<P> The Dam Busters March is the theme to the 1955 British war film The Dam Busters . The musical composition, by Eric Coates, has achieved the distinction of becoming synonymous with both the film and the real Operation Chastise . The Dam Busters March remains a very popular accompaniment to flypasts in the UK . </P> <P> Coates' son, Austin Coates, recounted in a BBC radio interview that the march was not actually written for The Dam Busters . It just so happened his father had been carrying out an exercise in composing a march that emulated the musical forms of Edward Elgar, such as in the Pomp and Circumstance Marches . It was only a few days after completing the composition that Coates was contacted by the film's producers . </P>

Who wrote the music for the dambusters march