Adrian Johnston (musician)

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Adrian Johnston (born 1961) is an English musician and composer for film and television, who resides in London and Samois-sur-Seine. [1]

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Born in the county of Lancashire, Johnston attended the University of Edinburgh, studying English. He has been a drummer in bands including Moles for Breakfast, The Waterboys, the Wanglers, Combo Zombo, and The Mike Flowers Pops. [2] During his twenties, he travelled the world providing music accompaniment to silent films at film festivals. He later scored productions for the Royal National Theatre and the Royal Shakespeare Company.

Johnston's first film score was for the 1996 Thomas Hardy adaptation Jude . He has also composed original scores for The Turn of the Screw (1999), Becoming Jane , a 2007 film about Jane Austen, [3] and the 2008 adaptation of Evelyn Waugh's Brideshead Revisited . In 2008, he was awarded a BAFTA for the score of the BBC film Capturing Mary . [4]

Johnston's score for Charles Sturridge's mini-series Shackleton won a 2002 Primetime Emmy. [5] In 2009, he scored the British science-fiction procedural TV series Paradox . He composed the theme music for the BBC detective series Zen , which won him a 2011 RTS Awards; [6] the World War II drama The Sinking of the Laconia ; Stephen Poliakoff's acclaimed 2013 TV series Dancing on the Edge; and the drama The 7.39 . Johnston won another RTS award in 2014 for scoring The Tunnel . [7]

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References

  1. ↑ Vanoli-Salmon, Robyn; Bromley, Jessica. "RTS Announces Winners of Craft & Design Awards 2010/2011". Royal Television Society (RTS). Archived from the original on 2 April 2015. Retrieved 19 March 2015.
  2. ↑ "Composer Details: Adrian Johnston". Soundtrack Collector. C&C Concept and Creation. Retrieved 5 May 2013.
  3. ↑ Newton, Robert (3 August 2007). "Noteworthy CD releases". The Christian Science Monitor. Retrieved 5 May 2013.
  4. ↑ "Television Craft Awards Winners in 2008". BAFTA. 11 May 2008. Retrieved 5 May 2013.
  5. ↑ "Shackleton". Emmys. Academy of Television Arts and Sciences. Retrieved 5 May 2013.
  6. ↑ Vanoli-Salmon, Robyn; Bromley, Jessica (2010). "RTS Announces Winners of Craft & Design Awards 2010/2011". Royal Television Society (RTS). Archived from the original on 2 April 2015. Retrieved 19 March 2015.
  7. ↑ "RTS announces winners of the Craft & Design Awards 2013/14". Royal Television Society (RTS). 2 December 2014. Retrieved 19 March 2015.
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