David Hewson (composer)
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David Graham Hewson is a British
composer
of scores for television and films.
Hewson began composing at the age of 11, influenced by his primary school music education, which had been based entirely on the Schulwerk
. This influence stayed with David and shaped a lot of his much later music. During his time in primary school, he also started to receive piano lessons from the renowned classical concert pianist and teacher Christine Gough.
In his late teens he studied composition with Professor Richard Arnell
, a former pupil of John Ireland
at Trinity College of Music
, London
, and enrolled in a part time courses on electronic music with Tristram Cary
at the Royal College of Music
. After gaining his B.Ed (Hon)
he taught music for six years, and during this time built up a large repertoire of compositions, for chamber solo and instrumental combinations including vocal music.
where he pursues a full-time job as a composer.
His television commissions have covered a wide spectrum. He is mostly called upon to score Drama-Documentary, particularly covering human aspects and emotional content. He is one of the most prolific writers for film and television in the country. His KPM
Library music CDs are used all over the world to score an enormous variety of productions. He is also well known for his arrangements and versions of the music for the ITV News at Ten, and all of the regional news broadcast by ITV for the whole of the UK.
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United Kingdom
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composer
Composer
A composer is a person who creates music, either by musical notation or oral tradition, for interpretation and performance, or through direct manipulation of sonic material through electronic media...
of scores for television and films.
Hewson began composing at the age of 11, influenced by his primary school music education, which had been based entirely on the Schulwerk
Orff Schulwerk
The Orff Schulwerk, or simply the Orff Approach, is one of several developmental approaches including the Kodaly Method, Simply Music and Suzuki Method used to teach music education to students. It combines music, movement, drama, and speech into lessons that are similar to child's world of play...
. This influence stayed with David and shaped a lot of his much later music. During his time in primary school, he also started to receive piano lessons from the renowned classical concert pianist and teacher Christine Gough.
In his late teens he studied composition with Professor Richard Arnell
Richard Arnell
Richard Anthony Sayer Arnell was an English composer of classical music. Arnell composed in all the established genres for the concert stage, and his list of works includes six completed symphonies and six string quartets.-Biography:Arnell was born in Hampstead, London...
, a former pupil of John Ireland
John Ireland (composer)
John Nicholson Ireland was an English composer.- Life :John Ireland was born in Bowdon, near Altrincham, Manchester, into a family of Scottish descent and some cultural distinction. His father, Alexander Ireland, a publisher and newspaper proprietor, was aged 70 at John's birth...
at Trinity College of Music
Trinity College of Music
Trinity College of Music is one of the London music conservatories, based in Greenwich. It is part of Trinity Laban.The conservatoire is inheritor of elegant riverside buildings of the former Greenwich Hospital, designed in part by Sir Christopher Wren...
, London
London
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, and enrolled in a part time courses on electronic music with Tristram Cary
Tristram Cary
Tristram Ogilvie Cary, OAM was a pioneering English-Australian composer.-Early life:Cary was born in Oxford, England, and educated at the Dragon School in Oxford and Westminster School in London. He was the son of a pianist and the novelist, Joyce Cary, author of Mister Johnson...
at the Royal College of Music
Royal College of Music
The Royal College of Music is a conservatoire founded by Royal Charter in 1882, located in South Kensington, London, England.-Background:The first director was Sir George Grove and he was followed by Sir Hubert Parry...
. After gaining his B.Ed (Hon)
Bachelor of Education
A Bachelor of Education is an undergraduate academic degree which qualifies the graduate as a teacher in schools.-North America:...
he taught music for six years, and during this time built up a large repertoire of compositions, for chamber solo and instrumental combinations including vocal music.
Compositions
Hewson now works from his own fully computerised composing studio in East SussexEast Sussex
East Sussex is a county in South East England. It is bordered by the counties of Kent, Surrey and West Sussex, and to the south by the English Channel.-History:...
where he pursues a full-time job as a composer.
His television commissions have covered a wide spectrum. He is mostly called upon to score Drama-Documentary, particularly covering human aspects and emotional content. He is one of the most prolific writers for film and television in the country. His KPM
KPM
KPM is an acronym or abbreviation for:* The King's Police Medal for Gallantry* The Knuth–Pratt–Morris algorithm* Kingston Process Metallurgy Inc...
Library music CDs are used all over the world to score an enormous variety of productions. He is also well known for his arrangements and versions of the music for the ITV News at Ten, and all of the regional news broadcast by ITV for the whole of the UK.
Theme tunes
- The Selina Scott Show
- Summer with Selik (NRK Norway)(Best Film of the Year. Sold to 64 countries worldwide)
- First Edition (channel 4Channel 4Channel 4 is a British public-service television broadcaster which began working on 2 November 1982. Although largely commercially self-funded, it is ultimately publicly owned; originally a subsidiary of the Independent Broadcasting Authority , the station is now owned and operated by the Channel...
) - English Villages (Reader's DigestReader's DigestReader's Digest is a general interest family magazine, published ten times annually. Formerly based in Chappaqua, New York, its headquarters is now in New York City. It was founded in 1922, by DeWitt Wallace and Lila Bell Wallace...
) - The U-Boat War (Discovery ChannelDiscovery ChannelDiscovery Channel is an American satellite and cable specialty channel , founded by John Hendricks and distributed by Discovery Communications. It is a publicly traded company run by CEO David Zaslav...
) - If I Ruled the World (BBCBBCThe British Broadcasting Corporation is a British public service broadcaster. Its headquarters is at Broadcasting House in the City of Westminster, London. It is the largest broadcaster in the world, with about 23,000 staff...
) - The Storm (Channel 4)
- Two the Ends of the Earth (Discovery)
- Mysteries of the Mummies (Discovery)
- Homicide in Kennewick (Channel 4 Equinox)
- The Windsor's (Channel 4)
- In the Footsteps of Elizabeth David (Arts and Entertainment channel)
- Hunting Hitler (Arts and Entertainment channel)
- A Biography of Princess Margaret (Channel 5)
- Air Rage (Channel 5)
- James Bulger (Channel 5)
- Talk TV (Channel 5)
- ITV News at Ten - 1992 and 2008 (ITN/ITV)
- ITV News - 1995, 1999, 2004, 2006, 2008 and 2009 (ITN/ITV)
- News and Views (ITN News Channel/ITN)
- Self Experimenters (Channel 4 Equinox)
- History of the Future
- Lifeline (Carlton)
- Election 2001 (ITN/ITV)
- Election 2005 (ITN/ITV)
- Election 2010 (ITN/ITV)
- Don Roaming (Channel 4)
- The Michael Watson Story
- Search for the Nort West Passage (Channel 4)
- Blitz (Channel 4)
- I Shouldn't Be Alive (Discovery Channel)
- Howard's Way (BBC)
- Morley Brothers (Channel 4)
- Heaven Man Earth (Channel 4)
- Six Into One (Channel 4)
- The MTM Story (Channel 4)
- The Scars of War (Channel 4)
- Police Action Live (ITV)
- Century
- Willie's War
- Speed Kings
- BBC Arabic TV and Radio
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films
- Dilemma (with Richard Arnell)
- Doctor in the Sky (with Richard Arnell)
- Toulouse Lautrec (with Richard Arnell)
- The Light of the World (with Richard Arnell)
Concerts
- concerto for oboe
- War God II (Richard Arnell) at St. John's Smith Square, London (contributor)
- Twenty-Four Hours in TT Scale (Co-writer with Richard Arnell)