Sidney Torch Net Worth
Sidney Torch Net Worth is
$11 Million
Sidney Torch Bio/Wiki, Net Worth, Married 2018
Sidney Torch MBE (5 June 1908 - 16 July 1990) was a British pianist, cinema organist, conductor, orchestral arranger and a composer of light music.Born Sidney Torchinsky of a Ukrainian father and an Estonian mother in London, Torch learned the rudiments of music very quickly from his father, an orchestral trombonist, who used to sit next to fellow trombonist Gustav Holst in such places as the old Holborn Empire. He worked as an accompanist before getting a job playing the Piano with the Orchestra of the Regal Cinema, Marble Arch, London. When the Cinema's Christie Theatre Organ was installed in 1928, Torch became the Assistant Organist to the Chief Organist, Quentin Maclean. Torch took over as Chief Organist at the Cinema in 1932. Maclean had left in 1930 to become Chief Organist of the Trocadero Cinema, Elephant and Castle and was followed at the Regal until 1932 by Reginald Fort. Torch's tenure at the Regal lasted until 1934.Torch then played the organ in a number of London cinemas (amongst others, the Regal, Edmonton) and in 1937 he became the Chief Organist of the new Gaumont State Cinema, Kilburn. He continued to play the Wurlitzer there up until 1940, when he was drafted into the RAF and stationed near Blackpool. Torch would play and make recordings on the numerous Cinema Organs in the Blackpool area during his spare time. While in the RAF, Torch became the Conductor of the RAF Concert Orchestra, where he learned to arrange music and to conduct.He conducted many orchestras and bands, particularly those of the BBC. Torch was even the man who created the popular BBC Light Programme show Friday Night is Music Night, which started in 1953 and continues to be broadcast to this day. Torch also conducted the BBC Concert Orchestra for nearly every Friday Night show until his retirement.Torch also composed many pieces for the BBC, particularly the theme tunes for radio and television shows. The theme of the radio show Much Binding In The Marsh is an example of this. Torch also composed independently, mostly pieces of light music. The piece On A Spring Note is considered to be one of Torch's best works and is still regularly played and recorded by Modern Cinema Organists. Torch made a huge number of recordings during his lifetime. Many of Torch's Cinema Organ recordings have been rereleased on CD and can, therefore, still be bought today.A recording of Torch's Off Beats Mood was chosen by Stanley Kubrick as the theme for the fictitious BBC news programme "The World Tonight", seen aboard the spaceship Discovery in the film 2001: A Space Odyssey.Torch retired from full-time conducting with the BBC in 1972 and was appointed an MBE in 1985. He died at his Eastbourne, Sussex home on 16 July 1990 at the age of 82, having survived his wife, Elizabeth Tyson (a former BBC producer), who died six months earlier. Date Of Birth | June 5, 1908 |
Died | 1990-07-16 |
Place Of Birth | St. Pancras, London, England, UK |
Profession | Soundtrack, Music Department, Composer |
Star Sign | Gemini |
Soundtrack
Title | Year | Status | Character |
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SpongeBob SquarePants | TV Series music - 17 episodes, 2000 - 2007 writer - 3 episodes, 2004 - 2006 performer - 1 episode, 2001 | ||
Ren & Stimpy 'Adult Party Cartoon' | 2003 | TV Series music - 3 episodes | |
Oh Yeah! Cartoons | 1998 | TV Series music - 2 episodes | |
KaBlam! | 1997 | TV Series music - 1 episode | |
Space Ghost Coast to Coast | 1994 | TV Series music - 1 episode | |
Privates on Parade | 1983 | music: "Ooh La La" - uncredited | |
The Stud | 1978 | arranger: "Hark the Herald Angels Sing", "O Come All Ye Faithful", "The First Noel" - uncredited | |
Ripping Yarns | 1977 | TV Series music - 1 episode | |
2001: A Space Odyssey | 1968 | performer: "Off Beats Mood" | |
A Challenge for Robin Hood | 1967 | music: "Unknown Danger" - as Denis Rycoth, uncredited | |
The Never Never Murder | 1961 | Short music: "Dramatic Scenes" - uncredited | |
The Square Mile Murder | 1961 | Short music: "Dramatic Scenes" - uncredited | |
The Grand Junction Case | 1961 | Short music: "Dramatic Scenes" - uncredited | |
The Silent Weapon | 1961 | Short music: "Dramatic Scenes" - uncredited | |
Evidence in Concrete | 1960 | Short music: "Dramatic Scenes" - uncredited | |
The Last Train | 1960 | Short music: "Dramatic Scenes" - uncredited | |
The Dover Road Mystery | 1960 | Short music: "Changing Scenes", "Dramatic Scenes" - uncredited | |
The Unseeing Eye | 1959 | Short music: "Dramatic Scenes" - uncredited | |
Great Van Robbery | 1959 | music: "Samba Sud" - uncredited | |
Crime of Honour | 1958 | Short music: "Stings" - as Denis Rycoth, uncredited | |
Print of Death | 1958 | Short music: "Ominous" - as Denis Rycoth, uncredited | |
Aldrig i livet | 1957 | music: "Striungs in Soliloquy" - as Denis Rycoth, uncredited | |
Night Crossing | 1957 | Short music: "Dramatic Scenes" - uncredited | |
The Mail Van Murder | 1957 | Short music: "Dramatic Scenes" - uncredited / music: "Stings" - as Denis Rycoth, uncredited | |
The Tyburn Case | 1957 | Short music: "Dramatic Scenes" - uncredited | |
Inside Information | 1957 | Short music: "Dramatic Scenes" - uncredited | |
Suspended Alibi | 1957 | music: "Stings", "Suspense" - uncredited | |
Bullet from the Past | 1957 | Short music: "Mysterious", "Suspense", "Dramatic Bridges", "Dramatic Scenes" - uncredited | |
The Lonely House | 1957 | Short music: "Suspense", "Dramatic Bridges", "Dramatic Scenes" - uncredited | |
Tarps Elin | 1956 | music: "On a Spring Note" - uncredited | |
Person Unknown | 1956 | Short music: "Beware Mountains", "Dramatic Scenes" - uncredited | |
Destination Death | 1956 | Short music: "Dramatic Bridges", "Changing Scenes", "Dramatic Scenes" - uncredited | |
The Case of the River Morgue | 1956 | Short music: "Stings", "Dramatic Scenes" | |
Murder Anonymous | 1955 | Short music: "Horror", "Suspense", "Sea Adventure", "Dramatic Action", "Eastside", "Dramatic Bridges", "Dramatic Scenes" - uncredited | |
They Can't Hang Me | 1955 | music: "Villainy", "Stings", "Iron Curtain", "Dramatic Action", "Suspense", "Waterfront", "Strings In Soliloquy" - uncredited | |
The Mysterious Bullet | 1955 | Short music: "Dramatic Scenes" - uncredited | |
The Deadliest Sin | 1955 | music: "Stings", "Suspense", "Sad Story", "Eastside", "Changing Scenes" - uncredited | |
The Stateless Man | 1955 | Short music: "Changing Scenes", "Dramatic Scenes" | |
Night Plane to Amsterdam | 1955 | Short music: "Crime Cameos" - uncredited | |
Snowdrift at Bleath Gill | 1955 | Documentary short music: "Iron Curtain" - uncredited | |
En natt på Glimmingehus | 1954 | music: "Comic Cuts" - uncredited | |
Passenger to Tokyo | 1954 | Short music: "Crime Cameos", "Dramatic Scenes" - uncredited | |
Fatal Journey | 1954 | Short music: "Dramatic Scenes" - uncredited | |
Late Night Final | 1954 | Short music: "The Duel" - uncredited | |
The Blazing Caravan | 1954 | Short music: "Changing Scenes" - uncredited | |
It's a Grand Life | 1953 | music: "Comic Cuts" | |
The Missing Man | 1953 | Short music: "Crime Cameos", "Changing Scenes" - uncredited | |
Treasure Hunt | 1952 | music: "Comic Cuts" - uncredited | |
The Name's the Same | 1951 | TV Series performer: "Shooting Star" | |
The Magnet | 1950 | music: "Samba Sud" - uncredited | |
Biografía de la locomotora | 1948 | Short documentary "Themes from: |
Music Department
Title | Year | Status | Character |
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Sanders | 1963 | composer: stock music - uncredited | |
Maupassant | 1963 | TV Series composer - 13 episodes | |
African Manhunt | 1955 | composer: stock music - uncredited | |
Operation Manhunt | 1954 | composer: stock music - uncredited | |
The Green Finger | 1946 | conductor | |
Carnival | 1946 | orchestrator |
Composer
Title | Year | Status | Character |
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Fredric March Presents Tales from Dickens | 1958-1962 | TV Series 8 episodes | |
Dial 999 | 1958-1959 | TV Series 4 episodes | |
The Scarlet Pimpernel | 1956 | TV Series 1 episode | |
The Green Finger | 1946 |