Monty Norman is best know for being the man behind the famous James Bond theme song.
Monty Norman, the prolific composer and lyricist whose works include the famous James Bond theme tune, has died at the age of 94, his family have confirmed.
He went on to compose for West End shows like Expresso Bongo and Irma La Douce, before moving into film.Bond producer Cubby Broccoli had asked Norman to compose the first movie's score, having been impressed with his stage musical CV., from an abandoned production of VS Naipaul's A House For Mr Biswas - and re-wrote it with the suave spy in mind.
John Barry famously arranged the Bond theme, leading some people to assume he had written it, much to Norman's displeasure. In 2001,over an article that stated he had not composed the famous guitar line, and was awarded £30,000 libel damages. He also wrote the music for the Hammer movie The Two Faces of Dr. Jekyll , The Day the Earth Caught Fire , the Bob Hope Eon Productions movie Call Me Bwana , and the TV miniseries Dickens of London .
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