Nicholas Hooper

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Nicholas Hooper
Background information
Also known asNick Hooper
Born (1952-07-23) 23 July 1952 (age 71)
GenresFilm scores
Occupation(s)Composer
Instrument(s)Guitar
Years active1985–present

Nicholas Hooper is a British film and television composer and guitarist. He has scored the award-winning

Prime Suspect: The Final Act.[1]

He studied at the Royal College of Music in the early 1970s where he scored his first films.

His highest-profile scores were for

Grammy.[3] However, he chose not to return for the final two installments, which were composed by French composer & conductor Alexandre Desplat.[4]

Hooper then scored the soundtrack to the

Disney documentary African Cats, which was chosen as one of the 97 original scores eligible for a nomination at the 84th Academy Awards in 2011.[5]

Hooper is also a performing guitarist. He released a solo guitar album, 6 Strings, in 2015.[6] The album features Irish folk music and was recorded at Abbey Road Studios in London. In 2018, he released the album Pete's Trees with his duo Henderson:Hooper. In 2019 he appeared on charity double CD Strings that Nimble Leap, produced by Fylde Guitars, alongside Graham Coxon and Chris Leslie. He performs regularly with Gordon Giltrap MBE and The Boot Band.[citation needed]

Hooper has also released three novels: Above the Void (2017) and books One and Two in the Arnold Rackham detective thriller series, The Occasional Gardener (2018) and The Mirror in the Ice Cream Parlour (2019). Book Three is due for release in 2020.[citation needed]

Works

See also

  • Harry Potter music

References

  1. ^ "Nicholas Hooper". COOL Music Limited. Archived from the original on 21 April 2006. Retrieved 16 January 2007.
  2. ^ Mikael Carlsson (8 May 2007). "Hooper writes new themes for Potter film" (PDF). Film Music Weekly. Archived from the original (PDF) on 24 July 2007. Retrieved 28 April 2008.
  3. ^ "The 52nd Annual Grammy Awards Nominees List". Grammy.com. Archived from the original on 27 September 2010. Retrieved 7 August 2012.
  4. ^ [1] Archived 11 December 2009 at the Wayback Machine
  5. ^ "97 Original Scores in 2011 Oscar® Race | Press Release | The Academy". Oscars.org. Retrieved 22 February 2012.
  6. ^ "6 Strings". 9 December 2015. Retrieved 11 December 2015.
  7. ^ Nicholas Hooper – IMDb Archived 2 November 2016 at the Wayback Machine
  8. ^ "Nicholas Hooper to Score BBC's 'The Escape Artist' | Film Music Reporter". Archived from the original on 20 March 2016. Retrieved 7 August 2013.

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