John Lunn

John Lunn (born 13 May 1956) is an Emmy Award winning Scottish composer, known for his televison and movie soundtrack work.[1] He won He was formerly a member of "systems music" band Man Jumping, where he played bass and keyboard.[2]

For the Dunfermline Athletic FC player, see John Lunn (footballer).

Early life and education

Born in May 1956, Lunn's father was a saxophone plyer in a jazz band. Lunn graduated from Glasgow University and also studied computer music at MIT.[3]

Career

Lunn was a member of the early'80s "jazz-pop-worldbeat fusion ensemble" Man Jumping.[2][4]

Television

He begn 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 (1995-1997), Lorna Doone (2000), North Square (2000), Hotel Babylon (2006), Little Dorrit (2008), Downton Abbey (2010-2015), Waking the Dead (2011), The White Queen (2013), Shetland (2013), Grantchester (2014), The Last Kingdom (2015), and Belgravia (2020).[5]

His music for Sky TV's Going Postal was winner of Best TV Score in the 2010 RTS Awards[1] and was nominated for a BAFTA and an Ivor Novello award[1] and that for the BBC adaptation of Dickens' Little Dorrit was nominated for a BAFTA Award for Outstanding Original Score.[1]

Opera

He has written several operas. Two of them, Misper (1997)[6] and Zoë (2000)[7] (shown by Channel 4[7]), were written for Glyndebourne.[6][7] Another, Mathematics of a Kiss, was written for the English National Opera. He wrote the 2006 operetta Tangier Tattoo, with librettist Stephen Plaice, again for Glyndebourne.

Lunn's violin concerto was premiered by Clio Gould and the London Sinfonietta at the Queen Elizabeth Hall.

References
  1. "Composers: John Lunn". Cool Music Limited. Archived from the original on 3 April 2012. Retrieved 6 November 2011.
  2. Donelson, Marcy (April 2020). "John Lunn : Biography & History". AllMusic. Retrieved 6 February 2021.
  3. "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.
  4. Colin Larkin, ed. (2003). The Virgin Encyclopedia of Eighties Music (Third ed.). Virgin Books. p. 325. ISBN 1-85227-969-9.
  5. "John Lunn". IMDb. Retrieved 7 February 2016.
  6. "Misper". Glyndebourne Festival Opera. Archived from the original on 5 April 2012. Retrieved 6 November 2011.
  7. "Zoë". Glyndebourne Festival Opera. Archived from the original on 5 April 2012. Retrieved 6 November 2011.
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