Thursday, March 15, 2012

John Cameron: Half Forgotten



"John Cameron is a British composer, arranger, conductor and musician. He is well known for his many film, TV and stage credits, and for his contributions to 'pop' recordings, notably those by Donovan, Cilla Black and the group Hot Chocolate. Cameron's instrumental version of Led Zeppelin's "Whole Lotta Love" became a hit for his group Collective Consciousness Society and for many years a version of Cameron's arrangement was used as the theme music for the BBC TV show Top of the Pops. In the late 1970s Cameron was approached by Alain Boublil and Claude-Michel Schönberg to arrange and conduct a concept album based on Victor Hugo's Les Misérables. Initially staged in Paris by Robert Hossein, it was then produced in the UK by Cameron Mackintosh and the Royal Shakespeare Company, directed by Trevor Nunn and John Caird. Les Misérables became one of the most successful musicals of all time, winning Cameron the Drama Desk Award for Outstanding Orchestrations and a National Broadway Theatre Award. He also orchestrated the 1993 Broadway revival of Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat, Honk! and Spend Spend Spend. Cameron's numerous film and TV credits include The Rise and Rise of Michael Rimmer, The Protectors (TV), Psychomania, the Emmy Award winning TV miniseries Jack the Ripper (starring Michael Caine), Disney's Little House on the Prairie, The Mirror Crack'd, To End All Wars and The Path To 9/11 for which Cameron was nominated for an Emmy award". -Wikipedia


music includes:

John Cameron - Liquid Sunshine (1973)
(KPM 1000 Series Compilation 1972-78)


John Cameron - Half Forgotten Daydreams
(Voices In Harmony, 1973)


John Cameron - Swamp Fever
(Afro Rock, 1973)


John Cameron - Hobo Strut
(Theme Suite/Mustang, 1972)


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