"The River Kwai March" is a march composed by Malcolm Arnold in 1957. It was written as an orchestral counter-march to the "Colonel Bogey March", which...

Arnold added a counter-march, which he titled "The River Kwai March", for David Lean's 1957 film The Bridge on the River Kwai, set during World War II...

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. Boulle's novel and the...

The Bridge over the River Kwai (French: Le Pont de la rivière Kwaï) is a novel by the French novelist Pierre Boulle, published in French in 1952 and English...

sometimes known as "The River Kwai March", is a World War II British comedy song mocking Hitler, the lyrics of which, sung to the tune of the World War I-era...

Miller's medley of the two marches from The Bridge on the River Kwai, "The River Kwai March" and "Colonel Bogey March", lasted 29 weeks on the Billboard pop...

among these The Bridge on the River Kwai (1957), for which he won an Oscar. Malcolm Arnold was born in Northampton, Northamptonshire, England, the youngest...

Op. 122 (1977) Suites from Film Music The Bridge on the River Kwai concert suite (1957; orchestra) The Inn of the Sixth Happiness (Suite) (1992) Concerto...

French author. He is best known for two works, The Bridge over the River Kwai (1952) and Planet of the Apes (1963), that were both made into award-winning...

the infamous Burma Railway, constructed a bridge, an event fictionalised in the films The Bridge on the River Kwai (1957), Return from the River Kwai...

21 March 2023. Murrells, Joseph (1978). The Book of Golden Discs (2, illustrated ed.). Barrie & Jenkins. ISBN 0-214-20480-4. Looky Looky. "From The Music...

The Symphony No. 9, Op. 128 by Malcolm Arnold was finished in 1986. It is in four movements: I. Vivace II. Allegretto III. Giubiloso IV. Lento The symphony...

orchestral and concert programs. The first dance, Novello observes, is "in the style of a strathspey"; the second, a "lively reel." The song-like and graceful third...

officer at the Bridge on the River Kwai Reg Twigg (1913–2013), British author Survivor on the River Kwai: Life on the Burma Railway, Private in the Leicestershire...

Andantino IV. Con fuoco The work was commissioned by William Glock for the BBC. The composer conducted the first performance with the BBC Symphony Orchestra...

Risoluto – Lento The work was commissioned by the Cheltenham Festival Society. The composer conducted the first performance with the Hallé Orchestra on...

films released in 1957. The Bridge on the River Kwai won the Academy Award for Best Picture. 1957 in the United States "The Incredible Shrinking Man"...

The ballet Sweeney Todd, Op. 68 by Malcolm Arnold was completed in 1959. It is a one-act ballet based on the legend of Sweeney Todd, a villain in The...

at Kitson Hall, Barnes, 1 March 1962. The first full semi-staged performance was at the 2012 Malcolm Arnold Festival at the Royal and Derngate in Arnold's...

He dedicated the score to the Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra and conductor Charles Groves, who premiered the work on 25 May 1953. The work is in four...

in the first set. The set was premiered on 14 April 1951 by the London Philharmonic Orchestra conducted by Sir Adrian Boult. After the success of the first...

Presto The work was commissioned by the Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Society. The first performance was given by John Pritchard conducting the Royal Liverpool...

1954 for the American harmonica virtuoso Larry Adler, and was premiered on August 14, 1954, at the Royal Albert Hall, with accompaniment by the BBC Symphony...

whom the work is dedicated. The work was commissioned by the New Philharmonia Orchestra. It was premiered by the composer on 5 May 1974 with the New Philharmonia...

features an Irish march. The march is a rare example of Arnold re-using his earlier material: it originated from his score to the film "The Reckoning" (1969)...

Valkyries" London – "The River Kwai March" Melbourne – "Waltzing Matilda" Mexico City - "Granada" Los Angeles – "The Stars and Stripes Forever" Lionel...

Kwai (1957) by Malcolm Arnold, including "The River Kwai March". He arranged an item from Arnold's score for the film You Know What Sailors Are (1954) as...

Andantino Vivace – Presto The work was commissioned by Yehudi Menuhin for him and his pupil Alberto Lysy. They premiered the work during the Bath International...

Picnic (1955), The Bridge on the River Kwai (1957), The Wild Bunch (1969) and Network (1976). He was named one of the "Top 10 Stars of the Year" six times...

(October 1980). "Review of Peterloo Overture". The Musical Times. 121 (1652): 653. Greenfield, Layton & March 1988, p. 10. MacDonald, Malcolm (June 1990)...