Laurie Johnson

For the West Indies-born cricketer, see Laurie Johnson (cricketer). For the Australian rugby union player, see Laurie Johnson (rugby union).

Laurie Johnson
MBE
Born
Laurence Reginald Ward Johnson

(1927-02-07)7 February 1927
Hampstead, London, England
Died16 January 2024(2024-01-16) (aged 96)
GenresPop, swing, classical, soundtrack
OccupationsComposer, bandleader, conductor, arranger
Years active1951–2024

Laurence Reginald Ward Johnson (7 February 1927 – 16 January 2024) was an English composer and bandleader who wrote scores for dozens of film and television series, described as "one of the most highly regarded arrangers of big-band swing and pop music" in England. Much of Johnson's music was written for the KPM music library, for which he composed and conducted between 1960 and 1965.

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