Patrick Gowers

Patrick Gowers

born on 5/5/1936 in London, England, United Kingdom

died on 30/12/2014

Patrick Gowers

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William Patrick Gowers (born 5 May 1936 in London) is an English composer mainly known for his film scores.

He taught composition part-time at Cambridge while completing his doctorate. He served as assistant conductor of Bill Russos London Jazz Orchestra. In the mid-60s he was music director of the Royal Shakespeare Companys Marat/Sade productions in the West End and in New York. Then he began scoring feature and documentary films.[1] In the 1970s, he directed the electronic music studio at Dartington[2] and played keyboards for the New Swingle Singers.[3]

Gowers started writing for television later in the 1970s. In 1982 he won the BAFTA original music award for his scores for Smileys People, The Woman in White and I Remember Nelson.[1]

Film music

Gowers' works include the following music scores: Comic Act (1998), Forever Green (1989), The Hound of the Baskervilles (1988), The Sign of Four (1987), Whoops Apocalypse (1986), Anna Karenina (1985), Smiley's People (1982), I remember Nelson (1982), Therese Raquin (1980), Stevie (1978), Children of Rage (1975), A Bigger Splash (1974), Farlige kys (1972), The Boy Who Turned Yellow (1972), Giv Gud en Chance Om Soendagen (1970), The Virgin and the Gypsy (1970), Balladen Om Carl-Henning (1969), Hamlet (1969), Thomas er Fredloes (1968), Marat / Sade (1966).[4]

His concert music includes works written for the guitarist John Williams: Chamber Concerto for Guitar and Rhapsody for Guitar, Electric Guitars and Electric Organ. He has done research work on Erik Satie (Eric Satie: his studies, notebooks and critics, Ph. D., Cambridge Univ., 1965).

Choral and Organ Music

Gowers is also noted for his choral music, including a setting of the text Veni Sancte Spiritus and the much-performed Viri Galilaei. He has also written a Cantata and several other anthems. He is also well known for his "Toccata" for organ, commissioned by Simon Preston and joined over a decade later by a fugue, as well as for his "Occasional Trumpet Voluntary".[1]

Music for Television

Patrick Gowers composed the music to The Adventures of, The Return of, the Casebook of and the Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes starring Jeremy Brett. The series ran from 1984 to 1994, and the soundtrack was released in 1987.

Tracks:

1 221B Baker Street 0:47
2 Elsie Cubitt 3:56
3 Libera Me 4:13
4 North by Ten and by Ten 2:44
5 Old Sherman's Dog Toby 1:24
6 Sutton's Nightmare 3:35
7 River Chase 5:54
8 The Death of Sherlock Holmes 5:25
9 Irene Adler 4:46
10 Holmes in Europe 1:25
11 John Hector McFarlane and His Mother 2:01
12 Setting Out 2:08
13 Lucretia Venucci and Her Family 3:44
14 Mr Henry Baker's Christmas 2:10
15 The Illustrious Lord Bellinger 2:13
16 On the Trail 1:19
17 Neville St. Clair's Nostalgia 2:14
18 The Bar of Gold, Upper Swandam Lane 4:07
19 Baker Street Reunion 1:48
20 The Priory School

Amongst other TV series for which he composed the music are Thérese Raquin, I Remember Nelson, Smiley's People and Forever Green.

Family

He is the great-grandson of the eminent neurologist Sir William Richard Gowers, grandson of civil servant and writer Sir Ernest Gowers and the father of the mathematician Sir Timothy Gowers, the writer Rebecca Gowers and the violinist Katharine Gowers.

References

  1. 1.0 1.1 1.2 Veni, Sancte Spiritus - Choral and Organ music of Patrick Gowers. Lammas Records. Retrieved on 25 February 2013.
  2. Music: correspondence, memoranda and reports. Dartington Archives (1975). Retrieved on 25 February 2013.
  3. Swingle Singers Discography. Jazz History Online. Retrieved on 25 February 2013.
  4. Patrick Gowers Filmography. URL accessed on 25 February 2013.

External links

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