Hubert Bath
Hubert Charles Bath (6 November 1883 – 24 April 1945) was a British film composer, music director, and conductor. His credits include Tudor Rose (1936), A Yank at Oxford (1938) and Millions Like Us (1943).
Biography
Bath was born in Barnstaple, Devon in 1883.
In 1924, Bath was named as co-respondent in the divorce case between Colonel Alfred Rawlinson and the actress Jean Aylwin.[1]
His composition Out of the Blue has been used as the theme music of Sports Report since the programme started in 1948. Also well-known is his Cornish Rhapsody, written for, and essential to the plot of, the 1944 film Love Story.
Death
Personal life
His son John Bath (1915–2004) was also a film composer.
Selected filmography
- Under the Greenwood Tree (1929)
- The Informer (1929)
- The Plaything (1929)
- Tell England (1931)
- His Lordship (1936)
- The Luck of the Irish (1936)
- Non-Stop New York (1937)
- The Great Barrier (1937)
Notes
- ↑ "Actress's Flat in Chelsea – Composer Friend Cited as Co-Respondent". North Devon Journal. Barnstaple. 15 May 1924. p. 3. Retrieved 12 December 2012.
External links
- Hubert Bath on IMDb
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