Monty Norman (né Noserovitch; 4 April 1928 – 11 July 2022) was a British film score composer and singer.

[1] As a child during World War II, Norman was evacuated to St Albans from London but later returned during the Blitz.

[4] During the 1950s and early 1960s, Norman was a singer for big bands such as those of Cyril Stapleton, Stanley Black, Ted Heath,[5] and Nat Temple.

[1] From the late 1950s, he moved from singing to composing, including songs for performers such as Cliff Richard,[1][3] Tommy Steele,[7] Count Basie,[9] and Bob Hope,[1][3] and lyrics for musicals and (subsequently) films.

[11] Expresso Bongo, written by Wolf Mankowitz, was a West End hit and was later made into a 1960 film starring a young Cliff Richard.

[13][14] In the made-for-DVD documentary Inside Dr. No, Norman performed a music piece that he wrote for an unproduced stage musical based on A House for Mr Biswas several years earlier, entitled "Bad Sign, Good Sign", that he claimed resembles the melody of the "James Bond Theme" in several places.