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Christopher Gunning is a British composer and conductor best known for his work in film and television. He has composed the scores for over 100 films and television series, including the Academy Award-nominated score for Agatha Christie's Poirot. He has also composed music for the Royal Shakespeare Company, the Royal Ballet, and the Royal Opera House. Gunning was born in Cheltenham, Gloucestershire, England, and studied at the Royal College of Music in London. He began his career as a composer for television and film in the late 1960s, and his first major success was the score for the 1971 film The Go-Between. He has since composed the scores for films such as The French Lieutenant's Woman, The Draughtsman's Contract, and The Madness of King George. Gunning has won numerous awards for his work, including two BAFTA Awards, two Ivor Novello Awards, and an Emmy Award. He was appointed an Officer of the Order of the British Empire (OBE) in the 2020 New Year Honours for services to music. He is 77 years old.

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Occupation composer,music_department,soundtrack
Age 78 years old
Zodiac Sign Leo
Born 5 August 1944
Birthday 5 August
Birthplace Cheltenham, England
Date of death March 25, 2023
Died Place Hertfordshire, England
Nationality United Kingdom

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His wife is Annie Farrow (m. 1974-1999) Svitlana Saienko (m. 2004)

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2011

In recognition of Gunning's unique contribution to music, he received a BASCA Gold Badge Award on 19 October 2011.

2007

Gunning's film and TV compositions have received many awards, including the 2007 BAFTA Award for Best Film Music for La Vie en Rose, as well as three additional awards for Agatha Christie's Poirot, Middlemarch, and Porterhouse Blue. He has also won three Ivor Novello Awards, for the TV miniseries Rebecca, and the film scores for Under Suspicion (1991), and Firelight (1997). His other film scores include Goodbye Gemini (1970), Hands of the Ripper (1971), Ooh... You Are Awful (1972), the film version of Man About the House (1974), In Celebration (1975), Rogue Male (1976), Charlie Muffin (1979), Rise and Fall of Idi Amin (1981), When the Whales Came (1989), Lighthouse Hill (2004) and Grace of Monaco (2014).

1970

In the 1970s and 1980s, Gunning collaborated with rock musician Colin Blunstone and was responsible for the distinctive string arrangement on Blunstone's 1972 hit "Say You Don't Mind". He also provided the haunting string arrangements on "Won't Somebody Dance With Me", the Ivor Novello award-winning song written and performed by Lynsey de Paul.

1944

Christopher Gunning was born on August 5, 1944 in Cheltenham, Gloucestershire, England.