Edward Shearmur
British film composer (born 1966)
Edward Shearmur
|
|
---|---|
Also known as | Ed Shearmur |
Born |
(
1966-02-28
)
28 February 1966
(age
57)
London , England , United Kingdom |
Occupation(s) | Film score composer |
![]() |
This
biography of a living person
needs additional
citations
for
verification
.
Please help by adding
reliable sources
.
Contentious material
about living persons that is unsourced or
poorly sourced
must be removed immediately
from the article and its talk page, especially if potentially
libelous
.
Find sources: "Edward Shearmur" – news · newspapers · books · scholar · JSTOR ( July 2010 ) ( Learn how and when to remove this template message ) |
Edward Shearmur (also known as Ed Shearmur ; born 28 February 1966) is a British film composer. Born in London , England , at age seven he sang in the boys' choir at Westminster Cathedral . Educated at Eton College , he studied at the Royal College of Music and went on to a scholarship at Pembroke College at the University of Cambridge . He worked as orchestration and conducting assistant to Michael Kamen on such films as Licence to Kill , Die Hard , Lethal Weapon and the acclaimed Don Juan DeMarco ) before scoring his first full-length feature film The Cement Garden [1] which won the director's prize at the Berlin Film Festival. His first major feature score was that of The Wings of the Dove (1997) . He has since scored a diverse range of popular films, including both Charlie's Angels [1] outings, Cruel Intentions , Species II , and K-PAX . [1]
In addition to his film work, Shearmur has collaborated as keyboardist and arranger with a number of prominent rock musicians, including Eric Clapton , Peter Gabriel , Annie Lennox , Pink Floyd , Marianne Faithfull , Bryan Adams , Echo & the Bunnymen , and Jimmy Page and Robert Plant .
Ambient artist David Helpling has cited Shearmur's compositional style as a major influence on his work.
Shearmur was married to film producer Allison Shearmur (née Brecker) until her death from lung cancer in January 2018. They have two children. [2]
Filmography
Film
- Sylvia Hates Sam (1993)
- The Cement Garden (1993)
- Demon Knight (1995)
- The Leading Man (1996)
- Remember Me? (1997)
- The Wings of the Dove (1997)
- The Hunchback (1997)
- Girls' Night (1998)
- Species II (1998)
- Martha, Meet Frank, Daniel and Laurence (1998)
- The Governess (1998)
- Cruel Intentions (1999)
- Jakob the Liar (1999)
- Blue Streak (1999)
- Things You Can Tell Just by Looking at Her (2000)
- Whatever It Takes (2000)
- Charlie's Angels (2000)
- Miss Congeniality (2000)
- The Brightness You Keep (2000)
- K-PAX (2001)
- The Count of Monte Cristo (2002)
- The Sweetest Thing (2002)
- Reign of Fire (2002)
- Johnny English (2003)
- Charlie's Angels: Full Throttle (2003)
- Win a Date with Tad Hamilton! (2004)
- Laws of Attraction (2004)
- Wimbledon (2004)
- Sky Captain and the World of Tomorrow (2004)
- Nine Lives (2005)
- Bad News Bears (2005)
- The Skeleton Key (2005)
- Four Brothers (2005) - Additional Music Composed and Conducted by
- Derailed (2005)
- Dedication (2006)
- The Ex (2006)
- Epic Movie (2007)
- 88 Minutes (2007)
- Meet Bill (2007)
- College Road Trip (2008)
- The Other Boleyn Girl (2008) - (rejected score)
- Passengers (2008)
- Righteous Kill (2008)
- Coraline (2009) - Additional Music
- Bride Wars (2009)
- Mother and Child (2009)
- The Winning Season (2009)
- The Wolfman (2010) - Additional Music
- Furry Vengeance (2010)
- Diary of a Wimpy Kid: Rodrick Rules (2011)
- Abduction (2011)
- The Babymakers (2012)
- Spinning Plates (2012)
- Diary of a Wimpy Kid: Dog Days (2012)
- The Polar Bears (2012)
- Before I Go to Sleep (2014)
- She's Funny That Way (2014)
- Curve (2015)
- Elvis & Nixon (2016)
- Dying Laughing (2016)
- Diary of a Wimpy Kid: The Long Haul (2017)
- Falling Inn Love (2019)
- Four Good Days (2020)
Television
- Manchester Prep (1999) (Re-edited into straight-to-video release Cruel Intentions 2 ).
- Masters of Horror (2005–2006)
- The Starter Wife (2007)
- Devious Maids (2013-2016)
- The Outcast (2015)
- Reg (2016)
- Cruel Intentions (2016) (Pilot for NBC )
References
- 1 2 3 Goldwasser, Dan (10 August 2001). "The Talented Mr. Shearmur" . SoundtrackNet . Retrieved 31 July 2010 .
- ↑ Kit, Borys; Kilday, Gregg (19 January 2018). " 'Star Wars' and 'Hunger Games' Producer Allison Shearmur Dies at 54" . The Hollywood Reporter . Retrieved 20 January 2018 .
External links
International | |
---|---|
National | |
Artists | |
People | |
Other |