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Johnny Pearson(1925-2011)

  • Music Department
  • Composer
  • Soundtrack
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Johnny Pearson was born on 18 June 1925 in Chesterfield, Derbyshire, England, UK. He was a composer, known for All Creatures Great & Small (1978), Children of Men (2006) and Nightcrawler (2014). He was married to Alex Thorpe. He died on 20 March 2011 in the UK.
BornJune 18, 1925
DiedMarch 20, 2011(85)
BornJune 18, 1925
DiedMarch 20, 2011(85)
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Known for

Peter Davison, Carol Drinkwater, Robert Hardy, and Christopher Timothy in All Creatures Great & Small (1978)
All Creatures Great & Small
8.4
TV Series
  • Music Department
Children of Men (2006)
Children of Men
7.9
  • Soundtrack("Sleepy Shores")
  • 2006
Jake Gyllenhaal in Nightcrawler (2014)
Nightcrawler
7.8
  • Soundtrack("Breaking News")
  • 2014
Black Dynamite (2009)
Black Dynamite
7.4
  • Music Department(stock music)
  • 2009

Credits

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Music Department



  • News at Ten (1967)
    News at Ten
    5.9
    TV Series
    • Music Department
    • 2012–2021
  • The Blue Shell Incident (2019)
    The Blue Shell Incident
    9.3
    Video
    • Music Department
    • 2019
  • Black Dynamite (2009)
    Black Dynamite
    7.4
    • composer: stock music
    • 2009
  • Dusty Springfield in Dusty Springfield: Live at the BBC (2007)
    Dusty Springfield: Live at the BBC
    Video
    • arranged by
    • musical direction
    • orchestrated by
    • 2007
  • Mireille Allonville, Ted Rogers, and Dusty Bin in 3-2-1 (1978)
    3-2-1
    5.6
    TV Series
    • composer: theme music
    • composer: special music
    • 1978–1988
  • Natural World (1983)
    Natural World
    8.6
    TV Series
    • music arranged by
    • 1985
  • Maelstrom (1985)
    Maelstrom
    7.7
    TV Mini Series
    • conductor
    • 1985
  • David Jason in Danger Mouse (1981)
    Danger Mouse
    7.4
    TV Series
    • baackground music
    • background music (credit only)
    • 1985
  • Rachael Kelly in Scream for Help (1984)
    Scream for Help
    5.8
    • conductor
    • music arranger
    • orchestrator
    • 1984
  • Record Breakers (1972)
    Record Breakers
    6.7
    TV Series
    • musical arrangements
    • musical director
    • 1974–1983
  • Top of the Pops (1964)
    Top of the Pops
    6.9
    TV Series
    • musical director
    • orchestra director
    • conductor
    • 1966–1981
  • Multi-Coloured Swap Shop (1976)
    Multi-Coloured Swap Shop
    6.8
    TV Series
    • musical director
    • 1979–1980
  • Peter Davison, Carol Drinkwater, Robert Hardy, and Christopher Timothy in All Creatures Great & Small (1978)
    All Creatures Great & Small
    8.4
    TV Series
    • composer: title music
    • theme music composer
    • composer: theme music
    • 1978–1980
  • Russ Abbot in The Black Abbots (1979)
    The Black Abbots
    TV Series
    • music director
    • 1979
  • Robin Askwith and Fiona Richmond in Let's Get Laid (1978)
    Let's Get Laid
    4.1
    • conductor
    • 1978

Composer



  • News at Ten (1967)
    News at Ten
    5.9
    TV Series
    • Composer
    • 1967–2011
  • Singles (1988)
    Singles
    6.4
    TV Series
    • Composer
    • 1988–1991
  • Peter Davison, Carol Drinkwater, Robert Hardy, and Christopher Timothy in All Creatures Great & Small (1978)
    All Creatures Great & Small
    8.4
    TV Series
    • Composer
    • 1978–1990
  • Maelstrom (1985)
    Maelstrom
    7.7
    TV Mini Series
    • Composer
    • 1985
  • Triangle (1981)
    Triangle
    5.1
    TV Series
    • Composer
    • 1981–1983
  • Marius Goring and Jennifer Lonsdale in House of Caradus (1978)
    House of Caradus
    TV Series
    • Composer
    • 1979
  • Wanted - Dead and Alive
    Short
    • Composer
    • 1977
  • Dinsdale Landen in Devenish (1977)
    Devenish
    5.2
    TV Series
    • Composer
    • 1977–1978
  • Jan Decleir in Sil de strandjutter (1976)
    Sil de strandjutter
    7.2
    TV Mini Series
    • Composer
    • 1976
  • Captain Pugwash (1957)
    Captain Pugwash
    6.7
    TV Series
    • Composer
    • 1957–1975
  • Superstars (1973)
    Superstars
    6.2
    TV Series
    • Composer
    • 1973–1985
  • Turnbull's Finest Half-Hour
    TV Series
    • Composer
    • 1972
  • Nigel Stock in Owen, M.D. (1971)
    Owen, M.D.
    6.8
    TV Series
    • Composer
    • 1971–1972
  • Jacques Godin, Denise Pelletier, Guy Provost, and Yolande Michaud in Mont-Joye (1970)
    Mont-Joye
    6.6
    TV Series
    • Composer (1970)
    • 1970–1975
  • Jill St. John and Robert Horton in Foreign Exchange (1970)
    Foreign Exchange
    6.5
    TV Movie
    • Composer
    • 1970

Soundtrack



  • Nicole Kidman in Holland (2025)
    Holland
    5.0
    • writer: "Tulip Time"
    • 2025
  • Clancy Brown, Lori Alan, Rodger Bumpass, Mary Jo Catlett, Bill Fagerbakke, Tom Kenny, Carolyn Lawrence, and Mr. Lawrence in Kamp Koral: SpongeBob's Under Years (2021)
    Kamp Koral: SpongeBob's Under Years
    3.6
    TV Series
    • music: "Mini Prelude (3)"
    • music: "Mini Mysterioso"
    • music: "Comic March Cue" (uncredited) ...
    • 2021–2024
  • Bill Fagerbakke in The Patrick Star Show (2021)
    The Patrick Star Show
    3.6
    TV Series
    • music: "Graveyard", "Mini Mischief"
    • music: "Mini Mischief", "Graveyard"
    • music: "Hero v. the Villain" (uncredited) ...
    • 2021–2023
  • Helen Mirren, Djimon Hounsou, Lucy Liu, Adam Brody, Meagan Good, Rachel Zegler, Zachary Levi, D.J. Cotrona, Grace Caroline Currey, and Ross Butler in Shazam! Fury of the Gods (2023)
    Shazam! Fury of the Gods
    5.9
    • music: "Heavy Action" (uncredited)
    • 2023
  • Aleks Paunovic, Piotr Adamczyk, Tony Dalton, Vera Farmiga, Jeremy Renner, Alaqua Cox, Carlos Navarro, Hailee Steinfeld, Fra Fee, and Florence Pugh in Hawkeye (2021)
    Hawkeye
    7.4
    TV Mini Series
    • writer: "Breaking News"
    • 2021
  • Rory O'Malley and Lauren Ash in Chicago Party Aunt (2021)
    Chicago Party Aunt
    5.7
    TV Series
    • performer: "Heavy Action"
    • writer: "Heavy Action" (uncredited)
    • 2021
  • 8 Out of 10 Cats Does Countdown (2012)
    8 Out of 10 Cats Does Countdown
    8.2
    TV Series
    • writer: "Heavy Action" (uncredited)
    • 2020
  • Winona Ryder, David Harbour, Natalia Dyer, Caleb McLaughlin, Millie Bobby Brown, Finn Wolfhard, Charlie Heaton, Noah Schnapp, and Gaten Matarazzo in Stranger Things (2016)
    Stranger Things
    8.6
    TV Series
    • writer: "Captain Pugwash" (uncredited)
    • 2019
  • Christopher Meloni and Patton Oswalt in Happy! (2017)
    Happy!
    8.1
    TV Series
    • writer: "Pligrims Way" (uncredited)
    • 2019
  • Reginald VelJohnson, Andre Pascoe, Ettore Ewen, J.D. Witherspoon, Quinta Brunson, and Vince Staples in Lazor Wulf (2019)
    Lazor Wulf
    5.4
    TV Series
    • music: "Heavy Action" (uncredited)
    • 2019
  • Rose McIver in iZombie (2015)
    iZombie
    7.8
    TV Series
    • performer: "Heavy Action"
    • writer: "Heavy Action"
    • performer: "Heavy Action (Theme from 'Monday Night Football')" ...
    • 2017–2018
  • Jeremy Clarkson, James May, and Richard Hammond in The Grand Tour (2016)
    The Grand Tour
    8.7
    TV Series
    • writer: "Product Efficiency", "The Ride is Rough"
    • writer: "All Creatures Great and Small" (uncredited)
    • 2017–2018
  • Jeremy Clarkson, James May, and Richard Hammond in Top Gear (2002)
    Top Gear
    8.7
    TV Series
    • writer: "Monday Night Football Theme ('Heavy Action')" (uncredited)
    • 2016
  • Scream Queens (2015)
    Scream Queens
    7.1
    TV Series
    • performer: "Heavy Action"
    • writer: "Heavy Action" (uncredited)
    • 2015
  • Mike Greenberg and Mike Golic in Mike & Mike (2006)
    Mike & Mike
    6.8
    TV Series
    • writer: "Heavy Action" (Theme from "Monday Night Football")
    • 2014–2015

Personal details

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  • Alternative names
    • The Johnny Pearson Orchestra
  • Born
    • June 18, 1925
    • Chesterfield, Derbyshire, England, UK
  • Died
    • March 20, 2011
    • UK
  • Spouse
    • Alex Thorpe1963 - March 20, 2010 (his death)
  • Other works
    Composed signature tune for Independent Television (UK) "News At Ten" (1967, still in use for many news bulletins in modified form), and two pieces of start of day music: "Sound and Vision" for Grampian Television, and "Midlands Montage" for Associated Television (both UK) (latter used 1976-1981).
  • Publicity listings
    • 1 Article

Did you know

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  • Trivia
    In the 1970s, Johnny Pearson composed the music score for the Dutch TV series Sil de Strandjutter, performed by his orchestra. Pearson's composition "Heather", as performed by the Carpenters, has served as the background music to the "Plaat & zijn Verhaal"-section ("A record and its story") at Radio Veronica, in which a song's lyrics are translated into Dutch and read by the DJ. This composition, in the Carpenters' version, was also the last music to be heard before Radio Veronica went off the air in 1974.

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  • When did Johnny Pearson die?
    March 20, 2011
  • How old was Johnny Pearson when he died?
    85 years old
  • Where did Johnny Pearson die?
    UK
  • When was Johnny Pearson born?
    June 18, 1925
  • Where was Johnny Pearson born?
    Chesterfield, Derbyshire, England, UK

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