Trevor Jones

2010

Recently completed scoring 'My Hunter's Heart', a docu-drama about the Khomeini San Tribe. This was the first film score to be recorded in its entirety in Cape Town, South Africa

. Was the guest of honour at the Ensemble Meeting of Music Academies (EMMA 2010) which focussed on film scores and took place in the enchanting location of the Old Palace in Limenaria, Thasos, Greece.

A series of residential film music courses are being planned in the picturesque Suffolk countryside, with masterclasses by Trevor Jones, and other guest lecturers. The courses will include seminars and lectures as well as film screenings and discussions.
Students will be given the opportunity to write music and to have it performed and recorded in a workshop.
Applicants are invited to email their enquiries with CV to:
info@trevorjonesfilmmusic.com

2009

A Suite from 'The Dark Crystal' was recently performed by the London Symphony Orchestra at London's Barbican Hall. A celebration of film music drawn from films for which the LSO recorded the original scores for, the concert was conducted by the legendary Harry Rabinowitz.

Trevor Jones recently completed the score for 'Blood and Oil', a thriller set in the Niger Delta and starring Jodhi May. It is due for release later in the year.

The Malta Philharmonic Orchestra performed suites including 'The Last of the Mohicans', 'Cliffhanger', 'Notting Hill' and 'Merlin' as part of it's 'Movie Spectacular' concert on 23rd May 2009.

Trevor Jones appeared at the 'Soundtracon' Film Music Convention in the Czech Republic on 4th-6th July 2009. Please click here for further details (*note that the site is in Czech only)

2008

Trevor Jones recently completed scoring the film comedy 'Three and Out', starring Mackenzie Crook, Colm Meaney, Imelda Staunton and Gemma Arterton. It is due on general release from 25th April 2008. Contemporary Media Recordings have released an original score soundtrack album, scheduled for release on 21st April. Keep an eye on this website for more information.

2007

'Chaos' has been released as a download album, initially through the Amazon mp3 downloads store (US only). Please click here
It is also available on the Itunes Music Store in the following countries: US, Australia/NZ, Canada, UK/European Union and Japan.
Please contact us if you are trying to find the album in any nation which is not supported by these options.
There are no plans in the immediate future to release a compact disc recording of the soundtrack.

'Fields of Freedom' is now available through this website as a very limited edition release. Don't miss this opportunity to own this rarity. As this is a relatively short album at 30 minutes total length, the price is set at a very reasonable £9.99 GBP ( + postage and package)

To celebrate the relaunch of this website, we have reduced CD prices in our shop. Please take advantage of these special deals by clicking here

9th July - Gave lecture on Film Music for A-Level students and teachers from all over the UK at the National Film Theatre

July - Guest speaker at the 2nd Soncinemad Film Music Festival

2006

Composed music for the first season of the Canadian / South African co-production hospital drama 'Jozi-H'.
Here is a link to the show's website:
http://www.jozi-h.com

Composed music for an introductory film at Mount Vernon visitors center,'We Fight To Be Free'.
The film is presented in rotation in two adjacent theaters with total seating for 450 viewers.

Performed a symphonic concert with the RTVE Symphony Orchestra and Choir at Madrid's 'Teatro Monumental' on 1st July 2006. It was part of the inaugural SONCINEMAD Festival of Film Music. The concert was conducted by Trevor Jones himself. The programme contained excerpts from the following films:
Cliffhanger, Merlin, Roseanna's Grave, Aegis, The Last Place on Earth, The Last of the Mohicans, The Mighty, Fields of Freedom, The Dark Crystal, Dominic & Eugene

A DOUBLE CD OF THIS PERFORMANCE HAS RECENTLY BEEN RELEASED. VISIT OUR SHOP FOR MORE DETAILS.
Here is a link to the festival web-site:

http://www.soncinemad.com/what.php

Won the Japan Academy Prize 2006 for the score to "Aegis"

Recently completed the score for "Fields of Freedom", a historical destination film that has been created exclusively for a new, state of the art digital theatre near the Gettysburg Battlefield in Pennsylvania.
The screen is roughly the size of an IMAX screen.
It opened in March 2006.
Click the following link for more information: http://www.gatewaygettysburg.com/gateway-gettysbg4_content.html

2005

Guest speaker on Film Music at the Hay Festival, for a sell-out discussion on music in the movies, creating character, building emotion, and underpinning drama.

Led a Masterclass on composing for film at the Bradford Film Festival to open the 1st Film and Music Conference at the Festival.
Trevor was in converation with Professor David Cooper, Head of School at the School of Music, University of Leeds, and Christopher Fox of the University of Huddersfield.
Received honorary doctorate from The University of the Western Cape, conferred by Archbishop Desmond Tutu. Composed and conducted "The Long Run Overture" to commemorate the occasion.

2004

Scored "The Unsteady Chough", a short film for co-directed by Sam Leifer & J. Van Tulleken and starring Terry Jones.
The score features the London Symphony Orchestra and was recorded at Abbey Road studios.
It was shortlisted for the 2004 BBC New Animation Competition.

Completed work on director Frank Coraci's "Around The World In 80 Days", starring Steve Coogan, Jackie Chan and Jim Broadbent, amongst others.
The film is distributed by Disney, and was released in June 2004.
The soundtrack album is available on Disney Records B000294QYK.
The London Symphony Orchestra performed an "Around The World In 80 Days Concert Suite" in a 12-city North American tour The Music of Hollywood : celebrating the powerful synergy between music and the movies.

2003

Completed work on "The League Of Extraordinary Gentlemen" (LXG) in July 2003, Apple obtained exclusive rights to distribute "The League Of Extraordinary Gentlemen" soundtrack in the US on the iTunes Music Store.
The soundtrack album made history as the first soundtrack release to go exclusively online in the US.
For listeners outside the US, the recording is available through more traditional channels, Varese Sarabande CD 302 066 492 2.