Illustrious and award-winning composer George Fenton has written over 200 scores for film, television, and the theatre. Come and hear him talk about the art and craft of the soundtrack.
George was first nominated for an Academy Award in 1982 for the score to Richard Attenborough’s biopic Gandhi. And went on to write for another four Attenborough films. With Ken Loach he has written scores for 18 films, most recently I Daniel Blake and The Old Oak. His many other film credits include The Company of Wolves, Dangerous Liaisons, The Fisher King and Groundhog Day.
For television he has enjoyed a long collaboration with Alan Bennett, writing music for his monologues Talking Heads and Telling Tales. Other TV credits include The Jewel in the Crown, The Monocled Mutineer and The History Man. And he has worked on epic BBC Natural History series such as Blue Planet, Planet Earth and Frozen Earth.
Theatre work has included the original production of Good at the RSC. He wrote music for Racing Demon and A Month in The Country at the National Theatre. And has worked on many other productions in Manchester, Nottingham, Chichester, the Royal Court in London and recently at the Josephstadt Theatre in Vienna.
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