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'''Arthur Ernest Mullard''' (né '''Mullord''';<ref>Arthur Mullard (Obituary), ''The Times'', 13 December 1995.</ref> 19 September 1910<ref name="yearofbirth">His obituary in ''The Times'' gives his date of birth as 10 November 1910 but conflicts with the birthdate given in his death registration. His year of birth appears as 1908, 1910, 1912 and 1913 in various sources. However online records at [http://www.freebmd.org.uk] show that the birth of an Arthur E Mullord was registered in Islington in October–December 1910, which is probably him.</ref><ref>Date of birth of 19 September 1910 confirmed from 1939 Register.</ref> – 11 December 1995)<ref>GRO Register of Deaths: Arthur Ernest Mullard died December 1995 B32 136 ISLINGTON. DoB = 19 September 1910 Age 85 approx</ref> was an English actor and singer.<br />
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Following military service and a brief boxing career, Mullard found work as a cockney character actor in film and TV comedy, notably in the series ''[[Romany Jones]]''. <br />
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== Early life ==<br />
Mullard was born to a humble background in Islington, London, named Arthur Mullord. He started work at the age of 14 as a butcher's assistant and joined the army at 18. It was there that he began boxing, becoming champion of his regiment. When he left the army after three years, he had a short stint at boxing professionally. This ended after 20 fights over three years, following a knock-out from which he lost his memory. In 1939, he was a general labourer living with his parents at 35 Douglas Street, Islington.<ref>1939 Register entry</ref> He rejoined the army in the Second World War, becoming a warrant officer (sergeant major) in the Royal Artillery.<ref name=independent-obituary-arthur-mullard>{{cite news|url=https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/obituaries-arthur-mullard-1525496.html|title=Obituaries: Arthur Mullard|work=[[The Independent]]|date=13 December 1995}}</ref><br />
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==Career==<br />
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===Acting===<br />
Following the end of the war in 1945, Mullard sought work as a [[stunt double|stuntman]] at [[Pinewood Studios|Pinewood]] and [[Ealing Studios|Ealing]] film studios, from which he drifted into uncredited bit-parts in British films including ''[[Oliver Twist (1948 film)|Oliver Twist]]'' (1948), ''[[The Lavender Hill Mob]]'' (1951) and ''[[The Ladykillers (1955 film)|The Ladykillers]]'' (1955).<br />
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Mullard's face and [[cockney]] accent lent themselves to a certain character and he graduated to more visible roles in comedy films and on [[television]]. It was on television that Mullard made a name for himself, first as a [[double act|straight man]] for [[Tony Hancock]], [[Frankie Howerd]] and [[Benny Hill]], then in ''[[The Arthur Askey Show]]''. It was the [[London Weekend Television]] series ''[[Romany Jones]]'', first aired in 1973, which gave Mullard his highest profile, playing Wally Briggs, a crafty caravan-dweller. Popular in its time, the show did not find critical favour and has subsequently been named as one of the worst British sitcoms ever made.<ref name="Wainwright">{{cite news |first=Martin |last=Wainwright |url=https://www.theguardian.com/media/2003/sep/30/broadcasting.uknews |title=Bilko named best ever comedy |work=The Guardian |date=30 September 2003}}</ref><br />
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So popular was Mullard's character that a sequel, ''[[Yus, My Dear]]'', was broadcast in 1976, in which Wally and his wife Lily ([[Queenie Watts]]) had moved out of their caravan into a [[council house]]. The series gained modest ratings.<ref>{{cite news |url=http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/comment/obituaries/article2169464.ece |title=Obituary: Mike Reid |work=The Times |date=31 July 2007}}</ref><br />
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Mullard (or "Arfur" as he was widely known) was regularly a guest in other programmes and television commercials. He and Watts also reprised their roles of Wally and Lily appearing in the film ''[[Holiday on the Buses]]'' (1973), the last feature-length version of the popular ''On the Buses'' comedy series of the time.<br />
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Mullard also appeared in ''[[Ladies Who Do]]'' (1963), ''[[Morgan!]]'' (1966), ''[[The Great St Trinian's Train Robbery]]'' (1966), ''[[Chitty Chitty Bang Bang]]'' (1968) and ''[[Adventures of a Plumber's Mate]]'' (1978). In 1986, invited by producer [[Victor Lewis-Smith]], Mullard hosted an edition of ''[[Midweek (BBC Radio 4)|Midweek]]'' on [[BBC Radio 4]] to replace regular host [[Libby Purves]] during her temporary absence.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b013r379 |title=iPM |date=3 September 2011 |website=BBC Programme Library}}</ref><br />
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===Music===<br />
In 1967, Mullard recorded "I Love You, You Love Me" and "Was It Something I Said?" on the Masquerade label (MA5001). This was followed the same year by an album, ''Arthur Mullard of London'' (MQ 2003). This included his [[Cover version|cover]] of [[the Beatles]]' "[[Yesterday (Beatles song)|Yesterday]]", jokes, and philosophy. More singles followed in the 1970s, including 1974's "Not Now Arthur" / "If I Only Had My Time Again" (BASFBA 1012), and in 1975 "[[I Only Have Eyes for You]]" / "One 'Fing 'N' Annuver" (RCA 2610) with "Yus My Dear" / "Arthur" (RCA Z639A) being released in 1976.<br />
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He entered the [[UK Singles Chart]] in 1978 with his cover of "[[You're the One That I Want]]" (Pye 7N 46121) (from the [[film]] ''[[Grease (film)|Grease]]''), a duet with fellow comedy actor [[Hylda Baker]], who was in her seventies.<ref name="British Hit Singles & Albums">{{cite book<br />
| first= David<br />
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| title= British Hit Singles & Albums<br />
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| publisher= Guinness World Records Limited<br />
| location= London<br />
| isbn= 978-1-904994-10-7<br />
| page= 40}}</ref> The single, which peaked at number 22 in the UK, was taken from the album ''Band on the Trot'' (Pye PKL 5576).<br />
The single was his last professional success during Mullard's life; there followed an uncredited narration on the [[Glenn Close]]-led live-action ''[[101 Dalmatians (1996 film)|101 Dalmatians]]'', released in 1996, after his death.<br />
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==Personal life and abuse allegations==<br />
Mullard continued to live in a [[council house]] in Islington after his success and spent much of his free time socialising in local [[pub]]s. He wrote an autobiography, ''Oh, Yus, It's Arthur Mullard'', which was published in 1977. Mullard died in his sleep on 11 December 1995, aged 85. He married Florence Rose in 1939, and the couple had three children: Brian, Barbara and Johnny. Florence died in 1961, aged 48.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.freebmd.org.uk/cgi/information.pl?cite=nPYyPgnY4B5Cd2nhHmVENA&scan=1|title=Index entry|access-date=26 July 2021|work=FreeBMD|publisher=ONS}}</ref><ref name="Thefreelibrary.com">{{cite news|url=http://www.thefreelibrary.com/ARTHUR+MULLARD+WAS+THE+COCKNEY+COMIC+MILLIONS+LOVED+...AND+A+MONSTER...-a061162095 |title=Arthur Mullard was the Cockney Comic Millions Loved ...and a Monster who Raped his Daughter at 13 |work=Sunday Mirror |date=12 May 1996 |access-date=2012-05-02}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.freebmd.org.uk/cgi/information.pl?cite=DTrp%2BCZbV%2FqT%2BAHy9bMRfQ&scan=1|title=Index entry|access-date=26 July 2021|work=FreeBMD|publisher=ONS}}</ref><br />
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In May 1996, five months after his death, the ''[[Sunday Mirror]]'' reported that a ''[[This Is Your Life (UK TV series)|This Is Your Life]]'' episode about Mullard had been planned, but it was cancelled by host [[Eamonn Andrews]]. This came after the show's producers contacted Mullard's eldest son, and discovered Mullard's history of extreme [[domestic violence]] and years of [[child sexual abuse|sexual abuse]] of his daughter Barbara, beginning when she was 13 in the early 1950s. Despite his alleged acts of child sexual abuse against Barbara, which she recounted in an interview with the ''Sunday Mirror'', she had nursed him in his dotage. He left her and one of her brothers £5,000 each, and £250,000 to a children's home.<ref name="Thefreelibrary.com"/> It was reported at the time that Mullard's son Johnny had become a successful comedian in [[Sydney]], Australia.<ref>Barrowclough, Anne. "THIS IS NOT YOUR LIFE..." The Free Library 12 May 1996. 25 July 2021. [https://www.thefreelibrary.com/THIS IS NOT YOUR LIFE...-a061162094]</ref><br />
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Mullard's wife Florence had committed suicide in 1961 by taking an overdose of sleeping tablets, after suffering from poor physical and mental health for several years.<ref name=independent-obituary-arthur-mullard/> Her death was claimed by Barbara to be partly the result of the extreme physical and mental violence Mullard perpetrated against her. Florence left a suicide note which said, "I don't want to live any more because of what you're doing with Barbara. Please look after my Johnny."<ref name="Thefreelibrary.com"/><br />
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==Selected filmography==<br />
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* ''[[Girdle of Gold]]'' (1952) - Police officer<br />
* ''[[Dial 999 (TV series)]]'' (1958) - Morris - (uncredited)<br />
* ''[[The Bank Raiders]]'' (1958) - Linders<br />
* ''[[The Man Who Liked Funerals]]'' (1959) - Renny Fiasco<br />
* ''[[Two-Way Stretch]]'' (1960) - Fred<br />
* ''[[And the Same to You]]'' (1960) - Tubby<br />
* ''[[Dentist on the Job]]'' (1961) - (uncredited)<br />
* ''[[On the Fiddle]]'' (1961) - Thirsty Man Getting Off Bus (uncredited)<br />
* ''[[It's Trad, Dad!]]'' (1962) - police chief<br />
* ''[[Postman's Knock (film)|Postman's Knock]]'' (1962) - Sam<br />
* ''[[Crooks Anonymous]]'' (1962) - Grogan<br />
* ''[[Band of Thieves (1962 film)|Band of Thieves]]'' (1962) - Getaway<br />
* ''[[The Wrong Arm of the Law]]'' (1963) - Brassknuckles<br />
* ''[[Sparrows Can't Sing]]'' (1963) - Ted<br />
* ''[[Ladies Who Do]]'' (1963) - Mr. Merryweather<br />
* ''[[Father Came Too!]]'' (1964) - traffic warden<br />
* ''[[The Counterfeit Constable]]'' (1964) - Le malfaiteur<br />
* ''[[Gonks Go Beat]]'' (1965) - drum master<br />
* ''[[Morgan – A Suitable Case for Treatment]]'' (1966) - Wally<br />
* ''[[The Great St Trinian's Train Robbery]]'' (1966) - Big Jim<br />
* ''[[Cuckoo Patrol]]'' (1967) - Yossle<br />
* ''[[Smashing Time]]'' (1967) - cafe boss<br />
* ''[[Chitty Chitty Bang Bang]]'' (1968) - Cyril<br />
* ''[[Lock Up Your Daughters (1969 film)|Lock Up Your Daughters]]'' (1969) - night watchman<br />
* ''[[Crooks and Coronets]]'' (1969) - Perce<br />
* ''[[The Vault of Horror (film)|The Vault of Horror]]'' (1973) - Gravedigger (segment 4 "Bargain in Death")<br />
* ''[[Holiday on the Buses]]'' (1973) - Wally Briggs<br />
* ''[[Three for All]]'' (1975) - Ben<br />
* ''[[Adventures of a Plumber's Mate]]'' (1979)-[[Mind Your Language]]<br />
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== Bibliography ==<br />
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* Mullard, Arthur ''Oh, Yus, It's Arthur Mullard'' , autobiography, published by Everest, London, 1977; {{ISBN|9780905018317}} [https://www.amazon.com/Oh-Yus-its-Arthur-Mullard/dp/0905018311]<br />
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[[Category:British Army personnel of World War II]]</div>212.102.59.171https://www.thegoonshow.co.uk/wiki/index.php?title=Angela_Morley&diff=2866Angela Morley2022-07-21T13:45:22Z<p>212.102.59.171: </p>
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'''Angela Morley''' (10 March 1924<ref name=":0">{{Cite web|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/blogs/writersroom/entries/7c87da6e-c8b0-462e-86a9-b4227fdd25de|title=Writing '1977' for BBC Radio 4, and why it's about so much more than "a transgender woman in the 1970s"|date=2015-11-30|website=BBC|language=en|access-date=2020-03-30|archive-date=7 March 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190307214358/http://www.bbc.co.uk/blogs/writersroom/entries/7c87da6e-c8b0-462e-86a9-b4227fdd25de|url-status=live}}</ref><ref name=":3">{{Cite web|url=https://www.theguardian.com/culture/2009/jan/23/angela-morley-obituary-wally-stott|title=Angela Morley Obituary|date=23 January 2009|work=[[The Guardian]]|access-date=11 December 2016|archive-date=14 July 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140714200037/http://www.theguardian.com/culture/2009/jan/23/angela-morley-obituary-wally-stott|url-status=live}}</ref>{{spaced ndash}}14 January 2009<ref name=":4">{{Cite book |last=Dubowsky |first=Jack Curtis |title=Intersecting Film, Music, and Queerness |publisher=[[Palgrave Macmillan]] |year=2016 |isbn=978-1-349-68713-8 |location=[[Basingstoke]] UK; New York |pages=105–130 |chapter=Chapter 4: A Tale of Two Walters: Genre and Gender Outsiders |chapter-url=https://books.google.com/books?id=DCfuCwAAQBAJ&q=iIntersecting%20Film%2C%20Music%2C%20and%20Queerness&pg=PA105 |access-date=2021-02-06 |via=[[Google Books]] |archive-date=9 October 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211009185654/https://books.google.com/books?id=DCfuCwAAQBAJ&q=iIntersecting%20Film,%20Music,%20and%20Queerness&pg=PA105 |url-status=live }}</ref>) was an [[England|English]] [[composer]] and [[Conductor (music)|conductor]] who became a familiar household name to [[BBC Radio]] listeners in the 1950s. She attributed her entry into composing and arranging largely to the influence and encouragement of the Canadian [[light music]] composer [[Robert Farnon]]. Morley [[Gender transition|transitioned]] in 1972 and thereafter lived openly as a [[transgender woman]].<ref name=":4" /> Later in life, she lived in [[Scottsdale, Arizona]].<ref name=":6">{{Cite web|url=https://www.independent.co.uk/news/obituaries/angela-morley-composer-and-arranger-who-worked-with-scott-walker-and-scored-dynasty-and-dallas-1488590.html|title=Angela Morley: Composer and arranger who worked with Scott Walker and|date=2009-01-22|website=The Independent|language=en|access-date=2020-03-31|archive-date=18 June 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180618134613/https://www.independent.co.uk/news/obituaries/angela-morley-composer-and-arranger-who-worked-with-scott-walker-and-scored-dynasty-and-dallas-1488590.html|url-status=live}}</ref><br />
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Morley won three [[Emmy Award]]s for her work in music arrangement. These were in the category of [[Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Music Direction|Outstanding Music Direction]], in 1985, 1988 and 1990, for ''[[Christmas in Washington]]'' and two television specials starring [[Julie Andrews]]. Morley also received eight Emmy nominations for composing music for television series such as ''[[Dynasty (1981 TV series)|Dynasty]]'' and ''[[Dallas (1978 TV series)|Dallas]]''. She was twice nominated for an [[Academy Awards|Academy Award]] in the category of [[Academy Award for Best Original Song Score|Best Original Song Score]]: first for ''[[The Little Prince (1974 film)|The Little Prince]]'' (1974), a nomination shared with [[Alan Jay Lerner]], [[Frederick Loewe]], and [[Douglas Gamley]]; and second for ''[[The Slipper and the Rose]]'' (1976), which Morley shared with [[Richard M. Sherman]] and [[Robert B. Sherman]]. She was the first openly [[transgender]] person to be nominated for an Academy Award.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.huffpost.com/entry/angela-morley-the-story-b_b_9020734|title=Angela Morley: The Story Behind the Two-Time Oscar-Nominated Trans Composer|last1=Betancourt|first1=Manuel|date=2016-01-20|website=HuffPost|access-date=2020-03-31|archive-date=23 September 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200923011825/https://www.huffpost.com/entry/angela-morley-the-story-b_b_9020734|url-status=live}}</ref><br />
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==Early life and education==<br />
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Morley was born in [[Leeds, Yorkshire]]<ref name=":5">{{Cite web|url=http://www.angelamorley.com/site/bio.htm|title=Career Autobiography of Angela Morley|website=www.angelamorley.com|access-date=2020-03-31|archive-date=15 September 2008|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080915153113/http://www.angelamorley.com/site/bio.htm|url-status=live}}</ref> on 10 March 1924 under the name of Walter "Wally" Stott.<ref name=":0" /><ref name=":3" /><ref name=":6"/><ref name=":4" /> Morley's father was a watchmaker who played the [[ukulele-banjo]], and the family lived above their jewellery shop.<ref name=":5" /> Her mother also sang.<ref name=":5" /> Morley was a fan of dance music before being able to read the labels on the records, listening notably to [[Jack Payne (bandleader)|Jack Payne]] and [[Henry Hall (bandleader)|Henry Hall]] as a child,<ref name=":5" /> and began learning the [[piano]] at the age of eight on a Challen upright piano.<ref name=":5" /> Morley's father died of [[angina]]<ref name=":4" /> in 1933<ref name=":6" /> at the age of 39, after which the family moved to [[Swinton, South Yorkshire|Swinton]] and she ceased piano lessons.<ref name=":5" /><ref name=":4" /> She then tried playing [[violin]] at age 10 and the [[accordion]] at age 11, including in competitions, before choosing the [[clarinet]] and [[alto saxophone]] as primary instruments, taking clarinet lessons and playing in the school orchestra.<ref name=":5" /> Morley then played in the semi-professional band led by Bert Clegg in [[Mexborough]].<ref name=":5" /><br />
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As a mostly self-taught musician able to sight-read, Morley left school at age 15 to tour with Archie's Juvenile Band, earning a weekly wage of 10 [[shilling]]s,<ref name=":5" /> and also worked as a [[projectionist]].<ref name=":4" /> Her mentor at this time was the pianist Eddie Taylor.<ref name=":5" /> Morley continued to play saxophone in [[British dance band]]s during the period of [[World War II]], joining the [[Oscar Rabin Band]] as lead alto in 1941, at age 17.<ref name=":5" /> With this band, she began writing arrangements for pay<ref name=":5" /> and made a recording debut with the tracks "Waiting for Sally" and "Love in Bloom".<ref name=":6" /> She later joined [[Geraldo (bandleader)|Geraldo]]'s band, which performed for [[BBC Radio]] several times a week,<ref name=":5" /> in 1942<ref name=":0" /><ref name=":1">.{{Cite news|url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/obituaries/4339863/Angela-Morley.html|title=Angela Morley|newspaper=The Daily Telegraph|date=2009-01-25|access-date=2019-10-09|language=en-GB|issn=0307-1235|archive-date=2 May 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190502091104/https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/obituaries/4339863/Angela-Morley.html|url-status=live}}</ref> or 1944.<ref name=":3" /><ref name=":5" /><ref name=":6" /> With Geraldo's band Morley gained experience arranging for bands of many sizes and styles.<ref name=":5" /> She studied [[harmony]] and [[musical composition]] in [[London]] with the British-Hungarian [[composer]] [[Mátyás Seiber]] and [[conducting]] with the German conductor [[Walter Goehr]].<ref name=":5" /> Morley's early work was also influenced by [[Robert Farnon]] and [[Bill Finegan]].<ref name=":3" /><br />
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==Career==<br />
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At the age of 26, Morley stopped playing in bands to instead work solely as a writer, composer, and [[arranger]],<ref name=":5" /> and would go on to work in recording, [[radio]], [[television]], and [[film]].<ref name=":0" /> She was originally a composer of [[light music]]<ref name=":3" /> or [[easy listening]],<ref name=":4" /> best known for pieces such as the jaunty "Rotten Row" and "A Canadian in Mayfair", the latter dedicated to [[Robert Farnon]].<ref name=":6" /> Morley also worked with the Chappell Recorded Music Library and [[Reader's Digest]].<ref name=":6" /><ref name=":5" /><br />
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Morley is known for writing the [[theme tune]], with its iconic tuba partition, and [[incidental music]] for ''[[Hancock's Half Hour]]'' in both its radio and television incarnations,<ref name=":0" /><ref name=":3" /><ref name="Stevens">{{cite book <br />
|last= Stevens <br />
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|title= Born Brilliant: The Life of Kenneth Williams<br />
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}}<!--|access-date=13 June 2012--></ref> and was also the [[Music director|musical director]] for ''[[The Goon Show]]'' from the third series in 1952 to the last show in 1960, conducting the [[BBC Dance Orchestra]].<ref name=":3" /> At this time, she was known to work quickly and would sometimes write music for ''The Goon Show'' the same day of recording,<ref name=":0" /> which consisted of two full-band arrangements per week and incidental music.<ref name=":1" /> Another short but remembered theme composed by Morley was the 12-note-long "[[Associated TeleVision#Identity|Ident Zoom-2]]", written for [[Lew Grade]]'s [[Associated TeleVision]] (ATV), in use from the introduction of [[Color television|colour television]] in 1969, until the demise of ATV in 1981. By 1953, Morley was also scoring films for the [[Associated British Picture Corporation]] under music director [[Louis Levy]].<ref name=":5" /><br />
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In 1953, Morley became [[Music director|musical director]] for the British section of [[Philips Records]],<ref name=":0" /><ref name=":3" /><ref name=":4" /> [[arrangement|arranging]] for and accompanying the company's artists alongside producer [[Johnny Franz]]. She notably worked with [[Frankie Vaughan]] on "The Garden of Eden" in 1957.<ref name=":6" /> In 1958, she began an association with Welsh singer [[Shirley Bassey]], including work for Bassey's recordings of "The Banana Boat Song" (1957), "As I Love You" (1958), which reached no. 1 in the [[UK Singles Chart]] in January 1959,<ref name=":4" /> and "Kiss Me Honey Kiss Me" (1958).<ref name=":6" /> She was the head of an orchestra and a chorale at this team, releasing records as "Wally Stott and His Orchestra" and "The Wally Stott Chorale" respectively.<ref name=":4" /> She also worked with artists such as [[Noël Coward]] and [[Dusty Springfield]]<ref name=":1" /> and on the first four solo albums by [[Scott Walker (singer)|Scott Walker]].<ref name=":3" /><ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/wales/music/sites/shirley-bassey/pages/as-i-love-you.shtml |title=BBC Wales – Music – Shirley Bassey – "As I Love You"<!-- Bot generated title --> |access-date=20 December 2019 |archive-date=12 January 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200112133042/http://www.bbc.co.uk/wales/music/sites/shirley-bassey/pages/as-i-love-you.shtml |url-status=live }}</ref> The next hits she worked on were [[Robert Earl (singer)|Robert Earl]]'s "I May Never Pass this Way Again" and [[Frankie Vaughan]]'s "[[Tower of Strength (Gene McDaniels song)|Tower of Strength]]".<ref name=":6" /><br />
In 1962 and 1963, Morley arranged the United Kingdom entries for the [[Eurovision Song Contest]], "Ring-A-Ding Girl" and "Say Wonderful Things", both sung by [[Ronnie Carroll]].<ref name=":6" /> The former was conducted on the Eurovision stage in [[Luxembourg]]. She was also credited with a rhythmic drum solo in the 1960 horror film ''[[Peeping Tom]]'', which a dancer plays on a tape recorder.<ref name=":3" /><ref name=":2">{{Cite web|url=http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0605859/|title=Angela Morley|website=IMDb|access-date=2020-03-30|archive-date=14 December 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191214225013/https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0605859/|url-status=live}}</ref><br />
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In 1961, Morley provided the orchestral accompaniments for a selection of choral arrangements made by [[Norman Luboff]] for an [[RCA Records|RCA]] album that was recorded in London's Walthamstow Town Hall. The New Symphony Orchestra (an ad hoc recording ensemble, not to be confused with the Bulgarian [[New Symphony Orchestra]]), was conducted by [[Leopold Stokowski]], and the choir of professional British singers, as rehearsed by Luboff, performed such favourites as "[[Deep River (song)|Deep River]]", Handel's "[[Ombra mai fu|Largo]]", Bach's "[[Jesu, Joy of Man's Desiring]]", Rachmaninoff's "[[Vocalise (Rachmaninoff)|Vocalise]]", under the album's title ''[[Inspiration (Norman Luboff album)|Inspiration]]'' (also later reissued on a [[BMG Rights Management|BMG]] Classics CD). In 1962, she arranged and conducted the [[RCA Red Seal Records|RCA Red Seal]] debut album ''Romantic Italian Songs'' for Italian-born tenor [[Sergio Franchi]], and later did the arrangements and conducting for Franchi's 1963 RCA album, ''Women in My Life.''<br />
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Some of her other notable works in the years before transitioning include the composition and arrangement for the films [[The Looking Glass War (film)|''The Looking Glass War'']], released in 1970,<ref name=":0" /><ref name=":2" /> and [[When Eight Bells Toll (film)|''When Eight Bells Toll'']], released in 1971.<ref name=":0" /><ref name=":2" /> She stepped back from the music and film industry between 1970 and 1972<ref name=":4" /> in order privately to undergo [[gender transition]].<ref name=":1" /> During this time, Morley studied clarinet [[chamber music]] at the Watford School of Music for eighteen months.<ref name=":4" /><br />
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After transitioning to living publicly as a woman in 1972,<ref name=":4" /> Morley continued to work in music, now using the name Angela Morley professionally. Due to worries about how she would be received publicly as a transgender woman, she declined opportunities to appear on television, such as on ''[[The Last Goon Show of All]]'' in 1972, though she continued to work with many of her previous colleagues.<ref name=":0" /> She had to be persuaded by Franz to continue conducting because of the scrutiny she might face.<ref name=":4" /> One of her first projects upon her return to public life was as an orchestrator on [[Jesus Christ Superstar (film)|''Jesus Christ Superstar'']]. She then orchestrated, arranged, and aided in the composition of the music for the final [[musical film]] collaboration of [[Lerner and Loewe]], [[The Little Prince (1974 film)|''The Little Prince'']], released in 1974.<ref name=":0" /><ref name=":2" /> Her contribution to the film was nominated for the [[Academy Award for Best Original Song Score|Academy Award for Best Original Music, Scoring Original Song Score and/or Adaptation]]<ref name=":3" /><ref>{{Citation|title=The Little Prince - IMDb|url=http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0071762/awards|access-date=2020-03-30|archive-date=12 July 2009|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090712142821/http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0071762/awards|url-status=live}}</ref> and she travelled to [[California]] for the award ceremony.<ref name=":5" /><br />
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Morley was also the composer, conductor, arranger and orchestrator for the [[Sherman Brothers]]' musical film adaptation of the [[Cinderella]] story, ''[[The Slipper and the Rose|The Slipper and the Rose: The Story of Cinderella]]'' in 1976, however she was only credited as conductor and arranger.<ref>{{Citation|title=The Slipper and the Rose: The Story of Cinderella (1976) - IMDb|url=http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0075232/fullcredits|access-date=2020-03-30|archive-date=30 March 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160330105409/http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0075232/fullcredits|url-status=live}}</ref> She was again nominated for the [[Academy Award for Best Original Song Score|Academy Award for Best Original Music, Original Song Score and Its Adaptation or Best Adaptation Score]] for this film along with the Sherman Brothers<ref name=":3" /><ref>{{Citation|title=The Slipper and the Rose: The Story of Cinderella - IMDb|url=http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0075232/awards|access-date=2020-03-30|archive-date=29 August 2011|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110829112150/http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0075232/awards|url-status=live}}</ref> and again was present at the award ceremony.<ref name=":5" /> Though initially reluctant, citing lack of preparation and unfamiliarity with the novel, Morley wrote most of the score for the animated [[Watership Down (film)|''Watership Down'' film]], released in 1978.<ref name=":0" /> She had to work quickly based on work drafted by [[Malcolm Williamson]], then [[Master of the Queen's Music]], who left the project.<ref name=":0" /><ref name=":3" /><ref>[http://www.angelamorley.com/site/watercues.htm "How the music score for the 1978 feature film Watership Down came together"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180408052705/http://www.angelamorley.com/site/watercues.htm |date=8 April 2018 }}. ''Angela Morley’s website'', retrieved 26 March 2018.</ref> At this time, she was a regular guest conductor of the [[BBC Radio Orchestra]]<ref name=":3" /> and [[BBC Big Band]].<br />
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=== Work in the United States ===<br />
Following the success of ''Watership Down'', Morley lived for a time in [[Brentwood, Los Angeles]], where she began working for [[Warner Bros.]]<ref name=":5" /> She permanently relocated to [[Los Angeles]] in 1979<ref name=":4" /> and began working primarily on American television soundtracks, including those of ''[[Dynasty (1981 TV series)|Dynasty]]'', ''[[Dallas (1978 TV series)|Dallas]]'', ''[[Cagney & Lacey]]'', [[Wonder Woman (TV series)|''Wonder Woman'']]''<ref name=":0" />'', and ''[[Falcon Crest]]'',<ref name=":3" /> working with the music departments of major production companies, including Warner Bros., [[Paramount Pictures]], [[Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer]], [[Universal Pictures]] and [[20th Century Fox Television]].<ref name=":5" /><br />
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Thanks to a mutual friend, [[Herbert W. Spencer]], Morley collaborated with [[John Williams]] throughout the 1970s and 1980s, arranging for the [[Boston Pops Orchestra]] under Williams' direction and working on films such as [[Star Wars (film)|''Star Wars'']], [[Superman (1978 film)|''Superman'']], ''[[The Empire Strikes Back]]'', ''[[E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial]]'', [[Hook (film)|''Hook'']], ''[[Home Alone]]'', ''[[Home Alone 2: Lost in New York]]'', and ''[[Schindler's List]]'',<ref name=":5" /><ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0605859/|title=Angela Morley|website=IMDb|access-date=2020-03-31|archive-date=14 December 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191214225013/https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0605859/|url-status=live}}</ref> though in an uncredited capacity.<ref name=":2" /> She also collaborated with [[André Previn]],<ref name=":1" /> [[Lionel Newman]],<ref name=":1" /> [[Miklós Rózsa]],<ref name=":3" /><ref name=":1" /> and [[Richard Rodney Bennett]].<ref name=":3" /> Later, she would work with soloists such as [[Yo-Yo Ma]] and [[Itzhak Perlman]].<ref name=":1" /> She was nominated six times for [[Emmy Awards]] for composing<ref name=":3" /> and won three times for music direction,<ref name=":3" /> notably of two [[Julie Andrews]] television specials.<ref name="theatreworldobit">{{Citation<br />
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Morley continued to work in television until 1990.<ref name=":3" /> She relocated again to [[Scottsdale, Arizona]] in 1994, where she recorded two CDs with the [[John Wilson Orchestra]].<ref name=":6" /> She also lectured at the [[University of Southern California]] on film scoring<ref name=":6" /> and founded the Chorale of the [[Alliance française]] of [[Greater Phoenix]].<ref name=":5" /> Her last film credit was for the [[Disney]] film ''[[The Hunchback of Notre Dame II]]'' in 2002, where she worked as an additional orchestrator and composer of additional music.<ref name=":2" /><br />
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== Personal life ==<br />
Morley was a [[transgender woman]] and began transitioning to live openly as a woman in 1970, at the age of 46.<ref name=":0" /> According to her friend and colleague [[Max Geldray]], she struggled with her [[gender identity]] throughout her life,<ref name=":0" /><ref name=":4" /> and according to her wife, Christine Parker, Morley probably tried [[hormone replacement therapy]] at some point before they met.<ref name=":4" /> Morley underwent [[sex reassignment surgery]] in [[Casablanca]] in June 1970 and publicly came out as a woman in 1972.'''<ref name=":4" />'''<ref group="Footnotes">Dubowsky (2016) notes and attempts to correct inconsistencies in the circumstances surrounding Beryl Stott's death and Morley's transition that were reported in various obituaries at the time of her death. His facts are based on personal correspondence with Christine Parker.</ref> She chose the new surname Morley as it was her grandmother's maiden name.<ref name=":3" /><ref name=":4" /><br />
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Morley was twice married.<ref name=":3" /> Her first wife, Beryl Stott, was a singer and choral arranger who founded the Beryl Stott Singers, also known as the Beryl Stott Chorus or Beryl Stott Group.<ref name=":3" /><ref name=":4" /> Beryl Stott died prior to Morley's gender transition.<ref name=":0" /><ref name=":1" /> Morley met Christine Parker, also a singer, in London,<ref name=":4" /> and they married on 1 June 1970.<ref name=":3" /> Parker was a major support to Morley through her transition. Morley stated that: "It was only because of her love and support that I then was able to deal with the trauma, and begin to think about crossing over that terrifying gender border."<ref name=":0" /><ref name=":3" /><ref name=":4" /><br />
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The couple moved to [[Los Angeles]] in 1979 following the success of ''Watership Down'', and owned a house in the [[San Fernando Valley]].<ref name=":4" /> They moved to [[Scottsdale, Arizona]] in 1994.<ref name=":6" /> Morley died in Scottsdale on 14 January 2009 at the age of 84,<ref name=":4" /> as a result of complications of a fall and a heart attack.<ref name=":7" /> {{As of|2015|November}}, Parker was still living in Scottsdale.<ref name=":0" /><br />
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Morley had two children with her first wife Beryl Stott: a daughter, Helen, who predeceased her in 1967, and a son, Bryan,<ref name=":4" /> who was living {{As of|2009|January|lc=y}}.<ref name=":3" /><ref name=":1" /><ref name=":7" /> She also had grandchildren and great-grandchildren at the time of her passing.<ref name=":7" /><br />
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Morley had many friendships with fellow musicians and industry colleagues. While working on ''The Goon Show'', she made the acquaintance of [[Peter Sellers]], and would eventually share fond memories of him to his biographer [[Ed Sikov]].<ref name=":3" /> She and Max Geldray continued to be good friends following her transition.<ref name=":3" /> She also noted that she was lifelong friends with [[Herbert W. Spencer]] from 1955, while working on ''[[Gentlemen Marry Brunettes]]'', until his death in 1992.<ref name=":4" /><br />
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===Death===<br />
Morley died in [[Scottsdale, Arizona]]<ref name=":6" /> on 14 January 2009 at the age of 84.<ref name=":0" /><ref name=":3" /><ref name=":4" /><ref name=":7">{{Cite web|url=https://www.broadwayworld.com/bwwtv/article/Emmy-Winning-and-Oscar-Nominated-Arranger-Angela-Morley-Passes-Away-at-84-20090118|title=Emmy Winning and Oscar Nominated Arranger Angela Morley Passes Away at 84|website=BroadwayWorld.com|language=en|access-date=2020-03-31|archive-date=8 December 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201208184339/https://www.broadwayworld.com/bwwtv/article/Emmy-Winning-and-Oscar-Nominated-Arranger-Angela-Morley-Passes-Away-at-84-20090118|url-status=live}}</ref> Her death was a result of complications of a fall and a heart attack.<ref name=":7" /> Her death was almost exactly 50 years since her no. 1 hit with Shirley Bassey, "As I Love You".<ref name=":4" /><br />
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== Legacy ==<br />
[[File:Angela_Morley_Rainbow_Plaque.jpg|thumb|Memorial plaque at the BBC building in Leeds]]<br />
Morley's talent was noted by many of her peers. Arranger Tony Osborne said that she was "at the top of the range [...] second only to Robert Farnon, and it was a pretty close run thing at that", while [[Scott Walker (singer)|Scott Walker]] compared working with Morley to working with [[Frederick Delius]].<ref name=":6" /><br />
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Morley was interviewed for the biography of her ''Goon Show'' colleague [[Peter Sellers]] by his biographer [[Ed Sikov]] prior to the book's publication in 2002.<ref name=":4" /> When asked by Sikov how she should be identified in the book, she told him: "It’s a judgment you’ll have to make and I’ll have to accept".<ref name=":4" /> Sikov chose to refer to her as Wally Stott in the context of her past work but as Angela Morley in the present;<ref name=":4" /> most posthumous writing about her follows a similar pattern.<ref name=":0" /><ref name=":3" /><ref name=":6" /><ref name=":4" /><ref name=":1" /><br />
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In 2015, [[BBC Radio 4]] produced a [[radio drama]] about Morley, ''1977'', which was written by Sarah Wooley.<ref name=":8">[https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b06r8gms "Drama: 1977"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181110191830/https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b06r8gms |date=10 November 2018 }}. ''BBC online'', 3 December 2015.</ref><ref>[https://www.sarahwooley.com/ "Sarah Wooley, writer for radio, TV, film, theatre"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180326202816/https://www.sarahwooley.com/ |date=26 March 2018 }}. ''Wooley’s website'', retrieved 26 March 2018.</ref> ''1977'' is a semi-fictional account of the year in which Morley was enlisted to complete composition of the musical soundtrack to the film ''Watership Down'' in three weeks, after [[Master of the Queen's Music]] [[Malcolm Williamson]] left the project.<ref name=":0" /> The radio drama, starring [[Rebecca Root]], was rebroadcast in 2018.<ref name=":8" /><br />
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Morley's work has been compared to that of [[Wendy Carlos]], given that they were both transgender women composing film scores in the same time period, though they never met; notably, the composer and researcher [[Jack Curtis Dubowsky]] analysed and compared their careers and styles in a chapter of his book ''Intersecting Film, Music, and Queerness''.<ref name=":4" /> As a prominent and early transgender woman working in film, Morley has also been compared to trans women in the film industry who came out in later years, such as [[Lana Wachowski]].<ref name=":4" /> In this vein, the film scholar Laura Horak promotes a broader view of the term "[[filmmaker]]" when it comes to transgender and [[Gender variance|gender variant]] individuals in [[Film History|film history]],<ref name=":9">{{Cite journal|last=Horak|first=Laura|date=2017|title=Tracing the History of Trans and Gender Variant Filmmakers|journal=The Spectator|volume=37|issue=2|pages=9–20}}</ref> noting that:<br />
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{{Quote|text=Most of the time, making films and videos is a collaborative endeavour. Despite the many creative contributions of writers, cinematographers, producers, editors, actors, and others, we too often credit films to the director alone. This habit fundamentally misrepresents the filmmaking process, as film scholars Berys Gaut and C. Paul Sellors have argued. If we want to trace a history of trans and gender variant people’s audiovisual creativity, we should look for them both in and beyond the director’s chair.|author=Laura Horak|title=Tracing the History of Trans and Gender Variant Filmmakers|source=p. 10}}<br />
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Horak includes Morley among her selected list of trans and gender variant filmmakers as a composer, noting in particular her work on ''The Little Prince'' and ''Watership Down'' alongside the film works of other transgender and gender variant people in [[Classical Hollywood cinema]] such as [[Dorothy Arzner]] and [[Christine Jorgensen]].<ref name=":9" /><br />
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Morley is commemorated by a [[c:File:Angela_Morley_Rainbow_Plaque.jpg|Rainbow Plaque]] placed by [[Leeds Pride]] at the entrance to the [[BBC Leeds]] building,<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://leedscivictrust.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/2018/07/Web-version-Plaque-Trail.pdf|title=The Rainbow Plaque Trail|date=2018|website=[[Leeds Civic Trust]]|access-date=31 March 2020|archive-date=22 October 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201022121633/http://leedscivictrust.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/2018/07/Web-version-Plaque-Trail.pdf|url-status=live}}</ref> and also by a [[blue plaque]] at her birthplace in [[Kirkstall]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.yorkshirepost.co.uk/news/goon-not-forgotten-blue-plaque-leeds-musician-angela-morley-644916|title=Goon but not forgotten - a blue plaque for Leeds musician Angela Morley|date=15 June 2017|website=Yorkshire Post|access-date=7 October 2021|archive-date=7 October 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211007122048/https://www.yorkshirepost.co.uk/news/goon-not-forgotten-blue-plaque-leeds-musician-angela-morley-644916|url-status=live}}</ref><br />
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=== Genre ===<br />
Morley's work was influenced by a number of genres and styles. She initially played in [[British dance band]]s, and spent much of her career composing music that was labelled as [[Light music|light]] and [[easy listening]], as well as [[film score]]s and [[television soundtrack]]s. Light music and easy listening were generally not taken seriously or given much respect at the time that Morley was composing,<ref name=":4" /> which Dubowsky credits partially to [[misogyny]], due to the genre's association with [[femininity]].<ref name=":4" /> Dubowsky acknowledges that the genre has been seen as derivative, [[Bourgeoisie|bourgeois]], and (in America) racially exclusionary, but calls for the genre and Morley's work to be reconsidered for its influence on film music and the technical skill required in its production.<ref name=":4" /> He also, in the conclusion to his chapter on Morley and Wendy Carlos, questions whether Morley was drawn to light music for its perceived feminine qualities.<ref name=":4" /><br />
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Beyond her light and easy listening work, Morley collaborated with many kinds of artists at Philips Records, from [[folk music]] to [[rock and roll]], produced her own recordings of music from [[Christmas music]] to [[show tune]]s,<ref name=":4" /> and later focused her attention on [[orchestra]]l, [[Classical music|classical]] and [[choral]] arrangements that went beyond the scope of light music and easy listening.<ref name=":5" /><br />
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Morley credited her eventual turn away from film scores to technological changes: [[Tape Recording|tape recording]], new types of [[microphone]]s, and the advent of [[stereophonic sound]] had reached the wider music industry, but not film.<ref name=":5" /> She wrote that "to go to a cinema to hear one’s latest score was absolute torture."<ref name=":5" /> Nevertheless, she continued to work intermittently in film until 2002.<ref name=":2" /><br />
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=== Characteristics of her compositions ===<br />
Her music for ''The Goon Show'' stood out as having "a jazz flavour, rather than the standard comedy-show music of that time."<ref name=":3" /> From some of her earliest composition works, Morley used instruments to represent characters, such as the tuba notes in the theme to ''Hancock's Half Hour'' which represented Tony Hancock.<ref name=":3" /> While Morley was working with Johnny Franz at Philips Records, [[Robert Earl (singer)|Robert Earl]] noted that Morley and Franz "didn't believe in fade-out endings so all those ballads end on big notes".<ref name=":6" /><br />
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Her work on film scores is noted for her "mastery of orchestration and gift for evoking moods and atmospheres" (in reference to ''The Slipper and the Rose'' and ''Watership Down'')<ref name=":1" /> and "her strengths in swing, classical, and romantic period styles" (in reference to ''Watership Down'').<ref name=":4" /> For ''Watership Down'', Morley created a character theme for [[Kehaar]], voiced by [[Zero Mostel]].<ref name=":4" /> On "Kehaar's Theme", Dubowsky notes the influence of [[Claude Debussy]] and comments that:<br />
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{{Quote|text=For this theme, Morley takes a fragment of the opening flute motive of Debussy’s 'Prélude à l’après midi d’un faune' [...] and spins it into a majestic, soaring, romantic swing waltz, an amalgamation of her work in French romantic style orchestral scoring and big band swing. Alto sax takes the tune; the surrounding orchestration has a rich, symphonic, romantic, classical Hollywood sound, not unlike the orchestrations Morley did for John Williams. In addition to this mastery of style and technique, the opening I–bVI progression is fresh and contemporary; the 'borrowed' bVI chord had been used in earlier psych rock but would become prominently featured in the 'new wave' popular music of the time.<br />
[...] Morley’s handling of 'Kehaar’s Theme' and its orchestral accompaniment shows a technique well honed not just from film work, but from years of working in 'light music' where romantic accompaniments and swing tunes were frequently employed. While not an 'easy listening' version of Debussy, 'Kehaar’s Theme' nevertheless suggests how one might conceive of such a thing and execute it with finesse.|author=Jack Curtis Dubowsky|title=Intersecting Film, Music, and Queerness|source=p. 125-126}}<br />
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He also notes that "Kehaar's Theme" incorporates [[polyrhythm]]s and has an emphasis on [[string instrument]]s, and that it draws from many of the genres Morley worked in: "[[Classical music|classical]], [[Swing music|swing]], [[jazz]], [[light music]], concert music, and [[film scoring]]".<ref name=":4" /> Speaking more broadly about the ''Watership Down'' score, Dubowsky also notes the effectiveness of "Violet's Gone" and "Venturing Forth".<ref name=":4" /><br />
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==Selected discography==<br />
===Credited as Wally Stott===<br />
* [[Noël Coward]], ''I'll See You Again'' (1954), [[Philips Records|Philips]] (as arranger)<br />
* ''London Pride'' (1958), Philips<br />
* ''Christmas by the Fireside'' (1959), [[Marble Arch Records]]<br />
* [[Diana Dors]], ''Swingin Dors'' (1960), [[Pye Records|Pye]] (as arranger)<br />
* [[Roy Castle]], ''Castlewise'' (1961), Philips (as arranger)<br />
* [[Susan Maughan]], ''Sentimental Susan'' (1964), Philips (as arranger)<br />
* [[Harry Secombe]], ''Film Favourites'' (1964), Philips (as arranger)<br />
* Harry Secombe, ''Italian Serenade'' (1966), Philips (as arranger)<br />
* [[Scott Walker (singer)|Scott Walker]], ''[[Scott (album)|Scott]]'' (1967), Philips (as arranger)<br />
* [[Shirley Bassey]], ''Love For Sale'' (1968), Philips (as arranger)<br />
* Scott Walker, ''[[Scott 2]]'' (1969), Philips (as arranger)<br />
* Scott Walker, ''[[Scott 3]]'' (1969), Philips (as arranger)<br />
* ''Spellbound'' (2008), [[Vocalion Records]] (reissue)<br />
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===Credited as Angela Morley===<br />
* ''[[The Slipper and the Rose]]'' (1976), [[MCA Records]]/[[EMI Records]]<br />
* ''[[Watership Down (film)|Watership Down]]'' (1978), [[Sony Music|CBS Records]]<br />
* ''Soft Lights and Sweet Music: the Scores of Angela Morley'' (2001), Vocalion Records<br />
* ''The Film and Television Music of Angela Morley'' (2003), Vocalion Records<br />
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==Selected filmography==<br />
* ''[[The Heart of a Man]]'' (1959)<br />
* ''[[The Lady Is a Square]]'' (1959)<br />
* ''[[Peeping Tom (1960 film)|Peeping Tom]]'' (1960). Credited for the drum solo played on a tape-recorder during a dance routine.<br />
* ''[[The Looking Glass War (film)|The Looking Glass War]]'' (1970)<br />
* ''[[Captain Nemo and the Underwater City]]'' (1969)<br />
* ''[[When Eight Bells Toll (film)|When Eight Bells Toll]]'' (1971)<br />
* ''[[The Little Prince (1974 film)|The Little Prince]]'' (1974) – Oscar nomination <br />
* ''[[The Slipper and the Rose]]'' (1976) – Oscar nomination<br />
* ''[[Watership Down]]'' (1978)<br />
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== Awards and honours ==<br />
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=== Awards ===<br />
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* 1985: [[37th Primetime Emmy Awards]] - [[Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Music Direction]] for ''[[Christmas in Washington]]'' (with [[Ian Fraser (composer)|Ian Fraser]] and [[Billy Byers]])<ref name=":2" /><br />
* 1988: [[40th Primetime Emmy Awards]] - [[Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Music Direction]] for ''[[Julie Andrews]]: The Sound of Christmas'' (with [[Ian Fraser (composer)|Ian Fraser]], Chris Boardman, and [[Alexander Courage]])<ref name=":2" /><br />
* 1990: [[42nd Primetime Emmy Awards]] - [[Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Music Direction]] for ''[[Julie Andrews]] in Concert ([[Great Performances]])'' (with [[Ian Fraser (composer)|Ian Fraser]], [[Billy Byers]], Chris Boardman, [[Bob Florence]], and [[J. Hill]])<ref name=":2" /><br />
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=== Nominations ===<br />
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* 1975: [[47th Academy Awards]] - [[Academy Award for Best Original Score|Academy Award for Best Scoring: Original Song Score and Adaptation or Scoring: Adaptation]] for [[The Little Prince (1974 film)|''The Little Prince'']] (with [[Alan Jay Lerner]], [[Frederick Loewe]], and [[Douglas Gamley]])<ref name=":2" /><br />
* 1978: [[50th Academy Awards]] - [[Academy Award for Best Original Score|Academy Award for Best Original Song Score and Its Adaptation or Adaptation Score]] for [[The Slipper and the Rose|''The Slipper and the Rose: The Story of Cinderella'']] (with [[Robert B. Sherman]] and [[Richard M. Sherman]])<ref name=":2" /><br />
* 1980: [[32nd Primetime Emmy Awards]] - [[Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Music Direction]] for [[The Big Show (TV series)|''The Big Show'']] episode "Steve Lawrence and Don Rickles" (with [[Nick Perito]], [[Joe Lipman]], and Peter Myers)<ref name=":2" /><br />
* 1984: [[36th Primetime Emmy Awards]] - [[Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Music Composition for a Series]] for ''[[Emerald Point N.A.S.]]'' episode "The Homecoming"<ref name=":2" /><br />
* 1985: [[37th Primetime Emmy Awards]] - [[Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Music Composition for a Series]] for ''[[Dynasty (1981 TV series)|Dynasty]]'' episode "Triangles"<ref name=":2" /><br />
* 1986: [[38th Primetime Emmy Awards]] - [[Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Music Composition for a Series]] for ''[[Dynasty (1981 TV series)|Dynasty]]'' episode "The Subpoenas"<ref name=":2" /><br />
* 1987: [[39th Primetime Emmy Awards]] - [[Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Music Composition for a Series]] for ''[[Dallas (1978 TV series)|Dallas]]'' episode "A Death in the Family"<ref name=":2" /><br />
* 1987: [[39th Primetime Emmy Awards]] - [[Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Music Direction]] for [[Liberty Weekend|''Liberty Weekend: Opening Ceremonies'']] (with [[Ian Fraser (composer)|Ian Fraser]], Chris Boardman, [[Ralph Burns]], [[Alexander Courage]], and [[J. Hill]])<ref name=":2" /><br />
* 1988: [[40th Primetime Emmy Awards]] - [[Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Music Composition for a Series]] for ''[[Dallas (1978 TV series)|Dallas]]'' episode "Hustling"<ref name=":2" /><br />
* 1989: [[41st Primetime Emmy Awards]] - [[Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Music Composition for a Series]] for [[Blue Skies (1988 TV series)|''Blue Skies'']] episode "The White Horse"<ref name=":2" /><br />
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==See also==<br />
* [[List of LGBT firsts by year]]<br />
* [[List of LGBT Academy Award winners and nominees]]<br />
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== Footnotes ==<br />
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==References==<br />
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==Further reading==<br />
*{{Cite book |last=Dubowsky |first=Jack Curtis |title=Intersecting Film, Music, and Queerness |publisher=[[Palgrave Macmillan]] |year=2016 |isbn=978-1-349-68713-8 |location=[[Basingstoke]] UK; New York |pages=105–130 |chapter=Chapter 4: A Tale of Two Walters: Genre and Gender Outsiders |chapter-url=https://books.google.com/books?id=DCfuCwAAQBAJ&q=iIntersecting%20Film%2C%20Music%2C%20and%20Queerness&pg=PA105 |access-date=2021-02-06 |via=[[Google Books]]}}<br />
*{{cite news|last1=Leigh|first1=Spencer|title=Angela Morley: Composer and arranger who worked with Scott Walker and scored 'Dynasty' and 'Dallas'|url=https://www.independent.co.uk/news/obituaries/angela-morley-composer-and-arranger-who-worked-with-scott-walker-and-scored-dynasty-and-dallas-1488590.html|access-date=24 March 2018}}<br />
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==External links==<br />
* [http://www.angelamorley.com/ Official website]<br />
* [https://www.robertfarnonsociety.org.uk/index.php/legends/angela-morley Biography at the Robert Farnon Society]<br />
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