Angela Morley
| Angela Morley | |
|---|---|
| Birth name | Walter Stott |
| Born |
10 March 1924 Leeds, Yorkshire, England |
| Origin | Leeds, Yorkshire |
| Died | 14 January 2009 (aged 84) Scottsdale, Arizona, US |
| Genres | Easy listening, classical, jazz, big band, film music |
| Occupation(s) | Composer, arranger, orchestrator, conductor |
| Instruments | Alto saxophone, flute, clarinet, bass clarinet, piano |
| Years active | 1940–2008 |
| Website | www |
Angela Morley (born Walter "Wally" Stott, 10 March 1924 – 14 January 2009) was an English composer and conductor. She attributed her entry into composing and arranging largely to the influence and encouragement of the Canadian light music composer Robert Farnon. In 1972, Morley underwent sex reassignment surgery. Later in life, she lived in Scottsdale, Arizona.
Morley won two Emmy Awards for her work in music arrangement. These were in the category of Outstanding Achievement in Music Direction, in 1988 and 1990, both for television specials starring Julie Andrews. Morley received Emmy nominations for composing music for television series such as Dynasty and Dallas. She was twice nominated for an Academy Award in the category of Best Music, Original Song Score/Adaptation: for The Little Prince (1974), a nomination shared with Alan Jay Lerner, Frederick Loewe, and Douglas Gamley; and for The Slipper and the Rose, which Morley shared with Richard M. Sherman and Robert B. Sherman. She was the first openly transgender person to be nominated for an Academy Award.
Morley was born in Leeds, Yorkshire, in England in 1924, played saxophone in a number of dance bands, and in 1944 became a member of Geraldo's band.
Morley was originally a composer of light music, best known for pieces such as the jaunty "Rotten Row" and "A Canadian in Mayfair", a homage to Robert Farnon's "Portrait of a Flirt". Morley is also remembered for writing the theme tune and incidental music for Hancock's Half Hour, and was the musical director for The Goon Show from the third series in 1952 to the last show in 1960. Another short but remembered theme was the 12-note-long "Ident Zoom-2", written for Lew Grade's Associated TeleVision (ATV), in use from the introduction of colour television in 1969, until the demise of ATV in 1981.
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