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Mike Moran(I)

  • Composer
  • Music Department
  • Actor
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Mike Moran began his musical career studying at the Royal College of Music in London, England. An accomplished pianist, Mike has been a member of various groups including Blue Mink, Gillan and Stone The Crows. Over the last 30 years he has worked with such well known artists as Cliff Richard, Paul McCartney, Freddie Mercury, Stevie Wonder, Lynsey de Paul, Joe Cocker, Paul Simon, Kate Bush, Roger Glover and George Harrison. More recently he has also ventured into the world of opera with 'Monserat Caballe', 'Placido Domingo' and 'Jose Carreras'. He has composed music for a number of films including Time Bandits (1981), Death Wish 3 (1985), Betrayal (1983) and Whoops Apocalypse (1987). He is also prolific in writing music for TV productions, most memorably "Taggart" (for which he received the TRIC Award for TV theme music in 1994) and "Harry's Game".
BornMarch 4, 1948
BornMarch 4, 1948
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    Known for

    John Cleese, Sean Connery, Ian Holm, Shelley Duvall, Katherine Helmond, Michael Palin, David Warner, Ralph Richardson, and Peter Vaughan in Time Bandits (1981)
    Time Bandits
    6.9
    • Composer(music score composed by)
    • 1981
    Mark McManus in Taggart (1983)
    Taggart
    7.3
    TV Series
    • Composer
    Top Secret! (1984)
    Top Secret!
    7.2
    • Soundtrack("Spend This Night with Me", "Skeet Surfing", "Tutti Frutti", "How Silly Can You Get", "Spend This Night with Me", "Are You Lonesome Tonight?", "Straighten Out the Rug")
    • 1984
    Charles Bronson in Death Wish 3 (1985)
    Death Wish 3
    5.8
    • Music Department(additional synthesisers played by)
    • 1985

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    • 3 Wishes for Christmas
      • Composer
      • Post-production
    • Arsenic Lane
      • Composer
      • Pre-production
    • Everybody wants to be us
      • Composer
      • Pre-production
    • Gateway to the West
      • Composer
      • Post-production



    • A Thousand Kisses Deep (2011)
      A Thousand Kisses Deep
      5.1
      • Composer
      • 2011
    • Everything's Rosie (2010)
      Everything's Rosie
      6.9
      TV Series
      • Composer
      • 2010
    • Octavia
      7.0
      TV Movie
      • Composer
      • 2009
    • Blessed (2008)
      Blessed
      6.2
      • Composer
      • 2008
    • A Fox's Tale (2008)
      A Fox's Tale
      1.3
      • Composer
      • 2008
    • The Lonely Stag
      Short
      • Composer
      • 2007
    • Gabrielle Anwar, Vincent D'Onofrio, and James D'Arcy in Sherlock (2002)
      Sherlock
      5.8
      TV Movie
      • Composer
      • 2002
    • Dervla Kirwan and Mark Womack in The Bombmaker (2001)
      The Bombmaker
      6.4
      TV Movie
      • Composer
      • 2001
    • The Grimleys (1999)
      The Grimleys
      7.4
      TV Series
      • Composer
      • 1999–2001
    • Richard E. Grant in The Scarlet Pimpernel (1999)
      The Scarlet Pimpernel
      7.4
      TV Series
      • Composer
      • 2000
    • Sex, Chips & Rock n' Roll (1999)
      Sex, Chips & Rock n' Roll
      8.3
      TV Mini Series
      • Composer
      • 1999
    • The Man
      4.7
      TV Movie
      • Composer
      • 1999
    • Mark McManus in Taggart (1983)
      Taggart
      7.3
      TV Series
      • Composer
      • 1985–1999
    • Chain Letters (1987)
      Chain Letters
      7.4
      TV Series
      • Composer
      • 1996–1997
    • Sharman (1996)
      Sharman
      7.5
      TV Series
      • Composer
      • 1996

    Music Department



    • Alun Armstrong, James Bolam, Amanda Redman, and Dennis Waterman in New Tricks (2003)
      New Tricks
      7.9
      TV Series
      • composer: "It's Alright"
      • composer: 'It's Alright'
      • 2004–2015
    • Great Performances (1971)
      Great Performances
      7.8
      TV Series
      • musical director
      • 2005
    • The Republic of Love (2003)
      The Republic of Love
      6.0
      • composer: additional music
      • 2003
    • Heathcliff (1997)
      Heathcliff
      8.3
      TV Movie
      • musical director
      • 1997
    • Paul Daniels's Secrets (1994)
      Paul Daniels's Secrets
      TV Series
      • musical director
      • 1995–1996
    • Coasting (1990)
      Coasting
      8.3
      TV Series
      • composer and producer: Junction 32's performance
      • 1990
    • Terry Wogan in Wogan (1982)
      Wogan
      6.0
      TV Series
      • music
      • 1988
    • Lucky Ladders (1988)
      Lucky Ladders
      TV Series
      • music
      • 1988
    • The Kenny Everett Television Show (1981)
      The Kenny Everett Television Show
      7.2
      TV Series
      • original music
      • musical director
      • 1986–1988
    • Freddie Mercury in Freddie Mercury: The Great Pretender (1987)
      Freddie Mercury: The Great Pretender
      7.6
      Music Video
      • produced by
      • 1987
    • Charles Bronson in Death Wish 3 (1985)
      Death Wish 3
      5.8
      • conductor
      • music arranger
      • musician: additional synthesisers played by
      • 1985
    • Water (1985)
      Water
      6.0
      • conductor
      • orchestrator
      • 1985
    • Happy Easter (1984)
      Happy Easter
      6.2
      • musician: piano
      • 1984
    • Jeremy Irons, Ben Kingsley, and Patricia Hodge in Betrayal (1983)
      Betrayal
      6.9
      • composer: party music
      • 1983
    • The Missionary (1982)
      The Missionary
      6.2
      • orchestrator
      • 1982

    Actor



    • Hale & Pace: The Stonk (1991)
      Hale & Pace: The Stonk
      6.5
      Music Video
      • 1991
    • The Kenny Everett Television Show (1981)
      The Kenny Everett Television Show
      7.2
      TV Series
      • Various
      • 1982–1986
    • Water (1985)
      Water
      6.0
      • The Singing Rebels' Band
      • 1985
    • Everyman (1977)
      Everyman
      7.0
      TV Series
      • Cliff's band THUNDER
      • 1981
    • Lynsey De Paul & Mike Moran: Rock Bottom
      Music Video
      • Mike Moran
      • 1977

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    Personal details

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    • Alternative name
      • The Mike Moran Band
    • Born
      • March 4, 1948
      • Leeds, West Yorkshire, England, UK

    Did you know

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    • Trivia
      Other successful songs co-written by Mike and Lynsey include "Let Your Body Go Downtown" which reached number 38 in the U.K. top 40 in 1977.

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