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Monty Norman

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LyricistBook Writer 1928–2022

Monty Norman (né Noserovitch; 4 April 1928 – 11 July 2022) was a British film score composer and singer. A contributor to West End musicals in the 1950s and 1960s, he is best known for composing the "James Bond Theme", first heard in the 1962 film Dr. No. He was an Ivor Novello Award and Olivier Award winner, and a Tony Award nominee.

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Irma La Douce

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  • Irma la Douce Music by Marguerite Monnot , English Book and Lyrics by Monty Norman , David Heneker and Julian More , London Cast, SEPIA CD 1120ebooks/Atkey, Mel/Million Miles from Broadway_ Musical Theatre Beyond New York and London, A - Mel Atkey.txt
  • After contributing with Monty Norman to the 1960 revue The Art of Living , David Heneker effectively struck out on a solo career in musicals, at once scoring a definite London and Broadway hit with an adaptation of H. G. Wells’ novel Kipps . Half a Sixpence (Cambridge Theatre, 21 March 1963; 679) bore the mark of its commissioning impresa…ebooks/Wright, Adrian/Tanner's Worth of Tune_ Rediscovering the post-war British Musical, A - Adrian Wright.txt
  • Belle, or The Ballad of Dr Crippen Music and lyrics by Monty Norman; book by Wolf Mankowitz. Strand Theatre, 4 May 1961. PC: George Benson, Jerry Desmonde, Davy Kaye, Rose Hill, Virginia Vernon, Nicolette Roeg. MN: The Ballad of Dr Crippen [recurring]; Fifty Years Ago; Mister Lasherwood and Mighty Mick; Bird of Paradise; Meet Me at the St…ebooks/Wright, Adrian/Tanner's Worth of Tune_ Rediscovering the post-war British Musical, A - Adrian Wright.txt
  • Expresso Bongo Music by David Heneker and Monty Norman; lyrics by Julian More, Monty Norman and David Heneker; book by Wolf Mankowitz and Julian More. Saville Theatre, 23 April 1958. PC: Paul Scofield, Millicent Martin, Hy Hazell, James Kenney, Meier Tzelniker. MN: Don’t You Sell Me Down the River; Expresso Party; Nausea; Spoil the Child;…ebooks/Wright, Adrian/Tanner's Worth of Tune_ Rediscovering the post-war British Musical, A - Adrian Wright.txt
  • Irma la Douce Music by Marguerite Monnot; English lyrics and book by Julian More, David Heneker and Monty Norman. Lyric Theatre, 17 July 1958. PC: Elizabeth Seal, Keith Michell, Clive Revill. MN: Valse Milieu; Très Très Snob; The Bridge of Caulaincourt; Our Language of Love; She’s Got the Lot; Dis-Donc, Dis-Donc; Le Grisbi Is le Root of l…ebooks/Wright, Adrian/Tanner's Worth of Tune_ Rediscovering the post-war British Musical, A - Adrian Wright.txt
  • The Perils of Scobie Prilt Music, lyrics and book by Julian More and Monty Norman. New Theatre, Oxford, 12 June 1963. PC: Mike Sarne, Nyree Dawn Porter, Nigel Davenport. MN: Night Train to Nipz; Thinks; The Third Mack; You Need Someone; Harris; Russian Roulette; Cahoots; Don’t Think about Me; Hullo-Goodbye; The Perils of Scobie Prilt; Fif…ebooks/Wright, Adrian/Tanner's Worth of Tune_ Rediscovering the post-war British Musical, A - Adrian Wright.txt

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