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Overview

Date of Death:
21 November 1695, London, England, UK more
Trivia:
A master of religious and instrumental music as well as stage works.
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NewsDesk:
(2 articles)
International Social Calendar: Glyndebourne Festival Opera
 (From Vanity Fair. 7 July 2009, 1:13 PM, PDT)

Sting bundles up for album of 'Winter' songs
 (From Hitfix. 17 June 2009, 11:15 PM, PDT)

Alternate Names:
H. Purcell | Purcell

Filmography

Soundtrack
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Year Gross (USD) Rating
- 1. Der Mann auf der Brücke (2009) (TV) (writer: "How blessed are shepherds") 2009 - -
- 2. "Entourage" (2004)   (1 episode, 2008) 2008 - 9.2 (30,706)
1 TV episode:
- 3. "Agatha Christie: Poirot" (1989)   (1 episode, 2008) 2008 - 9.0 (2,751)
AKAs:
  • Agatha Christie's Poirot (UK: complete title)
  • Poirot (Australia)
1 TV episode:
- 4. Spider-Man 3 (2007)   (writer: "Lilliburlero") 2007 $885M 6.4 (130,379)
AKAs:
  • Spider-Man 3: The IMAX Experience (USA: IMAX version)
- 5. Becoming Jane (2007) (writer: "Hole in the Wall" (Hornpipe from "Abdelazer")) 2007 $22M 7.0 (13,359)
- 6. Tenacious D in The Pick of Destiny (2006)   ("Title Music From 'A Clockwork Orange'") 2006 - 6.8 (29,915)
AKAs:
  • Kings of Rock - Tenacious D (Germany)
- 7. Elizabethtown (2005) (writer: "Purcell: Rondeau (Abdelazer)" (1677)) 2005 - 6.4 (29,035)
- 8. Pride & Prejudice (2005)   (writer: "Tythe Pig" (from "King Arthur"), "Abdelazer: Rondeau") 2005 $115M 7.8 (46,500)
AKAs:
  • Orgueil & préjugés (France)
  • Orgueil et préjugés (France)
- 9. The Great Ecstasy of Robert Carmichael (2005) (writer: "Music For Queen Mary") 2005 - 5.3 (710)
- 10. Transamerica (2005) ("Act III: Dido: When I am laid in Earth") 2005 $12.9M 7.6 (17,762)
- 11. Der Untergang (2004)   ("When I Am Laid In Earth") 2004 - 8.4 (71,509)
AKAs:
  • Downfall (UK) (USA)
  • La caduta - Gli ultimi giorni di Hitler (Italy)
  • The Downfall (literal English title)
  • The Downfall: Hitler and the End of the Third Reich (USA)
- 12. Coffee and Cigarettes (2003) (writer: "Fantazias for the Viols") 2003 - 6.8 (17,507)
- 13. Perduto amor (2003) (writer: "WHEN I AM LAID IN EARTH" da DIDO & AENEAS) 2003 - 6.1 (92)
- 14. Choses secrètes (2002)   (writer: "Music for the funeral of Queen Mary", "Man that is born") 2002 - 6.1 (1,840)
AKAs:
  • Secret Things (International: English title)
- 15. Jeff Buckley: Everybody Here Wants You (2002) (TV) (music: "Dido's Lament" (live '95 from London Meltdown Festival)) 2002 - 7.2 (77)
- 16. Russkiy kovcheg (2002)   ("King Arthur") 2002 - 7.2 (5,902)
AKAs:
  • Русский ковчег (Russia)
  • Russian Ark (International: English title)
  • Russian Ark - Eine einzigartige Zeitreise durch die Eremitage (Germany)
- 17. Hable con ella (2002)   ("O let me weep, for ever weep") 2002 - 8.0 (33,182)
AKAs:
  • Talk to Her (International: English title) (UK) (USA)
- 18. Tout près des étoiles: Les danseurs de l'Opéra de Paris (2001)   ("Solisoli") 2001 - 7.0 (83)
AKAs:
  • Etoiles: Dancers of the Paris Opera Ballet (International: English title) (USA)
  • Les danseurs de l'opéra de Paris (France: subtitle)
- 19. Conker's Bad Fur Day (2001) (VG)   ("Music for the Funeral of Queen Mary") 2001 - 9.1 (280)
AKAs:
  • Conker's BFD (International: English title: promotional abbreviation)
- 20. The Man Who Cried (2000)   (music: "Dido's Lament" (1689)) 2000 - 6.0 (6,717)
AKAs:
  • The man who cried - Les larmes d'un homme (France)
- 21. Le goût des autres (2000)   (music: "Let Us Wander, Not Unseen") 2000 - 7.2 (4,522)
AKAs:
  • The Taste of Others (Canada: English title) (USA)
  • It Takes All Kinds (International: English title)
- 22. "Aleph, lectures contades" (1999)   (1 episode, 2000) 2000 - -
1 TV episode:
- 23. "Wives and Daughters" (1999)   (1 episode, 1999) 1999 - 8.5 (1,644)
1 TV episode:
- 24. Pola X (1999)   (writer: "Ode on the Birthday of Queen Mary", "Overture", "Come, Ye Sons of Art") 1999 - 5.7 (1,587)
AKAs:
  • Pierre oder Der Kampf mit der Sphinx (Germany: TV title)
  • Pierre ou les ambiguïtés (France: TV title (longer version))
- 25. "Vanity Fair" (1998) (unknown episodes) 1998 - 8.0 (489)
- 26. "The History of Tom Jones, a Foundling" (1997) (unknown episodes) 1997 - 8.2 (352)
- 27. Emma (1996) (TV) (writer: "Hole in the Wall" (Hornpipe from "Abdelazer")) 1996 - 7.3 (1,724)
- 28. Wild Australia: The Edge (1996) (writer: "When I am Laid") 1996 - 6.7 (23)
- 29. Squish Story (1996)   (writer: "Music For the Funeral of Queen Mary") 1996 - -
AKAs:
  • Squish Story: The Making of 'Commander Squish'
- 30. Before Sunrise (1995) ("Dido And Aeneas") 1995 $22.6M 8.0 (34,508)
- 31. England, My England (1995) (music: "Sonata for trumpet and strings in D", "The Married Beau", "Birthday Song for Queen Mary, 1654: Come ye sons of art (No. 2)", "Birthday Song for Queen Mary, 1654: Sound the trumpet (No. 3)", "Birthday Song for Queen Mary, 1654: Saul and thw Witch of Endor (In guilty night)", "The Indian Queen: Adagio", "King Arthur: Fairest Isle", "King Arthur: Upon a quiet conscience (Close thine eyes and sleep secure)", "Dido & Aeneas: Dido's lament (Thy hand, Belinda - When I am laid in earth)", "Music for the Funeral of Queen Mary (excerpt)", "Abdelazer: Rondeau", "King Arthur: Act I, Come if you dare", "King Arthur: Act III") ("How Happy the Lover") 1995 - 7.6 (89)
- 32. Ulrike Marie Meinhof (1994) ("Didon et Enee") 1994 - 8.4 (10)
- 33. William Christie et Les Arts Florissants, ou La passion du baroque (1994) (writer: "The Fairy Queen") 1994 - -
- 34. Night Terrors (1993)   (music: "Sound the Trumpet") 1993 - 3.0 (516)
AKAs:
  • Nightmare
  • Tobe Hooper's Night Terrors (USA: complete title)
  • Tobe Hooper's Nightmare
- 35. Punainen ruukku (1988) (TV) (music: "Dido and Aeneas") 1988 - -
- 36. La nuit porte jarretelles (1985) (music: "La mort de Didon") 1985 - 4.4 (25)
- 37. À nos amours (1983)   ("The cold song") 1983 - 7.3 (904)
AKAs:
  • To Our Loves
- 38. Une semaine de vacances (1980)   (writer: "O Solitude") 1980 - 6.9 (145)
AKAs:
  • A Week's Holiday (UK)
  • A Week's Vacation (USA: poster title)
- 39. Molière (1978) (music: "LE ROI ARTHUR (King Arthur, or the British Worthy)") 1978 - 7.4 (252)
- 40. Zerkalo (1975)   (writer: "They Tell Us That Your Mighty Powers") 1975 - 7.9 (6,258)
AKAs:
  • Зеркало (Soviet Union: Russian title)
  • Sarke (Soviet Union: Georgian title)
  • The Mirror (USA)
- 41. A Clockwork Orange (1971)   (writer: "March from 'Funeral Music for Queen Mary'" (uncredited)) 1971 - 8.5 (173,555)
AKAs:
  • Stanley Kubrick's A Clockwork Orange (USA: poster title)
- 42. "Civilisation" (1969) (unknown episodes) 1969 - 8.4 (131)
- 43. Teresa Brewer and the Firehouse Five Plus Two (1951) (music: "Fantasy in Blue" (uncredited)) 1951 - -
- 44. Instruments of the Orchestra (1946) (writer: "Abdelazar: Rondeau") 1946 - -
Composer
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Year Gross (USD) Rating
- 1. Didon et Enée (1998) (TV) (from opera "Dido & Aeneas") 1998 - -
- 2. The fairy queen (La reine des fées) (1989) (TV) (from opera "The Fairy Queen") 1989 - 7.4 (10)
- 3. "Tatort" (1970)   (1 episode, 1971) 1971 - 7.4 (381)
- 4. Jahrgang '45 (1965)   1965 - 6.7 (47)
AKAs:
  • Born in '45 (USA)
Music Department
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Year Gross (USD) Rating
- 1. "Retour au baroque" (1993)   (composer: song "From Rosy Bowers") 1993 - -
AKAs:
  • Zurück zum Barock (Germany)
- 2. The Draughtsman's Contract (1982) (music consultant) (as H. Purcell) 1982 - 7.2 (3,201)
- 3. Come Back, Little Sheba (1977) (TV)   (composer: theme music) (as Purcell) 1977 - 6.8 (25)
AKAs:
  • Laurence Olivier Presents: Come Back, Little Sheba (UK: series title)
- 4. The Collection (1976) (TV)   (composer: theme music) 1976 - 8.1 (66)
AKAs:
  • Laurence Olivier Presents: The Collection (UK: series title)

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