David Poore
Encyclopedia
David Poore is a British
independent musician, who has composed and produced music for over 200 films by the BBC
, ITV
, Channel 4
, Disney, PBS
, National Geographic, RTÉ
and other broadcasters.
in Somerset from 1974 to 1984. While there he was a choral scholar in Wells Cathedral
Choir and also studied drums and piano, playing percussion in the school orchestra for the duration of his time at Wells.
He then went on to study jazz, played drums in various bands, and also became a drum teacher. He then attended Newport Film School in Wales in 1987.
, and was soon providing music for two of the network's main natural history series, Wildlife on One
and BBC Natural World, whilst also providing music for news and current affairs documentaries for the BBC's Nature department.
He went on to provide the score for both David Attenborough
's Life In Cold Blood
, winner of the BAFTA Award for Best Factual Series in 2009, and Life In The Undergrowth
with fellow Bristol composer Ben Salisbury, with whom he also co-wrote The Nature of Britain
series presented by Alan Titchmarsh
. He wrote music for Planet Earth
's accompanying conservation films Planet Earth - The Future. David's TV scores also include the long-running BBC series Big Cat Diary
and a sequence of BBC nature documentaries, Orangutan Diary
, Elephant Diary, and Chimpanzee Diary with Charlotte Uhlenbroek
.
(RTS) nomination in 2007 for the title theme (see Awards and Nominations).
His music is also featured in Channel 4's Grand Designs
since 2007, and Dispatches
.
David has also written several series for children including for Disney Mr Moon, a CGI
space adventure series which has aired worldwide on the Playhouse Disney
Channel since May 2010, and Henry's Amazing Animals
, and for the BBC Growing Up Wild.
David composed incidental music used in the feature film Ocean Voyager, narrated by Meryl Streep
, which was subsequently performed in London by the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra
.
He has also written for Bristol-based Aardman Animations
. David has recorded with orchestras and musicians from The London Philharmonic Orchestra
, The BBC Concert Orchestra
, and The Bristol Ensemble, to a selection of extremely accomplished solo artists which have included Kit Morgan (Guitar), Stuart Gordon (Violin), Dirk Campbell (Ethnic Wind Instruments), Dan Newell (Trumpet), Andy Sheppard
and Will Gregory
(Saxophone), Adrian Utley
(Guitar), Paul Clarvis
(Percussion), Belinda Sykes and Abbie Lathe (Vocals), recording at Abbey Road Studios
and Air Edel Studios in London, and Christchurch Studios in Bristol.
.
David can also be heard on the critically acclaimed 2008 Portishead album Third
, singing additional vocals on the track "Deep Water" with Ben Salisbury (collectively credited as "The Somerfield Workers Choir"), and Team Brick .
Nature http://www.pbs.org/wnet/nature/episodes/ireland/introduction/2337/ earned him an Emmy Nomination for Outstanding Individual Achievement In A Craft.
He received a nomination for the Royal Television Society
(RTS) Awards in 2007 for the BBC Springwatch for Outstanding Original Main Title Theme Music.
Further recognition followed at the 2008 Wildscreen Festival
, where the episode 'Armoured Giants' from the BBC series Life In Cold Blood
, including David's compositions for the soundtrack, was awarded the prestigious Golden Panda Award.
The TV series Life In Cold Blood and Life In The Undergrowth, featuring David's compositions, both received BAFTA recognition in 2005 and 2009.
British people
The British are citizens of the United Kingdom, of the Isle of Man, any of the Channel Islands, or of any of the British overseas territories, and their descendants...
independent musician, who has composed and produced music for over 200 films by the BBC
BBC
The 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...
, ITV
ITV
ITV is the major commercial public service TV network in the United Kingdom. Launched in 1955 under the auspices of the Independent Television Authority to provide competition to the BBC, it is also the oldest commercial network in the UK...
, Channel 4
Channel 4
Channel 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...
, Disney, PBS
Public Broadcasting Service
The Public Broadcasting Service is an American non-profit public broadcasting television network with 354 member TV stations in the United States which hold collective ownership. Its headquarters is in Arlington, Virginia....
, National Geographic, RTÉ
RTE
RTÉ is the abbreviation for Raidió Teilifís Éireann, the public broadcasting service of the Republic of Ireland.RTE may also refer to:* Recep Tayyip Erdoğan, 25th Prime Minister of Turkey...
and other broadcasters.
Education
David studied at Wells Cathedral SchoolWells Cathedral School
Wells Cathedral School is a co-educational independent school located in Wells, Somerset, England. The school is one of the five established musical schools for school-age children in the United Kingdom, along with Chetham's School of Music, the Yehudi Menuhin School, the Purcell School and St....
in Somerset from 1974 to 1984. While there he was a choral scholar in Wells Cathedral
Wells Cathedral
Wells Cathedral is a Church of England cathedral in Wells, Somerset, England. It is the seat of the Bishop of Bath and Wells, who lives at the adjacent Bishop's Palace....
Choir and also studied drums and piano, playing percussion in the school orchestra for the duration of his time at Wells.
He then went on to study jazz, played drums in various bands, and also became a drum teacher. He then attended Newport Film School in Wales in 1987.
Career
Following several years working as a sound designer and dubbing mixer for Bristol based TV post production company Films At 59, David began his composing career in 1990 with work for the BBC Natural History UnitBBC Natural History Unit
The BBC Natural History Unit is a department of the BBC dedicated to making television and radio programmes with a natural history or wildlife theme, especially nature documentaries...
, and was soon providing music for two of the network's main natural history series, Wildlife on One
Wildlife on One
Wildlife on One was the BBC's flagship natural history programme, first broadcast in 1977. Each programme ran for half an hour. The narrator was Sir David Attenborough. When repeated on BBC2, the programmes were retitled Wildlife on Two. The programme was terminated in 2005.The 2003 season...
and BBC Natural World, whilst also providing music for news and current affairs documentaries for the BBC's Nature department.
He went on to provide the score for both David Attenborough
David Attenborough
Sir David Frederick Attenborough OM, CH, CVO, CBE, FRS, FZS, FSA is a British broadcaster and naturalist. His career as the face and voice of natural history programmes has endured for more than 50 years...
's Life In Cold Blood
Life in Cold Blood
Life in Cold Blood is a BBC nature documentary series written and presented by David Attenborough, first transmitted in the UK from 4 February 2008 on BBC One....
, winner of the BAFTA Award for Best Factual Series in 2009, and Life In The Undergrowth
Life in the Undergrowth
Life in the Undergrowth is a BBC nature documentary series written and presented by David Attenborough, first transmitted in the UK from 23 November 2005....
with fellow Bristol composer Ben Salisbury, with whom he also co-wrote The Nature of Britain
The Nature of Britain
The Nature of Britain is a nature documentary series made for British television by the BBC Natural History Unit. It was first broadcast on BBC1 in October and November 2007...
series presented by Alan Titchmarsh
Alan Titchmarsh
Alan Fred Titchmarsh, MBE DL is an English gardener, broadcaster and novelist. After working as a professional gardener and a garden journalist, he established himself as a media personality through appearances on gardening programmes...
. He wrote music for Planet Earth
Planet Earth (TV series)
Planet Earth is a 2006 television series produced by the BBC Natural History Unit. Five years in the making, it was the most expensive nature documentary series ever commissioned by the BBC, and also the first to be filmed in high definition...
's accompanying conservation films Planet Earth - The Future. David's TV scores also include the long-running BBC series Big Cat Diary
Big Cat Diary
Big Cat Diary, also known as Big Cat Week or Big Cat Live, is a long-running nature documentary series on BBC television which follows the lives of African big cats in Kenya's Maasai Mara. The first series, broadcast on BBC One in 1996, was developed and jointly produced by Keith Scholey, who would...
and a sequence of BBC nature documentaries, Orangutan Diary
Orangutan diary
Orangutan Diary is a nature documentary series on the BBC, which follows the lives of Bornean Orangutans in the care of Lone Drøscher Nielsen, a member of the Borneo Orangutan Survival foundation. The program tries to detail the threat that the orangutans face in day to day life...
, Elephant Diary, and Chimpanzee Diary with Charlotte Uhlenbroek
Charlotte Uhlenbroek
Charlotte Jane Uhlenbroek is a British zoologist and BBC television presenter.-Early life:Her Dutch father was an agricultural specialist with the United Nations who took his English wife and their family round the world with him. Uhlenbroek was born in London, but her parents moved to Ghana when...
.
Notable compositions
David's work on the BBC's Springwatch series earned a Royal Television SocietyRoyal Television Society
The Royal Television Society is a British-based educational charity for the discussion, and analysis of television in all its forms, past, present and future. It is the oldest television society in the world...
(RTS) nomination in 2007 for the title theme (see Awards and Nominations).
His music is also featured in Channel 4's Grand Designs
Grand Designs
Grand Designs is a British television series produced by Talkback Thames and broadcast on Channel 4 which features unusual and often elaborate architectural home-building projects....
since 2007, and Dispatches
Dispatches (TV series)
Dispatches is the British television current affairs documentary series on Channel 4, first transmitted in 1987. The programme covers issues about British society, politics, health, religion, international current affairs and the environment, usually featuring a mole in an organisation.-Awards:*...
.
David has also written several series for children including for Disney Mr Moon, a CGI
Computer-generated imagery
Computer-generated imagery is the application of the field of computer graphics or, more specifically, 3D computer graphics to special effects in art, video games, films, television programs, commercials, simulators and simulation generally, and printed media...
space adventure series which has aired worldwide on the Playhouse Disney
Playhouse Disney
Playhouse Disney was Disney Channel's television block for programs aimed at entertaining preschool aged children, often airing as its own channel outside the United States. It was introduced in 1997 after Disney Channel's move to basic cable from premium cable, with a target audience of children...
Channel since May 2010, and Henry's Amazing Animals
Henry's Amazing Animals
Henry's Amazing Animals is an educational children's nature program produced by Dorling Kindersley and originally broadcasted on the Disney Channel in 1996. Its following program was Audubon's Animal Adventures. It currently plays in syndication on Treehouse TV...
, and for the BBC Growing Up Wild.
David composed incidental music used in the feature film Ocean Voyager, narrated by Meryl Streep
Meryl Streep
Mary Louise "Meryl" Streep is an American actress who has worked in theatre, television and film.Streep made her professional stage debut in 1971's The Playboy of Seville, before her screen debut in the television movie The Deadliest Season in 1977. In that same year, she made her film debut with...
, which was subsequently performed in London by the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra
Royal Philharmonic Orchestra
The Royal Philharmonic Orchestra is a British orchestra based in London. It tours widely, and is sometimes referred to as "Britain's national orchestra"...
.
Selected TV scores
- Score for the acclaimed ITV series In The Wild including films with Goldie HawnGoldie HawnGoldie Jeanne Hawn is an American actress, film director, producer, and occasional singer. Hawn is known for her roles in Rowan & Martin's Laugh-In, Private Benjamin, Foul Play, Overboard, Bird on a Wire, Death Becomes Her, The First Wives Club, and Cactus Flower, for which she won the 1969...
, Bob HoskinsBob HoskinsRobert William "Bob" Hoskins, Jr. is an English actor known for playing Cockney rough diamonds, psychopaths and gangsters, in films such as The Long Good Friday , and Mona Lisa , and lighter roles in family films such as Who Framed Roger Rabbit and Hook .- Early life :Hoskins was born in Bury St...
and Christopher ReeveChristopher ReeveChristopher D'Olier Reeve was an American actor, film director, producer, screenwriter, author and activist... - BBC's The One ShowThe One ShowThe One Show is a topical magazine-style daily television programme broadcast live on BBC One and BBC One HD, hosted by Alex Jones and Matt Baker. Chris Evans joins Jones to present the programme on Friday...
- ITV's Celebrity Fit ClubCelebrity Fit ClubCelebrity Fit Club is a reality television series that follows eight overweight celebrities as they try to lose weight for charity. Split into two competing teams of four, each week teams are given different physical challenges, and weighed to see if they reached their target weights...
- BBC One's Omnibus
- Degas and the Dance (for PBSPublic Broadcasting ServiceThe Public Broadcasting Service is an American non-profit public broadcasting television network with 354 member TV stations in the United States which hold collective ownership. Its headquarters is in Arlington, Virginia....
) - National Geographic series Africa,
- Mountain GorillaMountain Gorilla (TV series)Mountain Gorilla is a three-part television series produced by the BBC Natural History Unit which features intimate footage of the last remaining wild population of the eponymous great ape. The BBC film-makers were granted access to habituated groups of mountain gorillas in their highland...
- The Secret Life of ElephantsThe Secret Life of ElephantsThe Secret Life of Elephants is a BBC nature documentary series following the lives of elephants and the work of the conservation charity Save the Elephants in Samburu National Reserve, Kenya...
- Tales from the Green ValleyTales from the Green ValleyTales from the Green Valley is a historical documentary TV series in 12 parts, first shown on BBC Two in autumn 2005.The series was made for the BBC by independent production company Lion TV. It was directed and produced by Peter Sommer. The Series Producer was David Upshal...
He has also written for Bristol-based Aardman Animations
Aardman Animations
Aardman Animations, Ltd., also known as Aardman Studios, or simply as Aardman, is a British animation studio based in Bristol, United Kingdom. The studio is known for films made using stop-motion clay animation techniques, particularly those featuring Plasticine characters Wallace and Gromit...
. David has recorded with orchestras and musicians from The London Philharmonic Orchestra
London Philharmonic Orchestra
The London Philharmonic Orchestra , based in London, is one of the major orchestras of the United Kingdom, and is based in the Royal Festival Hall. In addition, the LPO is the main resident orchestra of the Glyndebourne Festival Opera...
, The BBC Concert Orchestra
BBC Concert Orchestra
The BBC Concert Orchestra is a British orchestra based in London, one of the British Broadcasting Corporation's five radio orchestras. With around fifty players, it is the only one of the five which is not a full-scale symphony orchestra....
, and The Bristol Ensemble, to a selection of extremely accomplished solo artists which have included Kit Morgan (Guitar), Stuart Gordon (Violin), Dirk Campbell (Ethnic Wind Instruments), Dan Newell (Trumpet), Andy Sheppard
Andy Sheppard
Andy Sheppard is a British jazz saxophonist and composer. He has been awarded several prizes at the British Jazz Awards, and has worked with some notable figures in contemporary jazz, including Gil Evans, Carla Bley, George Russell and Steve Swallow.-Biography:Sheppard was born in Warminster,...
and Will Gregory
Will Gregory
William Owen Gregory is best known as a songwriter, and the lead keyboards/synthesizer player & producer of the electronic music group Goldfrapp. Originally a classical music student at the University of York, Gregory is the son of an actress and an opera chorus-line singer...
(Saxophone), Adrian Utley
Adrian Utley
Adrian Francis Utley is an English musician and a member of the band Portishead.-Biography:Utley is self-taught on guitar, bass and keyboards, and played professionally from the age of 18 in working men's clubs, night clubs, holiday camps, and in cabaret, backing soul artists...
(Guitar), Paul Clarvis
Paul Clarvis
Paul Clarvis is an English percussionist, born in Enfield, London, on 9 April 1963.He is renowned for bringing his unique style of music to many genres and can be heard on recordings by Mick Jagger, Elvis Costello, Elton John, Paul McCartney, Annie Lennox, Sting, Bryan Ferry, John Williams, Andy...
(Percussion), Belinda Sykes and Abbie Lathe (Vocals), recording at Abbey Road Studios
Abbey Road Studios
Abbey Road Studios is a recording studio located at 3 Abbey Road, St John's Wood, City of Westminster, London, England. It was established in November 1931 by the Gramophone Company, a predecessor of British music company EMI, its present owner...
and Air Edel Studios in London, and Christchurch Studios in Bristol.
Additional Work
David played drums for the live concert of the music for the BBC series 'Nature's Great Events' performed by the BBC Concert Orchestra at Bristol's Colston Hall in September 2009, and narrated live by Sir David Attenborough. The music was composed by Ben Salisbury and Barnaby Taylor and conducted by William GoodchildWilliam Goodchild
William Goodchild is a composer, orchestrator and conductor who produces music for film, television and the concert hall.-Biography:...
.
David can also be heard on the critically acclaimed 2008 Portishead album Third
Third (Portishead album)
Third is the third studio album by English musical group Portishead, released on 27 April 2008, on Island Records in the United Kingdom, two days after on Mercury Records in the United States, and on 30 April 2008 on Universal Music Japan in Japan. It is their first release in 10 years, and their...
, singing additional vocals on the track "Deep Water" with Ben Salisbury (collectively credited as "The Somerfield Workers Choir"), and Team Brick .
Awards and nominations
In 2005 David's work on the film Ireland for the BBC's Natural World and PBSPublic Broadcasting Service
The Public Broadcasting Service is an American non-profit public broadcasting television network with 354 member TV stations in the United States which hold collective ownership. Its headquarters is in Arlington, Virginia....
Nature http://www.pbs.org/wnet/nature/episodes/ireland/introduction/2337/ earned him an Emmy Nomination for Outstanding Individual Achievement In A Craft.
He received a nomination for the Royal Television Society
Royal Television Society
The Royal Television Society is a British-based educational charity for the discussion, and analysis of television in all its forms, past, present and future. It is the oldest television society in the world...
(RTS) Awards in 2007 for the BBC Springwatch for Outstanding Original Main Title Theme Music.
Further recognition followed at the 2008 Wildscreen Festival
Wildscreen Festival
The Wildscreen Festival, an initiative of The Wildscreen Trust is an international festival of film, television and digital media inspired by nature and natural places...
, where the episode 'Armoured Giants' from the BBC series Life In Cold Blood
Life in Cold Blood
Life in Cold Blood is a BBC nature documentary series written and presented by David Attenborough, first transmitted in the UK from 4 February 2008 on BBC One....
, including David's compositions for the soundtrack, was awarded the prestigious Golden Panda Award.
The TV series Life In Cold Blood and Life In The Undergrowth, featuring David's compositions, both received BAFTA recognition in 2005 and 2009.