Christopher Gunning

Christopher Gunning born 5 August 1944 is an English composer of concert works and music for films and television Gunning was born in Cheltenham Gloucestershire He studied at the Guildhall School of Music and Drama where his tutors included Edmund Rubbra and Richard Rodney Bennett Gunnings film and TV compositions have received many awards including the 2007 BAFTA Award for Best Film Music for La Vie en Rose as well as three additional awards for Agatha Christies Poirot Middlemarch and Porterhouse Blue He has also won three Ivor Novello Awards for the TV miniseries Rebecca and the film scores for Under Suspicion 1991 and Firelight 1997 His other film scores include Goodbye Gemini 1970 Hands of the Ripper 1971 Ooh You Are Awful 1972 the film version of Man About the House 1974 In Celebration 1975 Rogue Male 1976 Charlie Muffin 1979 Rise and Fall of Idi Amin 1981 Knights of God 1987 When the Whales Came 1989 Lighthouse Hill 2004 and Grace of Monaco 2014 In the 1970s and 1980s Gunning collaborated with rock musician Colin Blunstone and was responsible for the distinctive string arrangement on Blunstones 1972 hit Say You Dont Mind He also provided the haunting string arrangements on Wont Somebody Dance With Me the Ivor Novello awardwinning song written and performed by Lynsey De Paul as well as another of de Pauls hit singles My Man and Me and her 1974 album Taste Me Dont Waste Me Gunnings scores for The Big Battalions Wild Africa Cold Lazarus and When the Whales Came also received nominations for BAFTA and Ivor Novello Awards and his music for the Martini advertising campaign heard around the world for thirty years won three Clio Awards Gunning composed the music for nearly all of the Poirot TV films starring David Suchet and worked on all three series of Rosemary and Thyme featuring Felicity Kendal and Pam Ferris In addition to performances of his television and film scores Gunnings Concerto for Saxophone and Orchestra and The Lobster have been performed at various venues including Londons Southbank Centre The Saxophone Concerto played by John Harle with the Academy of St Martin in the Fields has been released by Sanctuary Classics The Lobster is available on the Meridian label and the Piano Concerto Symphony No 1 and Storm have been released by Albany Records Recent works include concertos for the oboe and clarinet and the CD Skylines The Royal Philharmonic Orchestra performed the premiere of Symphonies No3 and No4 coupled with Concerto for Oboe and String Orchestra This has been released by Chandos Records Gunning has now completed twelve symphonies several of which have been recorded by the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra conducted by the composer and released on Signum Classics In recognition of Gunnings unique contribution to music he received a BASCA Gold Badge Award 19 October 2011 Gunning has four daughters and lives in Hertfordshire One of his daughters is a professional oboist Another runs the travel blog wanderlustchloecom Source Article Christopher Gunning from Wikipedia in English licensed under CCBYSA 30