Roy Frederick Budd (14 March 1947, Mitcham, Surrey – 7 August 1993, London) was a British jazz musician and film composer. is the 73rd day of the year (74th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 1947 (MCMXLVII) was a common year starting on Wednesday (link will display full 1947 calendar) of the Gregorian calendar. ... , Mitcham is a place in the London Borough of Merton, it is a suburb south of Streatham situated 7. ... This article is about the English county. ... is the 219th day of the year (220th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 1993 (MCMXCIII) was a common year starting on Friday (link will display full 1993 Gregorian calendar). ... This article is about the capital of England and the United Kingdom. ... For other uses, see Jazz (disambiguation). ... This article is about motion pictures. ...

Although some biographies say Budd started playing aged four, he was two and a half years old when he started picking out tunes on the piano the morning after a Christmas party (verified by Roy's brother). When he was six, two German professors visited him in South Norwood, and after various tests, found that he had perfect pitch. That year, he made his public concert debut at the London Coliseum. South Norwood is a place in the London Borough of Croydon. ... Absolute pitch (AP), widely referred to as perfect pitch, is the ability of a person to identify or sing a musical note without the benefit of a known reference. ... The London Coliseum The Coliseum Theatre is one of Londons largest and best equipped theatres, opening in 1904. ...

At eight years old he already had a vast musical repertoire. He was featured on the Carroll Levis show on radio when he was only ten. He even sang some Jerry Lee Lewis songs when he was eleven years old with his brother Peter and brother's friend Geoffrey at the Sutton Granada under the name "The Blue Devils." (verified by Roy's brother). He formed the "Roy Budd Trio" with bassist Peter McGurk and his cousin drummer Trevor Tomkins before leaving school and embarking on a career as a jazz pianist. Roy later reformed the trio with Tony Archer or Jeff Clyne (bass) and Chris Karan (drums). Clyne was later replaced by Pete Morgan, a line-up that existed until his death. Carroll Richard Levis (Toronto, Canada, March 15, 1910 – October 17, 1968) was a talent scout, impresario, and television and radio personality. ... Jerry Lee Lewis (born September 29, 1935), also known by the nickname The Killer, is an American rock and roll and country music singer, songwriter, and pianist. ... Deon Rexroat of Anberlin. ... For the comic book character, see Drummer (comics). ... Trevor Ramsey Tomkins (born May 12, 1941 in London) cousin of the late Roy Budd (jazz pianist and film composer of Get Carter fame) is a jazz drummer best known for his work in a number of British bands in the 1970s, including Gilgamesh. ... For other uses, see Jazz (disambiguation). ... A pianist is a person who plays the piano. ... Jeff Clyne (born 29 January 1937) is a British jazz bassist. ... Chris Karan (born October 14, 1939 [1]) is a jazz percussionist, primarily a drummer, of Greek descent from Melbourne. ...

His first recording was "Birth of the Budd" a single recording. His first recorded LP was Pick Yourself Up in early 1965 with Peter McGurk on bass with the orchestra and Dave Holland on bass with the trio and Chris Karan on drums and Tony Hatch, Johnny Harris and Roy Budd as arrangers. Around that same time, he also recorded an album named simply Roy Budd featuring Ian Carr on trumpet; Dick Morrissey on tenor sax; Trevor Tomkins on drums; and with fellow pianist Harry South doing the arrangements. Dave Holland (born October 1, 1946) is a jazz bassist and composer. ... Chris Karan (born October 14, 1939 [1]) is a jazz percussionist, primarily a drummer, of Greek descent from Melbourne. ... Tony Hatch (born 30 June 1939 or 1940) is a British composer, songwriter, pianist, producer, and arranger. ... The following is a list of minor characters that appeared in the BBC soap opera EastEnders between 1985 and 1985, by order of first appearance. ... Nucleus (1985) Ian Carr (born 21 April 1933) is a Scottish jazz musician, composer, writer, and educator. ... Richard Edwin Dick Morrissey (May 9, 1940, Horley, Surrey - November 8, 2000, Deal, Kent) was a British jazz musician and composer. ... Trevor Ramsey Tomkins (born May 12, 1941 in London) cousin of the late Roy Budd (jazz pianist and film composer of Get Carter fame) is a jazz drummer best known for his work in a number of British bands in the 1970s, including Gilgamesh. ... Harry South (1929 – 1990) was an English jazz pianist, composer, and arranger, who later moved into film and television soundtrack work. ...

Other solo albums include Live at Newport, Everything Is Coming Up Roses and Have a Jazzy Christmas.

In 1967 he provided the jaunty, jazzy theme tune for the Granada TV series Mr Rose (starring William Mervyn as an eccentric retired police chief), but his first score for the big screen was for the American western Soldier Blue in 1970 (though most of his other film work was on British productions). His best known score is probably for the 1971 Michael Caine film Get Carter, which marked the first notable use of his hallmark method of using the film's sound effects (in this case, Caine's train journey from London to Newcastle) to complement the music. He later worked on a number of films for the producer Euan Lloyd, including Paper Tiger, The Wild Geese, The Sea Wolves and Who Dares Wins. Another his work was Kidnapped 1971 soundtrack. Granada TV logo, used from 1956 to 1968. ... The Odd Man was the first of a trilogy of police series produced in the 1960s by Granada TV, linked by the presence of pompous but increasingly genial police Chief Inspector Charles Rose (William Mervyn). ... William Mervyn (born 3 January 1912 in Nairobi, Kenya, died 6 August 1976) was a British actor best known for his portrayal of the Bishop in the clerical comedy All Gas and Gaiters. ... A film score is a set of musical compositions written to accompany a film. ... Justus D. Barnes, from The Great Train Robbery The Western is one of the classic American literary and film genres. ... Soldier Blue is an American western movie made in 1970 and directed by Ralph Nelson. ... Year 1970 (MCMLXX) was a common year starting on Thursday (link shows full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 1971 (MCMLXXI) was a common year starting on Friday (link will display full calendar) of the 1971 Gregorian calendar. ... This article is about the English actor. ... For the 2000 remake with Sylvester Stallone see Get Carter (2000 film) Get Carter is a 1971 British crime film, directed by Mike Hodges and starring Michael Caine as Jack Carter, a gangster who sets out to avenge the death of his brother. ... A film producer creates the conditions for making movies. ... Euan Lloyd (1923 - ) is a British British film producer. ... Paper tiger is a literal English translation of the Chinese phrase zhǐ lǎohǔ (Chinese: ), meaning something which seems as threatening as a tiger, but is really harmless. ... The Wild Geese is a 1978 film about a group of mercenaries in Africa. ... The Sea Wolves is a 1980 war film starring Gregory Peck, Roger Moore and David Niven. ... Who Dares Wins is a 1982 British movie starring Lewis Collins, Judy Davis and Edward Woodward. ... Year 1971 (MCMLXXI) was a common year starting on Friday (link will display full calendar) of the 1971 Gregorian calendar. ...

His last work was a new symphonic score for the 1925 silent film The Phantom of the Opera. The score was over 80 minutes long. A symphony is an extended piece of music for orchestra, especially one in the form of a sonata. ... Year 1925 (MCMXXV) was a common year starting on Thursday (link will display the full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar. ... The 1925 silent film version of The Phantom of the Opera, directed by Rupert Julian, is a classic adaptation of Gaston Lerouxs novel The Phantom of the Opera, starring Lon Chaney in the title role as the masked and facially disfigured Phantom who haunts the Paris Opera House, causing...

In 1972, as his career was peaking, he married actress/singer and divorceé Caterina Valente; they divorced just seven years later. In the late 90's he played at the Pizza-in-The Park for a grueling 24 hours non stop jazz playing session to raise funds for an anti-drug program that Roy sponsered. Year 1972 (MCMLXXII) was a leap year starting on Saturday (link will display full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar. ... The two faces of Caterina Valente: lady and tomboy. ...

He died at age 47 in 1993, due to a brain haemorrhage. His only surviving brother Peter C. Budd lives and works as a musician in Chicago. Year 1993 (MCMXCIII) was a common year starting on Friday (link will display full 1993 Gregorian calendar). ... For other uses, see Stroke (disambiguation). ...

External links

• Roy Budd discography at MusicBrainz
• Roy Budd at the Internet Movie Database
• Roy Budd at All Music Guide