Charles Williams (8 May 1893 – 7 September 1978) was a British composer and conductor, contributing music to over 50 films.
While his career ran from 1934 through 1968, much of his work came to the big screen as stock music and was therefore uncredited.
[1] He began his career as a freelance violinist in theatres, cinemas and symphony orchestras and later studied composition with Norman O'Neill at the Royal Academy of Music.
He composed for many British films and radio shows and after the end of World War II, he became the conductor of the new Queen's Hall Light Orchestra.
He composed many orchestral pieces and marches for his ensembles, which were recorded in the "Mood Music" category of light music and during the 1950s became familiar as film and television signature themes, often in his own recordings: He also composed the popular piano concerto pastiche, "The Dream of Olwen", for the film While I Live.