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A RESPECTABLE TRADE – Julian Nott
Original Review by Jonathan Broxton
The BBC are renowned the world over for their high quality TV features and drama series, and many high profile composers cut their musical teeth on these comparatively small-scale projects. One of Rachel Portman’s first assignments was for the mini-series Oranges Are Not The Only Fruit. Debbie Wiseman wrote for sitcoms before getting her big break with Tom & Viv, and people like Harry Gregson-Williams, Barrington Pheloung and Richard Hartley were working on British TV movies as recently as 1996. The latest addition to the list of composers making names for themselves on this side of the pond is Julian Nott. Nott is probably most famous for the bouncy brass band march he wrote for the main titles of the cult Wallace and Gromit animated shorts, so the beautiful, emotional music in A Respectable Trade may come as something of a surprise to those unfamiliar with his other works. Read more…
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