George Dreyfus

George Dreyfus (born July 22, 1928, Wuppertal, Germany) is a contemporary classical, film and television composer in Australia.

Early life
The Dreyfus family fled to Melbourne, Australia in 1939. George studied at Melbourne High School then then Melba Conservatorium Victoria as a bassoonist.

Career
From 1948 Dreyfus played bassoon in touring orchestras accompanying opera and ballet companies before joining the Melbourne Symphony Orchestra (then known as the Victorian SO) in 1953. In the 1950s he studied at the Imperial Academy of Music in Vienna. He began composing in 1956 but did not concentrate on composition until the 1960s.

He has composed numerous film and television scores, including for A Steam Train Passes (1974), Rush (1974), Dimboola (1979) and The Fringe Dwellers (1986).

He composed the operas Rathenau in 1993, Die Marx Sisters in 1996 and The Takeover 1997.