Patrick Gowers
Composer
1936 –
Who is Patrick Gowers?
William Patrick Gowers 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.
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- Born
- May 5, 1936
Islington - Also known as
- Gowers, Patrick
- William Patrick Gowers
- Children
- Nationality
- England
- Profession
- Education
- University of Cambridge
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on July 23, 2013
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