Biography
Ralph Vaughan Williams (1872–1958) was an English composer. He wrote the score for the 1941 film 49th Parallel, his first venture into film music, undertaken as a contribution to the British war effort during the Second World War.
He later composed the music for Scott of the Antarctic (1948). Vaughan Williams had an established career as a composer of symphonies, choral works and other concert music before turning to film scores in his late sixties.
