Farley has received accolades and nominations throughout his career including 4 nominations at the 2014 Music and Sound awards, winning the best original composition for Marks and Spencer – "Believe in Magic and Sparkle" TV advertisement.
Farley has composed scores for over 50 films, including independent films in UK, Italy, Portugal and Germany and for TV series in UK and US, including Netflix series The Crown (additional music in 3 episodes, 2016) and US series "True Justice" (2010-2012) , starring Steven Seagul.
In 1992 he met John Barry, who had been a great influence on him and spent time with him as he recorded his score for "Chaplin" at Abbey Road. (Barry was nominated at Golden Globe Awards for Best Original Score – Motion Picture. The experience of the intereraction had a profound experience on Guy, altering the course of his life to one fully engaged in music.
Career
Farley scored his first film in 1986, a short entitled "Rock A Bye Baby" for a young British director Anthony Hickox. He collaborated with Hickox on a number of the director’s films over the years. After a period of time away from music, Farley eventually signed a publishing deal in 1997 with Warner Chappell and embarked on a career in film music. In that year he scored "The Gardener" with Malcolm McDowell and "Darkness Falls" (1999) with Ray Winstone. He went on to score numerous documentaries for the Discovery Channel and National Geographic which allowed him to work with many world instrumentalists and write in many different styles. In 2003 Farley took a production room at Sphere Studios in London, a state of the art studio complex used by many artists, musicians and producers. It was from here that in 2003 he started writing almost entirely for film. In 2003 alone he scored 5 films, including the biopic "Madre Teresa" with Olivia Hussey and "Modigliani" with Andy Garcia. The studio environment also led to collaborations, arrangements and productions with artists such as Mica Paris,Sugababes,Duran Duran,, Leona Lewis and Amy Winehouse.
In 2016 Farley wrote additional music for the first series of The Crown, collaborated again with director Sean Elli s on "Anthropoid" and was commissioned by Bear Grylls to score his live show "Endeavour". In 2018 Farley was commissioned by the grandson of Douglas Bader to compose a suite for orchestra in memory of Bader. Recorded at Abbey RoadStudios, the music included original WWII sirens and an original air base scramble bell.
In 2021 Farley designed and built Gorilla Studios in Battersea, a studio complex of 5 studios with resident musicians, composers and producers. Farley is resident here full time. In 2023 Farley accompanied Tokio Myers in concert performing with full orchestra at Battersea Power Station. In 2024 Farley scored The Boy and the Octopus for Disney, a short film directed by Taiki Wahiti. This was conducted by Farley at the Synchron Stage in Vienna.
Farley has worked with orchestras in Prague, Vienna, Budapest and London and always conducts his own work. He continues to write, arrange and produce music for film, TV and bespoke commissions, releasing material when possible on iTunes and Spotify.
Awards
In 2014, Farley was nominated for 4 Music and Sound Awards.[1][2]
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