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 series, Downton Abbey, for which he has received two Primetime Emmy Awards and two BAFTA Nominations. John went on to score both of the Downton Abbey films Downton Abbey and Downton Abbey: A New Era.

John has composed the scores to the Carnival Films produced Belgravia and Belgravia: The Next Chapter, all series of ITV/PBS’s Grantchester, the BBC detective drama Shetland and The Last Kingdom, as well as the feature length film The Last Kingdom: Seven Kings Must Die.

Further work includes 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, 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.

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Credits

BELGRAVIA: THE NEXT CHAPTERCarnival Films / ITV
Directors: John Alexander, Paul Wilmshurst, Marisol Adler, Roger Goldby
Producer: Colin Wratten
Starring: Benjamin Wainwright, Harriet Slater, Toby Regbo
THE LAST KINGDOM
(Series 1 – 5)
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
GRANTCHESTER
(Series 1 – 9)
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
SHETLAND
(Series 1 – 8)
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***
BELGRAVIACarnival Films / ITV
Director: John Alexander
Writer: Julian Fellowes
Producer: Colin Wratten
Starring: Alice Eve, Philip Glenister, Tamsin Greig
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
THE WHITE PRINCESSCompany Pictures
Director: Jamie Payne
Producers: Lachlan MacKinnon, Jamie Payne
Starring: Jodie Comer, Essie Davis
TO WALK INVISIBLE: THE BRONTE SISTERSBBC
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 BELLSRed Planet Pictures
Directors: Brendan Maher
Producer: Nick Pitt
Starring: Jack Lowden, Patrick Gibson, Johnny Gibbon, Wilf Scolding
BURTON AND TAYLORBBC
Director: Richard Laxton
Producer: Lachlan Mackinnon
Starring: Helena Bonham-Carter, Dominc West
THE WHITE QUEENBBC
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 DROODBBC/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 POSTALSky1 / 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 DORRITBBC
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 GIRLCarnival/BBC
Directors: Cilla Ware, Sarah O’Gorman, Philip John
Producer: Chrissy Skinns
Starring: Dervla Kirwan
HARLEY STREETCarnival/ITV1
Director: Paul Whittington
Producer: Joy Spink
CRIMINAL JUSTICETiger 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 NORTHBBC / NOVA-WHBH BOSTON
Director: John Alexander
Producer: Kate Bartlett
FRANKENSTEINImpossible Pictures
Director: Jed Mercurio
Producer: Hugh Warren
TORNTXTV
Director: Sarah Harding
Producer: Jeremy Gwilt
HOUSEWIFE 49ITV
Director: Gavin Millar
Producer: Piers Wenger
THE AMAZING MRS. PRITCHARDBBC
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 EVILGranada
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 HOUSEBBC
Directors: Justin Chadwick, Susannah White
Producer: Nigel Stafford-Clark
***RTS Award Nomination 2006: Best Original Score & Best Title Music***
20,000 STREETS UNDER THE SKYBBC
Director: Simon Curtis
Producer: Kate Harwood
HEARTLESSEcosse Films
Director: Nick Laughland
Producer: Jeremy Gwilt
PLANESPOTTING Granada
Director: Chr4is Menaul
Producer: Jeff Pope, Francis Hopkinson
LIKE FATHER LIKE SONEcosse Films
Director: Nick Laughland
Producer: Jeremy Gwilt
OUTLAWSWorld 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 SUBURBIACarlton
Director: Ed Bennett
Producer: Joy Spink
AMNESIAEcosse Films
Director: Nick Laughland
Producer: Jeremy Gwilt
HEAR THE SILENCEZenith/Channel 5
Director: Tim Fywell
Producer: Adrian Bate
CAMBRIDGE SPIESBBC 1
Director: Tim Fyfll
Producer: Mark Chivas
***FIPA Gold Award 2003***
CARLAITV
Producer: Alison Jackson, Diamuid Lawrence
WALL OF SILENCEGranada
Director: Chris Menaul
Producer: Saurabh Kakkar
BLUE MURDERGranada
Director: Paul Wroblewski
Producer: Jane MacNaught
STATE OF MINDITV/Monogram
Director: Chris Menaul
Producer: Dave Edwards, Eileen Quinn
AUF WEIDERSEHEN PETBBC 1
Director: Paul Seed
Producer: Joy Spink
SIRENSScottish TV
Director: Nick Laughland
MURDER ROOMSBBC
Director: Tim Fywell, Paul Marcus, Simon Langton
LORNA DOONEBBC
Director: Mike Barker
2000 ACRES OF SKYBBC/Zenith
Director: Rob Knight
NORTH SQUAREChannel Four/Company TV
Director: Tim Fywell
Producer: Jonathan Young
LOCK STOCK AND…Ska/Ginger
Director: David Thacker
MADAME BOVARYBBC
Director: Tim Fywell
SECOND SIGHT 20/20BBC
Director: Charles Beeson
BAD BLOODCarlton
Director: Tim Fywell
***Ivor Novello Nominated For Best TV Score 2001***
HAMISH MACBETHZenith/BBC
Director: Nick Renton, Jonas Grimas, Mandie Fletcher
BACK UPBBC
Director: Jan Sargent, Douglas Mackinnon, Bob Blagden
BODYGUARDSZenith/Carlton
Directors: Chris King, Mary McMurray, Ken Grieve
FINNEYZenith/YorkshireTV
Director: David Hayman
THE LAST MACHINEBBC
Director: Terry Gilliam

THE LAST KINGDOM: SEVEN KINGS MUST DIE
(Co-scored with Danny Saul and Eivør Pálsdóttir)
Carnival Film & Television / NBC Universal
Director: Edward Bazalgette
Producers: Mat Chaplin, Nigel Marchant, Gareth Neame
Starring: Alexander Dreymon, Cavan Clerkin, Elaine Cassidy
DOWNTON ABBEY: A NEW ERACarnival Film & Television / Focus Features
Director: Simon Curtis
Producers: Julian Fellows, Gareth Neame, Liz Trubridge
Starring: Allen Leech, Tuppence Middleton, Imelda Staunton, Hugh Bonneville, Maggie Smith, Michelle Dockery,
DOWNTON ABBEYCarnival Film & Television / Focus Features
Director: Michael Engler
Producers: Julian Fellows, Gareth Neame, Liz Trubridge
Starring: Hugh Bonneville, Maggie Smith, Dan Stevens, Brendan Coyle, Michelle Dockery, Tuppence Middleton

ELECTRICITY Stone City Films
Director: Bryn Higgins
Producer: Clare Duggan
Starring Agyness Dean
UNCONDITIONAL LOVEStone 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 MIDLANDSFilmFour
Starring: Kathy Burke, Robert Carlyle, Rhys Ifans
Director: Shane Meadows
WISDOM OF CROCODILESZenith Entertainment
Director: Po Chih Leong
BABYMOTHERFormation Films/FilmFour
Director: Julian Henriques
GET REALGraphite Films/Paramount Classics
Director: Simon Shore
THE LIFE OF STUFFPrairie Pictures/BBC Films
Director: Simon Donald
GETTING HURTBBC Screen Two
Director: Ben Bolt
Producer: Gareth Neame
***Nominated for RTS Best Score 1998***
LEGEND OF THE LOCHIMAX/Principal Films/Large Format
Director: Mike Slee
THE CORMORANTBBC Screen Two
Director: Peter Markham
THE GIFTBBC1 Screenplay
Director: Sandy Johnson
AFTER THE DANCEBBC Performance
Director: Stuart Burge
FOUR WEDDINGS AND A FUNERALMusic Consultant
Director: Mike Newell

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