---
name: "David Lee"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/david-lee-1438739"
fi1m_id: "david-lee-1438739"
imdb_id: "nm0497113"
tmdb_id: 1438739
wikidata_id: "Q1173267"
roles: ["Composer"]
born: "12 August 1926"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 1
average_over: 1
updated: "2026-09-26T15:31:03.660914+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."
---

# David Lee

## Identity

David Lee

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/david-lee-1438739
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** david-lee-1438739
- **IMDb ID:** nm0497113
- **TMDB ID:** 1438739
- **Wikidata ID:** Q1173267
- **Same entity:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dave_Lee_(jazz_musician), https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1173267, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0497113/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/1438739

Composer. Born 12 August 1926 in Newington.

## Details

- **Work:** Composer
- **Born:** 12 August 1926, Newington
- **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dave_Lee_(jazz_musician), https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1173267, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0497113/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/1438739

## Streaming the US now

- **Apple TV:** [*The Masque of the Red Death*](https://film.one/film/the-masque-of-the-red-death.md) (83)

For United States; add `?region=XX` for another country.

## Biography

David Lee, also known as Dave Lee, is an English composer, pianist, arranger and songwriter. Born David Cyril Aarons on 12 August 1926 in Newington, London, he began his career as a jazz pianist, winning the Melody Maker poll for best new jazz pianist in 1942 and later studying at the Johannesburg Conservatory of Music.

Lee wrote jingles and incidental music for television, including work on That Was the Week That Was and Adam Adamant Lives!. With lyricist Herbert Kretzmer he composed hit songs such as "Goodness Gracious Me" and the stage musical Our Man Crichton (1964). His film scores include The Kitchen (1961), Hair of the Dog (1962), The Very Edge (1963) and, most notably, the orchestral score for Roger Corman's The Masque of the Red Death (1964).

He led the Dave Lee Trio, which contributed music to early episodes of The Avengers, and was elected BBC Jazz Society Musician of the Year in 1983. In 1990 he was one of the founders of the jazz radio station Jazz FM.

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

## On Fi1m (1)

- *The Masque of the Red Death* (1964), Fi1m 83, Music, Original Music Composer — [page](https://film.one/film/the-masque-of-the-red-death.md)

## Complete filmography (6)

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

- *Adam Adamant Lives!* (1966), series, Original Music Composer
- *The Masque of the Red Death* (1964), Original Music Composer — Fi1m 83, [page](https://film.one/film/the-masque-of-the-red-death.md)
- *I Could Go on Singing* (1963), as Pianist
- *Hair of the Dog* (1962), Music
- *The Kitchen* (1961), Music
- *Echo of Barbara* (1961), Original Music Composer

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