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Geoffrey Alan Burgon (15 July 1941 – 21 September 2010) was an English composer best known for his television and film scores. Among his most recognisable works are Monty Python's Life of Brian for film, and Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy and Brideshead Revisited for television, the latter two earning Ivor Novello Awards in 1979 and ...
English composer, Geoffrey Burgon (1941-2010), known for iconic TV and film scores, including Monty Python's Life of Brian and Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy. Winner of Ivor Novello and BAFTA awards for his exceptional compositions.
Geoffrey Burgon was born on 15 July 1941 in Hambledon, Hampshire, England, UK. He was a composer, known for Life of Brian (1979), The Forsyte Saga (2002) and Longitude (2000). He was married to Jacqueline Kroft and Janice Garwood. He died on 21 September 2010 in London, England, UK.
- Composer, Music Department, Soundtrack
- July 15, 1941
- Geoffrey Burgon
- September 21, 2010
Feb 3, 2019 · Perhaps the most beautiful setting among many beautiful setting of the Nunc Dimittis is the one above, by Geoffrey Burgon, originally composed, not for church, but for the end credits of the 1979 BBC TV adaptation of Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy.
Geoffrey Alan Burgon died on 21 September 2010. He will be most remembered for two pieces of TV music: the magnificent striding title theme for Brideshead Revisited (1981), which has been arranged many times for various instrumental forces and the Nunc Dimittis from Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy (1979), which entered the charts.
‘Geoffrey Burgon … has found a niche in contemporary English choral music because he wants to communicate, to write music that people want to hear … this immensely appealing music is superbly sung by the Wells Cathedral Choir who prove to have excellent soloists.
One of my favourite modern English composers, Geoffrey Burgon. Burgon composed The Assumption in 2001 it’s a deceptively simple piece of music in which each of the eminently singable four voice lines combine to produce a piece of music that greatly exceeds the sum of its parts.
