Barrington Pheloung
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 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 MirandaRichardson 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 workin television in 1985 composing his first television
series, the 13-part Boon.
Since then Barrington's work has beenenjoyed 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 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" - 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
Soundtrack Reviews: Shopgirl
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Press
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Photography by Tim Shipston
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!).
Recent concerts include The Minghella Festival on the late director's home ground of The Isle Of Wight to celebrate his life and works. Barringon performed his music from Minghella's classic film Truly, Madly, Deeply and plays including Made In Bangkok.
On 22 May 2010, he performed at Morse and More - A Gala Concert of Opera Favourites, at the Floral Pavilion Theatre conducting The Liverpool Mozart Orchestra.
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 RoyalFestival Hall
The Orchestra of the London Contemporary Dance Theatre
The London Philharmonic Orchestra at the Royal Albert Hall
The Liverpool Mozart Orchestra
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 AngelesOrchestra 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
Photography by Julian Winslow
Studio sessions
Recording ‘Lewis (Your Sudden Death Question)’ at Abbey Road Studios (2)
Recording ‘Lewis (Falling Darkness)’ at Abbey Road Studios (1)
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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Recording ‘Lewis (Expiation)’ at British Grove Studios (1)
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 |
Photography by Amanda Street