Which famous composer, though better known for other works, wrote the music for several films including 'Bitter Springs' and 'Scott of the Antarctic'?
Scott of the Antarctic (film) though some pre-war stock footage from Graham Land may have been used. The film was made in Technicolor. The script was by Ivor Montagu, Walter Meade and the novelist Mary Hayley Bell, Mills' wife. The film is also known for its score by Ralph Vaughan Williams that was later reworked into his "Sinfonia antartica". The film is largely faithful to the real events of the ill-fated polar trek, with emphasis on the stoic character of Scott and the hostility of the Antarctic environment. Captain Scott is given the men, but not the funds, to go on a second expedition to
Tom Scott (composer) under the baton of Leopold Stokowski. Among his other compositions are chamber music works, art songs, piano songs, an opera "The Fisherman" (1956), and several television and film scores. He wrote much music for plays at the Robert Herridge Theatre and also wrote the music for Ferdinand Bruckner's play "Gloriana" which premiered on Broadway in 1938. He wrote most of the music for "Camera Three" among other television shows. He married Ruth Walton and they had one daughter, Susanna Scott. He died of a heart attack in 1961. Tom Scott (composer) Thomas Jefferson Scott (May 28, 1912 in Campbelltown, Kentucky