Trevor Jones

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Trevor Jones

Sound 77 March 23, 1949

Cape Town, South Africa

Trevor Alfred Charles Jones (born 23 March 1949) is a South African composer of film and television scores, who has worked primarily in the United Kingdom. He is best known for h…

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Notting Hill

Notting Hill

7.3 1999 Movie
The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen

The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen

6.0 2003 Movie
The Last of the Mohicans

The Last of the Mohicans

7.4 1992 Movie
Dark City

Dark City

7.3 1998 Movie
From Hell

From Hell

6.7 2001 Movie
Labyrinth

Labyrinth

7.3 1986 Movie
Around the World in 80 Days

Around the World in 80 Days

6.0 2004 Movie
Cliffhanger

Cliffhanger

6.5 1993 Movie
In the Name of the Father

In the Name of the Father

7.9 1993 Movie
Mississippi Burning

Mississippi Burning

7.7 1988 Movie
G.I. Jane

G.I. Jane

6.5 1997 Movie
Angel Heart

Angel Heart

7.1 1987 Movie

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Trevor Alfred Charles Jones (born 23 March 1949) is a South African composer of film and television scores, who has worked primarily in the United Kingdom. He is best known for his scoring work during the 1980s and 1990s, where he worked on many acclaimed films including Excalibur, Runaway Train, The Dark Crystal, Labyrinth, Mississippi Burning, The Last of the Mohicans and In the Name of the Father. Jones has collaborated with filmmakers like John Boorman, Andrei Konchalovsky, Jim Henson, Alan Parker, Jim Sheridan, Barbet Schroeder and Michael Mann. Jones has been nominated for three BAFTA Awards for Best Film Music - for Mississippi Burning, The Last of the Mohicans, and Brassed Off. He has also been nominated for two Golden Globe Awards - Best Original Score and Best Original Song, and a Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Music Composition for a Limited Series, Movie or Special for the miniseries Merlin. Jones has been a Fellow of the Royal Academy of Music in Britain since 2006. In 1999, he became the first chair of the music department of the National Film and Television School. Description above from the Wikipedia article Trevor Jones, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

Filmography

Movies and shows, newest first

  1. 2013
    Excalibur: Behind the Movie

    Movie Self

  2. 2012
    Labyrinth

    TV show Original Music Composer

  3. 2011
    How to Steal 2 Million

    Movie Original Music Composer

  4. 2010
    Making The Last of the Mohicans

    Movie Self

  5. 2010
    Blood And Oil

    TV show Original Music Composer

  6. 2008
    Three and Out

    Movie Original Music Composer

  7. 2006
    George Washington: We Fight to Be Free

    Movie Original Music Composer

  8. 2006
    Fields Of Freedom

    Movie Original Music Composer

  9. 2005
    Aegis

    Movie Original Music Composer

  10. 2005
    Chaos

    Movie Original Music Composer

  11. 2004
    Around the World in 80 Days

    Movie Original Music Composer

  12. 2003
    The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen

    Movie Original Music Composer

  13. 2003
    I'll Be There

    Movie Original Music Composer

  14. 2002
    Dinotopia

    TV show Original Music Composer

  15. 2002
    Crossroads

    Movie Original Music Composer

  16. 2001
    To End All Wars

    Movie Original Music Composer

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  1. 2001
    The Long Run

    Movie Original Music Composer

  2. 2001
    From Hell

    Movie Original Music Composer

  3. 2000
    Thirteen Days

    Movie Original Music Composer

  4. 1999
    Molly

    Movie Original Music Composer

  5. 1999
    Cleopatra

    TV show Original Music Composer

  6. 1999
    Notting Hill

    Movie Original Music Composer

  7. 1998
    Talk of Angels

    Movie Original Music Composer

  8. 1998
    Titanic Town

    Movie Original Music Composer

  9. 1998
    The Mighty

    Movie Original Music Composer

  10. 1998
    Merlin

    TV show Original Music Composer

  11. 1998
    Dark City

    Movie Original Music Composer

  12. 1998
    Desperate Measures

    Movie Original Music Composer

  13. 1997
    Lawn Dogs

    Movie Original Music Composer

  14. 1997
    G.I. Jane

    Movie Original Music Composer

  15. 1997
    Roseanna's Grave

    Movie Original Music Composer

  16. 1996
    Brassed Off

    Movie Original Music Composer

  17. 1996
    Loch Ness

    Movie Original Music Composer

  18. 1996
    Gulliver's Travels

    TV show Original Music Composer

  19. 1995
    Richard III

    Movie Original Music Composer

  20. 1995
    Kiss of Death

    Movie Original Music Composer

  21. 1995
    Hideaway

    Movie Original Music Composer

  22. 1993
    In the Name of the Father

    Movie Original Music Composer

  23. 1993
    Cliffhanger

    Movie Original Music Composer

  24. 1993
    Death Train

    Movie Original Music Composer