Inspiration
Henry Mancini
Michel Legrand
Marvin Hamlisch
Burt Bacharach
Leslie Bricuse
Anthony Newley
The Sherman Brothers
Lionel Bart
Paul Williams
Jimmy Webb
Antonio Carlos Jobim
Ivan Lins
Toninho Horta
Pat Metheny/Lyle Mays
Stevie Wonder
Ennio Morricone
Stelvio Cipriani
Christopher Gunning
David Whitaker
Basil Kirchin
Johnny Douglass
Johnny Pearson
Johnny Dankworth
Johnny Keating
John Cameron
Sir Malcolm Arnold
Richard Rodney Bennett
Bill Conti
Jonny Mandel
Dave Grusin
Gerry Goldsmith
Lalo Schifrin
Walley Stott/Angela Morley
Robert Farnon
Eric Coates
John Williams
John Barry
Stanley Myers
Roger Webb
Ronnie Hazlehurst
Vladimir Cosma
François de Roubaix
Georges Delerue
Paul Glass
Philippe Sarde
Alessandro Alessandroni
Piero Piccioni
AL has an enduring passion for the great masters of strong melody-writing and sophisticated harmonic structure, which was very much the staple of film and television music of the past. This site has already mentioned his passion for the Jazz style songs of the early half of the 20th Century that encompass the sounds of the Great American Songbook. Below is a selection of other composers and songwriters who have made a deep impact and inspired him.