Andre Ryder

Andre or Andrea Ryder, born Andreas Anagnostou or Anagnostis was a Greek-Egyptian composer who lived and worked in Egypt in his later years.

Biography

Ryder travelled to Egypt and lived there and worked as a film composer, and was granted Egyptian citizenship in 1970. He composed music for 61 Egyptian films and 6 Greek films. His Egyptian films include; El [Ard el Tayeba], Wakeful Eyes, The Second Man, Forbidden Women, Malaak wa Shaytan, Woman's Secret, El Hub Keda, Letter from an [Unknown Woman |Letter from an Unknown Woman], Aghla Min Hayati, and The Man Who Lost His Shadow.
Ryder was awarded the Order of the Republic by President Gamal [Abdel Nasser]. He was celebrated as Best Composer in The Centenary of Andre Ryder held at Bibliotheca Alexandrina in 2008.
Ryder was killed in a fight in Buenos Aires, Argentina, during one of his tours on 5 March 1971.
Andre was a black belt in judo, muggers tried to rob him and roughing up ladies accompanying him he went into a fight but was stabbed to death