Mark Russell
Mark’s
first drama work was his BAFTA nominated score to the hugely popular
ITV series Cold Feet. His music
for the Fine Line Movie Saving Grace (a
US Top Ten Hit) brought him attention on both sides of the Atlantic,
and his soundtracks for two big budget Movies, Summer
Things (starring Charlotte Rampling) and
L’ex Femme de Ma Vie (including a title
song with Jane Birkin) introduced him into the rarified world of
French Film. He’s an extremely experienced dramatic composer equally
at home with the Orchestra or with cutting edge electronics and
samples. He works either from his Pro Tools equipped studio in Islington,
London or from his home studio in Oxford.
Mark
was a boy chorister at St Paul ’s Cathedral and went on to read
music at York University. As a session keyboard player he toured
the world with Tanita Tikaram, Julia Fordham and the highly
acclaimed Chinese flautist, Guo Yue. After composing for
many film and TV Commercials Mark went on to score documentaries
and dramas, including Spiderman for Radio
1 in collaboration with Queen guitarist Brian May.
Mark
scored the second series of Murder City (4
x 90 mins), a dark Police drama starring Amanda Donahoe and Kris
Marshall, as well as Bonkers for Mersey
TV and The Bad Mothers Handbook for Ruby
Films and ITV. He most recently completed feature length special,
Coronation Street: Out of Africa for
ITV. He scores Kingdom (Series 1 &
2), starring Stephen Fry as a Norfolk solicitor for Parallel Pictures
and the BBC, and has recently finished scoring series 3. He has
just completed scoring Reunited for the
BBC.
Most
recently Mark relocated to Los Angeles for a summer to work with
Rupert Gregson-Williams on Jerry Seinfeld’s, Bee Movie.
Mark also recently completed scoring Sons Of Cuba,
directed by Andrew Lang.
Aside
from composing, Mark has written an acclaimed book ‘Film Music’
(published by Rotovision) and over the last 16 years he presented
BBC Radio 3’s cult eclectic weekly music show ‘Mixing It’ .
The show reflected his wide musical interests; everything from Medieval
to the latest electronic/jazz/rock sounds. Mark’s current show is
‘Where's The Skill In That?' for Resonance FM, a London
based arts radio station. He has an interest in and great knowledge
of experimental-cutting edge-music across all genres.
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Film Credits
SONS OF CUBA
Trinamite Productions
/ Windfall Films
Director: Andrew Lang
Producers: Andrew Lang,
Laura Giles, Francine Heywood
WHAT'S VIRGIN
MEAN?
Spellbound Films / Michael
Davies Films
Director: Michael Davies
Producer: Sandra Gorel
BEE MOVIE
(Composer - Additional music)
Dreamwoks/Paramount Pictures
Directors: Steve Hickner, Simon J. Smith
Producers: Jerry Seinfeld, Christina Steinberg
Starring: Jerry Seinfeld, Renee Zellweger
L'EX-FEMME DE MA VIE
Warner Bros France/Ice 3
Director: Josiane Balasko
Producer: Josiane Balasko, Louis Becker
Starring: Thierry Lhermitte, Karin Viard, Josiane Balasko
SAVING GRACE
Fine Line 2000
Written by Craig Ferguson & Mark Crowdy
Director: Nigel Cole
Producer: Mark Crowdy
Starring: Brenda Blethyn, Craig Ferguson, Martin Clunes
**Sundance Film Festival Winner 2000**
EMBRASSEZ QUI VOUS VOUDREZ (SUMMER THINGS)
UGC/Dan Films 2002
Director: Michel BlancG
Producer: Yves Marmion, Julie Baynes
Starring: Charlotte Rampling, Michel Blanc, Carole Bouquet,
Karin Viard
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Television Drama
REUNITED
BBC
Director: Simon Delaney
Producers: Rosemary McGowan,
Mike Bullen
CORONATION STREET:
OUT OF AFRICA
ITV
Director: Duncan Foster
Producer: Gavin Blyth
Executive Producer: Kieran Roberts
BAD MOTHER'S HANDBOOK
Ruby Films
Director: Robin Sheppard
Producer: Alison Owen, Harry Oulton
Starring: Catherine Tate, Anna Read
BONKERS
Lime Pictures / ITV
Director: Juliet May, Jim Doyle, Rob Evans
Producer: Hugh Warren
Starring: Liza Tarbuck
KINGDOM
Series 1, 2 & 3
Parallel Productions / ITV
Director: Robin Sheppard, Metin Husseyin, Sandy Johnson
Producer: Georgina Lowe, Simon Wheeler
Starring: Stephen Fry, Tony Slattery, Hermione Norris, Celia Imrie
ANGEL CAKE
Celador
Director: Simon Daleney
Producer: Stephen Garwood
Starring: Sarah Lancashire, Rita Tushingham
ALL ABOUT GEORGE
Granada
Director: Euros Lyn, Jeremy Webb
Producer: Lucy Bedford
Starring: Rik Mayall
CHERISHED
BBC
Director: Robin Sheppard
Producer: Polly Hill
Starring: Timothy Spall, Sarah Lancashire
NORTHERN LIGHTS
Granada
Directors: Tony Dow, Paul Seed
Producer: Spencer Campbell
MURDER CITY – Series 1 & 2
Granada
10 x 90
Directors: Richard Spence, Ian Knox, Sam Miller
Producers: Francis Hopkinson, Mark Hudson
Starring: Amanda Donahoe, Kris Marshall
DONOVAN – Series 1 & 2
Granada
5 x 90
Director: Simon Delaney, Keiran Donnelly
Producer: Spencer Campbell
Starring: Tom Conti, Samantha Bond
ROSE & MALONEY - Series 1
Company Pictures
6 x 60
Directors: Ferdinand Fairfax, Roger Gartland, Andrew Grieve
Producer: Catherine Wearing
Starring: Sarah Lancashire, Phil Davis
BETWEEN THE SHEETS
Yorkshire TV
6 x 60
Written by Kay Mellor
Director: Robin Sheppard, Jane Prowse
Producers: Yvonne Francas, Kay Mellor
Starring: Brenda Blethyn, Alun Armstrong, Julie Graham
THE RETURN
Sally Head Productions/ITV
1 x 90
Director: Dermot Boyd
Producer: Keith Thompson
Starring: Julie Walters
EUSTACE BROTHERS (Series 2)
BBC
6 x 60
Directors: David Innes-Edwards, Rob Evans
Producer: Polly Hill
Starring: Neil Morrissey, Ralf Little
COLD FEET - 5 series
Granada/ITV
27 x 60 and 5 x 90
Written by Mike Bullen
Directors: Declan Lowney, Mark Mylod, Nigel Cole, Tom Hooper,
Tom Vaughan, Pete Travis, Simon Delaney, John Jones, Tim Whitby, Ciaran
Donnelly, Tim Sullivan
Producers: Christine Langan, Spencer Campbell, Andy Harries
Starring: Helen Baxendale, James Nesbitt, Faye Ripley
**2001 BAFTA Nomination**
PLAYING THE FIELD - 3 series
Tiger Aspect/BBC
20 x 60
Written by Kay Mellor
Director: Dermot Boyd, David Innes-Edwards, Alrick Riley
Producer: Kathleen Hutchison, Liz Steele, Greg Brenman
LUCKY JIM
Working Title TV/ITV/WGBH Boston/Universal Television
Written by Jack Rosenthal
Director: Robin Sheppard
Producer: Sanne Craddick
Cast: Stephen Tomkinson, Keely Hawes, Robert Hardy,
Dennis Lawson
FAT FRIENDS - Series 2
Tiger Aspect/Yorkshire TV
7 x 60
Written by Kay Mellor
Director: Dan Zeff, Audrey Cook, Tanya Diez
Producers: Yvonne Francas, Kay Mellor
Cast: Alison Steadman
PASSION KILLERS
Granada TV/ITV
Director: David Evans
Producer: Christine Langan
Cast: Ben Miller
WONDERFUL YOU
Hartswood/ITV
7 x 60
Director: Matt Lipsey
Producer: Beryl Vertue, Elaine Cameron
Cast: Greg Wise
THE PRINCE OF ATLANTIS
BBC Children’s TV/Ravensburger TV/Canal Plus
Computer animation series
26 x 30
Producer: Theresa Plummer-Andrews
IS IT LEGAL
Hartswood TV/ITV
Written by Simon Nye
Producer: Beryl Vertue
Cast: Imelda Staunton
MEN BEHAVING BADLY
Hartswood TV
Written by Simon Nye
Producer: Beryl Vertue
THE PETER PRINCIPLE
Hatrick TV/BBC
Written by Mark Burton, John O’Farrell
Cast: Jim Broadbent
THE BILL
Producer: Richard Haniford
STYLE CHALLENGE
BBC1
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Short Films
WHISPERS
Directed & Produced by Richard Lingard
BUBBLES
Producer: Peter La Terriere
Starring: Caprice
THE ELEVATOR
Tigerlilly Films
Written & Directed by Alrick Riley
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Documentaries
OFFICERS & GENTLEMEN
Hartswood TV/BBC
Director: Michael Davies
Producer: Beryl Vertue
THE RED BARON
Hartswood TV/BBC
Director: Michael Davies
Producer: Beryl Vertue
GOING TO CHELSEA
Hartswood TV/BBC
Director: Michael Davies
Producer: Beryl Vertue
IN LOVE WITH ELIZABETH
Hartswood TV/BBC
Director: Michael Davies
Producer: Beryl Vertue
WILD DOGS WILDLIFE SHOWCASE
BBC Bristol
QED – CHALLENGING CHILDREN
BBC
DISPATCHES - THE MARCHIONESS TRAGEDY
Channel 4
A HORSE’S WORLD
Wall To Wall TV/Channel 4
MUSIC FOR THE MILLENIUM
Channel 4
Producer: Mike Lerner
SECRET BUILDINGS
Channel 4
Producer: Mike Lerner
FRAGILE EARTH – EXXON VALDEZ
Channel 4
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Radio Drama
BATMAN
65 part Audio Film also on BBC CD/Cassette
SUPERMAN
65 part Audio Film also on BBC CD/Cassette
SPIDERMAN
50 part Audio Film also on BBC CD/Cassette
(Composed with Brian May)
INDEPENDENCE DAY
60 minute drama
All for Radio 1's ‘The Mark Goodier Show’
All written and directed by Dirk Maggs
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