Cromwell

Frank Cordell

I first became aware that Frank Cordell was involved in scoring the film CROMWELL (1970) on reading article in “Films and Filming” in 1969 reporting that the composer was having more than a few problems completing the score. I vaguely recall that there were even rumours at one point saying he had been replaced. Thankfully this was not the case and Cordell produced a stirring and imposing musical score tailored to the movie which enhanced and supported it perfectly. His sterling efforts on the soundtrack earned Cordell both Academy Award and Golden Globe nominations for best original score in 1971; the composer being nominated alongside Jerry Goldsmith for PATTON, Henry Mancini for SUNFLOWER and Alfred Newman for AIRPORT – all of them losing out to Francis Lai for his haunting score to LOVE STORY.