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John Scott
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Biography
Patrick John O'Hara Scott (born 1930) is an English composer, conductor, and jazz musician. He began his career as a pop and jazz arranger and session musician before becoming well-known for his film and television scores, including collaborations with directors such as Richard Donner, Mike Hodges, Hugh Hudson, Norman Jewison, Irvin Kershner, Ilaiyaraaja, and Norman J. Warren. He is also a composer of contemporary classical music.
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KinoChain journeys
Public chains that pass through their films — or name them as a bridge.
The Wicker Shadows of Folk Horror
From a wartime farce to sunlit cults and lighthouse madness, a journey through rural dread and the rituals that bind us.
8 films
The Bush Doesn't Care If You Understand It
Crocodile Dundee sold the Outback as a punchline. The films that follow take the same landscape and let it bite back.
8 films
The Shoot as a Ritual of Ownership
A chain of eight films where the hunt is never really about the animal. Wild boar, kestrels, rabbits and pheasants watch while landowners, farmers and hired gun...
8 films
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