---
name: "Marc Wilkinson"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/marc-wilkinson"
fi1m_id: "marc-wilkinson"
imdb_id: "nm0929443"
tmdb_id: 32159
wikidata_id: "Q3288492"
roles: ["Composer"]
born: "27 July 1929"
died: "8 January 2022"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 2
average_fi1m_score: 60
average_over: 2
updated: "2026-10-07T10:16:43.103891+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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# Marc Wilkinson

## Identity

Marc Wilkinson

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/marc-wilkinson
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** marc-wilkinson
- **IMDb ID:** nm0929443
- **TMDB ID:** 32159
- **Wikidata ID:** Q3288492
- **Same entity:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marc_Wilkinson, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q3288492, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0929443/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/32159

Composer. Born 27 July 1929 in Paris, France. Died 8 January 2022.

## Details

- **Work:** Composer
- **Born:** 27 July 1929, Paris, France
- **Died:** 8 January 2022
- **Active:** 1968–1980
- **Frequently works with:** [Helen Mirren](https://film.one/person/helen-mirren.md)
- **Fi1m score by decade:** 1960s 82 (1), 1980s 38 (1)
- **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marc_Wilkinson, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q3288492, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0929443/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/32159

## Streaming the US now

- **Pluto TV:** [*if....*](https://film.one/film/if-1968.md) (82)

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## Biography

Marc Wilkinson (27 July 1929 – 9 January 2022) was an Australian-British composer and conductor. Born in Paris, he studied composition at Columbia and Princeton Universities and took lessons with Edgard Varèse. He worked early on with the BBC Radiophonic Workshop and served as resident composer and musical director of the Royal Shakespeare Company before becoming musical director of the Royal National Theatre from 1963 to 1974.

Wilkinson composed incidental music for numerous stage productions, including Peter Shaffer’s *The Royal Hunt of the Sun*. His film scores include *if....* (1968), *The Blood on Satan’s Claw* (1971), *Family Life* (1971), *Enigma* (1982) and *The Mango Tree* (1977). He also wrote for television series such as *Hammer House of Horror* (1980) and *The Bell* (1982). He received BAFTA nominations for his work.

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

## On Fi1m (2)

- *The Fiendish Plot of Dr. Fu Manchu* (1980), Fi1m 38, Music — [page](https://film.one/film/the-fiendish-plot-of-dr-fu-manchu.md)
- *if....* (1968), Fi1m 82, Music, Original Music Composer — [page](https://film.one/film/if-1968.md)

## Complete filmography (35)

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

- *A Day on the Grand Canal with the Emperor of China or: Surface Is Illusion But So Is Depth* (1988), Music
- *Visitors* (1987), Original Music Composer
- *Coming Through* (1985), Music
- *End of Empire* (1985), series, Original Music Composer
- *Mrs. Silly* (1983), Original Music Composer
- *The Case of the Frightened Lady* (1983), Music
- *Enigma* (1982), Original Music Composer
- *Mona* (1982), Music
- *A Dedicated Man* (1982), Music
- *The Bell* (1982), series, Music
- *Looks and Smiles* (1981), Original Music Composer
- *Very Like a Whale* (1981), Music
- *Hammer House of Horror* (1980), series, Original Music Composer
- *The Fiendish Plot of Dr. Fu Manchu* (1980), Music — Fi1m 38, [page](https://film.one/film/the-fiendish-plot-of-dr-fu-manchu.md)
- *Quatermass* (1979), series, Music
- *The Quatermass Conclusion* (1979), Original Music Composer
- *Eagle's Wing* (1979), Conductor, Original Music Composer
- *Blue Remembered Hills* (1979), Original Music Composer
- *The Mango Tree* (1977), Original Music Composer
- *The Other Woman* (1976), Music
- *Days of Hope* (1975), series, Original Music Composer
- *Philadelphia, Here I Come* (1975), Original Music Composer
- *The Christmas Tree* (1975), Music
- *The Return* (1973), Music
- *The Hireling* (1973), Music
- *The Triple Echo* (1972), Music
- *The Darwin Adventure* (1972), Original Music Composer
- *Eagle in a Cage* (1972), Original Music Composer
- *The Man and the Snake* (1972), Music
- *Family Life* (1971), Original Music Composer
- *Blood on Satan's Claw* (1971), Original Music Composer, Conductor
- *Twelfth Night* (1970), Original Music Composer
- *The Royal Hunt of the Sun* (1969), Original Music Composer
- *if....* (1968), Original Music Composer — Fi1m 82, [page](https://film.one/film/if-1968.md)
- *Captain Busby: The Even Tenour of Her Ways* (1967), Music

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