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
- Satie Variations (1999)[5]
Dance
- Children's Games (1978) for Jiří Kylián, electronic score, work includes also music from the Kindertotenlieder by Mahler[6][7]
- Interactions (1980) for Christopher Bruce[8]
Instrumental
- Pantomime (1995) for woodwind orchestra
Musical
- The Streets of London (1980), libretto by Ian Barnett[9]
Opera
- The Lost Domain (1984), three acts, libretto by Ian Barnett based on Le Grand Meaulnes[10]
- Doggone (1990), one act, libretto by Simon Nicholson[11]
- Nyanyushka (2007), one of six pieces making up Blind Date, libretto by Simon Nicholson[12]
Radio drama
- The One Alone (1987), verse drama by Iris Murdoch[13]
Soundtracks
- The Wicker Man (1973), continuous soundtrack by Paul Giovanni and Carpenter including folk song material[14]
- The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy (2005)[15]
- Ravenous, Damon Albarn, orchestration with Michael Nyman[16]
Notes
- ^ "Gary Carpenter - Royal Northern College of Music". Retrieved 17 July 2015.
- ^ John Kenneth Muir (2002). Horror Films of the 1970s. McFarland. p. 155. ISBN 978-0-7864-9156-8.
- ^ Rob Young (19 August 2010). Electric Eden: Unearthing Britain's Visionary Music. Faber & Faber. p. 41. ISBN 978-0-571-25842-0.
- ^ "BBC - Proms 2015 Prom 1: First Night of the Proms". BBC Online. Retrieved 17 July 2015.
- ^ Fanning, David (16 February 1999). "Straight faces lord it over playful Satie". The Daily Telegraph. Retrieved 17 July 2015.
- ^ Horst Koegler (1998). Dizionario della danza e del balletto. Gremese Editore. p. 277. ISBN 978-88-7742-262-0.
- ^ Jack Anderson (1 March 1997). Choreography Observed. University of Iowa Press. p. 156. ISBN 978-0-87745-593-6.
- ^ Martha Bremser; Lorna Sanders (22 September 2005). Fifty Contemporary Choreographers. Routledge. p. 46. ISBN 978-1-134-85018-1.
- ^ Kurt Gänzl (2001). The Encyclopedia of the Musical Theatre: A-Gi. Schirmer Books. p. 224. ISBN 978-0-02-865572-7.
- ^ Margaret Ross Griffel (21 December 2012). Operas in English: A Dictionary. Scarecrow Press. p. 284. ISBN 978-0-8108-8325-3.
- ^ Margaret Ross Griffel (21 December 2012). Operas in English: A Dictionary. Scarecrow Press. p. 131. ISBN 978-0-8108-8325-3.
- ^ Margaret Ross Griffel (21 December 2012). Operas in English: A Dictionary. Scarecrow Press. p. 284. ISBN 978-0-8108-8325-3.
- ^ Contemporary Dramatists. St. James Press. 1993. p. 478.
- ^ 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.
- ^ "Carpenter, Gary, NMC Recordings". Retrieved 17 July 2015.
- ^ "Damon Albarn - Ravenous Soundtrack". Retrieved 17 July 2015.
External links
- Gary Carpenter at IMDb
- "Staff - Gary Carpenter - Royal Academy of Music". Retrieved 17 July 2015.
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