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Brian Easdale (10 August 1909 – 30 October 1995) [1] was a British composer of operatic, orchestral, choral and film music, best known for his ballet film score The Red Shoes of 1948.
The Film Music of Brian Easdale (The Red Shoes, Black Narcissus, Adventure On! etc). BBC National Orchestral of Wales, Rumon Gamba (cond.) Chandos.
Brian Easdale. Composer: The Red Shoes. Brian studied under Gordon Jacob and Armstrong Gibbs at the RCM (Royal College of Music). He wrote his first opera (Rapunzel) at the age of 17 and at age 20 had the honor of having a Dead March processional he had written performed by the London Symphony Orchestra under Sir 'Malcolm Sargent'.
Oct 9, 2020 · Brian Easdale's hard-to-find piano transcription of his own 'The Red Shoes Ballet' music, from the much-loved 1948 Powell & Pressburger film based on Hans Christian Andersen's 1845 cautionary...
Jan 3, 2011 · Brian Easdale (1909-1995) (GB) "The Red Shoes" ballet (1948), from Michael Powell's film Dir : Thomas Beecham Auteur d'un opéra à 17 ans, Brian Easdale fit ses études musicales au Royal...
Brian Easdale. Brian Easdale (1909 – 1995) was a slightly older contemporary of Britten who (like Britten) studied at the Royal College of Music, under Gordon Jacob, and (like Britten) wrote music for the GPO film Unit in the 1930s.
Brian Easdale became the first British composer to receive and Oscar for film music (for "The Red Shoes"). He kept the statuette on his mantle shelf. Whilst in India, he met and befriended Rumer Godden (which eventually led to him scoring "Black Narcissus" for Powell and Pressburger).
