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.
Aside 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.
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Best remembered for writing the score for Granada TV's popular Sherlock Holmes series, starring Jeremy Brett.
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While completing his PhD on the work of Erik Satie, he taught several Cambridge students, including John Rutter.
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Educated at Cambridge University.
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Elected as a director of the Performing Right Society, which is based in the UK.
Composer
Title
Year
Status
Character
Comic Act
1998
The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes
1994
TV Series 6 episodes
Headhunters
1994
TV Series
The Case-Book of Sherlock Holmes
1991-1993
TV Series 9 episodes
Forever Green
1989-1992
TV Series 18 episodes
Mother Love
1989
TV Mini-Series
The Hound of the Baskervilles
1988
TV Movie
Whoops Apocalypse
1988
The Return of Sherlock Holmes
1986-1988
TV Series 11 episodes
Screen Two
1988
TV Series 1 episode
The Sign of Four
1987
TV Movie
The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes
1984-1985
TV Series 13 episodes
Anna Karenina
1985
TV Movie
Sorrell and Son
1984
TV Mini-Series 6 episodes
The Odd Job Man
1984
TV Series 3 episodes
My Cousin Rachel
1983
TV Mini-Series 4 episodes
The Spanish Civil War
1983
TV Series documentary 6 episodes
Smiley's People
1982
TV Mini-Series 6 episodes
The Woman in White
1982
TV Mini-Series 5 episodes
I Remember Nelson
1982
TV Series 4 episodes
Bread or Blood
1981
TV Series 5 episodes
Thérèse Raquin
1980
TV Mini-Series 3 episodes
The Energy Brokers
1980
Documentary short
Black Island
1979
Planet Water
1978
Documentary short
Stevie
1978
The Shetland Experience
1977
Documentary short
The Amazing Years of Cinema
1976
TV Mini-Series documentary music by
The Early Americans
1975
Documentary short
Children of Rage
1975
Broad Spectrum
1974
Documentary short
A Bigger Splash
1973
Documentary
Farlige kys
1972
The Virgin and the Gypsy
1970
Giv gud en chance om søndagen
1970
Hamlet
1969
Balladen om Carl-Henning
1969
Thomas er fredløs
1967
Music Department
Title
Year
Status
Character
My Cousin Rachel
1983
TV Mini-Series conductor - 4 episodes
Smiley's People
1982
TV Mini-Series conductor - 6 episodes
The Woman in White
1982
TV Mini-Series conductor - 2 episodes
The Boy Who Turned Yellow
1972
electronic music
The Virgin and the Gypsy
1970
conductor
Marat/Sade
1967
composer: title music / musical director
Soundtrack
Title
Year
Status
Character
The Ren & Stimpy Show
1994-1995
TV Series music - 2 episodes
The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes
1984
TV Series performer: "221b Baker Street" / writer: "221b Baker Street"