---
name: "Brian Easdale"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/brian-easdale"
fi1m_id: "brian-easdale"
imdb_id: "nm0247460"
tmdb_id: 68427
wikidata_id: "Q1439818"
roles: ["Composer"]
born: "10 August 1909"
died: "30 October 1995"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 2
average_fi1m_score: 90
average_over: 2
updated: "2026-09-26T12:24:39.408688+00:00"
licence: "© Fi1m Ltd. Written by AI under a human editor; checked against sources before publication. Quote with attribution and a link to the canonical URL."
---

# Brian Easdale

## Identity

Brian Easdale

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/brian-easdale
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** brian-easdale
- **IMDb ID:** nm0247460
- **TMDB ID:** 68427
- **Wikidata ID:** Q1439818
- **Same entity:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brian_Easdale, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1439818, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0247460/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/68427

Composer. Born 10 August 1909 in Manchester. Died 30 October 1995.

## Details

- **Work:** Composer
- **Born:** 10 August 1909, Manchester
- **Died:** 30 October 1995
- **Active:** 1947–1960
- **Frequently works with:** [Michael Powell](https://film.one/person/michael-powell.md), [Emeric Pressburger](https://film.one/person/emeric-pressburger.md), [Moira Shearer](https://film.one/person/moira-shearer.md)
- **Academy Awards:** 1 Oscar (1 won)
- **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brian_Easdale, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1439818, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0247460/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/68427

## Streaming the US now

- **HBO Max:** [*The Red Shoes*](https://film.one/film/the-red-shoes.md) (92), [*Black Narcissus*](https://film.one/film/black-narcissus.md) (88)

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## Biography

Brian Easdale (10 August 1909 – 30 October 1995) was a British composer of operatic, orchestral, choral and film music. Born in Manchester, he was educated at Westminster Abbey Choir School and the Royal College of Music, where he studied composition with Armstrong Gibbs and orchestration with Gordon Jacob.

Easdale began scoring documentary films in the late 1930s and continued during wartime service with the Royal Artillery. His major film work was for the team of Michael Powell and Emeric Pressburger. He composed the scores for *Black Narcissus* (1947), *The Red Shoes* (1948), *The Small Back Room* (1949), *The Battle of the River Plate* (1956) and *Peeping Tom* (1960). He was the first British composer to win an Academy Award for Best Original Music Score, for *The Red Shoes*.

*Sources: en.wikipedia.org, imdb.com.*

## On Fi1m (2)

- *The Red Shoes* (1948), Fi1m 92, Original Music Composer, Music — [page](https://film.one/film/the-red-shoes.md)
- *Black Narcissus* (1947), Fi1m 88, Original Music Composer, Music — [page](https://film.one/film/black-narcissus.md)

## Complete filmography (16)

Every credit, newest first. Titles without a page can be requested for review on the HTML page.

- *The Queen's Guards* (1961), Music
- *Peeping Tom* (1960), Original Music Composer, Music Director
- *Hazard* (1959), Music
- *Miracle in Soho* (1957), Music
- *Earth is a Battlefield* (1957), Music
- *The Battle of the River Plate* (1956), Original Music Composer
- *Outcast of the Islands* (1951), Original Music Composer
- *The Elusive Pimpernel* (1950), Music
- *Gone to Earth* (1950), Original Music Composer, Music
- *The Small Back Room* (1949), Original Music Composer
- *The Red Shoes* (1948), Original Music Composer — Fi1m 92, [page](https://film.one/film/the-red-shoes.md)
- *“The Red Shoes” Sketches* (1948), Music
- *Black Narcissus* (1947), Original Music Composer — Fi1m 88, [page](https://film.one/film/black-narcissus.md)
- *Ferry Pilot* (1942), Music
- *A Job in a Million* (1937), Music
- *Secrets of Kew Gardens* (1937), Original Music Composer

## Awards

### Academy Awards — 1 won

- 1949: Best Original Dramatic or Comedy Score (won), for *The Red Shoes*

*From Wikidata, which records wins more completely than nominations.*

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