Editing Ron Goodwin (section)

==Biography==
===Early life===
Goodwin was born in [[Plymouth]] to James Goodwin (died 1952), a policeman with the [[Metropolitan Police Service|Metropolitan Police Force]] and Bessie Violet Goodwin née Godsland (died 1966), a clothing machinist and daughter of a labourer. James was originally from London, but had moved to [[Devon]] after being assigned to the Metropolitan Police's [[History of the Ministry of Defence Police#1860: The Metropolitan Police|No. 3 (Devonport Dockyard) Division]], marrying Bessie in her birthplace of [[Devonport, Plymouth|Devonport]] in 1920.<ref name=dnb>Lamb, Andrew, [http://www.oxforddnb.com/view/article/88737?docPos=1 ''Goodwin, Ron'', ''Oxford Dictionary of National Biography''], Oxford University Press, online edition, 30 December 2011 {{subscription required}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.met.police.uk/history/records.htm|title=The Metropolitan Police History by the Yard|publisher=Met.police.uk|access-date=27 September 2014|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130303203844/http://www.met.police.uk/history/records.htm|archive-date=3 March 2013|df=dmy-all}}</ref>

Goodwin learned to play the piano by the age of five and returned to London four years later, where he attended [[Willesden County Grammar School]].<ref name=dnb/><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.olduffs.org/ou/FamousOldUffs.htm|title=Pinner County Grammar School records and attendance list|publisher=Olduffs.org|access-date=27 September 2014}}</ref> Whilst there, he learnt to play the trumpet and performed regularly in the school band.<ref name=dnb/> Upon the outbreak of [[World War II]], the family moved to [[Harrow, London|Harrow]], [[Middlesex]], and Goodwin attended [[Pinner County Grammar School]].<ref name="powell-pressburger.org">{{cite web|url=http://www.powell-pressburger.org/Obits/Goodwin/Telegraph.html|title=Obituary|publisher=Powell-pressburger.org|access-date=27 September 2014}}</ref> It was here that he formed his own band – ''Ron Goodwin and the Woodchoppers''.<ref name=dnb/> He later studied the trumpet in London at the [[Guildhall School of Music]].<ref name="Larkin50"/>

=== Early career ===
In 1943, after a brief spell as an insurance clerk, Goodwin joined Campbell, Connelly and Company, a music publisher.<ref name=dnb/> His job was a copyist and arranger and went on to work in that role for the [[British Broadcasting Corporation|BBC]].<ref name=dnb/> He entered the world of movie music through documentary films, which he said was "a very good training". He worked as a [[ghostwriter]] for Phil Green, [[Stanley Black]], [[Gerald Bright|Geraldo]] and Peter Yorke among others. From 1949, Goodwin conducted for the Polygon company, arranging and conducting recordings of [[Petula Clark]]<ref name="Larkin50"/> and [[Jimmy Young (disc jockey)|Jimmy Young]], including the latter's 1951 UK no 1 hit "Too Young". In the 1950s he joined [[Parlophone]], and worked alongside [[George Martin]]. He accompanied [[Peter Sellers]] on his ''[[Goodness Gracious Me (song)|Goodness Gracious Me]]'' album,<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.discogs.com/Peter-Sellers-Sophia-Loren-Goodness-Gracious-Me-Im-So-Ashamed/release/1576028|title=Peter Sellers & Sophia Loren – Goodness Gracious Me / I'm So Ashamed|year=1960 |publisher=Discogs.com|access-date=27 September 2014}}</ref> and began to broadcast and make records with his Ron Goodwin Concert Orchestra.

In 1953, Goodwin began arranging and conducting more than 300 recordings for over fifty performers, which resulted in more than 100 chart successes. He simultaneously made his own series of recordings and broadcasts as Ron Goodwin and his Concert Orchestra, and, in addition, began to compose scores for documentary films at [[Merton Park Studios]]. In 1958, Goodwin wrote his first feature film score for ''[[Whirlpool (1959 film)|Whirlpool]]'', with screenplay by Lawrence P. Bachmann.<ref name="Larkin50"/> After Bachmann became executive producer at MGM British Studios in 1959, Goodwin composed and conducted the music for most of its productions, as well as working for other film studios. His singles work included recordings with jazz and [[calypso music|calypso]] singer [[Frank Holder (musician)|Frank Holder]].

===Works===
Goodwin is primarily known for his film music and worked on more than 70 scores during his career. He composed his first feature film, ''[[Man with a Gun (1958 film)|Man with a Gun]]'' in 1958 and was quickly followed by ''The Witness'' and ''Whirlpool'' a year later. Early minor film success followed with several films until 1961 when he composed scores for the first of four [[Miss Marple]] films starring [[Margaret Rutherford]], entitled ''[[Murder, She Said]]'' (1961). He later went on to compose for the remaining three Miss Marple films ''[[Murder at the Gallop]]'' (1963), ''[[Murder Most Foul (film)|Murder Most Foul]]'' (1963) and ''[[Murder Ahoy]]'' (1964). He scored two horror films, ''[[Village of the Damned (1960 film)|Village of the Damned]]'' (1960) and its sequel ''[[Children of the Damned]]'' (1964). His music for war films is particularly well remembered. This includes work on ''[[633 Squadron]]'' (1964), ''[[Operation Crossbow (film)|Operation Crossbow]]'' (1965), ''[[Where Eagles Dare]]'' (1968), ''[[Battle of Britain (film)|Battle of Britain]]'' (1969), for which he (mostly) replaced [[William Walton]], plus ''[[Force Ten from Navarone]]'' (1978).<ref name="Larkin50"/> After requests from the Band of the Royal Air Force, the opening from ''Battle of Britain'', originally titled ''Luftwaffe March'', was retitled ''[[Aces High (music)|Aces High]]'' and is now regularly played by military bands in the UK.

He wrote the scores for ''[[Of Human Bondage (1964 film)|Of Human Bondage]]'' (1964), ''[[Those Magnificent Men in Their Flying Machines]]'' (1965), [[Alfred Hitchcock]]'s ''[[Frenzy]]'' (1972, replacing [[Henry Mancini]]), two movies featuring [[Morecambe and Wise]], and the [[Norman Wisdom]] film, ''[[The Early Bird]]'' (1965).<ref name="Larkin50"/>

Goodwin's score for the 1966 film [[The Trap (1966 film)|''The Trap'']] is now used by the BBC as the theme to the [[London Marathon]] coverage.<ref name="bbcmusic">{{cite web|title=The Trap - The London Marathon Theme|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/music/tracks/n2x332|publisher=BBC Music|access-date=22 April 2018}}</ref><ref name="classicfm">{{cite web|title=Ron Goodwin: The Trap|url=http://www.classicfm.com/composers/goodwin/music/the-trap/|publisher=Classic fm|access-date=22 April 2018}}</ref>  A 30-second variation of his 1969 composition for the film ''[[Monte Carlo or Bust]]'' is used as the intro for the [[BBC Radio Four]] panel game ''[[I'm Sorry I Haven't a Clue]]''.

Goodwin wrote several Disney film scores during the 1970s, including the one used for ''[[One of Our Dinosaurs Is Missing]]'' (1975).<ref name="Larkin50"/>  He also composed the music and lyrics for a series of animated films. These included ''The Selfish Giant'' (1971), ''The Happy Prince'' (1974), and  ''The Little Mermaid'' (also 1974). Goodwin's last film score was for the [[Danish people|Danish]]-made animation film ''[[Valhalla (1986 film)|Valhalla]]'' in 1986.<ref name="Larkin50"/> He composed the [[Yorkshire Television]] start up music used from their launch in July 1968 to the early 1980s, before ITV had breakfast television.

Goodwin wrote the television advertising jingles such as [[Noddy (character)|Noddy]]'s chant, "I like [[Ricicles]]: they're twicicle as nicicles", and the "[[Mr Sheen]] shines umpteen things clean" song, inspired by ''Those Magnificent Men in Their Flying Machines''.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.theguardian.com/news/2003/jan/11/guardianobituaries.artsobituaries|title=Obituary: Ron Goodwin|first=Alexander|last=Gleason|date=11 January 2003|website=Theguardian.com|access-date=11 October 2019}}</ref>

===Later career===
By 1987, Goodwin had begun concentrating on live orchestrations which included his "Drake 400 Suite" in 1980 and "Armada Suite" in 1988.<ref name="Ron Goodwin Biography">{{cite web|url=http://www.rongoodwin.co.uk/biog.htm |title=Ron Goodwin Biography |publisher=Rongoodwin.co.uk |access-date=21 April 2011}}</ref> His "New Zealand Suite" in 1983 marked a long association with the [[New Zealand Symphony Orchestra]], Goodwin appeared as guest conductor with many symphony orchestras at home and abroad including the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra, [[Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra]], [[Hallé Orchestra]], [[Royal Scottish National Orchestra]], [[Ulster Orchestra]], Detroit Symphony Orchestra, New Zealand Symphony Orchestra, [[Singapore Symphony Orchestra]], Australian Pops Orchestra, Danish Radio Orchestra and the [[BBC Concert Orchestra]]. Goodwin was guest conductor at the Royal Academy of Music's Festival of British and American Film Music in June 1996.

===Awards===
In 1972, Goodwin recorded ''Somebody Named Ron Goodwin Plays Somebody Named Burt Bacharach'' and recorded internationally, winning gold and platinum discs awarded by EMI. He won a platinum disc from EMI New Zealand to mark two million sales of the album "Going Places". During his career he won three [[Ivor Novello Awards]], including a lifetime achievement award,<ref name="Larkin50"/> and was a Fellow of the City of Leeds College of Music and a [[Freeman of the City of London]].<ref name="Ron Goodwin Biography"/>

Goodwin was nominated for the [[Golden Globe]] award for best original score for the movie ''[[Frenzy]]'' (1972).