Laurie Johnson

For the West Indies-born cricketer, see Laurie Johnson (cricketer).

Laurie Johnson
MBE
Birth nameLaurence Reginald Ward Johnson
Born(1927-02-07)7 February 1927
Hampstead, London, England
Died16 January 2024(2024-01-16) (aged 96)
GenresPop, swing, classical, soundtrack
Occupation(s)Composer, bandleader, conductor, arranger
Years active1951–2024

Laurence Reginald Ward Johnson MBE (7 February 1927 – 16 January 2024) was an English composer and bandleader who wrote scores for dozens of film and television series,[1] described as "one of the most highly regarded arrangers of big-band swing and pop music" in England.[2] Much of Johnson's music was written for the KPM music library, for which he composed and conducted between 1960 and 1965.[3]

  1. ^ "Laurie Johnson". IMDb.com. Retrieved 12 July 2016.
  2. ^ Cite error: The named reference allmusic.com was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  3. ^ Lomax, Oliver: The Mood Modern: The story of two of the world's greatest recorded music libraries: KPM (1956-1977) and Bruton Music (1978-1980). Vocalion (2018), p. 50-53