Jan Stoeckart, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Jan Stoeckart

Dutch composer, conductor, trombonist and former radio producer

Date of Birth: 03-Nov-1927

Place of Birth: Amsterdam, North Holland, Netherlands

Date of Death: 13-Jan-2017

Profession: composer, conductor

Nationality: Kingdom of the Netherlands

Zodiac Sign: Scorpio

Jan Stoeckart (3 November 1927, Amsterdam – 13 January 2017) was a Dutch composer, conductor, trombonist and former radio producer, who often worked under various pseudonyms such as Willy Faust, Peter Milray, Julius Steffaro and Jack Trombey.
In the UK he is best known for his composition Eye Level, the theme tune to the ITV series Van der Valk, which was a number one on the UK singles chart in 1973.
He also composed "Homeward Bound", a theme from the film Monty Python and the Holy Grail (1975), under the pseudonym Jack Trombey.