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Gary Yershon

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Gary Yershon (born 2 November 1954 in London[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 IMDb
  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/whos-who/associate-artists
  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