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John Lunn(I)

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John Lunn
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 A powerful journey seen through the eyes of a young woman with epilepsy that brings extraordinary hallucinations as she searches for her long lost brother.
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John Lunn's music possesses a wonderfully unique voice that spans a wide spectrum of musical styles. Classically trained, yet contemporary in attitude, he combines a highly intelligent and sensitive approach with a sound that always hits at the emotional heart of a piece. His scores, which match the highest production values with a continual desire to discover new colours and sounds, are continuously in high demand. He is probably best known for scoring the hugely successful flagship ITV/NBC/PBS/Carnival Films drama, Downton Abbey, for which he has received two Primetime Emmy Awards, in 2012 and 2013 and a further nomination in 2014.

John's recent work includes ITV/PBS/Lovely Day's adaption of The Grantchester Mysteries by author James Runcie, Red Planet's epic WW1 drama The Passing Bells, the feature film Electricity starring Agyness Deyn, just released in the UK; Burton And Taylor (starring Dominic West and Helena Bonham-Carter), Shetland, The White Queen (based on the bestselling novel by Phillipa Gregory), for which he also received a Primetime Emmy nomination in 2014, and the reimagining of Hitchcock's classic The Lady Vanishes, all for the BBC.

He is currently scoring The Last Kingdom, an adaptation of Bernard Cornwell's best selling "The Saxon Stories" for BBC/BBC America. 2015 will also see him working on Downton Abbey series 6, and a further series of Grantchester.

He has received critical acclaim for three adaptations of Charles Dickens classics: the BBC/Masterpiece centenary adaptation of The Mystery Of Edwin Drood, for which he was nominated for an Ivor Novello Award (2013), a 14-part re-imagining of Little Dorrit(2008), which garnered both a BAFTA nomination and his first Primetime Emmy nomination, and Bleak House (2006) , for which he received RTS Best Score and Best Title nominations.
BornMay 13, 1956
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  • Won 2 Primetime Emmys
    • 9 wins & 18 nominations total

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John Lunn at an event for Downton Abbey (2019)

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Elizabeth McGovern, Maggie Smith, Hugh Bonneville, Brendan Coyle, Joanne Froggatt, Penelope Wilton, Allen Leech, Michelle Dockery, Laura Carmichael, Lily James, Fifi Hart, and Oliver Barker in Downton Abbey (2010)
Downton Abbey
8.7
TV Series
  • Composer
Alexander Dreymon in The Last Kingdom (2015)
The Last Kingdom
8.5
TV Series
  • Composer
Tom Courtenay, Matthew Macfadyen, and Claire Foy in Little Dorrit (2008)
Little Dorrit
8.2
TV Series
  • Composer
Rebecca Ferguson in The White Queen (2013)
The White Queen
7.7
TV Mini Series
  • Composer

Credits

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Composer

  • Alexander Dreymon in The Last Kingdom: Seven Kings Must Die (2023)
    The Last Kingdom: Seven Kings Must Die
    • Composer
    • 2023
  • Douglas Henshall in Shetland (2013)
    Shetland
    • Composer
    • TV Series
    • 2013–2022
  • Elizabeth McGovern, Maggie Smith, Imelda Staunton, Hugh Bonneville, Jim Carter, Raquel Cassidy, Brendan Coyle, Hugh Dancy, Kevin Doyle, Joanne Froggatt, Phyllis Logan, Lesley Nicol, Douglas Reith, Dominic West, Penelope Wilton, Allen Leech, Robert James-Collier, Michelle Dockery, Harry Hadden-Paton, Laura Haddock, Sophie McShera, Tuppence Middleton, Laura Carmichael, and Michael Fox in Downton Abbey: A New Era (2022)
    Downton Abbey: A New Era
    • composer
    • 2022
  • Grantchester (2014)
    Grantchester
    • Composer
    • TV Series
    • 2014–2022
  • Alexander Dreymon in The Last Kingdom (2015)
    The Last Kingdom
    • Composer
    • TV Series
    • 2015–2022
  • Belgravia (2020)
    Belgravia
    • Composer
    • TV Mini Series
    • 2020
  • Elizabeth McGovern, Maggie Smith, Imelda Staunton, Hugh Bonneville, Jim Carter, Raquel Cassidy, Brendan Coyle, Kevin Doyle, Joanne Froggatt, Matthew Goode, Phyllis Logan, Lesley Nicol, Penelope Wilton, Allen Leech, Robert James-Collier, Michelle Dockery, Harry Hadden-Paton, Sophie McShera, Tuppence Middleton, Laura Carmichael, and Michael Fox in Downton Abbey (2019)
    Downton Abbey
    • Composer
    • 2019
  • Jason Flemyng, Sophie Rundle, Naomi Battrick, Stuart Martin, and Niamh Walsh in Jamestown (2017)
    Jamestown
    • Composer
    • TV Series
    • 2017–2019
  • Jodie Comer in The White Princess (2017)
    The White Princess
    • Composer
    • TV Mini Series
    • 2017
  • Finn Atkins, Charlie Murphy, and Chloe Pirrie in Walk Invisible: The Brontë Sisters (2016)
    Walk Invisible: The Brontë Sisters
    • Composer
    • TV Movie
    • 2016
  • Elizabeth McGovern, Maggie Smith, Hugh Bonneville, Brendan Coyle, Joanne Froggatt, Penelope Wilton, Allen Leech, Michelle Dockery, Laura Carmichael, Lily James, Fifi Hart, and Oliver Barker in Downton Abbey (2010)
    Downton Abbey
    • Composer
    • TV Series
    • 2010–2015
  • Patrick Gibson and Jack Lowden in The Passing Bells (2014)
    The Passing Bells
    • Composer
    • TV Mini Series
    • 2014
  • Agyness Deyn in Electricity (2014)
    Electricity
    • Composer (original music by)
    • 2014
  • Rebecca Ferguson in The White Queen (2013)
    The White Queen
    • Composer
    • TV Mini Series
    • 2013
  • Helena Bonham Carter and Dominic West in Burton and Taylor (2013)
    Burton and Taylor
    • Composer
    • TV Movie
    • 2013

Music Department

  • Pam Ferris and Felicity Kendal in Rosemary & Thyme (2003)
    Rosemary & Thyme
    • composer: incidental music
    • TV Series
    • 2004
  • Once Upon a Time in the Midlands (2002)
    Once Upon a Time in the Midlands
    • conductor: London Metropolitan Orchestra and London Chamber Choir
    • 2002
  • Ciarán Hinds in Getting Hurt (1998)
    Getting Hurt
    • conductor
    • TV Movie
    • 1998
  • Sharon Duncan-Brewster and Marlaine Gordon in TV Operas (1993)
    TV Operas
    • musician
    • TV Series
    • 1994
  • Rowan Atkinson, Kristin Scott Thomas, Hugh Grant, Andie MacDowell, Simon Callow, John Hannah, and Charlotte Coleman in Four Weddings and a Funeral (1994)
    Four Weddings and a Funeral
    • music researcher
    • 1994

Soundtrack

  • Elizabeth McGovern, Maggie Smith, Imelda Staunton, Hugh Bonneville, Jim Carter, Raquel Cassidy, Brendan Coyle, Kevin Doyle, Joanne Froggatt, Matthew Goode, Phyllis Logan, Lesley Nicol, Penelope Wilton, Allen Leech, Robert James-Collier, Michelle Dockery, Harry Hadden-Paton, Sophie McShera, Tuppence Middleton, Laura Carmichael, and Michael Fox in Downton Abbey (2019)
    Downton Abbey
    • writer: "Truton's Club and Radio Music"
    • 2019
  • Elizabeth McGovern, Maggie Smith, Hugh Bonneville, Brendan Coyle, Joanne Froggatt, Penelope Wilton, Allen Leech, Michelle Dockery, Laura Carmichael, Lily James, Fifi Hart, and Oliver Barker in Downton Abbey (2010)
    Downton Abbey
    • writer: "Downton Abbey The Suite"
    • writer: "Downton Abbey- The Suite"
    • writer: "Downton Abbey - The Suite" (uncredited) ...
    • TV Series
    • 2010–2015
  • Alexander Dreymon in The Last Kingdom (2015)
    The Last Kingdom
    • writer: "The Last Kingdom
    • TV Series
    • 2015
  • Kyle Kallgren in Brows Held High (2011)
    Brows Held High
    • performer: "Did I Make the Most of Loving You?"
    • TV Series
    • 2013
  • Mark Occhilupo, Jan Stephenson, Dan Ewing, Damien Leith, Lara Bingle, Samantha Armytage, Manu Feildel, Brynne Edelsten, Haley Bracken, and Nick Bracks in Dancing with the Stars (2004)
    Dancing with the Stars
    • writer: "Downton Abbey Theme" (uncredited)
    • TV Series
    • 2012
  • The Legend of Loch Lomond (2001)
    The Legend of Loch Lomond
    • writer: "Loch Lomond"
    • Short
    • 2001
  • Get Real (1998)
    Get Real
    • writer: "Swings (Opening Title)", "Realisation", "Get Real Suite"
    • 1998
  • Anne Diamond and Nick Owen in Good Morning... with Anne and Nick (1992)
    Good Morning... with Anne and Nick
    • writer: "Hamish Macbeth Theme"
    • TV Series
    • 1996
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    • Glasgow, Scotland, UK

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    Nominated for the 2013 RTS Craft & Design Award in the Best Music - Original Title category for his work on Shetland (2013).

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