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Christopher Gunning
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Person · Open Library
- Works
- 2
Top works
- Delta Green - The Complex
- Really Easy Horn Book
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Film & TV
Cheltenham, Gloucestershire, England, UK
Christopher Gunning (born 5 August 1944) is an English composer of concert works and music for films and television. Gunning was born in Cheltenham, Gloucestershire. He studied at the Guildhall School of Music and Drama where his tutors included Edmund Rubbra and Richard Rodney Bennett. Gunning's film and TV compositions have received many awards, including the 2007 BAFTA Award for Best Film…
Known for
- La Vie en Rose — Orchestra conductor2007
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Music · MusicBrainz
- Type
- Person
- Gender
- Male
- Origin
- United Kingdom
- Active from
- 1944-08-05
- Active to
- 2023-03-25
Discography
- Wildlife / Suite Of The Hunter1978
- Concerto for Piano and Orchestra / Storm / Symphony no. 12004
- Symphonies nos. 3 and 4 / Oboe Concerto2009
- The Film and TV Music of Christopher Gunning2010
- Symphony no. 5 / String Quartet no. 12013
- Symphony no. 6 / Night Voyage / Symphony no. 72014
- Violin Concerto / Cello Concerto / Birdflight2016
- Symphonies nos. 2, 10 & 122019
- Symphonies nos. 8 & 92025
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- 18,448
- Total plays
- 158,630
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Christopher Gunning is a composer of music for films, television and of concert works. His extensive film and TV compositions have received many awards, and he has won four BAFTA awards for 'La Vie en Rose,' Agatha Christie's Poirot, Middlemarch, and Porterhouse Blue, and three Ivor Novello awards for Rebecca, Under Suspicion, and Firelight. His scores for The Big Battalions, Wild Africa, Cold Lazarus, When the Whales Came, and Winalot Prime have also received nominations for BAFTA and Ivor Nove
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Given name
- Christopher
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- United Kingdom
- Place of birth
- Cheltenham
- Occupation
- writer
- Educated at
- Guildhall School of Music and Drama
- Languages spoken
- English language
- Field of work
- film score
- Official website
- www.christopher-gunning.co.uk
- Image
- GunningChristopher1.JPG
- Number of children
- 4
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- date of birth
- 1944-08-05
- Commons category
- Christopher Gunning
- date of death
- 2023-03-24
- name in native language
- Christopher Gunning
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