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William Walton

Career

Active from 1935 to 2023, with a break from 1971 to 2022, busiest in 1942 with 4 main titles.

Leading roles
0
top three billing
Average score
GoodWatch score67/100
Highest rated
Poster for Went the Day Well?
Went the Day Well?
GoodWatch score85/100

Awards

Reported results for this person. Coverage is incomplete; these results don't establish award totals.

  • Academy Awards · Best Original Dramatic or Comedy Score

    1949 · Nominated · 21st Academy Awards

    Hamlet

    Source: Wikidata

  • Academy Awards · Best Original Dramatic or Comedy Score

    1947 · Nominated · 19th Academy Awards

    Henry V

    Source: Wikidata

What stands out

Compared with the average well-known movie, over 10 of their titles. Select a trait to filter titles.

Energy: 4.4 versus catalog average 4.6EnergyHeart: 5.0 versus catalog average 4.2HeartHumor: 2.5 versus catalog average 2.6HumorWorld: 6.1 versus catalog average 5.6WorldCraft: 6.0 versus catalog average 5.3CraftStyle: 5.8 versus catalog average 5.9Style
William Walton Catalog average

Rarely in their work

  • Contemporary Realism
    0.5, average 5.4
  • Pop Culture
    0.9, average 2.2
  • Crime
    2.3, average 3.6
  • Physical Comedy
    1.2, average 2.4

Main genres

Select a genre to see those titles.

Recurring tags

  • Historical Drama 4
  • Psychological Tension 2
  • British Cinema 2
  • Shakespearean Tragedy 2
  • Political Intrigue 2
  • Social Commentary 2
  • Classic Literature 2
  • Psychological Depth 2

Works often with

People in at least two of their main titles.

Movies and TV shows

25
Type
Role
Score
Decade
Genre
Group by

2020s

1 title
Klaus Mäkelä conducts Shostakovitch and Walton With Sol Gabetta and Willard White
Klaus Mäkelä conducts Shostakovitch and Walton With Sol Gabetta and Willard White (2023)

Original Music Composer

1980s

1 title
Mariner Man
Mariner Man (1983)

Music

1970s

10 titles · average score 77
Roger of the Raj
Roger of the Raj (1979)
GoodWatch score 79

Theme Song Performance

Whinfrey's Last Case
Whinfrey's Last Case (1979)
GoodWatch score 87

Theme Song Performance

Golden Gordon
Golden Gordon (1979)
GoodWatch score 80

Theme Song Performance

The South Bank Show
The South Bank Show (1978)
GoodWatch score 63

TV show

Murder at Moorstones Manor
Murder at Moorstones Manor (1977)
GoodWatch score 83

Theme Song Performance

Escape from Stalag Luft 112B
Escape from Stalag Luft 112B (1977)
GoodWatch score 86

Theme Song Performance

The Testing of Eric Olthwaite
The Testing of Eric Olthwaite (1977)
GoodWatch score 83

Theme Song Performance

The Curse of the Claw
The Curse of the Claw (1977)
GoodWatch score 80

Theme Song Performance

Tomkinson's Schooldays
Tomkinson's Schooldays (1976)
GoodWatch score 86

Theme Song Performance

Three Sisters
Three Sisters (1970)
GoodWatch score 46

Original Music Composer

1960s

1 title · average score 64
Battle of Britain
Battle of Britain (1969)
GoodWatch score 64

Additional Music

1950s

1 title · average score 77
Richard III
Richard III (1955)
GoodWatch score 77

Original Music Composer

1940s

7 titles · average score 73
Hamlet
Hamlet (1948)
GoodWatch score 82

Original Music Composer

Henry V
Henry V (1944)
GoodWatch score 85

Original Music Composer

The First of the Few
The First of the Few (1942)
GoodWatch score 66

Original Music Composer

Went the Day Well?
Went the Day Well? (1942)
GoodWatch score 85

Original Music Composer

The Next of Kin
The Next of Kin (1942)
GoodWatch score 59

Original Music Composer

The Foreman Went to France
The Foreman Went to France (1942)
GoodWatch score 67

Original Music Composer

Major Barbara
Major Barbara (1941)
GoodWatch score 65

Original Music Composer

1930s

4 titles · average score 51
Stolen Life
Stolen Life (1939)

Original Music Composer

Dreaming Lips
Dreaming Lips (1937)

Original Music Composer

As You Like It
As You Like It (1936)
GoodWatch score 32

Original Music Composer

Escape Me Never
Escape Me Never (1935)
GoodWatch score 71

Original Music Composer