Gary Yershon
Gary Bernard Stewart Yershon (born 2 November 1954 in London, England)[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]
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, and 2014 film Mr. Turner,[8] and the theme tune to James the Cat.
Yershon was nominated for the 2009 Drama Desk Award for Outstanding Music in a Play.[9]
In 2010 for his work on Another Year he was nominated for a European Film Award[10] 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.[11]
References
- Biography for Gary Yershon at IMDb
- "Gary Yershon". Royal National Theatre. Archived from the original on 2014-12-29.
- "Ma Vie En Rose, Young Vic, London / How the Other Half Loves, Theatre Royal, Bath". The Independent. Retrieved 28 July 2020.
- "Associate artists | Royal Shakespeare Company". Rsc.org.uk. Retrieved 28 July 2020.
- "arts-together-wherever-we-go". The Independent. Retrieved 28 July 2020.
- "BBC Radio 3 - 31 May 1999 - BBC Genome". Genome.ch.bbc.co.uk. Retrieved 28 July 2020.
- "Threepenny Opera". Threepennyopera.org. Retrieved 28 July 2020.
- "Gary Yershon Scoring Mike Leigh's 'Mr. Turner'". Filmmusicreporter.com. Retrieved 28 July 2020.
- "Drama Desk Awards 2009 winners announced". New York Theatre Guide. Archived from the original on 2017-01-18. Retrieved 2014-12-29.
- "European Film Awards - European Film Awards". Europeanfilmawards.eu. Retrieved 28 July 2020.
- "Complete list of Oscar nominees". Cnn.com. Retrieved 28 July 2020.