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"Sir Richard Rodney Bennett, the Oscar-nominated composer, has died at the age of 76. The Guardian reports that Bennett passed away peacefully on Christmas Eve (Monday, December 24) in his adopted home city of New York.  Born in Kent on March 29, 1936, Bennett was a composer of classical and jazz works in addition to film scores, and regularly performed as a jazz pianist. His score for Sidney Lumet&amp;#039;s Murder on the Orient Express won a BAFTA in 1974, and was also nominated for an Academy Award.  Bennett&amp;#039;s scores for Far From the Madding Crowd and Nicholas and Alexandra also received Oscar nominations, and his other compositions for film include Enchanted April and Four Weddings and a Funeral.  His TV work ranges from early Doctor Who serial The Aztecs to Jonathan Rhys Meyers and Christopher Lee&amp;#039;s 2000 miniseries Gormenghast. Bennett was honoured with a CBE in 1977, and received a knighthood in 1998. Listen to the theme from Murder on the Orient Express below:      "^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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