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Jeffrey "Jeff" Wayne (born July 1, 1943, in Forest Hills, Queens, New York) is an American composer with a penchant for tennis and [[Rock Opera]]s. He wrote several advertising jingles in the 1970s which appeared on television in the United Kingdom, notably a Gordon's Gin commercial which was then covered by [[The Human League]]. Other well-known themes he wrote include ''Good Morning Britain'' (TV-am) and London's LBC radio. However, his most famous work by far is his 1978 musical version of H. G. Wells' ''[[The War of the Worlds (novel)|The War of the Worlds]]'', which won two Ivor Novello awards and Best Recording in Science Fiction and Fantasy (which might be an [[Overly Narrow Superlative]] but what the hey, it's still [[Crowning Music of Awesome]]).
Wayne kept a fairly low profile in the decade after ''The War of the Worlds'', but continued to be active in composing and producing. He produced the music for the movie McVicar, created several TV themes, and composed the overture for Kevin Peek and Rick Wakeman's ''Beyond the Planets'' in 1984.
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