Alan Tew began his career in the 1950s as the pianist and arranger for the Len Turner Band based in London.
He became a renowned composer of Library Music and specially composed TV themes and cues. His credits including the Doctor in the House , known "Bond Street Parade" and available on Standard Music Library, ...And Mother Makes Three , The Hanged Man. And his music has appeared in diverse hit shows from across the decades including The Two Ronnies, The Sweeney, SpongeBob SquarePants, and the 2009 spoof Black Dynamite.
One of the cuts composed for The Hanged Man, entitled "The Big One", would become used as the theme and bumper music for the American television series, The People's Court , as well as feature in the British detective show Van der Valk and the ‘erotic films’ Barbara Broadcast (1977), The Satisfiers of Alpha Blue (1980), and Malibu High (1979).
Alan made a number of orchestral albums including This Is My Scene on Phase 4 Stereo (1967) and The Magnificent Westerns on CBS Records (1969), led his own orchestra, The Alan Tew Orchestra, and collaborated with Cat Stevens.
