Geoff has been working with music for film since before he finished high school. He has played in everything from symphony orchestras to rock bands. In the past four decades he has also brought his unique musical sensibilities to the parallel worlds of theatre, concert hall, rock'n'roll and video games.
Dividing his time between Hollywood and the British and European industries, he has worked on well over 120 movies, from GRAVITY, CLIFFHANGER, NOTTING HILL and THE REMAINS OF THE DAY to THE DARKEST HOUR, PADDINGTON 2, the HARRY POTTER films as well as the multi award winning documentaries BLUE PLANET, PLANET EARTH and FROZEN PLANET. In 2021 DAVID ATTENBOROUGH: A LIFE ON OUR PLANET to which he contributed won an EMMY Award for best documentary score. The score for GRAVITY won the 2014 ACADEMY AWARD for best score.
As a composer he has most recently provided scores for the documentary THE KINGCOME CENTRE NATURE RESERVE (2019 Dir. Jade Bamford), the short thriller BLOOD MONEY (2016 Dir. Jamil Dehlavi), A FOREIGN GOD (2015 Dir. Jonathan Hughes) and the documentary STATIN NATION 2 (2015 Dir. Justin Smith).
His recent projects as an orchestrator include A BOY CALLED CHRISTMAS (2021 Studio Canal/Netflix), FINDING ALICE (2021 Bright Pictures TV), THE SECRET GARDEN (2020 Studio Canal/Heyday), NIGHT ON EARTH (2020 Netflix/Plimsoll Productions), THE CAPTURE (2019 BBC), THE PROMS signature tune (2019 BBC), THE GUERNSEY LITERARY AND POTATO PEEL PIE SOCIETY (2018 Canal+/Blueprint), BUMBLEBEE (2018 Paramount Pictures), PADDINGTON 2 (2018 Studio Canal).
Recent projects as a conductor include LAST NIGHT IN SOHO (2021 FFI/Film4/Perfect World), THE STARLING (2021 Netflix), SWEET GIRL 2021 Netflix), COPPELIA (2021 Submarine/3 Minutes/Motion Works), PLANET EARTH: A CELEBRATION (2020 BBC), THE AERONAUTS (2019 Amazon Studios/Mandeville Films), the landmark Netflix series OUR PLANET (2019 Silverback Films).
Dividing his time between Hollywood and the British and European industries, he has worked on well over 120 movies, from GRAVITY, CLIFFHANGER, NOTTING HILL and THE REMAINS OF THE DAY to THE DARKEST HOUR, PADDINGTON 2, the HARRY POTTER films as well as the multi award winning documentaries BLUE PLANET, PLANET EARTH and FROZEN PLANET. In 2021 DAVID ATTENBOROUGH: A LIFE ON OUR PLANET to which he contributed won an EMMY Award for best documentary score. The score for GRAVITY won the 2014 ACADEMY AWARD for best score.
As a composer he has most recently provided scores for the documentary THE KINGCOME CENTRE NATURE RESERVE (2019 Dir. Jade Bamford), the short thriller BLOOD MONEY (2016 Dir. Jamil Dehlavi), A FOREIGN GOD (2015 Dir. Jonathan Hughes) and the documentary STATIN NATION 2 (2015 Dir. Justin Smith).
His recent projects as an orchestrator include A BOY CALLED CHRISTMAS (2021 Studio Canal/Netflix), FINDING ALICE (2021 Bright Pictures TV), THE SECRET GARDEN (2020 Studio Canal/Heyday), NIGHT ON EARTH (2020 Netflix/Plimsoll Productions), THE CAPTURE (2019 BBC), THE PROMS signature tune (2019 BBC), THE GUERNSEY LITERARY AND POTATO PEEL PIE SOCIETY (2018 Canal+/Blueprint), BUMBLEBEE (2018 Paramount Pictures), PADDINGTON 2 (2018 Studio Canal).
Recent projects as a conductor include LAST NIGHT IN SOHO (2021 FFI/Film4/Perfect World), THE STARLING (2021 Netflix), SWEET GIRL 2021 Netflix), COPPELIA (2021 Submarine/3 Minutes/Motion Works), PLANET EARTH: A CELEBRATION (2020 BBC), THE AERONAUTS (2019 Amazon Studios/Mandeville Films), the landmark Netflix series OUR PLANET (2019 Silverback Films).
Away from the screen he has contributed to studio albums with artists as diverse as Liam Gallagher, Tom Odell, Cleo Sol, Jose Carreras, Jon Anderson, Metallica and the Vienna Boys Choir.
He orchestrated the national anthem to accompany Brian May on the roof of Buckingham Palace during the golden jubilee celebrations of 2002 and made a major contribution to the opening ceremony of the Olympic Games 2012 as both arranger and conductor of the London Symphony Orchestra with whom he has a long-standing relationship.
He somehow still finds time to write for the concert hall, where his most well known work is PHANTASIA, a double concerto for violin and cello based on themes from THE PHANTOM OF THE OPERA. Commissioned by Andrew and Julian Lloyd Webber, it was recorded in 2005 for EMI Classics with Sarah Chang (violin), Julian Lloyd Webber (cello) and Simon Lee conducting.
In 2007 he was appointed Artistic Advisor to English Sinfonia. TOWARDS THE DAWN, featuring leader and soloist Janice Graham, was written for the orchestra in support of the charity Breakthrough Breast Cancer and has become a regular fixture on Classic FM's playlist since it was released in 2008. His most recent work for the ensemble, YOU ARE HERE (2011) is another double concerto, this time for the unlikely combination of violin and bassoon.
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