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Gary Yershon

Gary Bernard Stewart Yershon (born 2 November 1954)[1] is an English composer. His works include music for theatre, radio, television, film,[2] and dance.[3] He is an Associate Artist of the Royal Shakespeare Company.[4]

Born in London, he began his career as an actor.[5] He worked as writer/translator (e.g. Ruslan and Lyudmila for the BBC,[6] and as musical director for Phyllida Lloyd's 1994 production of The Threepenny Opera at the Donmar Warehouse.[7]

He composed the music for Mike Leigh's 2008 film Happy-Go-Lucky, 2010 film Another Year, 2014 film Mr. Turner and 2018 film Peterloo. He wrote the theme tune and incidental music to the children's television series James the Cat.

Yershon was nominated for the 2009 Drama Desk Award for Outstanding Music in a Play.[8]

In 2010 he was nominated for a European Film Award for his work on Another Year.[9] In 2015 for the 87th Academy Awards, he received a nomination for the Academy Award for Best Original Score for his work on Mr. Turner.[10]

References

  1. ^ Biography for Gary Yershon at IMDb
  2. ^ "Gary Yershon". Royal National Theatre. Archived from the original on 29 December 2014.
  3. ^ "Ma Vie En Rose, Young Vic, London / How the Other Half Loves, Theatre Royal, Bath". The Independent. Archived from the original on 29 November 2010. Retrieved 28 July 2020.
  4. ^ "Associate artists | Royal Shakespeare Company". Rsc.org.uk. Retrieved 28 July 2020.
  5. ^ "arts-together-wherever-we-go". The Independent. Retrieved 28 July 2020.
  6. ^ "BBC Radio 3 – 31 May 1999 – BBC Genome". Genome.ch.bbc.co.uk. Retrieved 28 July 2020.
  7. ^ "Threepenny Opera". Threepennyopera.org. Retrieved 28 July 2020.
  8. ^ "Drama Desk Awards 2009 winners announced". New York Theatre Guide. Archived from the original on 18 January 2017. Retrieved 29 December 2014.
  9. ^ "European Film Awards - European Film Awards". Europeanfilmawards.eu. Retrieved 28 July 2020.
  10. ^ "Complete list of Oscar nominees". Cnn.com. 15 January 2015. Retrieved 28 July 2020.


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