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- Birth nameCyril John Payne
- Cy Payne was born in 1935 in the United Kingdom. He was a composer, known for Girls of the Latin Quarter (1960), Along the Way (1972) and Shoot to Kill (1960). He died on July 6, 2021 in Downham Market, Norfolk, UK.
- He arranged "Let's Face the Music and Dance" and "History of Love" for Torvill and Dean's return to the Olympic Ice Dancing Competition plus arrangements including "Bolero" for their Face the Music World Tour.
- He scored music for the musical "Hard Times".
- Cy Payne arranged for and recorded with many artists including Cliff Richard, Elton John, The Casuals, Marty Wilde, The Brotherhood of Man, Julio Iglesias, Charles Aznavour, Paul and Barry Ryan, Billy Ocean, Shirley Bassey, Michael Crawford, Rosa Michelle, Ethna Campbell, Billy Connoly, The Avons and others resulting in eighteen chart entries to date.
- He had a considerable involvement with military bands since 1965, arranging for Trooping the Colour, The Royal Tournament, Royal Weddings, and military band recordings for The Concert Band of Her Majesty's Life Guards, The Bands of the Royal Artillery, Royal Engineers, Royal Signals Regiment, Royal Marines, Royal Regiment of Wales, Coldstream Guards, Grenadiers, Scots Guards, Irish Guards and The Royal Air Force Band, Cranwell. Most of the major military bands have Cy Payne arrangements in their libraries.
- Recent work included arranging scores for four shows at the London Palladium for ATA Productions and scoring and conducting concert for a cast of 800 at the Royal Albert Hall, also for ATA Productions.
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