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John Lunn (born 13 May 1956) is a Scottish composer, known for the music from the series Downton Abbey [1]
Early life and education
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Lunn was born in May 1956. His father was a saxophonist in a jazz band.[2]
Lunn graduated from Glasgow University, where he studied 12-tone techniques. He has cited among his musical influences John Cage , Milton Babbitt , and György Ligeti , as well as Miles Davis .[3] systems music " band Man Jumping , an early 1980s "jazz-pop-worldbeat fusion ensemble", where he played bass and keyboard.".[4] [5]
He took a short course in computer music at MIT,[6] [3] [7]
Career
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Television
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He began composing for BBC Scotland in the late 1980s, with Beatrix: The Early Life of Beatrix Potter (1990) and The Gift (1991). His work also includes music for the television series Hamish Macbeth Lorna Doone North Square Cambridge Spies Bleak House Hotel Babylon Little Dorrit Downton Abbey Waking the Dead The White Queen Shetland Grantchester The Last Kingdom Belgravia [1]
Opera
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Lunn has written several operas . Two of them, Misper (1997)[8] Zoë (2000)[9] Channel 4 [9] Glyndebourne .[8] [9] Mathematics of a Kiss , was written for the English National Opera . He wrote the 2006 operetta Tangier Tattoo librettist Stephen Plaice , again for Glyndebourne.
Lunn's violin concerto was premiered by Clio Gould and the London Sinfonietta at the Queen Elizabeth Hall .[10]
Albums published
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Awards
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Lunn has won two Emmy Awards, in 2012 and 2013, both for the Outstanding Music Composition for A Series (Original Dramatic Score) , each for an episode of Downton Abbey Little Dorrit Outstanding Music Composition for A Series (Original Dramatic Score) , for Downton Abbey , Episode 8Outstanding Music Composition for a Miniseries, Movie or a Special (Original Dramatic Score) for The White Queen [11]
His music for Sky TV's Going Postal RTS Awards[1] BAFTA and an Ivor Novello award .[1] Dickens ' Little Dorrit [1]
References
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^ a b Eskow, Gary (16 February 2017). "Composer John Lunn" . Mixonline . Retrieved 6 February 2021 .
^ Colin Larkin , ed. (2003). The Virgin Encyclopedia of Eighties Music Virgin Books . p. 325. ISBN 1-85227-969-9
^ Donelson, Marcy (April 2020). "John Lunn : Biography & History" . AllMusic . Retrieved 6 February 2021 .
^ "At the intersection of Philip Glass and Coldplay: How Emmy-winning composer John Lunn created the sound of Downton Abbey" . WFMT . 26 September 2019. Retrieved 6 February 2021 .
^ Sillitoe, Susan (11 October 2013). "Prism Sound Helps Composer John Lunn Create His Unique Sound" . Mixonline . Retrieved 7 February 2021 .
^ a b "Misper " . Glyndebourne Festival Opera . Archived from the original on 5 April 2012. Retrieved 6 November 2011 .
^ a b c "Zoë " . Glyndebourne Festival Opera . Archived from the original on 5 April 2012. Retrieved 6 November 2011 .
^ "John Lunn" . ABC Radio National . 19 February 2016. Retrieved 14 June 2024 .
^ "Emmy Awards, Nominations, and Wins, John Lunn" . Television Academy . 2014. Retrieved 7 February 2021 .
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