Gary Yershon

Gary Yershon (born London 2 November 1954[1]) is an English composer. His works include music for theatre, radio, television, film,[2] and dance.[3] He is an Associate Artist of the Royal Shakespeare Company.[4]

He began his career as an actor.[5] He worked as writer/translator (e.g. Ruslan and Lyudmila for the BBC,[6] and as musical director for Phyllida Lloyd's 1994 production of The Threepenny Opera at the Donmar Warehouse.[7]

He composed the music for Mike Leigh's 2008 film Happy-Go-Lucky, 2010 film Another Year, and 2014 film Mr. Turner,[8] and the theme tune to James the Cat.

Yershon was nominated for the 2009 Drama Desk Award for Outstanding Music in a Play.[9]

In 2010 for his work on Another Year he was nominated for a European Film Award[10] In 2015 for the 87th Academy Awards, he received a nomination for the Academy Award for Best Original Score for his work on Mr. Turner.[11]

References

  1. ↑ Biography for Gary Yershon at the Internet Movie Database
  2. ↑ "Gary Yershon". Royal National Theatre.
  3. ↑ "Ma Vie En Rose, Young Vic, London / How The Other Half Loves, Theatre Royal, Bath". The Independent.
  4. ↑ http://www.rsc.org.uk/about-us/our-work/rsc-associate-artists.aspx
  5. ↑ "arts-together-wherever-we-go". The Independent.
  6. ↑ http://genome.ch.bbc.co.uk/schedules/radio3/1999-05-31
  7. ↑ http://www.threepennyopera.org/histEurope.php
  8. ↑ "Gary Yershon Scoring Mike Leigh’s ‘Mr. Turner’". Film Music Reporter.
  9. ↑ "Drama Desk Awards 2009 winners announced". New York Theatre Guide.
  10. ↑ http://europeanfilmawards.eu/en_EN/nomination/165/108
  11. ↑ http://edition.cnn.com/2015/01/15/entertainment/oscars-nominees-list

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