John Lunn
John Lunn’s music possesses a wonderfully unique voice that spans a wide spectrum of musical styles. Classically trained, yet contemporary in attitude, he combines a highly intelligent and sensitive approach with a sound that always hits at the emotional heart of a piece. His scores, which match the highest production values with a continual desire to discover new colours and sounds, are continuously in high demand. He is probably best known for scoring the hugely successful flagship ITV/NBC/PBS/Carnival Films drama, Downton Abbey, for which he has received two Primetime Emmy Awards, in 2012 and 2013 and a further nomination in 2014.
John’s recent work includes three series of ITV/PBS’s adaption of The Grantchester Mysteries by author James Runcie; The White Queen and The White Princess (based on the bestselling novels by Phillipa Gregory), the former of which he received a Primetime Emmy nomination; all five series of Shetland; three series of The Last Kingdom, To Walk Invisible: The Bronte Sisters, written and directed by Sally Wainwright for the BBC, and three series of Sky/Carnival Films Jamestown.
John has received critical acclaim for three adaptations of Charles Dickens classics: the BBC/Masterpiece centenary adaptation of The Mystery Of Edwin Drood, for which he was nominated for an Ivor Novello Award (2013), a 14-part re-imagining of Little Dorrit (2008), which garnered both a BAFTA nomination and his first Primetime Emmy nomination, and Bleak House (2006), for which he received RTS Best Score and Best Title nominations.
Television
| JAMESTOWN (Series 1 - 3) | Carnival Films / Sky Directors: Paul Wilmshurst, David Moore, John Alexander, Samuel Donovan, Andy Hay, David Evans, Bill Gallaher, Jon East Producer: Sue de Beauvoir Starring: Max Beesley, Jason Flemyng | |
| SHETLAND (Series 1 - 5) | BBC Directors: Peter Hoar, John McKay, David Moore, Stewart Svaasand, Lee Haven Jones, Rebecca Gatward, Thaddeus O’Sullivan, Jan Matthys Producers: Sue De Beauvoir, Peter Gallagher Starring: Douglas Henshall, Gemma Chan | ***RTS Award Nomination: Best Music Original Titles 2013*** |
| THE LAST KINGDOM (Series 1 - 3) | Carnival Films Directors: Anthony Byrne, Ben Chanan, Peter Hoar, Nick Murphy, Jamie Donoughue, Richard Senior, Jon East Producer: Chrissy Skinns, Dominic Barlow, Liz Tunbridge Starring: Alexander Dreymon, Rutger Hauer | |
| THE WHITE PRINCESS | Company Pictures Director: Jamie Payne Producers: Lachlan MacKinnon, Jamie Payne Starring: Jodie Comer, Essie Davis | |
| TO WALK INVISIBLE: THE BRONTE SISTERS | BBC Director: Sally Wainwright Producer: Karen Lewis Starring: Charlie Murphy, Jonathan Pryce, Chloe Pirrie | |
| DOWNTON ABBEY (Series 1, 2, 3, 4, 5 & 6) | Carnival Films Director: Brian Percival, Ben Bolt, Brian Kelly, Andy Goddard, Ashley Pearce, James Strong Producer: Liz Trubridge, Nigel Marchant, Rebecca Eaton, Julian Fellowes Executive Producer: Gareth Neame Writer: Julian Fellowes Starring: Hugh Bonneville, Maggie Smith, Dan Stevens, Brendan Coyle | ***EMMY Award Nomination: Original Dramatic Score for a Series 2014*** *** EMMY Award Nomination: Original Dramatic Score for a Series 2014*** *** 2014 Music+Sound Awards Winner: Title Music and Branding*** ***EMMY Award Winner : Original Dramatic Score for a Series 2013*** ***EMMY Award Winner: Original Dramatic Score for a Series 2012*** ***BAFTA Award Nomination: Best Original TV Music 2011 & 2012*** ***IVOR Novello Award Nomination: Best Original TV Music 2012*** ***RTS Award Nomination: Best Music Original Titles |
| THE PASSING BELLS | Red Planet Pictures Directors: Brendan Maher Producer: Nick Pitt Starring: Jack Lowden, Patrick Gibson, Johnny Gibbon, Wilf Scolding | |
| GRANTCHESTER (Series 1 - 3) | Lovely Day Directors: Harry Bradbeer, Tim Fywell, Jill Robertson, Edward Bennett, David O’Neill, Rob Evans, Rebecca Gatwood Producer: Emma Kingsman-Lloyd Starring: James Norton, Robson Green | |
| BURTON AND TAYLOR | BBC Director: Richard Laxton Producer: Lachlan Mackinnon Starring: Helena Bonham-Carter, Dominc West | |
| THE WHITE QUEEN | BBC Director: James Kent Producer: Gina Cronk Executive Producer: Colin Callender, George Faber, Philippa Gregory, John Griffin, Eurydice Gysel, Polly Hill, Charles Pattinson Starring: Ben Lamb, Tom Mckay, Aneurin Barnard, Veerle Baetens, Caroline Goodall | *** EMMY Award Nomination: Original Dramatic Score for a Mini-series 2014*** |
| THE LADY VANISHES | BBC Director: Diarmuid Lawrence Producer: Annie Tricklebank Starring: Keeley Hawes, Tuppence Middleton, Tom Hughes, Julian Rhind-Tutt | |
| THE MYSTERY OF EDWIN DROOD | BBC/MASTERPIECE Director: Diarmuid Lawrence Producer: Lisa Osborne Executive Producer: Anne Pivcevic, Rebecca Eaton Starring: Matthew Rhys, Freddie Fox, Rory Kinnear | ***IVOR Novello Award Nomination: Best Original TV Music 2013*** |
| MARCHLANDS | ITV Director: James Kent Producer: Chrissy Skinns Executive Producer: Kate Lewis, Kate Bartlett | |
| THE SILENCE | Company Pictures Director: Dearbhla Walsh Producer: Eleanor Greene Executive Producer: George Faber, Charles Pattinson | |
| GOING POSTAL | Sky1 / Mob Films Director: Jon Jones Producer: Sue De Beauvoir Executive Producers: Vadim Jean, Ian Sharples, Rod Brown Starring: David Suchet, Charles Dance, Andrew Sachs, Steve Pemberton, Tamsin Greig | ***Winner Best TV Score: RTS Awards 2010*** *** BAFTA CRAFT AWARD Nomination 2010*** ***Ivor Novello Award Nomination Best Original TV Score 2011*** |
| TURN OF THE SCREW | BBC Director: Tim Fywell Producer: Colin Wratten Executive Producer: Jessica Pope | |
| LITTLE DORRIT | BBC Directors: Adam Smith, Dearbhla Walsh Producers: Lisa Osborne, Anne Pivcevic Starring: Matthew MacFadyen, Andy Serkis, Mackenzie Crook, Freema Agyeman, Emma Pierson | ***BAFTA Craft Nomination 2009: Best Original TV Music*** *** EMMY Nominated for Outstanding Miniseries Original Score 2009*** |
| IDENTITY | ITV Director: Brendan Maher Producer: Lachlan MacKinnon Executive Producer: Kate Bartlett Starring: Aidan Gillen, Keeley Hawes | |
| MATERIAL GIRL | Carnival/BBC Directors: Cilla Ware, Sarah O'Gorman, Philip John Producer: Chrissy Skinns Starring: Dervla Kirwan | |
| HARLEY STREET | Carnival/ITV1 Director: Paul Whittington Producer: Joy Spink | |
| CRIMINAL JUSTICE | Tiger Aspect/BBC Directors: Otto Bathurst, Luke Watson Producer: Pier Wilkie Starring: Ben Wishaw, Pete Postlethwaite | ***RTS Award Winner 2008: Best Original Score*** |
| HOTEL BABYLON (Series 3 & 4) | Carnival/BBC Directors: Alrick Riley, Ian B Macdonald Producer: Chris Aird | ***Ivor Novello Award Nomination 2007: Best Original Score*** |
| THE STREET (Series 2) | Granada Television Director: John Chapman Producers: David Blair, Terry McDonagh | |
| THE SHADOW IN THE NORTH | BBC / NOVA-WHBH BOSTON Director: John Alexander Producer: Kate Bartlett | |
| FRANKENSTEIN | Impossible Pictures Director: Jed Mercurio Producer: Hugh Warren | |
| TORN | TXTV Director: Sarah Harding Producer: Jeremy Gwilt | |
| HOUSEWIFE 49 | ITV Director: Gavin Millar Producer: Piers Wenger | |
| THE AMAZING MRS. PRITCHARD | BBC Directors: Declan Lowney, Simon Curtis, Katherine Morshead Producer: Alison Jackson Starring: Jane Horrocks | ***Ivor Novello Award Nomination 2007: Best Original Score*** |
| SORTED | BBC Director: Ian Macdonald, Marc Jobst Producer: Steve Lightfoot | |
| SEE NO EVIL | Granada Director: Chris Menaul Producer: Lisa Gilchrist | |
| HOTEL BABYLON (Series 1 & 2) | BBC/Carnival Directors: Alrick Riley, Iain B. MacDonald Executive Producer: Gareth Neame Producer: Christopher Aird | |
| BLEAK HOUSE | BBC Directors: Justin Chadwick, Susannah White Producer: Nigel Stafford-Clark | ***RTS Award Nomination 2006: Best Original Score & Best Title Music*** |
| 20,000 STREETS UNDER THE SKY | BBC Director: Simon Curtis Producer: Kate Harwood | |
| HEARTLESS | Ecosse Films Director: Nick Laughland Producer: Jeremy Gwilt | |
| PLANESPOTTING | Granada Director: Chr4is Menaul Producer: Jeff Pope, Francis Hopkinson | |
| LIKE FATHER LIKE SON | Ecosse Films Director: Nick Laughland Producer: Jeremy Gwilt | |
| OUTLAWS | World Productions/BBC Directors: John Alexander, Harry Bradbeer, Richard Laxton Producer: Victoria Fea | |
| BODIES (Series 1 & 2) | Hat Trick Productions/BBC Director: Sallie Aprahamian, John Strickland, Richard Laxton Producer: Jed Mercurio | |
| THE MURDER ROOM (Series 1 & 2) | BBC Director: Diamuid Lawrence Producer: Richard Broke | |
| MURDER IN SUBURBIA | Carlton Director: Ed Bennett Producer: Joy Spink | |
| AMNESIA | Ecosse Films Director: Nick Laughland Producer: Jeremy Gwilt | |
| HEAR THE SILENCE | Zenith/Channel 5 Director: Tim Fywell Producer: Adrian Bate | |
| CAMBRIDGE SPIES | BBC 1 Director: Tim Fyfll Producer: Mark Chivas | ***FIPA Gold Award 2003*** |
| CARLA | ITV Producer: Alison Jackson, Diamuid Lawrence | |
| WALL OF SILENCE | Granada Director: Chris Menaul Producer: Saurabh Kakkar | |
| BLUE MURDER | Granada Director: Paul Wroblewski Producer: Jane MacNaught | |
| STATE OF MIND | ITV/Monogram Director: Chris Menaul Producer: Dave Edwards, Eileen Quinn | |
| AUF WEIDERSEHEN PET | BBC 1 Director: Paul Seed Producer: Joy Spink | |
| SIRENS | Scottish TV Director: Nick Laughland | |
| MURDER ROOMS | BBC Director: Tim Fywell, Paul Marcus, Simon Langton | |
| LORNA DOONE | BBC Director: Mike Barker | |
| 2000 ACRES OF SKY | BBC/Zenith Director: Rob Knight | |
| NORTH SQUARE | Channel Four/Company TV Director: Tim Fywell Producer: Jonathan Young | |
| LOCK STOCK AND... | Ska/Ginger Director: David Thacker | |
| MADAME BOVARY | BBC Director: Tim Fywell | |
| SECOND SIGHT 20/20 | BBC Director: Charles Beeson | |
| BAD BLOOD | Carlton Director: Tim Fywell | ***Ivor Novello Nominated For Best TV Score 2001*** |
| HAMISH MACBETH | Zenith/BBC Director: Nick Renton, Jonas Grimas, Mandie Fletcher | |
| BACK UP | BBC Director: Jan Sargent, Douglas Mackinnon, Bob Blagden | |
| BODYGUARDS | Zenith/Carlton Directors: Chris King, Mary McMurray, Ken Grieve | |
| FINNEY | Zenith/YorkshireTV Director: David Hayman | |
| THE LAST MACHINE | BBC Director: Terry Gilliam |
Film
| ELECTRICITY | Stone City Films Director: Bryn Higgins Producer: Clare Duggan Starring Agyness Dean | |
| UNCONDITIONAL LOVE | Stone City Films Director: Bryn Higgins Producer: Bryn Higgins | |
| GIANT SCREEN BUGS (IMAX FILM) | Principal Films Director: Mike Slee Narrator: Dame Judi Dench | |
| ONCE UPON A TIME IN THE MIDLANDS | FilmFour Starring: Kathy Burke, Robert Carlyle, Rhys Ifans Director: Shane Meadows | |
| WISDOM OF CROCODILES | Zenith Entertainment Director: Po Chih Leong | |
| BABYMOTHER | Formation Films/FilmFour Director: Julian Henriques | |
| GET REAL | Graphite Films/Paramount Classics Director: Simon Shore | |
| THE LIFE OF STUFF | Prairie Pictures/BBC Films Director: Simon Donald | |
| GETTING HURT | BBC Screen Two Director: Ben Bolt Producer: Gareth Neame | ***Nominated for RTS Best Score 1998*** |
| LEGEND OF THE LOCH | IMAX/Principal Films/Large Format Director: Mike Slee | |
| THE CORMORANT | BBC Screen Two Director: Peter Markham | |
| THE GIFT | BBC1 Screenplay Director: Sandy Johnson | |
| AFTER THE DANCE | BBC Performance Director: Stuart Burge | |
| FOUR WEDDINGS AND A FUNERAL | Music Consultant Director: Mike Newell |