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Barrington Pheloung is a composer, conductor and performer of international renown. Barrington has an immense catalogue behind him that includes scores for film, television, radio, theatre and new media, over fifty ballet scores for many dance companies worldwide and numerous concerto's. He is a popular phenomenon in Britain and a man who has straddled the worlds of film and television music, the pop record industry and the concert hall all with equal ease.

Born in Sydney Australia, Barrington Pheloung first became involved in music at the age of six when he was given his first guitar. Since then his chosen career has extended into all areas of the music industry.

A busy and prolific composer, Barrington has written numerous film scores across all genres.

Recent Projects

Productions include Scott James Bassett and Stephen Johnson's The Mapmaker (starring Charles Dance and Jenny Agutter) for Flame 47. Produced by Gisela Evert, Executive Produced by Sarah Radclyffe and Nicolas Roeg, Sharon Maguire’s Incendiary (starring Ewan McGregor and Michelle Williams) for FilmFour and Capitol Films, Anand Tucker’s Red Riding 1983 (starring David Morrissey, Mark Addy and Sean Bean) for Revolution Films / Channel 4 and Tucker's And When Did You Last See Your Father? (starring Colin Firth and Jim Broadbent) for Number 9 Films and FilmFour. Barrington also collaborated with Anand on Disney’s dysfunctional romantic comedy Shopgirl (starring by Steve Martin, Claire Danes and Jason Schwartzman) for Hyde Park Entertainment.

 

“Every film I have made in the last decade has been scored by Barrington so now I already hear the sound of his music when I am shooting which is incredibly helpful and inspiring. I hope we’re working together until we are 85!”

 

"Barrington's score for "Shopgirl" added such a lush layer on top of our film. His compositions are simultaneously thought-provoking and incredibly emotional. Given that our movie was about the complications and comfort of love, it was essential that our score capture the myriad nuances of that - all while subtly building to a powerfully moving resolution. Barrington gave us all that and more."

He began his work in television in 1985 composing his first television series, the 13-part Boon. Since then Barrington's work has been enjoyed on all of the 33 Inspector Morse episodes. The Morse album reached No.4 in the UK charts and received a BAFTA nomination for Best Television Music. Sales of the Morse album have now exceeded 1 million units! He also conducted the RPO with Lesley Garrett, Alfie Boe and Sir Willard White at The Royal Albert Hall for The Music Of Morse weekend which was broadcast on Classic FM and ITV and presented by Michael Parkinson. Barrington has completed 20 films of Lewis, the spin-off to Morse, for ITV/Granada with another series in production as well as a new feature film based on the young Morse called Endeavour.

"Barrington Pheloung is a brilliant composer. His knowledge of the classics as well as his incidental music unites so well with the beautiful architecture in the films at Oxford. His knowledge of the use of music in films has made him one of the most interesting and understanding composers that I have ever known"

"The hugely talented maestro whowas commissioned to be the music supremo for the TVserieswas Barrington Pheloung. The first sign of Barringon's genius appeared earlier than the first sight of John Thaw, with the introductory theme music - that fusion of fine melody and the rhythms of the Morse code. Thesignature tune was quite simply, a poignant, haunting motif that set exactly the right tone and mood for the whole series"

Further television work includes: The World of Nat King Cole, Portrait of a Marriage, Stanley and the Women, Channel 5 News, Good-bye Cruel World, Blood & Peaches, Mickey Love, Cinderpath, Brown Bears Wedding and the sequel White Bear’s Secret, Days of Majesty, The Legends of Treasure Island, Mosley, The Politician’s Wife, Dalziel and Pascoe and Cor Blimey.

Barrington's work in theatre is renowned. He has written scores for several West End plays including Made in Bangkok by Anthony Minghella, After the Fall by Arthur Miller and recently The Graduate by Terry Johnson. He has written over 52 commissioned scores for ballet and dance companies in Britain and Europe, conducting and recording several of them including the popular works Run Like Thunder and Rite Elektrik both choreographed by Tom Jobe. He scored the live show Wheel of Life which is performed by the kung-fu Shaolin Monks from China, and directed by Micha Bergese.

He has also collaborated with Revolution Software to write the music for the interactive computer games Broken Sword I, Broken Sword II and In Cold Blood.


Visit Barrington's website: pheloung.co.uk