Len Arran (born Leonard Arran, 7 June 1961,

Thornaby-on-Tees Thornaby-on-Tees, commonly referred to as Thornaby, is a town and civil parish on the River Tees's southern bank. It is in the Borough of Stockton-on-Tees, North Yorkshire, England. The parish had a population of 24,741 at the 2011 census, in t ...

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) is an

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composer of

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s, and songwriter for

Skunk Anansie Skunk Anansie are a British rock band whose members include Skin (lead vocals, guitar), Cass (bass, guitar, backing vocals), Ace (guitar, backing vocals) and Mark Richardson (drums and percussion). Skunk Anansie formed in 1994, disbanded in 2 ...

and solo artist

Deborah Dyer Deborah Anne Dyer (born 3 August 1967), known mononymously by the stage name Skin, is a British singer, songwriter and electronic music DJ. She is the lead vocalist of British rock band Skunk Anansie, a band often grouped as part of the Britro ...

(

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). He began his career as a guitarist in

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in the late 1980s. In 1991, he developed a writing partnership with Dyer, leading to the formation of rock band

. From 1994 onwards, they produced eight

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singles, including "Hedonism (Just Because You Feel Good)", "Twisted" and "Brazen (Weep)", and three

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albums: '' Paranoid and Sunburnt'' (1995), ''

Stoosh ''Stoosh'' is the second studio album by British rock band Skunk Anansie, released on 7 October 1996. Critical reception AllMusic's Tom Demalon stated: "Skunk Anansie's full-frontal charge can be wearing at times, but for a good dose of aggr ...

'' (1997) and ''

Post Orgasmic Chill ''Post Orgasmic Chill'' is the third studio album by British rock band Skunk Anansie, first released in 1999. Two album covers exist: the European version with the band lounging in an oceanside apartment, and the American version with the ban ...

'' (1999). 2004 saw the release of songs for Skin's first Solo Album, ''

Fleshwounds ''Fleshwounds'' is the debut solo album from Skunk Anansie lead singer Skin. Not entirely satisfied with its initial release, Skin re-released it with new album artwork and a slightly different track listing. "As Long as That's True" was replac ...

'' on

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followed by her second solo album, ''

Fake Chemical State ''Fake Chemical State'' is the second solo album by Skunk Anansie lead vocalist Skin. Released on 20 March 2006, the album was produced by Gordon Raphael and Skin herself, except for the first single "Alone in My Room" which Skin produced with f ...

'' (V2 Music) released in March 2006. The huge hit song ''

Secretly "Secretly" is a popular song. It was written by Al Hoffman, Dick Manning, Mark Markwell, and Hugo Peretti and Luigi Creatore and published in 1958. The best-known recording of the song was done by Jimmie Rodgers, which was a gold record. Chart ...

'' was used in the film ''

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'' (1999), along with other tracks for the films '' Strange Days'' (1995), '' Mission: Impossible'' (1998), '' The Avengers'' (1998), and other television credits in Europe and America. Arran has composed music for many computer games, including the

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PC game ''Tellurian Defence''. He has scored music for several Irish short films, in addition to music for "Simon Community" TV commercials. He has scored films including the award-winning ''A Dublin Story'' (2003), and ''Push Hands'' (2004), ''Past Pupil'' (2005) and '' L'Empire des loups'' (2005). Other works include the British romantic comedy '' The Truth About Love'' (2006), the Shimmy Marcus/Paul Davey documentary " reaking Boundaries(2008) and the latest feature from Shimmy Marcus, ''

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''. In 2009 the film ''

New Boy (film) ''New Boy'' is a 2007 Irish short film based on the short story by Irish novelist, dramatist and screenwriter, Roddy Doyle. It received an Academy Award nomination for Best Live Action Short Film. The film is about a young boy's experience as he ...

'' (2007), scored by Arran was nominated for an Oscar at the 81st

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(2009). He has recently written for singers J Marie Cooper and Indie Murton both of whom appeared on BBC show

The Voice UK (series 1) ''The Voice UK'' is a British television music competition to find new singing talent. The first series began on 24 March 2012 and ended on 2 June 2012. The show was co-presented by Holly Willoughby and Reggie Yates on BBC One. The series was won ...

2012, and played guitar with

for European acoustic shows in April 2013, recorded for a live DVD in summer of 2013. Arran lives on the island of

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Malta.

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