William Lambert Williamson (28 April 1907– 13 November 1975) was a British composer and conductor, best known for his scores for films, short documentaries and light music.
[2] Williamson studied engineering at Leeds University, where he was musical director of the revue Varsity Vanities in November 1931.
[5][6] In February 1951 Williamson composed Living Silence, a choral and speaking choir morality for Liverpool Cathedral, setting a text by Patric Dickinson and broadcast on the Third Programme.
[7] Williamson regularly composed for BBC radio productions in the late 1940s and into the 1950s: his Rivers of the North of England, composed for the BBC Music Library in 1950, was used as the theme tune for Eric Simms' Countryside programme in 1952.
[8][9] For the 'Mammoth Concert of Comic Music', held at the Royal Albert Hall on 17 July 1958 he contributed a Concertino for piano tuner and orchestra.