Born 7 November 1905. William Alwyn was an English composer, music teacher and conductor.  Beside his musical talent he was also a polyglot, poet and artist.

In 1920 William Alwyn started studying the flute and compositions at the  Royal Academy of Music in London and after this study he served there as professor of composition until 1955. From 1941 till 1962 he wrote over 70 sheet music titles for films, some of those are.

• Desert Victory (1943),
• Fires Were Started (1943)
• Odd Man Out (1947)
• The History of Mr Polly (1949) By H.G. Wells
• Escape (1948)

Escape 1948 Theme music by William Alwyn