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Tristram Cary was born at Oxford on the 14th May 1925, the third child of Joyce Cary, the novelist, and Gertrude Margaret Cary (nee Ogilvie). Cary was educated at Dragon School, Oxford; Westminster School, London (King's Scholar); Christ Church, Oxford (Exhibitioner) and Trinity College of Music, London. He served with the Royal Navy from 1943 ...
Tristram Ogilvie Cary, OAM, was a British composer and pioneer of electronic music. Born: 14th May 1925 Oxford, England. Died: 24th April 2008, Adelaide, Australia. He worked as a radar engineer in World War II and at this time conceived ideas of early electronic and tape music. After the war he developed his first electronic music studio and ...
Tristram Cary: Main & End Title music from The Ladykillers (1955). Conducted by Dock Mathieson. [orig. score-not a re-recording]
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Tristram Cary was born on 14 May 1925 in Oxford, Oxfordshire, England, UK. He was a composer, known for The Ladykillers (1955), Quatermass and the Pit (1967) and The Boy Who Stole a Million (1960). He was married to Jane Delin and Doris (Dorse) Enid Jukes.
- May 14, 1925
- April 24, 2008
Apr 25, 2008 · Tristram Ogilvie Cary was born on May 14 1925 in Oxford, the third son of the novelist Joyce Cary and his wife Gertrude. Educated at Westminster, he was a King's scholar and a friend of both ...
Tristram Cary. 14th May 1925 – 24th April 2008. Born in Oxford, he was the third son of famed novelist Joyce Cary (Mr Johnson, The Horses Mouth etc). As a youth Tristram enjoyed a keen interest in science, sound and electronics, and even though his father wanted him to become a doctor, he supported his son’s desire to be a composer.
Tristram Cary was a composer and electronic music pioneer who worked on films, TV and concerts. He created scores for The Ladykillers, Doctor Who, Quatermass And The Pit and more.
