Editing Ron Goodwin (section)

===Works===
Goodwin is primarily known for his film music and worked on more than 70 scores during his career. He composed his first feature film, ''[[Man with a Gun (1958 film)|Man with a Gun]]'' in 1958 and was quickly followed by ''The Witness'' and ''Whirlpool'' a year later. Early minor film success followed with several films until 1961 when he composed scores for the first of four [[Miss Marple]] films starring [[Margaret Rutherford]], entitled ''[[Murder, She Said]]'' (1961). He later went on to compose for the remaining three Miss Marple films ''[[Murder at the Gallop]]'' (1963), ''[[Murder Most Foul (film)|Murder Most Foul]]'' (1963) and ''[[Murder Ahoy]]'' (1964). He scored two horror films, ''[[Village of the Damned (1960 film)|Village of the Damned]]'' (1960) and its sequel ''[[Children of the Damned]]'' (1964). His music for war films is particularly well remembered. This includes work on ''[[633 Squadron]]'' (1964), ''[[Operation Crossbow (film)|Operation Crossbow]]'' (1965), ''[[Where Eagles Dare]]'' (1968), ''[[Battle of Britain (film)|Battle of Britain]]'' (1969), for which he (mostly) replaced [[William Walton]], plus ''[[Force Ten from Navarone]]'' (1978).<ref name="Larkin50"/> After requests from the Band of the Royal Air Force, the opening from ''Battle of Britain'', originally titled ''Luftwaffe March'', was retitled ''[[Aces High (music)|Aces High]]'' and is now regularly played by military bands in the UK.

He wrote the scores for ''[[Of Human Bondage (1964 film)|Of Human Bondage]]'' (1964), ''[[Those Magnificent Men in Their Flying Machines]]'' (1965), [[Alfred Hitchcock]]'s ''[[Frenzy]]'' (1972, replacing [[Henry Mancini]]), two movies featuring [[Morecambe and Wise]], and the [[Norman Wisdom]] film, ''[[The Early Bird]]'' (1965).<ref name="Larkin50"/>

Goodwin's score for the 1966 film [[The Trap (1966 film)|''The Trap'']] is now used by the BBC as the theme to the [[London Marathon]] coverage.<ref name="bbcmusic">{{cite web|title=The Trap - The London Marathon Theme|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/music/tracks/n2x332|publisher=BBC Music|access-date=22 April 2018}}</ref><ref name="classicfm">{{cite web|title=Ron Goodwin: The Trap|url=http://www.classicfm.com/composers/goodwin/music/the-trap/|publisher=Classic fm|access-date=22 April 2018}}</ref>  A 30-second variation of his 1969 composition for the film ''[[Monte Carlo or Bust]]'' is used as the intro for the [[BBC Radio Four]] panel game ''[[I'm Sorry I Haven't a Clue]]''.

Goodwin wrote several Disney film scores during the 1970s, including the one used for ''[[One of Our Dinosaurs Is Missing]]'' (1975).<ref name="Larkin50"/>  He also composed the music and lyrics for a series of animated films. These included ''The Selfish Giant'' (1971), ''The Happy Prince'' (1974), and  ''The Little Mermaid'' (also 1974). Goodwin's last film score was for the [[Danish people|Danish]]-made animation film ''[[Valhalla (1986 film)|Valhalla]]'' in 1986.<ref name="Larkin50"/> He composed the [[Yorkshire Television]] start up music used from their launch in July 1968 to the early 1980s, before ITV had breakfast television.

Goodwin wrote the television advertising jingles such as [[Noddy (character)|Noddy]]'s chant, "I like [[Ricicles]]: they're twicicle as nicicles", and the "[[Mr Sheen]] shines umpteen things clean" song, inspired by ''Those Magnificent Men in Their Flying Machines''.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.theguardian.com/news/2003/jan/11/guardianobituaries.artsobituaries|title=Obituary: Ron Goodwin|first=Alexander|last=Gleason|date=11 January 2003|website=Theguardian.com|access-date=11 October 2019}}</ref>