Joby Talbot

Joby Talbot

Joby Talbot (born August 25, 1971) is a British composer.

Born in Wimbledon, London, Talbot studied composition at Royal Holloway and Bedford New College under The Guildhall School Of Music And Drama under Brian Elias & Simon Bainbridge.

In 1993 Talbot first met Neil Hannon and began arranging and performing with his group The Divine Comedy. One of their tracks, "In Pursuit of Happiness", was used as the theme music for BBC TV's "Tomorrow's World".

Other works for television written by Talbot include the theme music for "Young Musician of the Year", and the music for the highly successful BBC 2 comedy series "The League of Gentlemen", which was awarded the Golden Rose at the Montreux International TV Festival.

During 2004, Talbot was Classic FM's first resident composer. Talbot wrote a new piece of music, scored for up to five instruments, each month for the year of his residence. These pieces have also been premiered and playlisted on Classic FM. The twelve compositions form part of a larger piece, released on a CD entitled "Once Around the Sun" on May 23, 2005.

Talbot wrote the original music for the film version of "The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy", as well as music for the film "The League of Gentlemen's Apocalypse". Other screen credits include the television comedy series "The League of Gentlemen", and two silent films for the British Film Institute: Alfred Hitchcock's "The Lodger" and Evgeny Bauer's "The Dying Swan". Talbot has recently completed the original music for Garth Jennings' new film "Son of Rambow".

The U.S. premiere of Talbot's "Path of Miracles" took place on November 12-13, 2007 at the World Financial Center Winter Garden, as part of WNYC's New Sounds Live concert series. [http://www.wnyc.org/music/articles/88302]

Key works

* "The Lodger" (1999: music to silent film)
* "Similarities Between Diverse Things" (2002; chamber ensemble)
* "String Quartet No 2" (2002)
* "Sneaker Wave" (2004; orchestra)
* "Cumulonimbus" (2004; cello, piano)
* "Path of Miracles" (2005; choir)

Discography

* " [http://www.chesternovello.com/Default.aspx?TabId=2441&State_2934=2&discId_2934=1264 The Dying Swan] , Music For 1 To 7 Players" (2002) — Black Box BBM1078
* "The League of Gentlemen's Apocalypse" (original sound track) (2005) — Silva Screen SILCD1189
* "The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy" (original sound track) (2005)
* "Once Around the Sun" (2005) — various performers — Sony BMG 82876 695252
* "The Path of Miracles" (2006) — commission from vocal group "Tenebrae"

External links

* [http://www.jobytalbot.com/ Official site]
* [http://www.chesternovello.com/composer/1597/main.html Joby Talbot at ChesterNovello]
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* [http://www.musicomh.com/interviews/billiardman.htm Joby Talbot interview at musicOMH.com]
* [http://ashortsite.free.fr/site/infos/biography.php?typepage=joby&page=joby&dclang=en The Divine Comedy]


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