Composer
Jeff Wayne
American-British composer (born 1943)
b. 1943
16 works in the index
- Born
- 1943
- Birthplace
- Forest Hills
- Citizenship / historical state
- United States
- Period (estimated from birth year)
- Contemporary
Biography
Jeffry Wayne (born July 1, 1943) is an American-British composer, musician and lyricist. In 1978, he released Jeff Wayne's Musical Version of The War of the Worlds, his musical adaptation of H. G. Wells' science-fiction novel The War of the Worlds. Wayne wrote approximately 3,000 advertising jingles in the 1970s which appeared on television in the United Kingdom, including a Gordon's Gin commercial which was covered by the Human League. Wayne also composed numerous television themes, including Good Morning Britain (TV-am), ITV's The Big Match and World of Sport, and the BBC's Sixty Minutes.
Wayne wrote feature film and documentary film scores and was musical director for various artists. Wayne published a book called The Book of Tennis and created, produced and scored eight thirty-minute episodes of The Book of Tennis Chronicles that was distributed by Fox Sports in approximately twenty countries, and was broadcast in the US on the Tennis Channel between 2005 and 2008.
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Life and musical career
- Occupations
- singer; composer; songwriter; pianist; conductor; musician; bandleader
- Education
- Los Angeles Valley College
- Genres
- progressive rock
- Official website
- http://jeffwaynemusic.com/
- Languages used
- English
- VIAF ID
- 279161071
- ISNI
- 0000000063086770
- GND ID
- 11862959X
- Library of Congress ID
- no98019797
- MusicBrainz ID
- 4af16f2c-89c0-4715-9e76-3aa986f67031
Recorded in Wikidata. Affiliations may refer to earlier stages of the composer's career.
In this catalogue
- Common listed instruments
- Guitar, Voice, Piano, Vocal, Clarinet
- Genres represented
- Film and TV, pop, Rock
- Works with composition dates
- 0 of 16
These details describe the indexed sheet music, including arrangements.
Catalogue
Works
Years are composition dates where known. Instruments describe editions in our catalogue and may include arrangements. A dash means the detail is not recorded.
| Work | Year composed | Catalogue / opus | Key in title | Listed instruments | Genre | Editions |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Forever Autumn | — | — | — | Piano, Guitar, Voice, Vocal | Rock, pop | 10 |
| The Red Weed (Part 2) (from War Of The Worlds) | — | — | — | Piano, Guitar, Voice | — | 6 |
| World Of Sport | — | — | — | Flute, Clarinet | Film and TV | 3 |
| The Artilleryman And The Fighting Machine | — | — | — | Piano, Guitar, Voice | — | 4 |
| The Spirit Of Man (from War Of The Worlds) | — | — | — | Piano, Guitar, Voice | — | 4 |
| Thunder Child (from War Of The Worlds) | — | — | — | Piano, Guitar, Voice | — | 4 |
| Brave New World (from War Of The Worlds) | — | — | — | Piano, Guitar, Voice | — | 4 |
| Epilogue (Part 1) (from War Of The Worlds) | — | — | — | Piano, Guitar, Voice | — | 4 |
| The Artilleryman Returns | — | — | — | Piano, Guitar, Voice | — | 3 |
| The Eve Of The War | — | — | — | Piano, Guitar, Voice, Vocal | — | 4 |
| Horsell Common And The Heat Ray | — | — | — | Piano, Guitar, Voice, Vocal | — | 3 |
| Dead London | — | — | — | Piano, Guitar, Voice | — | 3 |
| Epilogue (Part 2) (NASA) (from War Of The Worlds) | — | — | — | Piano, Guitar, Voice | — | 1 |
| Eve Of The War | — | — | — | violin | — | 1 |
| The Red Weed | — | — | — | Guitar, Voice | — | 0 |
| Epilogue | — | — | — | Guitar, Voice | — | — |
Biographical record: Wikidata, matched on name and checked against dates held in the catalogue. The period label is an estimate from birth year. Authority record: VIAF 279161071. Portrait: MartianMFM, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons.