Guy Warrack (6 February 1900, Edinburgh - 12 February 1986, Englefield Green) was Scottish composer and conductor. From 1925-1935 he taught on the faculty of the Royal College of Music. From 1935-1946 he was principal conductor of the BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra and from 1948-1951 he was conductor for the Sadler's Wells Theatre Ballet. He is the father of English music critic John Warrack.
For many years the conductor of the B.B.C. Scottish Orchestra, Warrack became a first-class film composer almost overnight by his work for a Crown documentary of 1945, "The Last Shot".
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Grandfather of Christoph Warrack.
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Father of John Warrack.
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Father of Nigel Warrack, grandfather of Camilla-Valentine Isola, Casting Director.
Composer
Title
Year
Status
Character
A Queen Is Crowned
1953
Documentary
The Story of Time
1951
Documentary short
The Olympic Games of 1948
1948
Documentary
Here Is the Gold Coast
1947
Short
A Defeated People
1946
Documentary short
The Last Shot
1946
Short
This Modern Age
1946
Documentary short segment "1 "Homes for All"
Theirs Is the Glory
1946
Documentary
Music Department
Title
Year
Status
Character
The Story of Time
1951
Documentary short conductor
Soundtrack
Title
Year
Status
Character
Oliver Twist
1948
music: "Camberwell Road on a Sunday Night", "Tippitiwitchet" - uncredited