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Gary Carpenter (born 1951) is a British composer, of concert music and film scores, and also operas and musicals. He is a Visiting Professor at the Royal Academy of Music and the Royal Northern College of Music.[1] He was Associate Music Director for the film The Wicker Man, putting together the ensemble Magnet for the occasion.[2][3]

Gary Carpenter
Born	Hackney, London
Nationality	British
Occupation	Composer
Website

Carpenter's piece Dadaville premiered at the First Night of the Proms, on 17 July 2015.[4]

Works

Orchestra

• Satie Variations (1993)[5][6]
• Dadaville (2015)

Ensemble

• Da Capo (1981)
• Die Flimmerkiste (1983)
• Ein Musikalisches Snookerspiel (1991) for wind octet
• Pantomime (1995) for woodwind orchestra
• Distanza (2004)
• After Braque (2006)

Instrumental

• Clarinet Sonata (1991)
• Van Assendelft's Vermeer (2004) for clavichord

Dance

• Children's Games (1978) for Jiří Kylián, electronic score, work includes also music from the Kindertotenlieder by Mahler[7][8]
• Interactions (1980) for Christopher Bruce[9]

Musical

• The Streets of London (1980), libretto by Ian Barnett[10]

Opera

• The Lost Domain (1984), three acts, libretto by Ian Barnett based on Le Grand Meaulnes[11]
• Doggone (1990), one act, libretto by Simon Nicholson[12]
• Nyanyushka (2007), one of six pieces making up Blind Date, libretto by Simon Nicholson[13]

Radio drama

• The One Alone (1987), verse drama by Iris Murdoch[14]

Soundtracks

• The Wicker Man (1973), continuous soundtrack by Paul Giovanni and Carpenter including folk song material[15]
• The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy (2005)[16]
• Ravenous, Damon Albarn, orchestration with Michael Nyman[17]

References

External links

• Gary Carpenter at IMDb
• "Staff - Gary Carpenter - Royal Academy of Music". Retrieved 17 July 2015.

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