Hubert Bath


Hubert Charles Bath was a British film composer, music director, and conductor. His credits include Tudor Rose, A Yank at Oxford and Millions Like Us.

Biography

Bath was born in Barnstaple, Devon in 1883. He sang in the local church choir and in 1899 attended the Royal Academy of Music, studying piano and organ, as well as composition with Frederick Corder. He went on to compose many film scores, marches for brass bands, orchestral suites, theatre music and choral works.
In 1924, Bath was named as co-respondent in the divorce case between Colonel Alfred Rawlinson and the actress Jean Aylwin.
His composition Out of the Blue has been used as the theme music of Sports Report since the programme started in 1948. Also well-known is his Cornish Rhapsody, written for, and essential to the plot of, the 1944 film Love Story.

Death

He died in Harefield, Middlesex in 1945, aged 61.

Personal life

His son John Bath was also a film composer.

Selected filmography