Biography
b. 1949, London, Britain. A jazz performer using a recognized background in pop and rock and roll, Towns first increased to prominence in the past due 70s because the key pad player in large rock-band Gillan. Nevertheless, he became better known during this time period for his efforts to tv and film soundtracks, notably BACK TO WHERE IT STARTED (1977), The Dumb Waiter (1979) as well as the Rocking Horse Champion (1983), so when Gillan dropped aside in 1983 Cities opted to spend himself to his brand-new profession. His commissions through the 80s and early 90s included the movies Vampire’s Kiss as well as the Wolves Of Willoughby Run after (both 1989), and the tv screen series WORRIES (1988), Capital Town (1989), Truckers and Fine City (both 1992). Cities generally yearned to pursue the jazz music that acquired dominated his youngsters, and had taken his possibility in 1993 with an record for Danny Thompson’s The Jazz Label, a dual Compact disc released through New Be aware/Vital Records. Cities was supported by his Cover up Orchestra, an ensemble that included a number of the UK’s most important contemporary jazz exponents, including saxophonists Peter Ruler and John Surman and trumpeter Man Barker. Afterwards there is a lull within the designer’s performing profession, before announcement of the six-date UK tour in early 1995. Following a rave evaluations that went to a pre-tour warm-up arranged at London’s Purcell Space in February, Cities’ debut was reissued to coincide using the times. Music from the united kingdom tv series The Buccaneers premiered by Mercury Information shortly thereafter. Additional commissions during this time period included the united kingdom tv series Pie In The Sky, Cadfael, The Crow Street, Our Friends WITHIN THE North and Noah’s Ark, as well as the feature movies The Puppet Experts (1994), Space Truckers (1996) and Visitor Home Paradiso (1999). Programs for another jazz album had been built around a bit entitled ‘Brief Tales’, premiered at Cities’ Purcell Space concert. Performers within the Face mask Orchestra on Nowhere & Heaven included Mara Pia De Vito (vocals), Henry Lowther (trumpet) and Alan Skidmore (saxophone), as well as the coming back Barker and Ruler. Towns also setup the highly well known Provocateur label, liberating recordings by Andy Sheppard, Mike Gibbs, John Parricelli, Maria Pia De Vito, and his personal outings using the Face mask Orchestra, Face mask Quintet and Face mask Symphonic. He in addition has collaborated extensively using the NDR Big Music group from Hamburg, Germany.
Quick Facts
Full Name Colin Towns
Profession Music Producer, Keyboard Player, Music Arranger, Film Score Composer
Nationality British
Music Songs Louisa And Martin, Doc Martin Theme, There Were Good Times Too, Of All The Harbours In All The Towns, Theme from Full Circle—The Park, Cadfael of Shrewsbury, Willie the Pimp, Portwenn, Pretty Men Are Very Receptive, Magnus - The Unwelcome Intrusion, Have You Got a Magnificent Problem?, A Pound for a Brown, Hidden in the Well, Turn Thine Eyes to See, Merry the Dance, Candle In The Eye, Flamed My Heart, All Out of the World by Tomorrow, Love Scene, Hail St.-Peter's Fair, Glover of Shotwick, 1930 Cityscape, Perspice Christicola, There Is No Rose of Such Virtue, Light of the Father's Light, G-Spot Tornado, Tango Brothel, Russian Dance: End Credits, High Above the Heavens, Central Station Giant Clock, Colette's Legs, Kovarski Dance
Albums Future Shock, Gillan, Mr. Universe, Scarabus, Magic, Double Trouble, Child in Time, Clear Air Turbulence, Visions of Miles - The Electric Period of Miles Davis, Van McCoy and His Magnificent Movie Machine, European Noir, Jazz Sketches: Cool Jazz Grooves, Lend Me Your Ears, Dark Drama, Guest House Paradiso, Doc Martin - Music From The Hit ITV Series, Les rivières pourpres 2: les anges de l'apocalypse (Bande originale du film de Olivier Dahan), Albert Schweitzer - Ein Leben für Afrika [OST], John Lennon - In My Own Write, The Catherine Cookson Music Collection Volume 1, Live At The Rainbow 1981, The Hustle & The Best of Van McCoy
Nominations British Academy Television Craft Award for Best Original Television Music, Gemini Award for Best Original Music Score for a Dramatic Series
Movies Full Circle, Crimson Rivers II: Angels of the Apocalypse, The Puppet Masters, Vampire's Kiss, The Wolves of Willoughby Chase, Guest House Paradiso, Space Truckers, Rawhead Rex, Slayground, The Wind in the Willows, Captives, Maybe Baby, Essex Boys, Ghostboat, The Sandman, Daughter of Darkness, Getting It Right, Bellman and True, My Angel, The Catherine Cookson Collection: The Fifteen Streets, The Life and Adventures of Nicholas Nickleby, Hands of a Murderer, Faeries, Albert Schweitzer, Wide-Eyed and Legless, Man Dancin', Shadey, Agatha Christie: The Pale Horse, Pat and Margaret, Red Mercury, Not Only But Always, Oi! Get off our Train, The Man Who Lost His Head, Schandfleck - Der Usedom-Krimi, Angelina Ballerina: The Show Must Go On, The Guards, The Sculptress, Money Kings, Body Language, Highway Star – A Journey in Rock, The Rocking Horse Winner, Cold Blood, Fellow Traveller, Do Not Disturb
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Former keyboard player for Ian Gillan Band and GILLAN. |
Composer
Composer
Title | Year | Status | Character |
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Gillan Live at Oxford Polytechnic |
1981 |
TV Short |
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The Dumb Waiter |
1979 |
Short |
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The Haunting of Julia |
1977 |
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Trugspur - Der Usedom Krimi |
2017 |
TV Movie filming |
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Eine gute Mutter |
2017 |
TV Movie announced |
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Nebelwand - Der Usedom Krimi |
2017 |
TV Movie post-production |
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Engelmacher - Der Usedom-Krimi |
2016 |
TV Movie |
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Do Not Disturb |
2016 |
TV Movie |
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Tatort |
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TV Series 3 episodes, 2012 - 2015 composer - 1 episode, 2014 |
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Doc Martin |
2004-2015 |
TV Series 54 episodes |
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Schandfleck - Der Usedom-Krimi |
2015 |
TV Movie |
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Foyle's War |
2015 |
TV Series composer - 3 episodes |
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Mörderhus - Der Usedom-Krimi |
2014 |
TV Movie |
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Flemming |
2009-2012 |
TV Series 22 episodes |
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Am Kreuzweg |
2011 |
TV Movie |
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Jack Taylor: The Guards |
2010 |
TV Movie |
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Albert Schweitzer |
2009 |
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Doktor Martin |
2007-2009 |
TV Series 14 episodes |
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Cold Blood |
2005-2008 |
TV Mini-Series 5 episodes |
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Half Broken Things |
2007 |
TV Movie |
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The Man Who Lost His Head |
2007 |
TV Movie |
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Mobile |
2007 |
TV Mini-Series 2 episodes |
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Toot & Puddle: I'll Be Home for Christmas |
2006 |
Video |
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Angelina Ballerina: Angelina Sets Sail |
2006 |
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Ghostboat |
2006 |
TV Movie |
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A Good Murder |
2006 |
TV Movie |
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Angelina Ballerina: Angelina's Princess Dance |
2005 |
Video |
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Red Mercury |
2005 |
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Not Only But Always |
2004 |
TV Movie |
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The Tale of Jack Frost |
2004 |
TV Movie |
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Mon ange |
2004 |
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Fungus the Bogeyman |
2004 |
TV Series |
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King of Fridges |
2004 |
TV Movie |
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Double zéro |
2004 |
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Les rivières pourpres 2 - Les anges de l'apocalypse |
2004 |
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Dalziel and Pascoe |
2001-2004 |
TV Series 3 episodes |
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Rockface |
2002-2003 |
TV Series 7 episodes |
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Angelina Ballerina |
2001-2003 |
TV Series 20 episodes |
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Man Dancin' |
2003 |
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Sons & Lovers |
2003 |
TV Movie |
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Goodbye, Mr. Chips |
2002 |
TV Movie |
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Angelina Ballerina: The Show Must Go On |
2002 |
TV Movie |
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Ella and the Mothers |
2002 |
TV Movie |
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Hot Money |
2001 |
TV Movie |
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McCready and Daughter |
2001 |
TV Series |
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A British Legend: The Search for Bluebird |
2001 |
Documentary |
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An Unsuitable Job for a Woman |
1998-2001 |
TV Series 3 episodes |
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The Life and Adventures of Nicholas Nickleby |
2001 |
TV Movie |
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The Sleeper |
2000 |
TV Mini-Series |
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A Dinner of Herbs |
2000 |
TV Mini-Series 6 episodes |
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My Fragile Heart |
2000 |
TV Movie |
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Waking the Dead |
2000 |
TV Series 2 episodes |
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Essex Boys |
2000 |
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Complicity |
2000 |
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Maybe Baby |
2000 |
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Deceit |
2000 |
TV Series 2 episodes |
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The Secret |
2000 |
TV Mini-Series 2 episodes |
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Faeries |
1999 |
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Guest House Paradiso |
1999 |
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The Waiting Time |
1999 |
TV Movie |
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The Mystery of Men |
1999 |
TV Movie |
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The Blonde Bombshell |
1999 |
TV Series 2 episodes |
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The Dark Room |
1999 |
TV Series 2 episodes |
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Tilly Trotter |
1999 |
TV Mini-Series 4 episodes |
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March in Windy City |
1998 |
TV Movie |
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Mystery!: Cadfael |
1994-1998 |
TV Series 10 episodes |
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The Animal Train |
1998 |
TV Short |
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Vig |
1998 |
TV Movie |
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This Could Be the Last Time |
1998 |
TV Movie |
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Imogen's Face |
1998 |
TV Series |
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Heaven on Earth |
1998 |
TV Movie |
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The Moth |
1997 |
TV Movie |
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The Locksmith |
1997 |
TV Mini-Series 6 episodes |
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Sex & Chocolate |
1997 |
TV Movie |
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Rag Nymph |
1997 |
TV Mini-Series 3 episodes |
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Into the Blue |
1997/I |
TV Movie |
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Noah's Ark |
1997 |
TV Series |
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Pie in the Sky |
1994-1997 |
TV Series 40 episodes |
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The Pale Horse |
1997 |
TV Movie |
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Ivanhoe |
1997 |
TV Mini-Series 6 episodes |
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The Wingless Bird |
1997 |
TV Mini-Series 3 episodes |
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Cartoon Sushi |
1997 |
TV Series 1 episode |
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The Beggar Bride |
1997 |
TV Series 2 episodes |
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The Willows in Winter |
1996 |
TV Movie |
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The Crow Road |
1996 |
TV Mini-Series 4 episodes |
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Space Truckers |
1996 |
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Bodyguards |
1996 |
TV Series 1 episode |
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Our Friends in the North |
1996 |
TV Mini-Series 9 episodes |
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The Girl |
1996 |
TV Movie |
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The Tide of Life |
1996 |
TV Mini-Series 3 episodes |
|
The Wind in the Willows |
1995 |
TV Movie |
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Body Language |
1995 |
TV Movie |
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Chiller |
1995 |
TV Series |
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The Buccaneers |
1995 |
TV Mini-Series 5 episodes |
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The World of Peter Rabbit and Friends |
1992-1995 |
TV Series 9 episodes |
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The Puppet Masters |
1994 |
|
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Captives |
1994 |
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Screen One |
1990-1994 |
TV Series 3 episodes |
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The Dwelling Place |
1994 |
TV Mini-Series 3 episodes |
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Stark |
1993 |
TV Series 3 episodes |
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Curacao |
1993 |
TV Movie |
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Don't Leave Me This Way |
1993 |
TV Movie |
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A Question of Guilt |
1993 |
TV Movie |
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City Boy |
1992 |
TV Movie |
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The Blackheath Poisonings |
1992 |
TV Mini-Series 3 episodes |
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Nice Town |
1992 |
TV Mini-Series 3 episodes |
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Between the Lines |
1992 |
TV Series 13 episodes |
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Anglo Saxon Attitudes |
1992 |
TV Mini-Series 3 episodes |
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Truckers |
1992 |
TV Series |
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The Sandman |
1991 |
Short |
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Gray Clay Dolls |
1991 |
TV Movie |
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Clarissa |
1991 |
TV Series 4 episodes |
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Smack and Thistle |
1991 |
TV Movie |
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Screen Two |
1991 |
TV Series 1 episode |
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Hands of a Murderer |
1990 |
TV Movie |
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Daughter of Darkness |
1990 |
TV Movie |
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The Wolves of Willoughby Chase |
1989 |
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Capital City |
1989 |
TV Series |
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The Fifteen Streets |
1989 |
TV Movie |
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Getting It Right |
1989 |
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The Play on One |
1989 |
TV Series 1 episode |
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Vampire's Kiss |
1988 |
|
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The Fear |
1988 |
TV Series 5 episodes |
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The Black Museum |
1988 |
TV Movie documentary music composed by |
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Bellman and True |
1987 |
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Born of Fire |
1987 |
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Knights & Emeralds |
1986 |
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Rawhead Rex |
1986 |
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Shadey |
1985 |
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Ian Gillan Band at the Rainbow |
1984 |
Video short documentary |
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Slayground |
1983 |
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The Rocking Horse Winner |
1983 |
Short |
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Music Department
Music Department
Title | Year | Status | Character |
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Doctor Who Online Adventures |
2013 |
TV Series short incidental music - 1 episode |
|
Man Dancin' |
2003 |
musician |
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Adrian Mole: The Cappuccino Years |
2001 |
TV Series composer - 2 episodes |
|
Essex Boys |
2000 |
music arranger / music programmer |
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Complicity |
2000 |
orchestrator |
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Maybe Baby |
2000 |
orchestrator |
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Guest House Paradiso |
1999 |
orchestrator |
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Space Truckers |
1996 |
conductor / musician: electronics / orchestrator |
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Chiller |
1995 |
TV Series composer - 4 episodes |
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Knights & Emeralds |
1986 |
music coordinator |
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Rawhead Rex |
1986 |
orchestrator |
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Slayground |
1983 |
orchestrator |
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Soundtrack
Soundtrack
Title | Year | Status | Character |
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Doc Martin |
2013 |
TV Series writer - 1 episode |
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The Wingless Bird |
1997 |
TV Mini-Series music - 3 episodes |
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Space Truckers |
1996 |
performer: "Martian Moons" - as Colins Towns / writer: "Martian Moons" - as Colins Towns |
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Dyningar |
1991 |
lyrics: "Mystic Lands" / music: "Mystic Lands" / writer: "Mystic Lands" |
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Getting It Right |
1989 |
writer: "Getting It Right" |
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Self
Self
Title | Year | Status | Character |
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Highway Star: A Journey in Rock |
2007 |
Documentary |
Himself |
Ian Gillan Band at the Rainbow |
1984 |
Video short documentary |
Himself |
Gillan Live at Oxford Polytechnic |
1981 |
TV Short |
Himself |
Nominated awards
Nominated awards
Year | Award | Ceremony | Nomination | Movie | Award shared with |
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2005 |
Gemini |
Gemini Awards |
Best Original Music Score for a Dramatic Series |
Fungus the Bogeyman (2004) |
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1997 |
BAFTA TV Award |
BAFTA Awards |
Best Original Television Music |
The Crow Road (1996) |
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1982 |
Saturn Award |
Academy of Science Fiction, Fantasy & Horror Films, USA |
Best Music |
Full Circle (1977) |
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