Lawrence Crosley (May 19, 1932 - January 24, 1998) was an

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composer.Barclay McMillan, Betty Nygaard King and Clifford Ford
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'', June 5, 2007. He was most noted as a two-time

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winner for his film scores, winning at the

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in 1971 for '' Seasons in the Mind'' and at the

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in 1972 for '' Journey to Power''.Maria Topalovich, ''And the Genie Goes To...: Celebrating 50 Years of the Canadian Film Awards''.

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, 2000. . A native of Oaklandon,

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, he was educated at the

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before moving to

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, as a staff composer for

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; in 1965 he married Michal Anne Crawley, the daughter of Crawley Films principals

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.Tony Lofaro, "Composed music for more than 200 films: He wrote the dramatic musical score for the award-winning The Man Who Skied Down Everest". ''

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'', January 28, 1998. He also later worked for the

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, the

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and other companies, composing music for over 200 films and television shows over the course of his career. He also composed

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and

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pieces, played jazz clarinet, and taught music as a sessional instructor at

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and the

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. In addition to his Canadian Film Award wins he won the Bijou Award for Best Musical Score in 1981 for '' The Lost Pharaoh'',"CBC, NFB loot the Bijou Awards". ''

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'', October 29, 1981. and received a

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nomination for Best Original Music Score for a Program or Mini-Series at the

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in 1990 for ''The Teddy Bears' Picnic''.

Filmography

*'' St. Lawrence North'' - 1970 *''

Amanita Pestilens ''Amanita Pestilens'' is a 1963 Canadian-American psychological horror-fantasy /drama film produced by F. R. Crawley, and directed by René Bonnière. It was "the first Canadian feature film to be shot in both English and French with the sam ...

'' - 1963 *'' The Johari Window'' - 1970 *''

The Man Who Skied Down Everest ''The Man Who Skied Down Everest'' is a Canadian documentary about Yuichiro Miura, a Japanese alpinist who skied down Mount Everest in 1970. The film was produced by Crawley Films' "Budge" Crawley and directed by Crawley and Bruce Nyznik. Miur ...

'' - 1970 *'' The Tenth Decade'' - 1971 *'' Cry of the Wild'' - 1972 *''

Whistling Smith ''Whistling Smith'' is a 1975 short documentary film directed by Marrin Canell and Michael J. F. Scott for the National Film Board of Canada. It was produced for the NFB's '' Pacificanada'' series, which aired on CBC-TV in early 1975. The fil ...

'' - 1975 *'' I'll Find a Way'' - 1977 *'' The Way It Is'' - 1985 *'' Aces: A Story of the First Air War'' - 1993

References

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