Leighton Lucas


Leighton Lucas was an English composer and conductor. Born into a musical family, he began his career as a dancer for Sergei Diaghilev's Ballets Russes. He became a ballet conductor at 19, as well as a self-taught composer of religious works and film music He also worked as an arranger for Jack Hylton's orchestra between c.1926 and 1930.
He is particularly noted for his film compositions, including the scores for Target for Tonight, Alfred Hitchcock's Stage Fright, Ice-Cold in Alex and the incidental music for The Dam Busters.
Benjamin Britten wrote that Lucas's Partita for piano and chamber orchestra was "very interesting - especially the quite lovely Sarabande." Lucas's 'Sinfonia Brevis' for horn and 11 instruments may be one of the earliest British scores to incorporate Balinese gamelan effects.

Selected Compositions

Orchestral
Ballet
Brass Band
Choral
Chamber