Harry Rabinowitz

Harry Rabinowitz MBE (26 March 1916 – 22 June 2016) was a South African-British conductor and composer of film and television music.

[1] He was the conductor at the Orchestra of St. Luke's Ismail Merchant and James Ivory 35th anniversary celebration at Carnegie Hall on 17 September 1996.

[citation needed] Rabinowitz conducted film scores, including Hanover Street (1979), Chariots of Fire (1981), Heat and Dust (1983), The Bostonians (1984), Return to Oz (1985), Lady Jane (1986), Maurice (1987), The Remains of the Day (1993), The English Patient (1996), The Talented Mr. Ripley (1999), and Cold Mountain (2003).

[1] Rabinowitz also composed for television, including The Frost Report (1966), I, Claudius (1976) and The Agatha Christie Hour (1982).

[citation needed] In June 2015, Rabinowitz was the guest castaway on BBC Radio 4's Desert Island Discs.