Julian Nott - Composer Profile

Julian will be forever associated with his 'cracking' music composed for those unique and loveable characters Wallace & Gromit. How many times in a decade does a composer manage to capture with such musical and dramatic power the real essence and humour of the on screen characters and story? Along with Nick Park's clay-mation characters, Julian's memorable music has been stamped on the nation's soul forever. Wallace, Gromit, Aardman and Julian may now be working in Hollywood but they all remain faithful to their British roots and continue to "work" in all areas of the industry, from film and television to commercials.??

Uniquely British, an original thinker, with an extraordinary ability to think outside the box, and to understand and capture the very essence of drama and character, combined with a wonderful gift for melody... all phrases that could be used to describe Julian's talent. Having studied politics and economics at Oxford University and studied at the bar, Julian has had a varied career: investment banking, documentary producer, film director. However, he found his niche as a composer.

"But surprisingly, the Wallace and Gromit music is not his best work. Nott's forte is the deep, powerful, emotional, even tragic cues he has written for his other features. If the music for A Respectable Trade is anything to go by, then there is no doubt in my mind that the name Julian Nott will be gracing the opening titles of movies on many a cinema screen for years to come. I find Nott's music to be simply beautiful. So I'm telling you now - watch out world." Jonathan Broxton - Movie Music UK.

Julian is now one of the busiest composers working in film and television today and his credits range from the Oscar winning Wallace Gromit: Curse of the Wererabbit to the serial killer thriller Death in Holy Orders. Julian scored Marcel Sarmiento's Heavy Petting, set in New York, and the controversial Mentorn satire, Confessions Of A Diary Secretary for ITV, which charted John Prescott's time as Deputy Prime Minister. Julian continues to score the BBC's adaptation of Flora Thompson's autobiographical novel Lark Rise To Candleford. He also recently scored the new short feature for Aardman/BBC, Wallace and Gromit: A Matter of Loaf and Death, which aired as a Christmas special on BBC 1, and for which he won the Ivor Novello Award for Best TV Soundtrack 2009. Julian scored the one-off drama, Ingenious, for CBBC/Lime Pictures , and he most recently completed scoring the Isle Of Man Feature, The Decoy Bride for director Sheree Folkson.

Achievements

2006: Early Day Motion in House of Commons congratulating Julianon his success with Wallace and Gromit: Curse of the Wererabbit

2000: Retrospective of Julian's film music at the Castelli Animati Film Festival in Italy.

2002: Commissioned by Arts Council of Great Britain to compose a piece of music for World famous Brodsky String Quartet.

2004: Featured artist at Reykjavic Arts Festival, Iceland, Summer 2004

Feature Film Credits

THE DECOY BRIDE	Isle Of Man Films Director: Sheree Folkson Producers: Paul Ritchie, Douglas Rae, Robert Bernstein Starring: Kelly Macdonald, David Tennant, Alice Eve
HEAVY PETTING	Sarco Films Director: Marcel Sarmiento Producer: Peter Glatzer, Vince P. Maggio
WALLACE AND GROMIT: CURSE OF THE WERERABBIT	Dreamworks/Aardman Animation Directors: Nick Park, Steve Box Producers: Jeffrey Katzenberg, Claire Jennings, Peter Lord, Carla Shelley, David Sproxton	Winner Best Animation OSCAR 2006
CHRISTMAS CAROL - THE MOVIE	Animated Feature The Illuminated Film Company Director: Jimmy T. Murakami Producer: Iain Harvey Featured Voices: Kate Winslet, Nicholas Cage, Jane Horrocks, Rhys Ifans etc
WEAK AT DENISE	Peninsula Films Director: Julian Nott Producer: Clare Erasmus
NEW YEAR'S DAY	Director: Suri Krishnamma Producers: Simon Channing-Williams
MY MOTHER'S COURAGE	Little Bird Films Director: Michael Verhoeven Producers: Jonathan Cavendish, Veit Heiduschka
A MAN OF NO IMPORTANCE	Sony Pictures Classics/Little Bird Films/BBC Films Director: Suri Krishnamma Producers: Jonathan Cavendish
H-E DOUBLE HOCKEY STICKS	Walt Disney Pictures Director: Randy Miller Producer: Jeffrey Lampert

Animated Short Films

WALLACE AND GROMIT: A MATTER OF LOAF AND DEATH	Aardman Animation Director: Nick Park Producer: Steve Pegram	Ivor Novello Award 2009: Best Television Soundtrack
STAGE FRIGHT	Aardman Animation Director: Steve Box Producers: Michael Rose, Helen Nabarro	Winner Best Animated Short BAFTA 1998
JOLLY ROGER	Director: Mark Baker Producer: Claire Jennings	Nominated Best Animated Short OSCAR 1998
THE VILLAGE	Pizazz Pictures Director: Mark Baker Producer: Pam Dennis	Nominated Best Animated Short OSCAR 1994
T.R.A.N.S.I.T	The Illuminated Film Company Director: Piet Kroon Producers: Iain Harvey, Cecile Winje	Nominated Best Animated Short BAFTA 1998
FLATWORLD	BBC Director: Daniel Greaves Producers: Nigel Pary, Patrick Veale	Nominated Best Animated Short BAFTA 1998
WALLACE AND GROMIT: A CLOSE SHAVE	Aardman Animation Director: Nick Park Producers: Michael Rose, Carla Shelley	Winner Best Animated Short OSCAR 1995 Winner Best Animated Short BAFTA 1996 Numerous Worldwide Awards
WALLACE AND GROMIT: THE WRONG TROUSERS	Aardman Animation Director: Nick Park Producer: Christopher Moll	Winner Best Animated Short OSCAR 1994 Winner Best Animated Short BAFTA 1994
WALLACE AND GROMIT: A GRAND DAY OUT	Aardman Animation Director: Nick Park Producer: Rob Copeland	Nominated Best Animated Short OSCAR 1991 Winner Best Animated Short BAFTA 1990 Numerous Worldwide Awards
THE HILL FARM	NFTS Director: Mark Baker	Nominated Best Animated Short OSCAR 1990
THE CHILD EATER	Director: Jonathan Tammuz Producer: Deborah Carter	Nominated Best Short OSCAR 1990

Television Drama

INGENIOUS	CBBC/Lime Pictures Director: Brian Kelly Producer: Rebecca Hodgson
LARK RISE TO CANDLEFORD: Series 1, 2, 3 & 4	BBC Director: Charles Palmer Producer: Grainne Marmion Starring: Julia Sawalha, Dawn French
CONFESSIONS OF A DIARY SECRETARY	Mentorn Director: Andy Wilson Producer: David Aukin
SHOOT THE MESSENGER	BBC Directors: Director: Ngozi Onwurah Producer: Producer: Anne Pivcevic	Dennis Potter Screenwriting Award 2005
PEPPA PIG: Series 1 & 2	Astley Baker Davies/Channel 5/Nickelodeon Producer: Phil Davies	Animation (Pre-School) BAFTA 2005
GIFTED	ITV/Rollem Productions Director: Douglas Mackinnon Producer: Pippa Cross
WALLACE AND GROMIT - "Cracking Contraptions"	Aardman Animation Directors: Loyd Price, Christopher Sadler Exec Producer: Peter Lord
DEATH IN HOLY ORDERS	BBC Director: Johnny Campbell Producer: Magaret Enefer
OUTSIDE THE RULES	BBC Director: Sallie Aprahamian Producer: Alison Davis
GENTLEMEN'S RELISH	Icon/Stock Productions Director: Douglas Mackinnon Producers: Martyn Auty, Sarah Boote Cast: Billy Connolly, Sarah Lancashire
THE CAZALETS	BBC/WGBH Boston Director: Suri Krishnamma Producers: Verity Lambert, Joanna Lumley
THE VICE	Carlton Director: Douglas Mackinnon Producers: Rob Pursey, Stephen Smallwood
OUT OF HOURS	BBC Director: Douglas Mackinnon Producers: Simon Passmore
TALES FROM THE CRYPT - 'Confession'	HBO Director: Peter Hewitt Exec Producers: Joel Silver, Robert Zemeckis
THE PLACE OF THE DEAD	ITV/A&E Television Director: Suri Krishnamma Producer: Jeff Pope
A RESPECTABLE TRADE	BBC/PBS Director: Suri Krishnamma Producers: Ruth Baumgarten, Ruth Caleb, Michael Wearing
LORNA DOONE	Talkback Thames Director: Andrew Grieve Producers: Alan Horrox, Antony Root
THE GRAND	Granada Director: Douglas Mackinnon Producer: Antony Wood
ORIGINAL SIN	ITV/WGBH Boston Director: Andrew Grieve Producer: Andrew Benson

Julian's IMDB page
Curse of the Were-Rabbit Trailer
Wikipedia