In recent years Paul composed scores for the RSC's critically acclaimed season which included A Midsummer Night's Dream, Hamlet and Love's Labours Lost, and  a dance work for the Royal Opera House: The Thief of Baghdad, which enjoyed a sell out run .

He scored the feature films Miss Pettigrew Lives for a Day directed by Bharat Nallur,  Magicians, directed by Andrew O’Connor, and Debbie Isitt's Brit-flick Confetti, starring Martin Freeman and Jessica Stevenson for 20TH Century Fox. Paul wrote the music for the film Ten Minutes Older featuring works from award winning directors Spike Lee, Werner Herzog, Bernardo Bertolucci, Mike Figgis, Jean Luc-Goddard and more.

Current projects include Outcast, a major drama series for the BBC, a collaboration with artist Julian Opie, and series 2 of Luther.


 

Biography

Paul Englishby conducting

 

Paul studied at Goldsmiths' College and at the Royal Academy of Music where he received the Charles Lucas prize for composition and the Arthur Hervey Scholarship, as well as receiving a BBC Sound on Film  Commission.  He was 2009 Winner of an ASCAP Award (American Society of Composers, Authors and Publishers) for his film score to Miss Pettigrew Lives for Day, and received a 2010 Ritzy Award for his score for the Oscar nominated An Education.

Recent projects include the score for the BBC's recent highly successful drama series, Luther and the critically acclaimed opera/ballet, Pleasure's Progress, choreographed and directed by Will Tuckett, commissioned by the Royal Opera House. Earlier this year played a sell out concert of his music a Ronnie Scott's club with his band and special guest Beth Rowley.

Last year saw Paul complete a large public arts commission involving several pieces for choir, orchestra, chamber group and school children, in commemoration of the Stone Mines Project in the city of Bath; he scored the BBC Film of Hamlet, starring David Tennant, and composed the music for the ITV drama An Englishman in New York starring John Hurt. His haunting piece, Everything is you  for the delta saxophone quartet, was released on their latest album to stunning reviews, and he wrote scores for the Royal Shakespeare Company' Twelfth Night, and Noel Coward's Private Lives for the Salisbury Playhouse.

Photo by Johan Persson