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Tristram Cary (born 14th May 1925) is a British composer living in Australia.

General information

Cary (the son of novelist, Joyce Cary, author of Mister Johnson) is particularly well known for his film and television music. He has written music for the science fiction television series Doctor Who, as well as the score for the Ealing comedy The Ladykillers (1955). Later film scores included Quatermass and the Pit (1967) and Blood from the Mummy's Tomb (1971), both for Hammer.

Concert works of note include a Sonata for guitar (1959), Continuum for tape (1969), a cantata Peccata Mundi (1972), Contours and Densities at First Hill for orchestra (1972), a Nonet (1979), String Quartet No. 2 (1985) and The Dancing Girls for orchestra (1991).

Cary was one of the first British composers to work in musique concrète.

He also provided the visual design for the EMS VCS3 synthesizer.

Cary received the 2005 from the Adelaide Critics' Circle for his contribution to music in England and Australia.

List of works

Orchestral/Choral

Peccata Mundi for Chorus, Orchestra, Speaking voice, Four tracks of tape (1972/76),

Contours & Densities at First Hill - Fifteen Landscapes for Orchestra (1976)

The Dancing Girls Four Mobiles for Orchestra (1991)

Sevens Concertino for Yamaha Disklavier and Strings (1991)

Inside Stories for chamber orchestra and prerecorded CD (1993)

The Ladykillers Suite for Orchestra (1955/96)

Chamber/Solo

Sonata for Guitar Alone (1959)

Three Threes and One Make Ten Mixed decet (1961)

Narcissus for Flute and two Tape Recorders (1968)

Romantic Interiors for Violin, Cello and Tape (1973)

Family Conference for four Clarinets (1981)

Seeds Mixed Quintet (1982)

String Quartet No.2 (1985)

Rivers Four Percussionists and two Tape Recorders (1986)

Black, White & Rose Marimba and Tape (1991)

Strange Places Piano solo (1992)

Messages Cello solo (1993)

Through Glass Piano and Electronics (1998)

Vocal

Divertimento Chorus, Jazz drummer, Tape (1973)

Two Nativity Songs from the Piae Cantiones (arr.) (1979)

I Am Here Soprano and Tape (1980)

Earth Hold Songs Soprano and Piano (1993)

Songs for Maid Marian Soprano, Piano (1959/98)

Electroacoustic

for Analogue Tape:

Suite - the Japanese Fishermen (1955)

3 4 5 - A Study in Limited Resources (1967)

Birth is Life is Power is Death is God is....(1967)

Continuum (1969)

Suite - Leviathan '99 (1972)

Steam Music (1978)

for Computer:

Nonet (1979)

Soft Walls (1980)

Trellises (1984)

The Impossible Piano (1994)

Films

The Ladykillers Ealing Studios (1955)

Time Without Pity Harlequin (1956)

The Little Island Animated, Richard Williams (1958) best Experimental Film, Venice 1958; Best Experimental Film, British Film Academy 1959

Sammy Going South Michael Balcon (1963); Royal Command Film Performnce 1963

EXPO 67 Montréal - All film soundtracks for Industrial Section Brirish Pavilion (1967)

A la Mesure de l'Homme Canadian Govt (1967)

Quatermass and The Pit Hammer Films (1967)

A Christmas Carol ABC Films (1872) Academy Award

The Fourth Wish SA Film Corp (1976)

Katya and the Nutcracker Special arrangement of Tchaikovsky's Nutcracker Ballet for a 30' children's animated film John Cary Films Minotaur International

Radio

The Children of Lir (Craig) (1959)

La Machine Infernale (Cocteau) (1960)

The End of Fear (Saurat) (1960)

King Lear (Shakespeare) (1960)

The Flight of the Wild Geese (Dillon) (1961)

The Ballad of Peckham Rye (Spark) (1962) Italia Prize

The Ha-Ha (Dawson) (1963)

The Rhyme of the Flying Bomb (Peake) (1964)

Television

Jane Eyre (Bronte) (1963)

Madame Bovary (Flaubert) (1964)

Mill on the Floss (Eliot) (1964)

The Head Waiter (Mortimer) (1966)

The Paradise Makers (Winch) (1967)

The Million Pound Banknote (Twain) (1968)

Sinister Street (Mackenzie) (1969)

Theatre and Miscellaneous

Macbeth Old Vic Theatre (1960)

Henry IV, Pt.I Old Vic Theatre (1961)

La Contessa (Druon, dir: Helpmann) (1965)

Die Ballade von Peckham Rye Salzburg Festival (1965)

Escalator Music and Centre Music EXPO 67, Montreal

Hamlet Theatre Roundabout, (1968)

Music for Light Olympia London (1968)

"H" (Wood) National Theatre (1969)

Echoes till Sunset - 3 hour open air entertainment, Adelaide Festival (1984)

Published References

The New Grove Dictionary of Music and Musicians Macmillan 1980
The Grove Concise Dictionary of Music Macmillan 1988
The New Oxford Companion to Music Oxford University Press 1983
The Oxford Companion to Australian Music Oxford University Press 1997
Dictionary of 20th Century Music Thames & Hudson 1974
Halliwell's Who's Who in the Movies Harper Collins (freq. reprinted)

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