Battle of Britain (film)

Battle of Britain is a 1969 film directed by Guy Hamilton. The film broadly relates the events of the Battle of Britain. The script by James Kennaway and Wilfred Greatorex was based on the book The Narrow Margin by Derek Wood and Derek Dempster.

Musical Score

The stirring musical score was originally written by Sir William Walton and conducted by Malcolm Arnold. However, the music department at United Artists objected that the score was insufficient to make up a long-playing record. As a result, the score was rejected and the film was rescored by Ron Goodwin. At the instigation of S. Benjamin Fisz one segment of the Walton score, titled The Battle in the Air, framing the climactic air battles of 15th September 1940, was retained in the final cut. Tapes of the Walton score were believed lost forever until rediscovered in 1990, since when they have been restored and released on CD. The complete Walton score was reinstated as an added extra on the Region 2 Special Edition DVD of the movie released in June 2004.

Related Topics:
William Walton - Malcolm Arnold - United Artists - Ron Goodwin - S. Benjamin Fisz - 15th September - 1940 - 1990

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