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Bill LeSage(1927-2001)

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  • Composer
  • Soundtrack
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Bill LeSage was born on 20 January 1927 in Hackney, London, England, UK. He was a composer, known for Return of a Stranger (1961), Operation Stogie (1959) and The Spanish Sword (1962). He died on 31 October 2001 in Ealing, London, England, UK.
BornJanuary 20, 1927
DiedOctober 31, 2001(74)
BornJanuary 20, 1927
DiedOctober 31, 2001(74)
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Known for

John Ireland and Susan Stephen in Return of a Stranger (1961)
Return of a Stranger
5.1
  • Music Department(as Bill Le Sage)
  • 1961
Operation Stogie (1959)
Operation Stogie
4.2
  • Composer
  • 1959
The Spanish Sword (1962)
The Spanish Sword
3.7
  • Music Department
  • 1962
The Pursuers (1961)
The Pursuers
5.8
  • Music Department(as Bill Le Sage)
  • 1961

Credits

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Music Department

  • Graeme Garden in Star Turn (1976)
    Star Turn
    7.2
    TV Series
    • theme music (as Bill Le Sage)
    • 1979–1980
  • Charley-One-Eye (1973)
    Charley-One-Eye
    5.9
    • musician: vibes (uncredited)
    • 1973
  • Gary Bond in Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat (1972)
    Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat
    7.4
    TV Movie
    • percussion
    • 1972
  • Duke Ellington in Love You Madly: A Salute to Duke Ellington (1969)
    Love You Madly: A Salute to Duke Ellington
    TV Special
    • arranger
    • 1969
  • Julie Felix and Manfred Mann in Once More with Felix (1967)
    Once More with Felix
    TV Series
    • music director (as Bill Le Sage)
    • 1968
  • The Gentle Terror (1963)
    The Gentle Terror
    5.0
    • music supervisor
    • 1963
  • She Always Gets Their Man (1962)
    She Always Gets Their Man
    6.3
    • musical director (as Bill le Sage)
    • 1962
  • What Every Woman Wants (1962)
    What Every Woman Wants
    5.7
    • music supervisor (as Bill Le Sage)
    • 1962
  • The Lamp in Assassin Mews (1962)
    The Lamp in Assassin Mews
    6.4
    • music supervisor
    • 1962
  • Jill Ireland and Francis Matthews in The Battleaxe (1962)
    The Battleaxe
    6.1
    • music supervisor (as Bill Le Sage)
    • 1962
  • Armchair Theatre (1956)
    Armchair Theatre
    7.5
    TV Series
    • music arranger (as Bill Le Sage)
    • 1962
  • The Cheaters (1960)
    The Cheaters
    7.3
    TV Series
    • composer: main title theme
    • performer: main title theme (as Bill Le Sage)
    • 1960–1962
  • The Durant Affair (1962)
    The Durant Affair
    6.1
    • musical director (as Bill Le Sage)
    • 1962
  • Design for Loving (1962)
    Design for Loving
    • musical director
    • 1962
  • The Spanish Sword (1962)
    The Spanish Sword
    3.7
    • music supervisor
    • 1962

Composer

  • The Hostellers
    Short
    • Composer (as Bill Le Sage)
    • 1965
  • Richard the Lionheart (1962)
    Richard the Lionheart
    7.5
    TV Series
    • Composer
    • 1962–1963
  • The Gentle Terror (1963)
    The Gentle Terror
    5.0
    • Composer (uncredited)
    • 1963
  • London for a Day (1962)
    London for a Day
    Short
    • Composer (as Bill Le Sage)
    • 1962
  • She Always Gets Their Man (1962)
    She Always Gets Their Man
    6.3
    • Composer (uncredited)
    • 1962
  • What Every Woman Wants (1962)
    What Every Woman Wants
    5.7
    • Composer (uncredited)
    • 1962
  • Eira Heath and Sean Kelly in Gang War (1962)
    Gang War
    5.9
    • Composer
    • 1962
  • ITV Television Playhouse (1955)
    ITV Television Playhouse
    8.1
    TV Series
    • Composer
    • 1962
  • Armchair Theatre (1956)
    Armchair Theatre
    7.5
    TV Series
    • Composer (as Bill Le Sage)
    • 1962
  • The Silent Invasion (1962)
    The Silent Invasion
    4.6
    • Composer
    • 1962
  • The Court Martial of Major Keller (1961)
    The Court Martial of Major Keller
    5.7
    • Composer (as Bill Le Sage)
    • 1961
  • John Ireland and Susan Stephen in Return of a Stranger (1961)
    Return of a Stranger
    5.1
    • Composer
    • 1961
  • Tarnished Heroes (1961)
    Tarnished Heroes
    5.7
    • Composer
    • 1961
  • Two Wives at One Wedding (1961)
    Two Wives at One Wedding
    5.5
    • Composer (uncredited)
    • 1961
  • Highway to Battle
    4.2
    • Composer
    • 1961

Soundtrack

  • Zoey Deutch in Not Okay (2022)
    Not Okay
    6.1
    • writer: "Bossa Noches" (as Bill Le Sage)
    • 2022
  • Kym Whitley, Tommy Davidson, Byron Minns, Michael Jai White, and Jimmy Walker Jr. in Black Dynamite (2011)
    Black Dynamite
    8.1
    TV Series
    • music: "Douglas Dilemma" (uncredited)
    • 2012–2014
  • John Thaw and Dennis Waterman in The Sweeney (1975)
    The Sweeney
    8.1
    TV Series
    • writer: "Vibes in Counterpoint"
    • 1975
  • Jazz Scene at the Ronnie Scott Club (1969)
    Jazz Scene at the Ronnie Scott Club
    TV Series
    • writer: "Pancho Pancho", "Standby"
    • 1969
  • Jazz 625 (1961)
    Jazz 625
    8.8
    TV Series
    • arranger: "Milestones"
    • music: "Night Talk"
    • performer: "Monkey Business", "Night Talk", "Wigmore Walk", "Milestones" (as Bill LeSage's Directions in Jazz Unit) ...
    • 1964
  • NDR Jazz Workshops (1958)
    NDR Jazz Workshops
    TV Series
    • writer: "Time's Two And A Half", "Wigmore Walk", "Three Modes"
    • 1964

Personal details

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  • Alternative names
    • Bill Le Sage
  • Born
    • January 20, 1927
    • Hackney, London, England, UK
  • Died
    • October 31, 2001
    • Ealing, London, England, UK(cancer)
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    • 1 Article

Did you know

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  • Trivia
    Led his own band in the mid-sixties: Bill LeSage's New Directions in Jazz Unit, which included renowned musicians such as flautist/alto saxophonist John Scott and baritone saxophonist Ronnie Ross

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