William Patrick Gowers Net Worth

William Patrick Gowers Net Worth is
$17 Million

William Patrick Gowers Bio/Wiki, Net Worth, Married 2018

William Patrick Gowers (born 5 May 1936 in London) is an English composer mainly known for his film scores.He taught composition part-time at Cambridge while completing his doctorate. He served as assistant conductor of Bill Russo’s London Jazz Orchestra. In the mid-60s he was music director of the Royal Shakespeare Company’s Marat/Sade productions in the West End and in New York. Then he began scoring feature and documentary films. In the 1970s, he directed the electronic music studio at Dartington and played keyboards for the New Swingle Singers.Gowers started writing for television later in the 1970s. In 1982 he won the BAFTA original music award for his scores for Smiley’s People, The Woman in White and I Remember Nelson.

Date Of BirthMay 5, 1936
Died2014-12-30
Place Of BirthIslington, London, England, UK
ProfessionComposer, Music Department, Soundtrack
Star SignTaurus
#Fact
1Aside from composing, he worked as jazz critic for the Financial Times, director of the electronic music studio at Dartington and as assistant conductor of Bill Russo's London Jazz Orchestra. He also played keyboards for the New Swingle Singers.
2Best remembered for writing the score for Granada TV's popular Sherlock Holmes series, starring Jeremy Brett.
3While completing his PhD on the work of Erik Satie, he taught several Cambridge students, including John Rutter.
4Educated at Cambridge University.
5Elected as a director of the Performing Right Society, which is based in the UK.

Composer

TitleYearStatusCharacter
Comic Act1998
The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes1994TV Series 6 episodes
Headhunters1994TV Series
The Case-Book of Sherlock Holmes1991-1993TV Series 9 episodes
Forever Green1989-1992TV Series 18 episodes
Mother Love1989TV Mini-Series
The Hound of the Baskervilles1988TV Movie
Whoops Apocalypse1988
The Return of Sherlock Holmes1986-1988TV Series 11 episodes
Screen Two1988TV Series 1 episode
The Sign of Four1987TV Movie
The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes1984-1985TV Series 13 episodes
Anna Karenina1985TV Movie
Sorrell and Son1984TV Mini-Series 6 episodes
The Odd Job Man1984TV Series 3 episodes
My Cousin Rachel1983TV Mini-Series 4 episodes
The Spanish Civil War1983TV Series documentary 6 episodes
Smiley's People1982TV Mini-Series 6 episodes
The Woman in White1982TV Mini-Series 5 episodes
I Remember Nelson1982TV Series 4 episodes
Bread or Blood1981TV Series 5 episodes
Thérèse Raquin1980TV Mini-Series 3 episodes
The Energy Brokers1980Documentary short
Black Island1979
Planet Water1978Documentary short
Stevie1978
The Shetland Experience1977Documentary short
The Amazing Years of Cinema1976TV Mini-Series documentary music by
The Early Americans1975Documentary short
Children of Rage1975
Broad Spectrum1974Documentary short
A Bigger Splash1973Documentary
Farlige kys1972
The Virgin and the Gypsy1970
Giv gud en chance om søndagen1970
Hamlet1969
Balladen om Carl-Henning1969
Thomas er fredløs1967

Music Department

TitleYearStatusCharacter
My Cousin Rachel1983TV Mini-Series conductor - 4 episodes
Smiley's People1982TV Mini-Series conductor - 6 episodes
The Woman in White1982TV Mini-Series conductor - 2 episodes
The Boy Who Turned Yellow1972electronic music
The Virgin and the Gypsy1970conductor
Marat/Sade1967composer: title music / musical director

Soundtrack

TitleYearStatusCharacter
The Ren & Stimpy Show1994-1995TV Series music - 2 episodes
The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes1984TV Series performer: "221b Baker Street" / writer: "221b Baker Street"

Self

TitleYearStatusCharacter
How to Score... a Movie1978Documentary shortHimself

Won Awards

YearAwardCeremonyNominationMovie
1983BAFTA TV AwardBAFTA AwardsBest Original Television MusicSmiley's People (1982)

Known for movies

Source
IMDB Wikipedia

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