Rob Lane - Composer Profile

One of the most versatile and in demand composers working today, Rob has won no less than six major awards for his work and received nominations for a further nine. Three Ivor Novellos, a BAFTA and three RTS Awards have fully confirmed his ability to write distinctive music for any genre, whether psychological thriller or quirky comedy, action-adventure or political docu-drama. Equally at home writing for orchestra or working with samples, his aim is always to create boldly cinematic music that intimately supports and enhances the drama on-screen.

Rob recently completed scoring West Is West, the sequel to the much-loved East Is East for director Andy DeEmmoney and producer Leslee Udwin. Work on the score included a trip to Mumbai to collaborate with Bollywood music stars, Shankar Eshaan Loy, and other world class players. In 2009 he provided music for The Damned Utd, the Peter Morgan adaptation of the David Peace novel for Left Bank Pictures / BBC Films and starring Michael Sheen and Timothy Spall. Earlier film credits include the South African political thriller Red Dust, starring Hilary Swank, the Warner Bros comedy, Mrs Ratcliffe's Revolution, directed by Bille Eltringham; The Lives of the Saints, directed by Rankin and Chris Cottam, and two documentary features: Nick Broomfield's Aileen: The Life & Death of a Serial Killer and Game Over: Kasparov & The Machine directed by Vikram Jayanti. He also scored Deathwatch, the horror film starring Jamie Bell, The Escapist for Sky Pictures, directed by Gillies MacKinnon, and The Young Poisoner's Handbook for British Screen.

In TV, Rob recently finished Hidden for BBC1 starring Philip Glenister. He also just received an RTS nomination for his work on The Suspicions of Mr Whicher, directed by James Hawes for Hat Trick Productions and starring Paddy Considine. In 2010 he provided a large orchestral score for a new US Network mini-series version of Ben Hur starring Ray Winstone and Joseph Morgan and directed by Steve Shill. In September 2008 Rob received his fourth Emmy nomination for his work on the hugely acclaimed HBO mini-series John Adams, chronicling the life of the second President of the United States of America from the beginnings of the American War of Independence, through to his death. With Paul Giamatti in the title role, the project was co-produced by Tom Hanks and Playtone Pictures. The relationship with HBO had begun with Elizabeth I, starring Helen Mirren and Jeremy Irons, (for which Rob’s score received a BAFTA, RTS Award and Ivor Novello Award), and been cemented with an Emmy nominated score for Longford, written by Peter Morgan and starring Jim Broadbent and Samantha Morton.

In 2007 Rob received both BAFTA and RTS nominations for his work on the BBC's much praised Jane Eyre, directed by Susanna White and starring Ruth Wilson and Toby Stephens. Other TV credits include, Tess Of The D'Urbervilles for the BBC, the fantasy series Merlin for Shine Ltd/BBC Wales (Series 1 to 3), and The 39 Steps for the BBC, a one-off adaptation of John Buchan's classic novel. He also scored the first series of Jimmy McGovern's The Street for BBC1, Stuart, A Life Backwards, a joint BBC and HBO one-off drama by Sam Mendes' Neal Street Productions, Marie Lloyd, the BBC biopic of the legendary British music hall entertainer, the political thriller series Whistleblowers for Carnival Films, and the Mark Haddon scripted Coming Down The Mountain for Tiger Aspect.

Earlier major credits include the BBC's Blackpool for which Rob won the 2005 Ivor Novello Award; the BBC2 series The Long Firm and To The Ends Of The Earth, as well as Charles II and The Lost World for BBC1, both of which received Emmy nominations for the music.

Film Credits

WEST IS WEST	Assassin Films Director: Andy DeEmmoney Producer: Leslee Udwin Starring: Om Puri, Linda Bassett
THE DAMNED UNITED	Left Bank Pictures Director: Tom Hooper Producers: Andy Harries, Grainne Marmion Starring: Michael Sheen, Jim Broadbent, Timothy Spall
MRS. RATCLIFFE'S REVOLUTION	Assassin Films Director: Billie Eltringham Producer: Leslee Udwin Starring: Ian Glen, Catherine Tate
THE LIVES OF THE SAINTS	Dazed Films Directors: Rankin and Chris Cottam Producer: Laura Hastings-Smith
RED DUST	BBC Films/Distant Horizon Director: Tom Hooper Producers: Anant Singh, David Thompson, Ruth Caleb Cast: Hilary Swank, Chiwetel Ejiofor
AILEEN: THE LIFE & DEATH OF A SERIAL KILLER	Director: Nick Broomfield Producer: Jo Human
DEATHWATCH	Co Composed for F&ME Director: Michael J Basset Producer: Sam Taylor
GAME OVER: KASPAROV AND THE MACHINE	Director: Vikram Jayanti Producer: Hal Vogel
THE ESCAPIST	Jolyon Symonds Productions/Sky Pictures Director: Gillies MacKinnon
THE GIRL WITH BRAINS IN HER FEET	Lexington Films Director: Roberto Bangura Producer: Don Boyd
THE YOUNG POISONER'S HANDBOOK	Mass Productions/British Screen/Pandora Director: Ben Ross Producer: Sam Taylor

Television Credits

THE LAST WEEKEND	Carnival Film & TV / ITV Director: Jon East Producer: Chris Hall Starring: Rupert Penry-Jones, Shaun Evans	RTS Craft Award for Best Original Title Theme 2012
HIDDEN	Origin Pictures Director: David Blair Producer: David Thomson Starring: Philip Glenister, David Suchet
THE SUSPICIONS OF MR WHICHER	Hat Trick Productions Director: James Hawes Producer: Nigel Marchant Executive Producer: Mark Redhead Starring: Paddy Considine
SOUTH RIDING	BBC Director: Diarmuid Lawrence Producer: Lisa Osborne Starring: David Morrissey, Anna Maxwell Martin, Charlie Clarke
BEN HUR	ABC / CBC Canada Director: Steve Shill Producer: Michael Prupas Executive Producer: David Wyler Starring: Joseph Morgan, Ray Winstone
GRACIE!	BBC Director: Brian Percival Producer: Janet Tyler Executive Producer: Anne Pivcevic Starring: Jane Horrocks
THE 39 STEPS	BBC Director: James Hawes Producer: Lynn Horsford Executive Producer: Hilary Salmon Starring: Rupert Penry-Jones
TESS OF THE D'URBERVILLES	BBC Director: David Blair Producer: David Snodin Starring: Gemma Arterton, Eddie Redmayne, Jodie Whittaker
MERLIN (Series 1, 2 & 3)	Shine Ltd/BBC Wales Director: James Hawes Producer: Julie Gardner Starring: Anthony Head, Richard Wilson
JOHN ADAMS	HBO Director: Tom Hooper Producer: Gary Goetzman, Tom Hanks, Kirk Ellis Starring: Paul Giamatti, Laura Linney	EMMY Nomination 2008: Best Original TV Music
GUN RUSH	ITV Director: Richard Clark Producer: Emma Benson Starring: Timothy Spall
COMING DOWN THE MOUNTAIN	Tiger Aspect Director: Julie Anne Robinson Producer: Roanna Benn Writer: Mark Haddon Starring: Benedict Cumberbatch, Tom Hardy
THE WHISTLEBLOWERS	Carnival Films Director: John McKay,Paul Gay and Richard Clark Producer: Sanne Wohlenberg
FANNY HILL	Sally Head Productions Director: James Hawes Producer: Nigel Marchant Writer: Andrew Davies
STUART, A LIFE BACKWARDS	BBC/HBO Director: David Atwood Producer: Pippa Harris
MARIE LLOYD	Hat Trick / BBC Director: James Hawes Producer: Rhonda Smith
JANE EYRE	BBC Director: Susanna White Producer: Diedrick Santer Starring: Ruth Wilson, Toby Stephens	BAFTA Nomination 2007: Best Original TV Music. RTS Nomination 2007: Best Original TV Music.
LONGFORD	Channel 4 Director: Tom Hooper Producer: Andy Harries, Peter Morgan Starring: Jim Broadbent, Samantha Morton	EMMY Nomination 2007: Best Original TV Music
THE STREET	Granada Manchester for the BBC Directors: David Blair / Terry McDonough Producer: Ken Horn Starring: Jim Broadbent, Jane Horrocks, Writer: Jimmy McGovern.
NOSTRADAMUS	Mentorn Director: Bryn Higgins Producer: Hal Vogel
ELIZABETH I	Company Pictures/HBO Director: Tom Hooper Producers: Barney Reisz, Mark Pybus Starring: Helen Mirren, Jeremy Irons	BAFTA Award 2006: Best Original TV Music Ivor Novello Award 2006: Best Original TV Music RTS Award 2006: Best Original Theme Music
TO THE ENDS OF THE EARTH	BBC Director: David Attwood Producer: Lyn Horsford
VINCENT	Granada Directors: Peter Lydon, Roger Gartland Jeremy Lovering, Terry Mcdonough Producer: John Rushton, Rebecca Hodgson Starring: Ray Winstone
ARCHANGEL	BBC Director: Jon Jones Producer: Chris Hall
BLACKPOOL	BBC Directors: Julie-Anne Robinson, Cokey Giedroyc Producer: Kate Lewis	Ivor Novello Award 2005: Best Original TV Music
THE WALK	Granada Director: Mark Brozel Producer: David Boulter
THE LONG FIRM	BBC Director: Billie Eltringham Producer: Liza Marshall	RTS Nomination 2004: Best Original TV Music
MAY 33rd	BBC / Endor Productions Director: David Attwood Producer: Hilary Bevan-Jones
CHARLES II	BBC Director: Joe Wright Producer: Kate Harwood	EMMY Nomination 2004: Best Original TV Music
HENRY VIII	Granada Director: Pete Travis Producer: Francis Hopkinson
PRIME SUSPECT	Granada Director: Tom Hooper Producer: David Boulter
DANIEL DERONDA	BBC Director: Tom Hooper Producer: Louis Marks	RTS Award 2003: Best Original TV Music
HOUND OF THE BASKERVILLES	BBC Director: David Attwood Producer: Christopher Hall
HEARTS OF GOLD	BBC Director: Richard Laxton Producer: Jane Davies	RTS Nomination 2003: Best Original Theme Music
THE LOST WORLD	BBC Director: Stuart Orme Producer: Christopher Hall	BAFTA Nomination 2002: Best Original TV Music EMMY Nomination 2002: Best Original TV Music
BABY FATHER	BBC Director: Alrick Riley Producer: Alison Lumb
SWEET REVENGE	BBC Director: David Morrissey Producer: Catherine Wearing
LOVE IN A COLD CLIMATE	BBC Director: Tom Hooper Producer: Kate Harwood
THE SINS	BBC Directors: Simon Curtis, David Yates, Sally Aprahamian Producer: Liza Marshall
OTHER PEOPLE’S CHILDREN	BBC Director: Pete Travis Producer: Christopher Hall
DAVID COPPERFIELD	BBC Director: Simon Curtis Producer: Kate Harwood
FORGOTTEN	LWT Director: Ben Bolt Producer: Cameron McAlistair
CLOSE RELATIONS	Wall to Wall/BBC Director: Michael Whyte Producer: Kate Harwood	Ivor Novello Award 1999: Best Original TV Music
HILLSBOROUGH	Granada Director: Charles McDougall Producer: Nicola Schindler
OUR BOY	Wall to Wall/BBC Director: David Evans Producer: Jo Willet

DOCUMENTARIES

SNOWBLIND	Discovery Director: Vikram Jayanti
THE DARKSIDE OF LINCOLN	The History Channel Director: Vikram Jayanti
ANCIENT EGYPTIANS	Channel 4 Director: Tony Mitchell Producer: Ben Goold
LEONARDO	BBC Director: Sarah Aspinal Producer: Annie Burrows

Rob's IMDB page
West Is West Trailer
The Damned UTD Trailer