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Frank Cordell
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Frank Cordell (1 June 1918 – 6 July 1980) was a British composer, arranger and conductor, who was actively involved with the Institute of Contemporary Arts. He also composed music under the name Frank Meilleur or Meillear (Meillear being his mother’s maiden name). Musical scores In 1955, Cordell left the BBC to become musical director of HMV Records, known subsequently as EMI, a post held until 1962 when he decided to become a full-time film composer. He scored the music for the film The Captain's Table, 1959. In the early 1960s he divorced Magda who went with McHale to America. Cordell married his second wife Anja whom he met on film location in Japan while doing the music score for Flight to Ashia in 1962/63. He wrote the theme music for the spy adventure directed by Robert Lansing called The Man Who Never Was 1966-67. Cordell wrote The White Mountain introductory music for the science fiction episode of Space: 1999 - "Mission of the Darians", 1975. Frank Cordell composed over twenty major music scores including: The Voice of Merril 1952, First on the Road 1957, The Rebel starring Tony Hancock 1961, The Bargee 1964, Never Put It in Writing 1964, Khartoum 1966, Mosquito Squadron 1969, Ring of Bright Water 1969, Hell Boats 1970, Cromwell 1970, Trial by Combat 1976, God Told Me To (Demon in the U.S.) 1976. Between his film scores Cordell wrote concert hall works including the Concerto for Cello, the Concerto for Horn, a wind quartet entitled Interplay; also pieces for saxoph
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Theme From "The Rebel"
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Crime Jazz : Volume 06 : The Theme of The Crime (Disc 1)
Khartoum
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52 Original Hits of 1955
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The Golden Age of Light Music: Holidays for Strings
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English String Miniatures, Vol. 1
Sweet and Dry
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Khartoum (Original Motion Picture Score)
Mosquito Squadron
Sweet & Dry
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Sounds Spectacular: Space Age Pop Volume 10
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Retrospection Vol. 3 The Jazz Files