Lawrence Reginald Ward ('Laurie') Johnson (born February 17, 1927, in Hampstead, England) is a British film and television composer, and bandleader. Johnson's film scores include The Moonraker, No Trees In The Street, Tiger Bay, I Aim At The Stars, Spare The Rod, Dr. Strangelove or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb, First Men In The Moon, East Of Sudan, The Beauty Jungle, Hot Millions, And Soon the Darkness, The Belstone Fox, Captain Kronos - Vampire Hunter and Diagnosis: Murder.