Gary Carpenter (composer)

Gary Carpenter (born 1951) is a British composer, of concert music and film scores, and also operas and musicals. He is a Visiting Professor at the Royal Academy of Music and the Royal Northern College of Music.[1] He was Associate Music Director for the film The Wicker Man, putting together the ensemble Magnet for the occasion.[2][3]

Carpenter's piece Dadaville premiered at the First Night of the Proms, on 17 July 2015.[4]

Works

Concert music

Dance

Instrumental

Musical

Opera

Radio drama

Soundtracks

Notes

  1. "Gary Carpenter - Royal Northern College of Music". Retrieved 17 July 2015.
  2. John Kenneth Muir (2002). Horror Films of the 1970s. McFarland. p. 155. ISBN 978-0-7864-9156-8.
  3. Rob Young (19 August 2010). Electric Eden: Unearthing Britain's Visionary Music. Faber & Faber. p. 41. ISBN 978-0-571-25842-0.
  4. "BBC - Proms 2015 Prom 1: First Night of the Proms". BBC Online. Retrieved 17 July 2015.
  5. Fanning, David (16 February 1999). "Straight faces lord it over playful Satie". The Daily Telegraph. Retrieved 17 July 2015.
  6. Horst Koegler (1998). Dizionario della danza e del balletto. Gremese Editore. p. 277. ISBN 978-88-7742-262-0.
  7. Jack Anderson (1 March 1997). Choreography Observed. University of Iowa Press. p. 156. ISBN 978-0-87745-593-6.
  8. Martha Bremser; Lorna Sanders (22 September 2005). Fifty Contemporary Choreographers. Routledge. p. 46. ISBN 978-1-134-85018-1.
  9. Kurt Gänzl (2001). The Encyclopedia of the Musical Theatre: A-Gi. Schirmer Books. p. 224. ISBN 978-0-02-865572-7.
  10. Margaret Ross Griffel (21 December 2012). Operas in English: A Dictionary. Scarecrow Press. p. 284. ISBN 978-0-8108-8325-3.
  11. Margaret Ross Griffel (21 December 2012). Operas in English: A Dictionary. Scarecrow Press. p. 131. ISBN 978-0-8108-8325-3.
  12. Margaret Ross Griffel (21 December 2012). Operas in English: A Dictionary. Scarecrow Press. p. 284. ISBN 978-0-8108-8325-3.
  13. Contemporary Dramatists. St. James Press. 1993. p. 478.
  14. Tim Robey (2006). The DVD Stack: The Best DVDs of the Best Movies from Around the World. Canongate. p. 246. ISBN 978-1-84195-852-1.
  15. "Carpenter, Gary, NMC Recordings". Retrieved 17 July 2015.
  16. "Damon Albarn - Ravenous Soundtrack". Retrieved 17 July 2015.

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