Ronald Hanmer

About the artist

Ronald Hanmer (2 February 1917 – 23 May 1994) was a British composer and arranger of light music, who spent his latter years in Australia. His special orchestrations of shows for amateur companies remain in demand world wide. He also gained considerable fame in the brass band world, where his works are renowned as test pieces. His output numbered over 700 items. He is best known in his adopted country Australia as the composer of the signature tune to the long-running radio serial Blue Hills.

Top songs

  1. Picking strings
  2. Intermission
  3. Bits and Pieces
  4. Where Danger Lurks
  5. For Those in Peril
  6. Fashion on Parade
  7. American Ball Game
  8. Pageantry Processional
  9. Blood and Sand
  10. Dramatic Cue (h)
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  1. Pastorale
  2. Blue Hills
  3. City Desk
  4. Heavy Seas
  5. Mighty Ocean
  6. The Adventures Of P.C. 49
  7. Shanghai Incident
  8. Fanfares and Flourishes (1-6)
  9. Skyscraper City
  10. Christmas Is Coming
  11. High Venture
  12. Eastern Journey
  13. Dramatic Cue (b)
  14. Mink For Milady
  15. Dramatic Cue (e)
  16. Dramatic Cue (d)
  17. Stupid Cupid
  18. Dramatic Cue (f)
  19. Dramatic Cue (a)
  20. Dramatic Cue (g)
  21. Dramatic Cue (c)
  22. North & South Pole
  23. White Solitude
  24. Dagger In The Dark
  25. Eastern Prince
  26. Ask Me Another
  27. The Four Horsemen
  28. Olympic Games March
  29. Proud And Free
  30. Desolate North
  31. They're Away!
  32. Shock Headed Peter
  33. Dramatic Cue
  34. Blood And Sand March
  35. Wheels Within Weels
  36. Bits & Pieces
  37. Gala Nights
  38. Vim And Vigour
  39. Plucking Strings
  40. Juggling Clowns
  41. Heroic Saga
  42. Curtain Down
  43. Children’s Hour
  44. Happy Hurries
  45. Quirk / Hunt The Thimble
  46. Pastorale (Theme from Blue Hills)
  47. Shock-Headed Peter
  48. Industrial Background
  49. Regal Occasions
  50. The Adventures of PC 49
  51. Cops And Robbers
  52. Creepy Crawly
  53. Ins And Outs No. 1 - 2. Regal
  54. Ins And Outs No. 1 - 4. Theatrical
  55. Pick And Choose
  56. Funny Business
  57. PC 49 Theme - 1997 Digital Remaster
  58. just whimsical
  59. Lost In A Fog
  60. Holiday Fare
  61. Late Night Extra
  62. Goblin Forest
  63. Affairs of State
  64. avila
  65. Skating Waltz
  66. Fanfares And Flourishes
  67. Creepy Clowns
  68. Informal Interview
  69. hawaiian interlude
  70. Comical Clowns
  71. A Haunting We Will Go
  72. Laughing Jackass
  73. Harp And The Breeze
  74. Ticking Over
  75. Cape Carnaveral
  76. Teenage
  77. Ponteio
  78. Evening Stroll
  79. Morning Promenade
  80. The Fountain
  81. Cat Burglar
  82. Table Talk
  83. Jumping Jacks
  84. Swiss Swizzle
  85. Crazy Clowns
  86. Circus Clowns
  87. Moscow Parade
  88. Pastorale (Blue Hills Theme)
  89. Stately Spires
  90. Pastorale - Theme From "Blue Hills"

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