# London Symphony Orchestra filmography

The London Symphony Orchestra (LSO) has been associated with the cinema since the days of silent film. During the 1920s the orchestra played scores arranged and conducted by Eugene Goossens to accompany screenings of The Three Musketeers (1921), The Nibelungs (1924), The Life of Beethoven (1927) and The Constant Nymph (1928).
Since 1935 the LSO has recorded the musical scores of more than 200 films. The orchestra owed its engagement for its first run of soundtrack sessions to Muir Mathieson, musical director of Korda Studios. On the LSO's website, the film specialist Robert Rider calls Mathieson "the most important single figure in the early history of British film music, who enlisted Bliss to write a score for Things to Come, and who was subsequently responsible for bringing the most eminent British 20th-century composers to work for cinema." Mathieson described the LSO as "the perfect film orchestra". Among the composers commissioned by Mathieson for LSO soundtracks were Vaughan Williams, Walton, Britten and Malcolm Arnold and lighter composers including Eric Coates and Noël Coward.
As a pinnacle of Mathieson's collaboration with the LSO, Rider cites the 1946 film Instruments of the Orchestra, a film record of the LSO at work. Malcolm Sargent conducted the orchestra in a performance of Britten's The Young Person's Guide to the Orchestra, composed for the film. Rider adds, "Mathieson's documentary, with its close-ups of the musicians and their instruments, beautifully captures the vibrancy and texture of the Orchestra amidst the optimism of the post-Second World War era."
A later milestone in the LSO's history in film music was in 1977 with the recording of John Williams's score for the first of the nine Star Wars films. Rider comments that this film and its sequels "attracted a new group of admirers and consolidated the period of film music activity for the Orchestra, which continues unabated to this day". The LSO also recorded other Williams film scores, including Superman (1978), Raiders of the Lost Ark (1981), and Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets (2002).

## List

| Title | Year | Composer(s) | Conductor(s) |
| Things to Come | 1935 | Arthur Bliss | Muir Mathieson |
| Sanders of the River | 1935 | Mischa Spolianski | Muir Mathieson |
| The Robber Symphony | 1936 | Friedrich Feher | Friedrich Feher |
| Elephant Boy | 1937 | John Greenwood | Muir Mathieson |
| Victoria the Great | 1937 | Anthony Collins | Muir Mathieson |
| The Mikado | 1938 | Arthur Sullivan | Geoffrey Toye |
| The Four Feathers | 1939 | Miklós Rózsa | Muir Mathieson |
| Music for the People | 1940 | Various | Sir Henry Wood |
| You Will Remember | 1940 | Various | Percival Mackey |
| Major Barbara | 1941 | William Walton | Muir Mathieson |
| Dangerous Moonlight | 1941 | Richard Addinsell | Muir Mathieson |
| 49th Parallel | 1941 | Ralph Vaughan Williams | Muir Mathieson |
| Jeannie | 1941 | Mischa Spolianski | Percival Mackey |
| The Common Touch | 1941 | Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky | Kennedy Russell |
| The Day Will Dawn | 1942 | Richard Addinsell | Muir Mathieson |
| First of the Few | 1942 | William Walton | Muir Mathieson |
| In Which We Serve | 1942 | Noël Coward | Muir Mathieson |
| The Flemish Farm | 1943 | Ralph Vaughan Williams | Muir Mathieson |
| The People's Land | 1943 | Ralph Vaughan Williams | Muir Mathieson |
| The Gentle Sex | 1943 | John Greenwood | Muir Mathieson |
| Health of a Nation | 1943 | David Moule Evans | Muir Mathieson |
| I'll Walk Beside You | 1943 | ? | Percival Mackey |
| Yellow Canary | 1943 | Clifton Parker | Muir Mathieson |
| Henry V | 1944 | William Walton | Muir Mathieson |
| This Happy Breed | 1944 | Noël Coward | Muir Mathieson |
| London Terminus | 1944 | Horace Somerville | Muir Mathieson |
| Salute the Soldier | 1944 | Eric Coates | Joe Batten |
| Out of Chaos | 1944 | Lennox Berkeley | Muir Mathieson |
| Men of Rochdale | 1944 | John Greenwood | Muir Mathieson |
| Song of the People | 1944 | Mischa Spoliansky | Muir Mathieson |
| Blithe Spirit | 1945 | Richard Addinsell | Muir Mathieson |
| The Second Freedom | 1945 | Hubert Clifford | Muir Mathieson |
| For You Alone | 1945 | ? | Harry Bidgood |
| I Live in Grosvenor Square | 1945 | Anthony Collins | Muir Mathieson |
| Great Day | 1945 | William Alwyn | Muir Mathieson |
| 29 Acacia Avenue | 1945 | Clifton Parker | Muir Mathieson |
| The Seventh Veil | 1945 | Benjamin Frankel | Muir Mathieson |
| Stricken Peninsula | 1945 | Ralph Vaughan Williams | Muir Mathieson |
| Burma Victory | 1945 | Alan Rawsthorne | Muir Mathieson |
| Instruments of the Orchestra | 1946 | Benjamin Britten | Malcolm Sargent |
| The Rake's Progress | 1946 | William Alwyn | Muir Mathieson |
| A Musical Masquerade | 1946 | Horace Shepherd | |
| I'll Turn to You | 1946 | ? | Harry Bidgood |
| I See a Dark Stranger | 1946 | William Alwyn | Muir Mathieson |
| Green for Danger | 1946 | William Alwyn | Muir Mathieson |
| Daybreak | 1946 | Benjamin Frankel | Muir Mathieson |
| A Song of Thanksgiving | 1946 | William Alwyn | Muir Mathieson |
| The Overlanders | 1947 | John Ireland | Muir Mathieson |
| Hungry Hill | 1947 | John Greenwood | Muir Mathieson |
| Odd Man Out | 1947 | William Alwyn | Muir Mathieson |
| Avalanche Patrol | 1947 | Malcolm Arnold, Muir Mathieson | John Hollingsworth |
| Black Narcissus | 1947 | Brian Easdale | Brian Easdale |
| Take My Life | 1947 | William Alwyn | Muir Mathieson |
| The Brothers | 1947 | Cedric Thorpe Davie | Muir Mathieson |
| The Upturned Glass | 1947 | Bernard Stevens | Muir Mathieson |
| They Made me a Fugitive | 1947 | M-F Gaillard | John Hollingsworth |
| The Master of Bankdam | 1947 | Arthur Benjamin | Muir Mathieson |
| The October Man | 1947 | Willam Alwyn | Muir Mathieson |
| Uncle Silas | 1947 | Alan Rawsthorne | Muir Mathieson |
| Down to the Sea | 1948 | Guy Warrack | Guy Warrack |
| Easy Money | 1948 | Temple Abady | Muir Mathieson |
| Good Time Girl | 1948 | Lambert Williamson | John Hollingsworth |
| It's Hard to be Good | 1948 | Anthony Hopkins | Muir Mathieson |
| The Mark of Cain | 1948 | Bernard Stevens | Muir Mathieson |
| Miranda | 1948 | Temple Abady | Muir Mathieson |
| Mr. Perrin and Mr. Traill | 1948 | Allan Gray | John Hollingsworth |
| My Brother's Keeper | 1948 | Clifton Parker | John Hollingsworth |
| One Night With You | 1948 | Lambert Williamson | John Hollingsworth |
| Portrait from Life | 1948 | Benjamin Frankel | Muir Mathieson |
| Sleeping Car to Trieste | 1948 | Benjamin Frankel | Muir Mathieson |
| Snowbound | 1948 | Cedric Thorpe Davie | Muir Mathieson |
| This Modern Age (Women in Our Time) | 1948 | Malcolm Arnold, Clifton Parker | John Hollingsworth |
| University of Flying | 1948 | Francis Chagrin | John Hollingsworth |
| The Weaker Sex | 1948 | Arthur Wilkinson | Muir Mathieson |
| A Boy, a Girl and a Bike | 1949 | Kenneth Pakeman | John Hollingsworth |
| Alice in Wonderland | 1949 | Sol Kaplan | Ernest Irving |
| Bad Lord Byron | 1949 | Cedric Thorpe Davie | Muir Mathieson |
| Blue Lagoon | 1949 | Clifton Parker | Muir Mathieson |
| Boys in Brown | 1949 | Doreen Carwithen | John Hollingsworth |
| Cardboard Cavalier | 1949 | Lambert Williamson | Muir Mathieson |
| Dear Mr. Prohack | 1949 | Temple Abady | Muir Mathieson |
| Floodtide | 1949 | Robert Irving | Robert Irving |
| Give Us This Day | 1949 | Benjamin Frankel | Benjamin Frankel |
| Helter Skelter | 1949 | Francis Chagrin | Muir Mathieson |
| It's Not Cricket | 1949 | Arthur Wilkinson | John Hollingsworth |
| The Lost People | 1949 | John Greenwood | Muir Mathieson |
| Madness of the Heart | 1949 | Allan Gray | Muir Mathieson |
| Once Upon a Dream | 1949 | Arthur Wilkinson | John Hollingsworth |
| The Spider and the Fly | 1949 | Georges Auric | Muir Mathieson |
| Stop Press Girl | 1949 | Walter Goehr | Walter Goehr |
| The Astonished Heart | 1950 | Noël Coward | Muir Mathieson |
| They Were Not Divided | 1950 | Lambert Williamson | Muir Mathieson |
| The Wooden Horse | 1950 | Clifton Parker | Muir Mathieson |
| Giselle | 1952 | Adolphe Adam | Sir Malcolm Sargent |
| The Story of Gilbert and Sullivan | 1953 | Arthur Sullivan | Sir Malcolm Sargent |
| Nigerian Pattern | 1954 | ? | John Hollingsworth |
| The Night My Number Came Up | 1955 | Malcolm Arnold | Dock Mathieson |
| The Man Who Knew Too Much | 1955 | Bernard Herrmann | Bernard Herrmann |
| Out of the Clouds | 1955 | Richard Addinsell | Dock Mathieson |
| The Cockleshell Heroes | 1955 | John Addison | Muir Mathieson |
| 1984 | 1956 | Malcolm Arnold | Louis Levy |
| The Bridge on the River Kwai | 1957 | Malcolm Arnold | Malcolm Arnold |
| The 3 Worlds of Gulliver | 1960 | Bernard Herrmann | Bernard Herrmann |
| Mysterious Island | 1961 | Bernard Herrmann | Bernard Herrmann |
| Cleopatra | 1963 | Alex North | Alex North |
| Rio Conchos | 1964 | Jerry Goldsmith | Jerry Goldsmith |
| Doctor Zhivago | 1965 | Maurice Jarre | Maurice Jarre |
| The Sound of Music | 1965 | Richard Rodgers, Irwin Kostal | Irwin Kostal |
| Oliver! | 1968 | Lionel Bart | Johnny Green |
| Song of Norway | 1969 | Edvard Grieg | Øivin Fjeldstad |
| Crescendo | 1969 | Malcolm Williamson | Philip Martell |
| The Music Lovers | 1970 | Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky | André Previn |
| Fiddler on the Roof | 1971 | Jerry Bock | John Williams |
| The Great American Cowboy | 1973 | Harold Farberman | Harold Farberman |
| Rollerball | 1975 | André Previn | André Previn |
| Star Wars | 1977 | John Williams | John Williams |
| The Fury | 1978 | John Williams | John Williams |
| Michel's Mixed-Up Musical Bird | 1978 | Michel Legrand | Michel Legrand |
| F.I.S.T. | 1978 | Bill Conti | Bill Conti |
| Quintet | 1978 | Tom Pierson | Tom Pierson |
| Superman | 1978 | John Williams | John Williams |
| Dracula | 1979 | John Williams | John Williams |
| The Brontë Sisters | 1979 | Philippe Sarde | Carlo Savina |
| Tess | 1979 | Philippe Sarde | Carlo Savina |
| The Empire Strikes Back | 1980 | John Williams | John Williams |
| Omar Mukhtar, Lion of the Desert | 1980 | Maurice Jarre | Maurice Jarre |
| Clash of the Titans | 1981 | Laurence Rosenthal | Laurence Rosenthal |
| Les Ailes de la Colombe | 1981 | Philippe Sarde | Peter Knight |
| Raiders of the Lost Ark | 1981 | John Williams | John Williams |
| Le Choix des Armes | 1981 | Philippe Sarde | Peter Knight |
| Birgitt Haas Must Be Killed | 1981 | Philippe Sarde | Peter Knight |
| Hôtel des Amériques | 1981 | Philippe Sarde | Peter Knight |
| El Pueblo del Sol | 1982 | Lee Holdridge | Lee Holdridge |
| Monsignor | 1982 | John Williams | John Williams |
| Gandhi | 1982 | Ravi Shankar | George Fenton |
| The Dark Crystal | 1982 | Trevor Jones | Marcus Dods |
| A Royal Romance | 1982 | Richard Rodney Bennett | Richard Rodney Bennett |
| Twice Upon a Time | 1983 | Dawn Atkinson, Ken Melville | Dawn Atkinson |
| Brainstorm | 1983 | James Horner | James Horner |
| Krull | 1983 | James Horner | James Horner |
| Return of the Jedi | 1983 | John Williams | John Williams |
| L'Été Meurtrier | 1983 | Georges Delerue | Georges Delerue |
| Savage Islands | 1983 | Trevor Jones | Marcus Dods |
| Lovesick | 1983 | Philippe Sarde | Peter Knight |
| Digital Dreams | 1983 | Mike Batt, Bill Wyman | Mike Batt |
| Never Say Never Again | 1983 | Michel Legrand | Michel Legrand |
| Garcon! | 1983 | Philippe Sarde | Peter Knight |
| The Dresser | 1983 | James Horner | James Horner |
| Fort Saganne | 1984 | Philippe Sarde | Carlo Savina |
| La Pirate | 1984 | Philippe Sarde | Carlo Savina |
| Grand Canyon: The Hidden Secrets | 1984 | Bill Conti | Bill Conti |
| The Masks of Death | 1984 | Malcolm Williamson | Philip Martell |
| Lifeforce | 1985 | Henry Mancini | Henry Mancini |
| Return to Oz | 1985 | David Shire | David Shire |
| The Dirty Dozen, the Next Mission | 1985 | Richard Harvey | Richard Harvey |
| Wild Geese II | 1985 | Roy Budd | Roy Budd |
| Flesh and Blood | 1985 | Basil Poledouris | Basil Poledouris |
| Plenty | 1985 | Bruce Smeaton | Bruce Smeaton |
| Eleni | 1985 | Bruce Smeaton | Bruce Smeaton |
| F/X | 1985 | Bill Conti | Bill Conti |
| Aliens | 1986 | James Horner | James Horner |
| An American Tail | 1986 | James Horner | James Horner |
| Nutcracker | 1986 | Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky | Sir Charles Mackerras |
| Dancers | 1987 | Adolphe Adam | Michael Tilson Thomas |
| A Summer Story | 1987 | Georges Delerue | Georges Delerue |
| Willow | 1988 | James Horner | James Horner |
| Who Framed Roger Rabbit | 1988 | Alan Silvestri | Alan Silvestri |
| The Land Before Time | 1988 | James Horner | James Horner |
| L'Ours | 1988 | Philippe Sarde | Carlo Savina |
| Slipstream | 1989 | Elmer Bernstein | Elmer Bernstein |
| Honey, I Shrunk the Kids | 1989 | James Horner | James Horner |
| Rarg | 1989 | Philip Appleby | James Stobart |
| Little Nemo: Adventures in Slumberland | 1989 | Tom Chase, Steve Rucker | Tom Chase |
| All Dogs Go to Heaven | 1989 | Ralph Burns | Ralph Burns |
| L'Autrichienne | 1989 | Didier Vasseur | David Snell |
| Suivez Cette Avion | 1989 | Didier Vasseur | David Snell |
| Lord of the Flies | 1989 | Philippe Sarde | Harry Rabinowitz |
| The Nutcracker Prince | 1990 | Victor Davies | Boris Brott |
| Eve of Destruction | 1990 | Philippe Sarde | Harry Rabinowitz |
| The Josephine Baker Story | 1990 | Georges Delerue | Georges Delerue |
| Jesuit Joe | 1990 | Philippe Sarde | Harry Rabinowitz |
| Pour Sacha | 1990 | Philippe Sarde | Harry Rabinowitz |
| An American Tail: Fievel Goes West | 1991 | James Horner | James Horner |
| Rambling Rose | 1991 | Elmer Bernstein | Elmer Bernstein |
| The Thief and the Cobbler | 1992 | Robert Folk | Robert Folk |
| Water Traveller | 1993 | Joe Hisaishi | Nick Ingman |
| Once Upon a Forest | 1993 | James Horner | James Horner |
| Shadowlands | 1993 | George Fenton | George Fenton |
| The Man Without a Face | 1993 | James Horner | James Horner |
| We're Back! A Dinosaur's Story | 1993 | James Horner | James Horner |
| Viva la Blanca Paloma | 1993 | Manolo Sanlucar | Manolo Sanlucar |
| Le Petit Garcon | 1993 | Philippe Sarde | Harry Rabinowitz |
| Schindler's List | 1993 | John Williams | John Williams |
| Legends of the Fall | 1994 | James Horner | James Horner |
| Immortal Beloved | 1994 | Ludwig van Beethoven | Sir Georg Solti |
| The Pagemaster | 1994 | James Horner | James Horner |
| Mary of Nazareth | 1994 | Olivier Lliboutry | David Firman |
| Street Fighter | 1994 | Graeme Revell | Tim Simonec |
| Little Women | 1994 | Thomas Newman | Thomas Newman |
| Last of the Dogmen | 1994 | David Arnold | Nicholas Dodd |
| Braveheart | 1995 | James Horner | James Horner |
| Balto | 1995 | James Horner | James Horner |
| Cutthroat Island | 1995 | John Debney | David Snell |
| Mary Reilly | 1995 | George Fenton | George Fenton |
| Flipper | 1996 | Joel McNeely | Joel McNeely |
| Le Jaguar | 1996 | Vladimir Cosma | Vladimir Cosma |
| Roseanna's Grave | 1996 | Trevor Jones | Nick Ingham |
| Le Plus Beau Métier du monde | 1996 | Vladimir Cosma | Vladimir Cosma |
| Meet Wally Sparks | 1997 | Michel Colombier | David Snell |
| Soleil | 1997 | Vladimir Cosma | Vladimir Cosma |
| Le Bossu | 1997 | Philippe Sarde | David Snell |
| The Mighty | 1997 | Trevor Jones | Geoff Alexander |
| Asterix and Obelix versus Caesar | 1998 | Jean-Jacques Goldman, Roland Romanelli | David Snell |
| Notting Hill | 1999 | Trevor Jones | Geoff Alexander |
| Le Schpountz | 1999 | Vladimir Cosma | Vladimir Cosma |
| Star Wars: Episode I – The Phantom Menace | 1999 | John Williams | John Williams |
| Le Fils de Français | 1999 | Vladimir Cosma | Vladimir Cosma |
| Bored Silly | 2000 | Larry Pecorella | Arnie Roth |
| I Dreamed of Africa | 2000 | Maurice Jarre | Maurice Jarre |
| The Luzhin Defence | 2000 | Alexandre Desplat | Alexandre Desplat |
| The Long Run | 2000 | Trevor Jones | Geoff Alexander |
| The Body | 2000 | Serge Colbert | David Snell |
| Thirteen Days | 2000 | Trevor Jones | Geoff Alexander |
| Left Behind: The Movie | 2000 | James Covell | James Covell |
| The Death of Klinghoffer | 2001 | John Adams | John Adams |
| The Sedra Tree | 2001 | Mark Stevens | Mark Stevens |
| Final Fantasy: The Spirits Within | 2001 | Elliot Goldenthal | Dirk Brossé |
| Phoenix Blue | 2001 | Stewart Parsons | Chris Austin |
| Asterix and Obelix: Mission Cleopatra | 2001 | Philippe Chany | David Snell |
| Crossroads | 2001 | Trevor Jones | Geoff Alexander |
| Star Wars: Episode II – Attack of the Clones | 2002 | John Williams | John Williams |
| Dreams Without Sleep | 2002 | Mark Stevens | Mark Stevens |
| Conspiracy of Silence | 2002 | David Butterworth | David Butterworth |
| Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets | 2002 | John Williams | William Ross |
| I'll Be There | 2002 | Trevor Jones | Geoff Alexander |
| Inquietudes | 2003 | Alexandre Desplat | Alexandre Desplat |
| Tomb Raider: The Angel of Darkness (video game) | 2003 | Peter Connelly, Martin Iveson | David Snell |
| League of Extraordinary Gentlemen | 2003 | Trevor Jones | Geoff Alexander |
| Around the World in 80 Days | 2004 | Trevor Jones | Geoff Alexander |
| Upside of Anger | 2004 | Alexandre Desplat | Alexandre Desplat |
| Birth | 2004 | Alexandre Desplat | Alexandre Desplat |
| Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire | 2005 | Patrick Doyle | James Shearman |
| Wah-Wah | 2005 | Patrick Doyle | James Shearman |
| Star Wars: Episode III – Revenge of the Sith | 2005 | John Williams | John Williams |
| Hostage | 2005 | Alexandre Desplat | Alexandre Desplat |
| Halim | 2006 | Ammar El Sherei | Nick Ingman |
| A Throw of Dice | 2006 | Nitin Sawhney | Nitin Sawhney |
| The Queen | 2006 | Alexandre Desplat | Alexandre Desplat |
| Superman II: The Richard Donner Cut (music reused from the first film) | 2006 | John Williams | John Williams |
| Eragon | 2006 | Patrick Doyle | James Shearman |
| Sleuth | 2007 | Patrick Doyle | James Shearman |
| The Last Legion | 2007 | Patrick Doyle | James Shearman |
| Copying Beethoven | 2007 | Antoni Lazarkiewicz | Benjamin Wallfisch |
| The Golden Compass | 2007 | Alexandre Desplat | Alexandre Desplat |
| Largo Winch | 2008 | Alexandre Desplat | Alexandre Desplat |
| The Mummy: Tomb of the Dragon Emperor | 2008 | Randy Edelman | Randy Edelman |
| Coco Before Chanel | 2009 | Alexandre Desplat | Alexandre Desplat |
| Chéri | 2009 | Alexandre Desplat | Alexandre Desplat |
| The Twilight Saga: New Moon | 2009 | Alexandre Desplat | Alexandre Desplat |
| Iron Cross | 2009 | Roger Bellon | |
| Tamara Drewe | 2010 | Alexandre Desplat | Alexandre Desplat |
| The Special Relationship | 2010 | Alexandre Desplat | Alexandre Desplat |
| Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows – Part 1 | 2010 | Alexandre Desplat | Alexandre Desplat |
| The King's Speech (source music) | 2011 | L. van Beethoven & W.A. Mozart | Terry Davies |
| A Better Life | 2011 | Alexandre Desplat | Alexandre Desplat |
| Thor | 2011 | Patrick Doyle | James Shearman |
| Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows – Part 2 | 2011 | Alexandre Desplat | Alexandre Desplat |
| The Ides of March | 2011 | Alexandre Desplat | Alexandre Desplat |
| The Lodger: A Story of the London Fog | 2012 | Nitin Sawhney | Nitin Sawhney |
| Rise of the Guardians | 2012 | Alexandre Desplat | Alexandre Desplat |
| Zero Dark Thirty | 2012 | Alexandre Desplat | Alexandre Desplat |
| Brave | 2012 | Patrick Doyle | James Shearman |
| The Three Musketeers | 2013 | Alexey Shelygin | Nick Ingman |
| The Imitation Game | 2014 | Alexandre Desplat | Alexandre Desplat |
| Cinderella | 2015 | Patrick Doyle | James Shearman |
| Star Wars Battlefront (video game) | 2015 | Gordy Haab | Andy Brown |
| Sonic Forces (video game) | 2017 | Tomoya Ohtani | Lee Reynolds |
| The Shape of Water | 2017 | Alexandre Desplat | Alexandre Desplat |
| Star Wars Battlefront II (video game) | 2017 | Gordy Haab | Andy Brown |
| Asterix: The Secret of the Magic Potion | 2018 | Philippe Rombi | Philippe Rombi |
| Avengers: Endgame | 2019 | Alan Silvestri | Alan Silvestri, Mark Graham |
| Star Wars Jedi: Fallen Order (video game) | 2019 | Gordy Haab, Stephen Barton | Gavin Greenaway |
| Hello Beautiful | 2024 | Marco Werba | Marco Werba |
| Wicked | 2024 | John Powell, Stephen Schwartz | Stephen Oremus, John Powell, Gavin Greenaway |
| Mickey 17 | 2025 | Jung Jae-il | James Brett |