Gerhard Narholz is an Austrian composer, arranger and conductor.
He studied composition and musicology at the Vienna Music Academy. Initially he wrote songs for Petula Clark, Heidi Brühl, Bill Ramsey and the music for German Schlager/Heimatfilms and TV series. During this time he arranged and produced LPs for Polydor Germany and Tokyo (under the pseudonym Otto Sieben).
In 1965 Narholz founded the Sonoton Recorded Music Library. Under the pseudonym Norman Candler he arranged, conducted and produced several LPs with his "Magic Strings" for Teldec Germany and London/King Records, Tokyo. In 1971 Norman Candler received the BBC "Three Star Award" for "the best LP of the year". In September 2015, Narholz was awarded the "Hall of Fame" Mark Award by the Production Music Association (PMA) for his life's work.
He has composed and produced albums with Billy May, Horst Jankowski, Nelson Riddle, Les Brown, Ted Heath, Mr. Acker Bilk, Xavier Cugat, Franck Pourcel and others.