Laurie Johnson
Laurie Johnson MBE | |
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| Birth name | Laurence Reginald Ward Johnson |
| Born | 7 February 1927 Hampstead, London, England |
| Died | 16 January 2024 (aged 96) |
| Genres | Pop, swing, classical, soundtrack |
| Occupation(s) | Composer, bandleader, conductor, arranger |
| Years active | 1951–2024 |
Laurence Reginald Ward Johnson MBE (7 February 1927 – 16 January 2024) was an English composer and bandleader who wrote scores for dozens of film and television series, described as "one of the most highly regarded arrangers of big-band swing and pop music" in England. Much of Johnson's music was written for the KPM music library, for which he composed and conducted between 1960 and 1965.