Jason and the Argonauts (working title Jason and the Golden Fleece) is an independently made 1963 British fantasy film distributed by Columbia Pictures, produced by Charles H. Schneer, directed by Don Chaffey, and starring Todd Armstrong, Nancy Kovack, Honor Blackman, and Gary Raymond. The film was made in collaboration with stop motion animation expert Ray Harryhausen and is noted for its various fantasy creatures, notably the iconic fight scene featuring multiple warrior skeletons. The score was composed by Bernard Herrmann, who also worked with Harryhausen on the fantasy films The 7th Voyage of Sinbad (1958) and Mysterious Island (1961).