Question: Who wrote the music for bridge on the river kwai?

context: British composer Malcolm Arnold recalled that he had "ten days to write around forty-five minutes worth of music" - much less time than he was used to. He described the music for "The Bridge on the River Kwai" as the "worst job I ever had in my life" from the point of view of time. Despite this, he won an Oscar and a Grammy.
question: Who wrote and composed the music for bridge on the river kwai?
short_answers: Sir Malcolm Henry Arnold
Arnold
Malcolm Arnold
context: The march was written in 1914 by Kenneth J. Alford, a pseudonym of British Bandmaster Frederick J. Ricketts. The Colonel Bogey strain was accompanied by a counter-melody using the same chord progressions, then continued with film composer Malcolm Arnold's own composition, "The River Kwai March," played by the off-screen orchestra taking over from the whistlers, though Arnold's march was not heard in completion on the soundtrack. Mitch Miller had a hit with a recording of both marches.
question: Who wrote the march for the Colonol Bogey song in 1914 that Arnold use for his own composition in bridge on the river kwai?
short_answers: Ricketts
Alford
Frederick Joseph Ricketts
Kenneth J. Alford

Answer: The Bridge on the River Kwai is a 1957 epic war film directed by David Lean and based on the 1952 novel written by Pierre Boulle. British composer Malcolm Arnold recalled that he had "ten days to write around forty-five minutes worth of music". Despite this, he won an Oscar and a Grammy. A memorable feature of the film is the tune that is whistled by the POWs, the first strain of the march "Colonel Bogey", when they enter the camp. The march was written in 1914 by Kenneth J. Alford, a pseudonym of British Bandmaster Frederick J. Ricketts.