| Paul Farrer | |
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Paul Farrer in a studio |
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| Born | 1973 Worcester, England |
| Nationality | British |
| Occupation | Composer |
| Known for | Composing themes and music for various TV shows, films and videogames |
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| http://www.paulfarrer.com/ | |
Paul Farrer (born 1973) is a British film and television music composer. He is best known for composing the music for the programmes The Weakest Link, Dancing on Ice, Gladiators, The Krypton Factor and the United Kingdom general election debates in 2010.
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Farrer was born in Worcester, England in 1973. When he was eight, he joined the Worcester Cathedral Voluntary Choir, where he performed with the London Symphony Orchestra, the Royal Liverpool Philharmonic and the City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra.[1]
He left school at 16, and began working in a recording studio, playing the piano, clarinet, violin, saxophone and trumpet.[1] He produced jingles for radio stations and set up his own company, before starting work for television.[1] [2]
Farrer composed the music for the BBC programme The Weakest Link, which is broadcast in 96 countries. Farrer composed the music for The Jerry Springer Show, Dog Eat Dog, Riot Cops, Torvill and Dean's Dancing on Ice, Saturday Night Live, and the Academy Awards.[1] He has also composed the music for the TV show Ant & Dec's PokerFace (ITV1). He wrote the music for the Toy Story CD-ROMS, and produced work for The Royal Air Force, Shell, Ferrari and Ford.[1]
In 2006, he scored the Fox Reality series My Bare Lady, "Jamie Theakston's The Search (Channel Four), "Car Wars" BBC1 and "Alan Titchmarsh's "The Great British Village Show" for BBC. His 2007 shows include Peter Jones' Tycoon, "Families at War" with Trisha Goddard for Five, The Iraq Commission for Channel Four and Marbella Belles for ITV.
2008 saw the launch of the new Trisha Goddard Show, daily on Channel Five, for which Farrer composed title music.
In May 2008 Sky One's relaunch of Gladiators premiered; Farrer was commissioned to compose the theme and incidental music. 2009 began with ITV's relaunch of "The Krypton Factor", and a second series of Battle of The Brains hosted by Nicky Campbell, along with new series of Dancing on Ice and Gladiators, all scored by Farrer.
Farrer's music has also appeared on The Oprah Winfrey Show, comedies Little Britain and The I.T. Crowd, and game show The Chase.
In 2010, he has composed the music to Ant and Dec's Push The Button, 71 Degrees North both for ITV and Antiques Master for BBC1. He also composed the original music for the historic first ever UK election Debate screened on ITV on 15 April 2010.
In 2011, he has composed the theme and incidental music to The Magicians for BBC1 and CITV/Disney XD's Fort Boyard: Ultimate Challenge.
Full list: http://www.paulfarrer.com/clients/
Farrer worked on music for the movie Domino, and has worked on movies that have headlined with Jason Connery, Brian Blessed and Oliver Reed.[1]
| Film Score | Year |
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| The Bruce | 1996 |
| Macbeth | 1997 |
| King Lear | 1999 |
| Steel Tempest | 1999 |
| Hamlet | 2000 |
| Harvest | 2003 |
| Sindy: The Fairy Princess | 2003 |
| Little Dog Turpie | 2004 |
| Domino | 2005 |
| Ulysses Road | 2007 |
Paul Farrer has scored a number of videogames for the PlayStation. In Addition to his music for The Weakest Link, being used on the Activision game releases for PS1 and PS2, he has provided music and sound design for Relentless Software's "Buzz!" series of videogames including "Buzz! The Hollywood Quiz", "Buzz! Quiz TV", "Buzz! Master Quiz", "Buzz! Brain Bender" and "Buzz!: Brain of the World".
In 2010, he completed the score to Sony's "TV Superstars" PS3 title, which makes full use of the Sony Move system.
He is also a regular contributor to "Sound on Sound" Europe's leading music technology magazine. Writing a monthly column called 'Notes From The Deadline' in which he recounts experiences he has as a media composer.
He was the recipient of a BMI Composer Award and an Ampex Golden Reel Award.[1]
He is a member of both The Performing Rights Society (PRS) and The British Academy of Composers and Songwriters.
In 2010, Farrer became a member of The British Academy of Film and Television Awards (BAFTA)