Nicholas Hooper
Nicholas
Hooper is one of the leading media composers in the UK. He has written
and produced music for over 250 films, dramas and documentaries
since 1988 and has developed a reputation for producing music that
is original, inspiring, and colourful.
His scores have received several major accolades. In 2004 he won
the BAFTA for Best Original Score
for The Young Visiters,
being also nominated for State of Play.
Nick was recently nominated for a 2006
Bafta for his score to The GIrl In The Cafe.
Prior to this he was also BAFTA nominated
for The Way We Live Now.
In 1998 he won the coveted Golden Panda
Award for
Land of the Tiger,
a major BBC documentary series on India. The following year he won
again (having been nominated for three separate scores), making
him the first composer to win the award consecutively. He recently
completed the score to Philip Martin's feature, Einstein
and Eddington, starring David Tennant as Sir Arthur
Eddington and Andy Serkis as Albert Einstein for Company Pictures/HBO.
He has also received many accolades for his feature films including
the recent period feature The Heart Of Me, starring
Helena Bonham Carter and Olivia Williams, and The Tichbourne
Claimant (a quote from Variety: “Nicholas Hooper’s
alert symphonic score rates a major bow, adding shape and atmosphere
to the labyrinthine tale”).
He
has recently received great critical acclaim for his stunning
score to Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix
for Warner Bros: "Let there be no doubt: Hooper's reputation
is cemented with this work and his career just shifted gears."
Daniel Champion, Music from the Movies, July 2007. Nicholas is currently
scoring Harry Potter and the Half Blood Prince,
director David Yates' follow up to his hugely successful "Order
of the Phoenix".
His scores include:
HARRY POTTER AND
THE HALF BLOOD PRINCE
Warner Bros
Director: David Yates
Producer: David Heyman,
David Barron
HARRY POTTER AND THE ORDER OF THE PHOENIX
Warner Bros
Director: David Yates
Producers: David Heyman, David Barron
EINSTEIN AND EDDINGTON
HBO
Director: Philip Martin
Producer: Mark Pybus
Starring: David Tennant, Andy Serkis
PRIME SUSPECT VII
THE FINAL ACT
ITV
Director: Phillip Martin
Producers: Andrew Benson, Rebecca Eaton, Andy Harries
Starring: Helen Mirren
*BAFTA Award 2007: Best Original TV Music*
THE CHATTERLEY TRIAL
BBC
Director: James Hawes
Producer: Karen Lewis
MY FAMILY & OTHER ANIMALS
BBC
Director: Sheree Folkson
Producer: Simon Lewis
Starring: Imelda Staunton
THE GIRL IN THE CAFÉ
Tightrope Productions
Director: David Yates
Producer: Hilary Bevan Jones, Julie Gardner
Executive Producer: Richard CurtisStarring: Bill Nighy
**BAFTA Award 2006: Best Original Music**
MESSIAH III
BBC/Paramount
Director: David Drury
Producer: Sanne Wohlenberg, Sophie Gardiner
Starring: Ken Stott
THE YOUNG VISITERS
BBC Film
Director: David Yates
Producer: Christopher Hall
Starring: Jim Broadbent
**BAFTA Award 2004: Best Original Music**
**IVOR NOVELLO Award 2004: Best Original Music**
STATE OF PLAY
BBC
Director: David Yates
Producer: Hilary Bevan Jones
Starring: Bill Nighy; John Sim
**BAFTA Nomination 2004: Best Original
Music**
THE HEART OF ME (Feature Film)
Martin Pope Productions/BBC Films
Director: Thaddeus O’Sullivan
Producer: Martin Pope
Starring: Helena Bonham Carter, Olivia Williams, Paul Bettany
THE WAY WE LIVE NOW
Deep Indigo Productions/BBC
Director: David Yates
Producer: Nigel Stafford-Clark
Starring: David Suchet
**BAFTA Nomination 2002: Best Original
Music**
TIGER SPECIAL
BBC
**Winner GOLDEN PANDA award 2000**
ELEPHANTS OF THE SAND RIVER
BBC
**Winner GOLDEN PANDA award 2000**
WARRIOR MONKEYS
BBC
**Winner GOLDEN PANDA award 2000**
THE TICHBORNE CLAIMANT
Bigger Picture Company
Director: David Yates
LAND OF THE TIGER
BBC
**Winner GOLDEN PANDA award 1998**
**Finalist RTS award 1998**
A full list of Nicholas Hooper’s scores is available on request.
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