Barrington Pheloung
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 productions include 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!” - Anand Tucker (Director)
"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." - Jon Jashni (Producer) - Hyde Park Entertainment for Disney
Film
credits also include: The Little Fugitive
(Peter Dinklage, David Castro and Sophie Dahl) the Oscar
nominated, Hilary and Jackie
for October FIlms / BBC (starring Emily Watson and Rachel Griffiths) for
which he received a BAFTA nomination, the classic film Truly,
Madly, Deeply for MGM directed by Anthony Minghella (starring
Alan Rickman and Juliet Stevenson), Nostradamus
for MGM / United Artists (starring John Malkovich and Julia Ormond))
for which he was nominated for Best Original Music category in the Ivor
Novello Awards, Saint-Ex
for BBC Films (starring Miranda Richardson and Bruno Ganz), Shopping
for Polygram FIlms (starring Jude Law and Sean Bean), Shuang
Long Hui (aka Twin Dragons) (starring Jackie Chan) and
the horror
film The Mangler for New
Line Cinema (starring Robert Englund).
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 33 episodes of
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! Barrington has completed 12 films of Lewis,
the spin-off 
to
Morse, for ITV/Granada with another series on its way.
He also recently 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 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" - Chris Burt (Producer of Inspector Morse / Lewis)
"The hugely talented maestro who was commissioned to be the music supremo for the TV series was 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. The signature tune was quite simply, a poignant, haunting motif that set exactly the right tone and mood for the whole series" - Colin Dexter (Creator of Inspector Morse)
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.
Aside
from Barrington's Film and Television work, his 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 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.
For further information on Barrington please visit his site on: www.pheloung.co.uk
Press Release November 2005 - Barrington Pheloung’s Shopgirl soundtrack Reviews.
Barrington's Music Team Presentation 2006
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Press
Live Performance
“The Music Of Morse”
Royal Albert Hall Concert
Composer: Barrington Pheloung
(Artists: Lesley Garrett, Alfie Boe
and Sir Willard White)
Composer Barrrington Pheloung conducts his famous Morse Theme at The Royal Albert Hall to an audience of 6,000. The concert was presented by Michael Parkinson and broadcast as a part of the Music Of Morse 25th Anniversary Celebrations on ITV and Classic FM.
Barrington continues to keep up his passion for live performance and conducted the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra at London’s Royal Festival Hall in an event to celebrate The Best Of British Film Composers for which he was asked to contribute (even though he’s Australian!)
Orchestras Conducted:
The Royal Philharmonic Orchestra
City of London Chamber Orchestra in Bath
The National Symphony Orchestra at the Royal Festival Hall
The London Metropolitan Orchestra at the Royal Festival Hall
The Orchestra of the London Contemporary Dance Theatre
The London Philharmonic Orchestra at the Royal Albert Hall
Orchestra of St. John's Smith Square
Gottenburg Opera Orchestra
Saddlers Wells Royal Ballet Orchestra
Royal Opera House Orchestra at Covent Garden
Royal Scottish Ballet Orchestra
Koln Opera House Orchestra
Julliand School of Music in New York
San Francisco Ancient Music Academy in Los Angeles
Studio sessions
The Studio Sessions
Recording ‘And When Did You Last See
Your Father?’ at Abbey Road Studio (2)
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Barrington conducting the London Metropolitan Orchestra
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The Studio Sessions
Recording ‘Lewis (Expiation)’ at British Grove Studios
(1)
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Chris Burt (Producer), Dan Reed (Director), Barrington Pheloung (Composer)
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Barrington Pheloung conducting Janis Kelly (the famous Soprano Soloist) and The London Metropolitan Orchestra |
