Composers
ALTMAN, John
John Altman won a BAFTA for Hear My Song and EMMY for RKO 281, this award winning British composer’s most recent Hollywood movie score is Miramax’s worldwide smash hit Shall We Dance, starring Richard Gere and Jennifer Lopez. Other recent credits include the features Shoot On Sight and a contemporary version of Ibsen’s The Master Builder both of which opened this year, as well as The Good Samaritan for ITV. Recently awarded a Gold Badge for services to British music by The British Academy of Songwriters & Composers.
ATACK, Tim
Tim Atack writes contemporary film/tv music as well as co-writing, recording and producing with Des’ree her multi- million selling albums and singles. He scored Ricky Gervais’ first Hollywood movie as writer/director/star, The Invention of Lying, which received great reviews in the US and UK and is now on general release, and Tim’s gone straight on to Ricky’s new feature Cemetery Junction after completing the UK feature Re-Uniting The Rubins for producer Jonathan Weissler. He composed the music for the BBC’s Roman’s Empire, Much Ado About Nothing; Krakatoa and The Quatermass Experiment; ITV’s Quite Ugly One Morning, starring James Nesbitt and the films Among Giants and Elephant Juice.
BARNABAS, Andrew & ARNOLD, Paul
Known to all and sundry as Bob & Barn, Andrew and Paul set up their business and recording studio in Cambridge in 2001 after meeting at Millennium Interactive, where they were both writing and producing music for the company’s video games. Although still involved with the games industry they have now gone on to work in features and television as well. With a successful background in bands they are also established re-mix engineers and have worked on many records for Sony Records including tracks for Chris Brown and Omarion.
DOWLING, Willie
Willie Dowling is a successful singer/songwriter, multi-instrumentalist and record producer, who first broke into scoring with tv comedy series for Armstrong & Miller, among others and then moved across into drama with BBC drama You’re Breaking Up. He recently completed the score for Carnaby Films’ Caught In The Act, directed by Matt Lipsey and has finished Vexed, a new Greenlit series for the BBC2 airing August 15 for 3 weeks . Other credits include Life Of Riley for the BBC; The Cup for Hartswood Films and Never Better, a tv series for World Productions/BBC2. In 2007 also completed the songs and score for the animated feature Snow White – The Sequel.
DUNKLEY, Matt
Matt Dunkley is a leading established arranger and orchestrator on major films. He composed his second feature score for the Anglo-Belgian film Gale Force 10, his first being D’Artagnan and the Three Musketeers. TV includes the new CBBC drama Bo & The Spirit World, No 13, I Saw You, Safe As Houses and Rescue Me.
FREDERICK, Jason
Canadian born film composer, songwriter and multi-instrumentalist Jason Frederick has recently relocated from Los Angeles to the UK and later this year ITV will screen the Hallmark/Granada thriller Murder Among Friends featuring his latest score. Other recent credits include The Replacements, the Disney tv animation series, also now on Virgin Media; Two Sisters for ABC Television; Good Chemistry for Warners; Bears for Rockhard Pictures; Showtime’s The Other Side; Gold Circle’s Dawg; and 2B Perfectly Honest, starring Robert Vaughn, Hayley Mills and Andrew McCarthy.
HARLE, John
John Harle’s first credited film score was Prick Up Your Ears (Zenith), co-written with Stanley Myers, which won the Best Artistic Achievement Award at Cannes in 1988. Since then he has emerged as one of the UK’s most gifted drama composers with more than 60 major credits ranging from Silent Witness (BBC) which won him the coveted Royal Television Society Award to A History of Britain (BBC), Simon Schama’s multi-award winning series. Nominated for another Royal Television Society Award for Windows of the Soul, an episode from the 2007 The Commander series (La Plante/ITV). Most recent credit is A Short Trip To Switzerland for BBC Films, starring Julie Walters, directed by Simon Curtis and produced by Liz Trubridge.
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HEARD, Paul
Paul Heard, the co-writer and producer of the group M-People, is now scoring films and tv drama. His credits include the recently completed Clubbed for Formosa Films, a gangster film set in the Northern clubs in the early 1980′s and Ahead of The Class, ITVs much lauded production starring Julie Walters.
MARTIN, Neil
Neil Martin is a Belfast based composer and musician whose work spans television, radio, theatre, the concert stage and the recording studio. First major tv drama commission was the BBC’s Food For Ravens written and directed by Trevor Griffiths. In 2009 he scored the feature Hell’s Pavement for Irish director Andy Kemp which had its UK premiere at the Edinburgh Festival. A cellist and uilleann piper, his first solo album is on Universal Records.
MORAN, Mike
Mike Moran is one of the most experienced and versatile of composers, his skill include film/tv scoring, arranging, song writing and record production. Recent scores include the features Blessed, starring James Nesbitt, The Lonely Stag, an Irish film, and A Fox’s Tale, a full length animation movie. He also scored Octavia, the 2008 tv drama based on the novel Jilly Cooper. Other credits include New Tricks, Sherlock, Scarlet Pimpernel and the cult movie Time Bandits.
MR MILLER & MR PORTER
Mr Miller & Mr Porter have been working together since 1987. Their first commission was the children’s science programme Panic Station; their second, Art Attack, went on to become one of the longest running shows in children’s television, winning many awards, including a BAFTA. The show ran for 19 series in the UK and Disney commissioned seven further series in eight different languages for international transmission in 105 countries, for which they wrote over 15 hours of music.
PARKER, Alan
Alan Parker is a brilliant orchestrator and programmer; his composing credits include the 2006 movie Stormbreaker, the cult What’s Eating Gilbert Grape?, Fallen Angel, Marian Again, D-Day, Family, Walking With Cavemen, Winter Solstice, The Cry, Ivor Novello nominations for his scores for Victoria & Albert and Rhodes. 2007 tv included Fallen Angel for ITV.
PETIT, Jean-Claude
Jean-Claude Petit is one of the foremost film composers in France and his work includes the universally acclaimed Cyrano de Bergerac (BAFTA Award) with Gerard Depardieu’s amazing performance; Jean de Florette and Manon des Sources, both directed by Claude Berri; and the huge hit, Les Miserables, starring John Malkovich, Gerard Depardieu and Jeanne Moreau.
PRUESS, Craig
Craig Pruess musician, arranger, producer and Indo/World fusion expert is widely regarded as the finest non-Indian sitar player and world music specialist. He has just completed scoring Gurinder Chadha’s new film It’s A Wonderful Afterlife after having earlier worked with her on Bride and Prejudice, Bend It Like Beckham and The Mistress of Spices.
His latest tv credits include the the BBC’s new Five Days and the BBC’s recent 3-parter Moses Jones, for which he has been Nominated for a BAFTA. The music was singled out as being an important element in creating the character of the series and The London Metro said “ surely the tv soundtrack of the year!”. Earlier tv drama includes Red Productions’ Jane Hall for Matthew Bird, penned by Sally Wainwright, starring Gillian Talyforth, Sarah Smart and Geraldine James; Peak Practice for Carlton and Rich Deceiver for the BBC.
RAIHER, Andrew
Born and educated in London, Andrew Raiher, a classically trained film composer who completed his studies at Trinity College of Music, is equally at home with both orchestral and contemporary film music. He works in London and Los Angeles and recently completed scores include Solomon Kane (Davis Films), Waking Madison for director Katherine Brooks and Annapurna Productions; the major motion picture, Redline (Chicago Pictures) for director Andy Cheng and producer Mario Kassar.
Other recent credits Scorpion King 2: Rise of a Warrior for Universal Pictures; Dragon Hunters for Paris based Futurikon; and Starship Troopers 3: Marauders for Sony Pictures.
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SALISBURY, Ben
Long established as one of the leading composers of brilliant contemporary orchestral scores for major BBC natural history programmes, including three David Attenborough series, Ben is now bringing his impressive cinematic style to drama productions.
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SHEPPARD, Mike
Mike has had an impressive career over many years as a musician, composer, arranger and record producer. His feature credits include Two Days Nine Lives (Stairafilm Motion Pictures); Letting Go (BenTen Films); You Are A Monkey (Monkey Films); and the shorts A Lump in the Road and Bill of Mortality, both for Black Mole Prods.
SHRAGGE, Lawrence
Canadian born, Los Angeles based, award winning film composer Lawrence Shragge has written music for everything from feature films to tv series, from theatre, dance and documentaries to international advertising campaigns and even music for major art installations. He was Nominated for a 2010 EMMY for his score for CBS Television’s When Love Is Not Enough: The Lois Wilson Story.
SWAIN, Martyn
Martyn Swain, an award winning score composer and songwriter, comes from a ‘rock ‘n roll’ background having joined The Waterboys back in 1987 and went on to work with major superstars, including David Bowie. Credits include Reichenbach Falls, Auf Wiedersehen Pet, The Rotters Club, Belonging and more…
WRIGHT, Steve
Steve Wright was Head of Music and principal composer at Phil Redmond’s Mersey Television and Lime Pictures before leaving in 2007 to concentrate on his in demand career as a film composer. His first commission was from LA Productions to score the Jimmy McGovern created 5-part drama series Moving On for the BBC. Directed by Gary Williams, Illy, Richard Standeven and produced by Colin McKeown and McGovern, this will be repeated this year followed immediately by the new 10-part series, again featuring Steve’s music.