George Melachrino has been played on NTS in shows including Daisy Holiday w/ Haruomi Hosono, featured first on 12 September 2020. Songs played include Scrub, Brother, Scrub.

George Melachrino (born George Militiades 1 May 1909 in London, England — died 18 June 1965) was a musician, movie composer, and musical director who was English born of Greek and Italian descent.

As a young boy, George Melachrino had a love of music. At the age of five, he began his writing his compositions, and by the age of fourteen he rolled into the Trinity College of Music. In the 1930s, Melachrino started working for bands lead by…