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David Graham Hewson (born 25 November 1953 in
Wandsworth
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,
London
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, England) is a British composer of scores for television and films. His work includes a collaboration to develop scores for
ITV News. Hewson works from his composing studio in
East Sussex. At
Trinity College of Music, Hewson was a pupil of
Richard Arnell
Richard Anthony Sayer Arnell (15 September 191710 April 2009) was an English composer of classical music. Arnell composed in all the established genres for the concert stage, and his list of works includes six completed symphonies (a seventh w ...
. They worked together on films including ''Dilemma'' (1981), ''Doctor in the Sky'' (1984), ''Toulouse-Lautrec'' (1986), and ''The Light of the World'' (1989). Hewson has written several works with
Brian Sibley.
Background and education
Hewson began composing at the age of 11, influenced by his primary school music education, which had been based entirely on the
Schulwerk
The Orff Schulwerk, or simply the Orff Approach, is a developmental approach used in music education. It combines music, movement, drama, and speech into lessons that are similar to a child's world of play. It was developed by the German com ...
. This influence stayed with David and shaped a lot of his much later music. During his time in primary school, he also started to receive piano lessons from the renowned classical concert pianist and teacher
Christine Gough.
In his late teens he studied composition with Professor
Richard Arnell
Richard Anthony Sayer Arnell (15 September 191710 April 2009) was an English composer of classical music. Arnell composed in all the established genres for the concert stage, and his list of works includes six completed symphonies (a seventh w ...
, a former pupil of
John Ireland
John Benjamin Ireland (January 30, 1914 – March 21, 1992) was a Canadian actor. He was nominated for an Academy Award for his performance in ''All the King's Men'' (1949), making him the first Vancouver-born actor to receive an Oscar nomin ...
at
Trinity College of Music, London, and enrolled in a part-time courses on electronic music with
Tristram Cary
Tristram Ogilvie Cary, OAM (14 May 192524 April 2008), was a pioneering English-Australian composer. He was also active as a teacher and music critic.
Career
Cary was born in Oxford, England, and educated at the Dragon School in Oxford and We ...
at the
Royal College of Music
The Royal College of Music is a conservatoire established by royal charter in 1882, located in South Kensington, London, UK. It offers training from the undergraduate to the doctoral level in all aspects of Western Music including performanc ...
. After gaining his
BEd (Hon) he taught music for six years, and during this time built up a large repertoire of compositions, for chamber solo and instrumental combinations including vocal music.
Compositions
His television commissions have covered a wide spectrum. He is mostly called upon to score Drama-Documentary, particularly covering human aspects and emotional content. He is a very prolific writer. His
KPM Library music CDs are used all over the world to score an enormous variety of productions. He is also well known for his arrangements and versions of the music for the ''ITV News at Ten'', and all of the regional news broadcast by ITV in England, Southern Scotland, Wales and the Channel Islands.
Overview of works
Theme tunes and film scores
*''Central News'' (Central Television/ITV)
*''CNN Future Watch'' (CNN/Turner Broadcasting System)
*''The Selina Scott Show''
*''Summer with Selik'' (NRK Norway)
*''First Edition'' (
Channel 4
Channel 4 is a British free-to-air public broadcast television network operated by the state-owned Channel Four Television Corporation. It began its transmission on 2 November 1982 and was established to provide a fourth television service ...
)
*''English Villages'' (
Reader's Digest
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)
*''The U-Boat War'' (
Discovery Channel)
*''If I Ruled the World'' (
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)
*''The Storm'' (Channel 4)
*''Two the Ends of the Earth'' (Discovery)
*''Mysteries of the Mummies'' (Discovery)
*''Homicide in Kennewick'' (Channel 4 Equinox)
*''The Windsor's'' (Channel 4)
*''In the Footsteps of Elizabeth David'' (Arts and Entertainment channel)
*''Hunting Hitler'' (Arts and Entertainment channel)
*''A Biography of Princess Margaret'' (
Channel 5)
*''Air Rage'' (Channel 5)
*''James Bulger'' (Channel 5)
*''Talk TV'' (Channel 5)
*''ITV News at Ten'' – 1992, 2008, 2013 and 2016 (
ITN/ITV)
*''ITV News'' – 1995, 1999, 2004, 2006, 2008, 2009 and 2013 (ITN/ITV)
*''News and Views'' (ITN News Channel/ITN)
*''Self Experimenters'' (Channel 4 Equinox)
*''History of the Future''
*''Lifeline'' (Carlton)
*''Election 1992'' (ITN/ITV)
*''Election 2001'' (ITN/ITV)
*''Election 2005'' (ITN/ITV)
*''Election 2010'' (ITN/ITV)
*''Election 2015'' (ITN/ITV)
*''Don Roaming'' (Channel 4)
*''The Michael Watson Story''
*''Search for the North West Passage'' (Channel 4)
*''Blitz'' (Channel 4)
*''I Shouldn't Be Alive'' (Discovery Channel)
*''Howard's Way'' (BBC)
*''Morley Brothers'' (Channel 4)
*''Heaven Man Earth'' (Channel 4)
*''Six into One'' (Channel 4)
*''The MTM Story'' (Channel 4)
*''The Scars of War'' (Channel 4)
*''Police Action Live'' (ITV)
*''Century''
*''Willie's War''
*''Speed Kings''
*''BBC Arabic TV and Radio''
*''
Kroll Show
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'' (
Comedy Central
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)
= John Halas animated films
=
*''Dilemma'' (with Richard Arnell)
*''Doctor in the Sky'' (with Richard Arnell)
*''Toulouse-Lautrec'' (with Richard Arnell)
*''Light of the World'' (with Richard Arnell)
*''Electronic Animation'' (with Richard Arnell)
Some of Dave Hewson's production music albums
*''KPM 813 A Bass Renaissance''
*''KPM 754 Music for Documentaries''
*''JM 40 Stratovarios''
*''KPM 689 Close to the Edge''
*''JM 17 Global Warming''
*''KPM 587 New Directions''
*''KPM 557 Science of Uncertainty''
*''KPM 502 Metamorphosis 5''
*''KPM 503 Metamorphosis 6''
*''KPM 392 Metamorphosis 1''
*''KPM 393 Metamorphosis 2''
*''KPM 354 Beatspeak''
*''KPM 317 Horror, Mystery & Imagination – 1''
*''KPM 318 Horror, Mystery & Imagination – 2''
*''KPM 319 Horror, Mystery & Imagination – 3''
*''KPM 273 The Human Experience Part 1''
*''KPM 274 The Human Experience Part 2''
*''KPM 270 Textures''
*''KPM 237 Media Themes''
*''KPM 225 Research and Development Part 2''
*''KPM 200 Disappearing Earth''
*''KPM 185 Research and Development''
*''KPM 176 Classic Fantastic''
*''KPM 156 the Competitive Edge KPM 462 20th Century Sketchbook''
*''KPM 410 The Dark Side – Part 1''
*''KPM 513 Observing Eye''
Concerts
*Concerto for Oboe - Sinfonia Serenata written for the Oboist Philip Cull
*War God II (Richard Arnell) at St. John's Smith Square, London (contributor)
*Twenty-Four Hours in TT Scale (co-writer with Richard Arnell)
Works with author and broadcaster Brian Sibley
*''The Man and the Snake''
*''Nostradamus''
*''The Autumn People'' (public performance at the BMIC)
*''The Fox at the Manger'' (BBC Radio 4)
*''Miss Hargreaves'' (BBC Radio 4)
Producer
Dave Hewson has worked extensively as a
music producer
A record producer is a recording project's creative and technical leader, commanding studio time and coaching artists, and in popular genres typically creates the song's very sound and structure. Virgil Moorefield"Introduction" ''The Producer as ...
and performer notably for:
*
Amii Stewart
*
Jaki Graham
Jacqueline Graham (born 15 September 1956) is a British singer-songwriter. Following her hit version of " Could It Be I'm Falling in Love" with David Grant in 1985, Graham scored a further five UK top 20 hits over a two-year period. In 1994, he ...
*
Anita Dobson
Anita Dobson (born 29 April 1949) is an English stage, film and television actress, and singer. She is best known for her role from 1985 to 1988 as Angie Watts in the BBC soap opera ''EastEnders''. In 1986, she reached number four in the UK Si ...
*
Marti Webb
Marti Webb (born 13 December 1943) is an English actress and singer, who appeared on stage in '' Evita'', before starring in Andrew Lloyd Webber's one-woman show '' Tell Me on a Sunday'' in 1980. This included her biggest hit single, " Take T ...
*
Simon May
Simon May (born 15 August 1944) is a British composer. He has composed many British television theme tunes, including ''EastEnders'' and ''Howards' Way'', and the music for the 1988 film ''The Dawning''.
Biography
Born in Devizes and a pupi ...
*Two Minds Crack
*Bogart Co
Poeme Electronique
In the 1980s, Dave Hewson created an electronic trio with Sharon Abbott and Julie Ruler called Poeme Electronique.
"The Echoes Fade", the one and only single they released, is widely considered to be the "holy grail" of minimal electronic music, with rare copies often selling for hundreds of pounds.
Twins Natalia
Twins Natalia are an electro-pop group combining an early '80s musical approach (analogue drum machine sounds, way of sequencing, etc.) with the latest recording technology. Poeme Electronique are involved with the group, with additional compositions, arrangements and performances by Dave Hewson in his recording studio in East Sussex, and with lyrics added by Sharon Abbott, performed by both Sharon and Julie Ruler.
Techno Twins
Hewson was a key contributor to the musical output of the
Techno Twins
The Techno Twins (later known simply as The Technos) were a British electronic music duo formed in London.
Career
The band, consisting of husband-wife duo Steve Fairnie and Bev Sage, formed in 1977. In the 1990s, ''Mixmag'' magazine credited ...
in the 1980s, writing and creating most of their material for several albums. He performed on many of their other recordings and was integral in the creation of the only hit they had, "
Falling in Love Again". He invented their unique sound concept and arrangements, all created in his four track studio in south London.
References
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1953 births
English film score composers
English male film score composers
English television composers
English male composers
English record producers
Living people
Musicians from London
People from Wandsworth