George Fenton Music
George Fenton has written scores for more than 100 films, dozens of plays, TV programmes and received 5 Oscar nominations, multiple Ivor Novello, BAFTA, Golden Globe, Emmy and BMI awards and a Classical Brit.
1st nominated for an Academy award with Ravi Shankar for the score to Richard Attenborough’s Gandhi, George went on to score another 4 films for Attenborough.
He composed the score for the BBC series, 'Trials of Life', culminating in the original ‘Blue Planet’, ‘Planet Earth’ and ‘Frozen Planet’ series. And most recently, BBC1's 'Wild Isles'.
Other films include ‘Cry Freedom’, ‘Shadowlands’, ‘Dangerous Liaisons’, ‘Groundhog Day’, ‘The Lady In the Van’, ’Cold Pursuit’, 18 films for Ken Loach, including ‘Sorry We Missed You’ and most recent film, 'The Old Oak', ‘The Secret: Dare To Dream', 'The United Way', 'The Duke', 'Elizabeth: A Portrait in Parts', Alan Bennett's 'Allelujah', Andy Tennant's 'Unit 234', and the forthcoming 'The Choral'.
Full biog: www.georgefenton.com.
The Shitcreek River
The making of 'The United Way' soundtrack
George Fenton talks about 'Talking Heads' at The Bridge Theatre
George Fenton & Simon Chamberlain - 'The Piano Framed' album out 31.07.20
George Fenton talks with Phil Agland, Producer and Director of Shanghai Vice
Blue Planet in Concert - George Fenton