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Monty Norman

1928 - 2022

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Monty Norman (né Noserovitch; 4 April 1928 – 11 July 2022) was a British film score composer and singer. A contributor to West End musicals in the 1950s and 1960s, he is best known for composing the "James Bond Theme", first heard in the 1962 film Dr. No. He was an Ivor Novello Award and Olivier Award winner, and a Tony Award nominee. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Monty Norman is the 1,355th most popular composer (down from 1,285th in 2019), the 5,410th most popular biography from United Kingdom (down from 4,471st in 2019) and the 87th most popular British Composer.

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Among COMPOSERS

Among composers, Monty Norman ranks 1,355 out of 1,451. Before him are Pritam, Anne Dudley, Lou Harrison, Robert Russell Bennett, Vladimír Godár, and George Bruns. After him are Abel Korzeniowski, George Fenton, Jerry Herman, Udo Zimmermann, Javier Navarrete, and Kaoru Wada.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1928, Monty Norman ranks 543. Before him are Ferenc Juhász, Boris Kuznetsov, Andrés Prieto, Stig Claesson, Péter Bacsó, and Laurus Škurla. After him are Arthur Foulkes, Dagmar Rom, Ottavio Bugatti, Shiro Hashizume, Balakh Sher Mazari, and Cynthia Ozick. Among people deceased in 2022, Monty Norman ranks 591. Before him are Andrés Prieto, Ingemar Erlandsson, Vic Elford, Neal Adams, András Törőcsik, and Rolando Serrano. After him are Viktor Zvyahintsev, Costică Dafinoiu, David McKee, Maurice Norman, Anne-Marie Garat, and Dagmar Rom.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, Monty Norman ranks 5,412 out of 8,785. Before him are Dorothy Shirley (1939), Alan Kennedy (1954), Edward Law, 1st Earl of Ellenborough (1790), Robert Del Naja (1966), Herbert Morrison (1888), and Stuart Taylor (1980). After him are Naomi Scott (1993), Chris Dreja (1945), Sandra Chick (1947), Valerie Davies (1912), John Aitken (1839), and Michael Portillo (1953).

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Among COMPOSERS In United Kingdom

Among composers born in United Kingdom, Monty Norman ranks 87. Before him are Humphrey Searle (1915), David Arnold (1962), Henry Lawes (1595), Edmund Rubbra (1901), Jocelyn Pook (1960), and Anne Dudley (1956). After him are George Fenton (1950), John Stainer (1840), Ray Noble (1903), Stephen Warbeck (1953), Lennox Berkeley (1903), and Thomas Adès (1971).

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