Andre or Andrea Ryder, born Andreas Anagnostou or Anagnostis ( ar, أندريا رايـدر; el, Ανδρέας Αναγνώστου/Αναγνώστης; 1908–1971) was a
Greek-
Egyptian
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composer
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who lived and worked in
Egypt
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in his later years.
Ryder travelled to Egypt and lived there and worked as a
film composer, and was granted Egyptian citizenship in 1970. He composed music for 61
Egyptian films 6 Greek films. His Egyptian films include; ''
El Ard el Tayeba'' (1954), ''
The Second Man
''The Second Man'' is a 1956 crime novel by the British writer Edward Grierson. It won the Gold Dagger award of the Crime Writers' Association.
Synopsis
A new female barrister Marion Kerrison defends a man accused of murdering his aunt to get h ...
'' (1959), ''
Nessa Muharramat'' (1959), ''
El Hub Keda
''El Hub Keda'' ( ar, الحب كده, translit.''Al Hubb Kida'' or ''Al-Houbb kidah'' aliases: That’s What Love Is or This is Love French: ''C'est ça l'amour'') is a 1961 Egyptian romance film starring Salah Zulfikar and Sabah. It is writt ...
'' (1961), ''
Aghla Min Hayati'' (1965).
Ryder was awarded the
Order of the Republic by President
Gamal Abdel Nasser
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. He was celebrated as Best Composer in The Centenary of Andre Ryder held at
Bibliotheca Alexandrina in 2008.
Ryder was killed in a fight in
Buenos Aires
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,
Argentina
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, during one of his tours on 5 March 1971.
Andre was a black belt in judo, muggers tried to rob him and roughing up ladies accompanying him he went into a fight but was stabbed to death
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1908 births
1971 deaths
Egyptian composers
Egyptian film score composers
Greek emigrants to Egypt
Greek composers
Greek film score composers
Male film score composers
20th-century composers
20th-century male musicians