Editing Richard Addinsell (section)

===Career in film composition===
The ''[[Warsaw Concerto]]'' was written for the 1941 film ''[[Dangerous Moonlight]]'', and continues to be a popular concert and recording piece. The film-makers wanted something in the style of [[Sergei Rachmaninoff]], but were unable to persuade Rachmaninoff himself to write a piece. [[Roy Douglas]] orchestrated the concerto. It has been recorded over one hundred times and has sold in excess of three million copies. Addinsell also scored Hitchcock's ''[[Under Capricorn]]'' (1949), referencing Irish folk melody in the score to support the Irish characters and their history.

Addinsell also wrote the short orchestral piece ''Southern Rhapsody'', which was played every morning at the start of TV broadcasts by the former [[Southern Television]] company in the south of England from 1958 to 1981.

As was common with film music until the 1950s, many of Addinsell's scores were destroyed by the studios as it was assumed there would be no further interest in them. However, recordings of his film music have been issued since his death, often reconstructed by musicologist and composer [[Philip Lane (composer)|Philip Lane]] from the soundtracks of the films themselves and conducted by [[Kenneth Alwyn]]<ref>Lane, Philip (1999). 'Richard Addinsell: film music'. ASV Records [sleevenotes to CD [http://www.musicweb-international.com/film/july99/addinsell.htm reviewed by Lace, Ian (1999) on MusicWeb International]. Retrieved 12 September 2011.</ref><ref>[http://www.naxos.com/mainsite/blurbs_reviews.asp?item_code=8.223732&catNum=223732&filetype=About%20this%20Recording&language=English# 'Richard Addinsell: Goodbye Mr Chips / A Tale of Two Cities'], [http://www.naxos.com/catalogue/item.asp?item_code=8.223732 recording released on Marco Polo Records] (1994). Retrieved 12 September 2011.</ref><ref>'Music of Richard Addinsell including Warsaw Concerto'. ASV Records [CD [https://archive.today/20120804180102/http://www.gramophone.net/Issue/Page/September%201997/121/816406/%C2%A9Addinsell+Film+Music.+Robert+Gibbs+(vn)+bMartin+Jones,cPeter+Lawson+(pfs)+Royal+Ballet+Sinfonia+I+Kenneth+Alwyn reviewed by Seeley, Robert (1997) in ''Gramophone'', September 1997, pp 121–122]. Retrieved 13 September 2011.</ref> or [[Rumon Gamba]].<ref name=chandos>Lane, Philip (2003). [https://web.archive.org/web/20110111154924/http://www.chandos.net/pdf/CHAN%2010046.pdf 'The film music of Richard Addinsell'] (pdf). Chandos Records. Retrieved 12 September 2011.</ref>