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Peter Reno
12+ albums
library musicfunkLibraryjazzunreleased soundtrack music from george a romero-s dawn of the dead
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Real Name: Cliff Twemlow Cliff Twemlow (14 October 1937 – 5 May 1993) was an English actor, nightclub bouncer, horror paperback writer and library music composer, under the pen name Peter Reno he wrote more than 2000 compositions. Twemlow was born in Hulme, Manchester, the son of a merchant seaman. He became a nightclub bouncer, or “Tuxedo Warrior”, in 1950s Morecambe before this occupation would take him to Scotland and back to Manchester. Hoping to diversify Twemlow worked as an extra on the television series Coronation Street and attempted to break into the music industry by composing library music under the pen name Peter Reno. The latter was a hugely successful venture, with Twemlow penning more than two thousand compositions within the space of a few years. Musically self-taught, Cliff composed music using what he referred to as the ‘De Dum Da’ Principal. “I had discovered that with the aid of a tape recorder, I could assemble or compose lyric and tune. My voice would simulate orchestral sounds, giving me an insight as to how it could be arranged. God, the noises were appalling. Um Te Ta, Deeple, Dum Rump Pa Pa! I was in hysterics listening to the playback.” he later claimed in his autobiography. Most of his Peter Reno material was written for the company De Wolfe Music and used in television (Public Eye, Rutland Weekend Television, Quennie’s Castle, The Sweeney) and advertisements. One of his songs “Cause I’m a Man”, written in 1967, later became famous when it was u
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Top Dog (A Retrospective Of Classic TV & Radio Themes 1960-1982)
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Dramatic Funk Themes, Vol. 3
Dramatic Funk Themes Vol. 3
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Bite Harder (The Music De Wolfe Studio Sampler Volume 2)
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Bite Hard: The Music de Wolfe Studio Sampler 1972-1980
Morphine Mambo Jazz Club
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Shut It! The Music of The Sweeney
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Afro-Rock
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Inner City Beat: Detective Themes, Spy Music and Imaginary Thrillers 1967-1977
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School Yard Breaks Volume Two
Polaris
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Bite Harder: The Music De Wolfe Studio Sampler, Vol. 2