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Composer
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Male
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Birth:
6 November 1883(Barnstaple, North Devon, Devon, Devon)
Death:
24 April 1945(London Borough of Hillingdon, Greater London, England, United Kingdom)
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The details
Biography
Introduction
Hubert Charles Bath (6 November 1883 – 24 April 1945) was a British film composer, music director, and conductor. His credits include Tudor Rose (1936), A Yank at Oxford (1938) and Millions Like Us (1943).
Biography
Bath was born in Barnstaple, Devon in 1883.
In 1924, Bath was named as co-respondent in the divorce case between Colonel Alfred Rawlinson and the actress Jean Aylwin.
His composition Out of the Blue has been used as the theme music of Sports Report since the programme started in 1948. Also well-known is his Cornish Rhapsody, written for, and essential to the plot of, the 1944 film Love Story.
Death
He died in Harefield, Middlesex in 1945, aged 61.
Personal life
His son John Bath (1915–2004) was also a film composer.
Selected filmography
- Under the Greenwood Tree (1929)
- The Informer (1929)
- The Plaything (1929)
- Tell England (1931)
- His Lordship (1936)
- The Luck of the Irish (1936)
- Non-Stop New York (1937)
- The Great Barrier (1937)