--- name: "Malcolm Arnold" canonical: "https://film.one/person/malcolm-arnold" fi1m_id: "malcolm-arnold" imdb_id: "nm0002185" tmdb_id: 12241 wikidata_id: "Q313554" roles: ["Composer"] born: "21 October 1921" died: "23 September 2006" reviewed_on_fi1m: 1 average_over: 1 updated: "2026-09-17T23:29:30.393086+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." --- # Malcolm Arnold ## Identity Malcolm Arnold - **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/malcolm-arnold - **Type:** Person - **Fi1m ID:** malcolm-arnold - **IMDb ID:** nm0002185 - **TMDB ID:** 12241 - **Wikidata ID:** Q313554 - **Same entity:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Malcolm_Arnold, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q313554, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0002185/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/12241 Composer. Born 21 October 1921 in Northampton, Northamptonshire, England, UK. Died 23 September 2006. ## Details - **Work:** Composer - **Born:** 21 October 1921, Northampton, Northamptonshire, England, UK - **Died:** 23 September 2006 - **Academy Awards:** 1 Oscar (1 won) - **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Malcolm_Arnold, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q313554, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0002185/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/12241 ## Biography Malcolm Arnold was an English composer. Born in Northampton on 21 October 1921, he studied composition with Gordon Jacob and trumpet with Ernest Hall at the Royal College of Music. He played trumpet in the London Philharmonic Orchestra before becoming a full-time composer in 1948. Arnold wrote scores for more than a hundred films. His work includes *The Bridge on the River Kwai* (1957), for which he won an Academy Award; *Hobson's Choice* (1954); *1984* (1956); *Suddenly, Last Summer* (1959); and *The Inn of the Sixth Happiness* (1958). He also composed concert works, nine symphonies, concertos, chamber music, ballets and operas. Arnold was appointed CBE and knighted for services to music. He died on 23 September 2006. *Sources: imdb.com, en.wikipedia.org, malcolmarnoldsociety.co.uk.* ## On Fi1m (1) - *The Bridge on the River Kwai* (1957), Fi1m 88, Original Music Composer, Music — [page](https://film.one/film/the-bridge-on-the-river-kwai.md) ## Complete filmography (74) Every credit, newest first. Titles without a page can be requested for review on the HTML page. - *The Making of 'The Bridge on the River Kwai'* (2000), Original Music Composer - *The Bridge on the River Kwai: An Appreciation by Filmmaker John Milius* (2000), Music - *Hard Times* (1977), series, Original Music Composer - *Deep Purple: Concerto for Group and Orchestra* (1970), Director - *The Reckoning* (1970), Original Music Composer - *David Copperfield* (1969), Music - *Divertimento* (1968), Music - *The Great St Trinian's Train Robbery* (1966), Original Music Composer - *The Heroes of Telemark* (1965), Original Music Composer - *The Thin Red Line* (1964), Original Music Composer - *The Chalk Garden* (1964), Original Music Composer - *Espionage* (1963), series, Original Music Composer, Music - *Nine Hours to Rama* (1963), Original Music Composer - *The Lion* (1962), Conductor, Music - *The Inspector* (1962), Conductor, Original Music Composer - *On the Fiddle* (1961), Original Music Composer - *Whistle Down the Wind* (1961), Original Music Composer - *The Pure Hell of St Trinian's* (1960), Original Music Composer - *Tunes of Glory* (1960), Original Music Composer - *The Angry Silence* (1960), Original Music Composer - *Suddenly, Last Summer* (1959), Original Music Composer - *Solomon and Sheba* (1959), Music - *Blind Date* (1959), Conductor - *The Boy and the Bridge* (1959), Music, Conductor - *Coupe des Alpes: The Story of the 1958 Alpine Rally* (1959), Music - *The Inn of the Sixth Happiness* (1958), Original Music Composer - *The Roots of Heaven* (1958), Music - *The Key* (1958), Original Music Composer - *Dunkirk* (1958), Original Music Composer - *The Rise and Fall of a Jungle Giant* (1958), Music - *Blue Murder at St. Trinian's* (1957), Original Music Composer - *The Bridge on the River Kwai* (1957), Original Music Composer — Fi1m 88, [page](https://film.one/film/the-bridge-on-the-river-kwai.md) - *Island in the Sun* (1957), Original Music Composer, Conductor - *A Hill in Korea* (1956), Original Music Composer - *Port Afrique* (1956), Original Music Composer - *Trapeze* (1956), Original Music Composer - *Wicked as They Come* (1956), Original Music Composer - *1984* (1956), Original Music Composer - *The Deep Blue Sea* (1955), Original Music Composer - *A Prize of Gold* (1955), Original Music Composer - *The Woman for Joe* (1955), Music - *Value for Money* (1955), Music - *I Am a Camera* (1955), Original Music Composer - *The Constant Husband* (1955), Original Music Composer - *The Night My Number Came Up* (1955), Music - *War in the Air* (1954), series, Music - *The Belles of St Trinian's* (1954), Original Music Composer - *Beautiful Stranger* (1954), Original Music Composer, Music Director - *The Sleeping Tiger* (1954), Original Music Composer - *The Sea Shall Not Have Them* (1954), Music, Original Music Composer - *Hobson's Choice* (1954), Original Music Composer - *Devil on Horseback* (1954), Music - *36 Hours* (1953), Additional Music - *Copenhagen: 'City of Towers'* (1953), Music - *The Captain's Paradise* (1953), Original Music Composer - *Four Sided Triangle* (1953), Original Music Composer - *Powered Flight: The Story of the Century* (1953), Music - *Man of Africa* (1953), Music - *The Holly and the Ivy* (1952), Original Music Composer - *The Ringer* (1952), Original Music Composer - *It Started in Paradise* (1952), Original Music Composer - *The Sound Barrier* (1952), Original Music Composer - *Stolen Face* (1952), Original Music Composer - *Wings of Danger* (1952), Music - *Home at Seven* (1952), Original Music Composer - *Curtain Up* (1952), Original Music Composer - *The Island* (1952), Music - *No Highway in the Sky* (1951), Original Music Composer - *Your Witness* (1950), Original Music Composer - *The Forbidden Street* (1949), Original Music Composer - *Badger's Green* (1949), Music - *Dollars and Sense* (1949), Original Music Composer - *Mining Review* (1948), Conductor, Music - *Queen o’ the Border* (1948), Original Music Composer ## Gallery - ![Malcolm Arnold](https://film.one/media/person/105769/gallery-2d7d00f17091.jpg) Malcolm Arnold — Tom hatte, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons (https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/8/89/Malcolm_Arnold.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail_unscaled) - ![Sculpture of Malcolm Arnold in Northampton (2018)](https://film.one/media/person/105769/gallery-c48051e0a401.jpg) Sculpture of Malcolm Arnold in Northampton (2018) — Immanuel Giel, CC0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/99/Malcolm_Arnold_01.jpg/1280px-Malcolm_Arnold_01.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail) - ![Statue of Malcolm Arnold, The Guildhall, Northampton. GOC West Midlands' walk on 18 February 2018. This was a 4.8-mile circular walk entirely within the town of](https://film.one/media/person/105769/gallery-6d695919a87d.jpg) Statue of Malcolm Arnold, The Guildhall, Northampton. GOC West Midlands' walk on 18 February 2018. This was a 4.8-mile circular walk entirely within the town of — Peter O'Connor aka anemoneprojectors, CC BY-SA 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0c/Northampton_043_Statue_of_Malcolm_Arnold_%2850022193646%29.jpg/1280px-Northampton_043_Statue_of_Malcolm_Arnold_%2850022193646%29.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail) ## Awards ### Academy Awards — 1 won - 1958: Best Score, Adaptation or Treatment (won), for *The Bridge on the River Kwai* *From Wikidata, which records wins more completely than nominations.* --- © Fi1m Ltd. Written by AI under a human editor; checked against sources before publication. 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