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name: "John Altman"
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fi1m_id: "john-altman"
imdb_id: "nm0022903"
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wikidata_id: "Q6218880"
roles: ["Composer"]
born: "5 December 1949"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 2
average_fi1m_score: 79
average_over: 2
updated: "2026-10-07T14:13:32.555089+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."
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# John Altman

## Identity

John Altman

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/john-altman
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** john-altman
- **IMDb ID:** nm0022903
- **TMDB ID:** 32347
- **Wikidata ID:** Q6218880
- **Same entity:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Altman_(composer), https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q6218880, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0022903/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/32347

Composer. Born 5 December 1949 in London, England, UK.

## Details

- **Work:** Composer
- **Born:** 5 December 1949, London, England, UK
- **Active:** 1991–2005
- **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Altman_(composer), https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q6218880, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0022903/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/32347

## Biography

John Altman (born 5 December 1949) is an English film composer, arranger, orchestrator and conductor. He was introduced to 1930s and 1940s music by his uncles, bandleaders Woolf and Sid Phillips, and attended the University of Sussex.

Altman has composed scores for numerous films and television productions. His credits include *Hear My Song* (1991), *Funny Bones* (1995), *Beautiful Thing* (1996), *Little Voice* (1998), *RKO 281* (1999), *Shall We Dance?* (2004) and the tank chase sequence in *GoldenEye* (1995); he also arranged and produced the period music for *Titanic* (1997). He won a BAFTA Anthony Asquith Award for *Hear My Song*, an Emmy for *RKO 281*, and received the Gold Badge of Excellence from the British Academy of Composers and Songwriters in 2006. His autobiography *Hidden Man: My Many Musical Lives* was published in 2022.

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

## On Fi1m (2)

- *Beautiful Thing* (1996), Fi1m 80, Music, Original Music Composer — [page](https://film.one/film/beautiful-thing.md)
- *Hear My Song* (1991), Fi1m 78, Music — [page](https://film.one/film/hear-my-song.md)

## Complete filmography (40)

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

- *Aakasha Gopuram* (2008), Original Music Composer
- *Shoot on Sight* (2007), Original Music Composer
- *The Queen's Sister* (2005), Original Music Composer
- *Mr Harvey Lights a Candle* (2005), Original Music Composer
- *Shall We Dance?* (2004), Original Music Composer
- *Suburban Madness* (2004), Original Music Composer
- *On Thin Ice* (2003), Original Music Composer
- *Hope Springs* (2003), Original Music Composer
- *The Roman Spring of Mrs. Stone* (2003), Music
- *Mr. St. Nick* (2002), Original Music Composer
- *RKO 281* (1999), Original Music Composer
- *Vendetta* (1999), Original Music Composer
- *Legionnaire* (1998), Original Music Composer
- *Little Voice* (1998), Original Music Composer
- *Berkeley Square* (1998), series, Original Music Composer
- *Dogboys* (1998), Original Music Composer
- *A Royal Scandal* (1997), Original Music Composer
- *The Matchmaker* (1997), Original Music Composer
- *Pronto* (1997), Original Music Composer
- *Drovers' Gold* (1997), series, Music
- *The Garden of Redemption* (1997), Music
- *Beautiful Thing* (1996), Original Music Composer — Fi1m 80, [page](https://film.one/film/beautiful-thing.md)
- *Funny Bones* (1995), Original Music Composer
- *Camilla* (1994), Original Music Composer
- *Fair Game* (1994), Music
- *Bhaji on the Beach* (1993), Original Music Composer
- *Bad Behavior* (1993), Music
- *The Long Roads* (1993), Original Music Composer
- *Miss Marple: The Mirror Crack'd from Side to Side* (1992), Music Director
- *Hear My Song* (1991), Music — Fi1m 78, [page](https://film.one/film/hear-my-song.md)
- *Assassin of the Tsar* (1991), Original Music Composer
- *Broke* (1991), Music
- *Ice Dance* (1989), Music
- *The Bell-Run* (1988), Music
- *Miss Marple: 4.50 from Paddington* (1987), Music Director
- *John Lennon: A Journey in the Life* (1985), Music, Music Arranger
- *Star Quality* (1985), Original Music Composer
- *Crystal Gazing* (1982), Music
- *One in Five* (1982), Music
- *The Secret Policeman's Other Ball* (1982), Music Director

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