells across the Meadow |
Reginald Stone (organ) |
AG |
|
1941 |
In a Persian
Market |
|
IMDb |
||
|
1941 |
London 1941 (doc) |
|
Fate |
|
AG |
|
1945 |
The Great Game (doc) |
Reg Groves |
Mayfair Cinderella |
|
AG |
|
1945 |
Japanese sign
final surrender (United News newsreel) |
|
With
Honour Crowned |
London
Concert Orchestra |
TM |
|
1946 |
Chip off the Old Rock (doc) |
|
Mayfair Cinderella |
|
AG |
|
1946 |
I’ll turn to You |
Sanctuary of the Heart |
Albert Sandler and his
orchestra |
AG, IMDb |
|
|
1946 |
In a Persian
Market |
|
IMDb |
||
|
1947 |
In a Persian
Market |
|
IMDb |
||
|
1948 |
The House of Windsor (doc) |
|
Royal Cavalcade, With Honour Crowned |
|
AG |
|
1949 |
African Ambassador (doc) |
|
In a Chinese Temple Garden |
|
AG |
|
1951 |
Comedy Cocktail |
|
Sanctuary of the Heart, In a
Persian Market |
|
AG |
|
1951 |
The Kilties are Coming |
Sanctuary
of the Heart (I Wandered Alone as a Stranger) |
AG, IMDb |
||
|
1954 |
In a Persian
Market |
IMDb |
|||
|
1960 |
The Architecture of Entertainment (TV doc) |
|
In a Monastery Garden |
Reginald Foort (organ) |
AG |
|
1962 |
Four Hits and a Mister (short) |
In a Persian
Market |
Acker Bilk and his Paramount Jazz Band |
IMDb |
|
|
1962 |
Dick
Lester |
In a Persian
Market |
Acker Bilk and his Paramount Jazz Band |
IMDb |
|
|
1963 |
Cleopatra |
In a Persian
Market |
Ferrante & Teicher (pianos) |
TM |
|
|
1963 |
In a Monastery
Garden |
|
IMDb |
||
|
1969 |
In a Persian
Market |
|
IMDb |
||
|
1971 |
In a Monastery
Garden |
|
IMDb |
||
|
1975 |
Tadelloeser und
Wolff part 1 |
Eberhard Fechner |
In a Persian Market |
|
TM |
|
1978 |
The Mighty Wurlitzer (TV doc) |
|
In a Monastery Garden |
Robinson Cleaver (organ) |
AG |
|
1978 |
The Muppet Show
(TV Series, 1 episode) - James Coco |
In a Persian
Market |
|
IMDb |
|
|
1984 |
David Lean |
In a Monastery
Garden |
|
IMDb |
|
|
1987 |
In a Persian
Market |
Piovani |
IMDb, TM |
||
|
1989 |
In a Persian
Market |
Wilbur de Paris, New Orleans
Jazz |
IMDb, TM |
||
|
1993 |
Lipstick on Your Collar (TV Mini-Series) - Episode #1.2 |
In a Persian
Market |
IMDb |
||
|
1993 |
Lipstick on Your Collar (TV Mini-Series) - Episode #1.3 |
In a Monastery
Garden |
IMDb |
||
|
1993 |
Lipstick on Your Collar (TV Mini-Series) - Episode #1.4 |
In a Persian
Market |
IMDb |
||
|
1993 |
Lipstick on Your Collar (TV Mini-Series) - Episode #1.5 |
Sanctuary of the
Heart |
IMDb |
||
|
2001 |
In a Persian
Market (+ In a
Chinese Temple Garden?) |
Wilbur de Paris, New Orleans Jazz
|
IMDb, TM |
||
|
2003 |
In a Monastery
Garden |
Locrian
Ensemble |
IMDb |
||
|
2003 |
My Architect – a Son’s Journey |
Happy
Returns |
Ragamuffin Syncopators |
TM |
|
|
? |
TomTom adverts |
|
In
a Persian Market |
Terry Snyder All Stars |
TM |