- Born
- Died
- Birth nameJames Muir Mathieson
- Trained at the Royal Academy of Music, Muir first worked in the movies on the quota quickies of the 1930s. His big break came when Alexander Korda signed him as musical director on The Rise of Catherine the Great (1934). He went on to conduct Sir William Walton's score for Henry V (1944) and Hamlet (1948), as a part of a long, distinguished career as one of the most distinguished composers and musical directors in British cinema.- IMDb Mini Biography By: Steve Crook <steve@brainstorm.co.uk>
- SpouseHermione Darnborough(1935 - ?) (4 children)
- Children
- RelativesDock Mathieson(Sibling)
- Elder brother of Ealing film conductor Dock Mathieson.
- Father of Muirne van Wyk.
- Father of Fiona Mathieson.
- He was head of the music department at Denham studios under Alexander Korda and J. Arthur Rank.
- Probably the most prolific conductor in British films, he conducted the orchestra for practically every classic British film from 1934 until the late 1950s.
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