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Mark Mothersbaugh

Mark Mothersbaugh (born May 18, 1950, in Akron, Ohio) is an American musician, composer, singer, and painter.
Mothersbaugh is a composer, lyricist, and founding member of the New Wave rock group Devo. Mothersbaugh has developed a successful career scoring for film and television. His music has been a staple of the children's television shows Rugrats and Clifford the Big Red Dog. He also wrote the theme song for the new Felix the Cat show for Hanna Barbera, some music for Pee-Wee's Playhouse, and in 1990 and the theme song for The New Super Mario World for DiC Entertainment in 1991.

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Jeff Wayne

Jeff Wayne is a composer known mostly for his musical version of H.G. Wells' The War Of The Worlds. In the production of The War Of The Worlds he put together all of the music himself and contributed some vocals to the final track of the original 1978 release. He also wrote several advertising jingles in the 1970s which appeared on television in the United Kingdom, notably the Gordon's Gin commercial, which was systematically covered and re-covered by the Human League. Other well-known themes he wrote include Good Morning Britain (TV-am) and LBC radio.

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The Bandits

There are (at least) 3 bands named The Bandits. 1) German movie Bandits (1997) is about an (imaginary) band called The Bandits. The movie soundtrack, released as "The Bandits" sold over 700.000 copies in Germany and includes the tracks "Catch me", "Puppet" und "All Along the Watchtower" (among others). 2) A classic mersey band of the highest order, The Bandits released their first song in 2001 on the 'Beatin' Planks' compilation.

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George Fenton

George Fenton (born George Howe in London October 19, 1950) and later on attended St Edward's School in Oxford. The British composer best known for his work writing film scores and music for television such as for the BBC series "The Blue Planet" and "Planet Earth". He also composed the score for "Buffalo Bill's Wild West Show" - a dinner show recreating the experience of the famous world traveling show of Buffalo Bill. The dinner show was created exclusively for the Disneyland Resort Paris and opened together with the resort on April 12, 1992 (back then still as EuroDisney Resort).

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Slumdog Millionaire

Slumdog Millionaire is a 2008 British drama film directed by Danny Boyle and written by Simon Beaufoy. It is based on the book Q and A written by Indian author and diplomat Vikas Swarup. Loveleen Tandan began as the film's casting director but was appointed by Boyle as a "co-director". The film, shot and set in India, follows a humble tea-maker from the streets of Mumbai who appears on a game show and exceeds people's expectations, raising suspicions from the game show host and law enforcement.

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Dario Marianelli

Dario Marianelli is a Academy Award-winning film composer, born in May 25, 1963, in Pisa, Italy. He has composed the soundtracks for The Brothers Grimm, Pride & Prejudice, Atonement and V for Vendetta. He received an Oscar nomination for Best Achievement in Music Written for Motion Pictures, Original Score for Pride & Prejudice in 2005. In 2008, he received a Golden Globe for Best Original Score as well as an Academy Award Best Original Score for Atonement.

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