Brian Gascoigne

Composer

A Bafta winning and Grammy nominated composer, Brian studied Music at Canterbury University and Music Studies at Berklee College of Music (Boston).

A composer of almost unlimited creativity Brian has worked in all areas of music including song arrangements for bands like Pulp, Suede and All Saints and numerous film scores including features, wildlife for the BBC, Documentary for BBC2, ITV as well as his working on albums including crossover arrangements of Bach.

A keyboard player and programmer he has also performed the soundtrack of numerous films including Star Wards II and III, A Passage to India, Rambo I, II and III, Batman, Harry Potter and Calendar Girls to name but a few.

The rest of Brian's portfolio speaks for itself:

Film and TV Scores include:
Under Milk Wood. Dir. Andrew Sinclair, with Elizabeth Taylor and Richard Burton.
Malachi's Cove. Dir. Henry Herbert, with Donald Pleasance and Veronica Quilligan.
Phase IV. Dir. Saul Bass, with Nigel Davenport and Lynne Frederick. Paramount.
1919. Dir. Hugh Brody, with Paul Scofield and Maria Schell. B.F.I.
Emerald forest. (Co-Comp W. Junior Homrich) Dir. John Boorman. with Powers Boothe and
Charlie Boorman. Embassy. Bafta Nomination.
Stick with Me,Kid. 11 One-Hour Comedy Drama Series for Disney.

Wildlife Films include:
Amate and Lords Of Hokkaido for Partridge Films.
the Secret Leopard and Crater Of the Rain God for Zebra Films.
Queen Of the Beasts for Survival Anglia.
Bellamy Rides Again and Blooming Bellamy for BBC 1.
Killing for A Living (Hunters In the Wild) for BBC1.
Cheetahs with Holly Hunter for Meridian
Fraser Island and Jordan Valley for Partridge Films
The Fish That Time forgot for Meridian

Documentaries include:
The Salt Road for BBC2 Great Journeys.
Inside Sellafield for Partners In Production.
Dylan On Dylan for Timon Films
Kelptomania for Lion TV

Albums As Composer/Arranger/Keyboards include:
3 with Stomu Yamash'ta On Island Records.
3 with John Williams On Cbs (Sony). Grammy Nomination.
3 with Scott Walker for Virgin and Phonogram.
Re;Bach. Lara St. John's Debut Album for Sony Classics Of Crossover Bach Arrangements

Concert Music includes:
Schloss, Stream I and Stream II (first performed at Royal Festival Hall, Londo)

Orchestrations and Arrangements includes:
Albums Of Film Music for the R.P.O.
Song Arrangements for David Sylvian, Suede, Ute Lempe; All Saints; Bond; Pulp.
Song Arrangements for Love’S Labour;S Lost; Strictly Sinatra; Nora.
Orchestration and Conducting On Onegin; Pola X;

Keyboard playing and programming
Star Wars II and III; Superman II; Final Conflict; Under Fire; Supergirl; Dark Crystal; Excalibur; French Lieutenant's Woman; Top Secret; Legend; the Philadelphia Experiment; the Transformers; A Passage To India; Mad Max 3; Lipstream; The Hoosiers; Extreme Prejudice; The Runaway Train; Labyrinth; Rambos I, II and III; Hawks; Henry V; Noble House (Co-Producer Of Album); Frederick Forsyth Presents (Music Assoc.); Stars and Bars; The Witches; Batman; Total Recall; Basic Instinct; Indochine; the Public Eye; A Masculine Ending (Orchestrator and Music Assoc.); Bad Girls; Frankenstein; Hamlet; Great Expectations; Love's Labour's Lost (Arranger and Music Associate); The Mummy; Harry Potter; Bridget Jones Diary; Gosford Park; Calendar Girls