Mick Cooke (born 15 December 1973) is a

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muli-instrumentalist who was the

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player of the indie band

Belle & Sebastian Belle and Sebastian are a Scottish indie pop band formed in Glasgow in 1996. Led by Stuart Murdoch, the band has released eleven albums. They are often compared with acts such as The Smiths and Nick Drake. The name "Belle and Sebastian" comes ...

for fifteen years before leaving in 2013 to concentrate on composing full-time.Taylor, Luke (2013)
Interview: Mick Cooke (formerly) of Belle & Sebastian
, '' The Current'', 11 December 2013. Retrieved 3 March 2015 Besides trumpet, Cooke plays other brass instruments, including the

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, and occasionally plays

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and

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live. Cooke was a founding member of Belle & Sebastian, although he did not officially join until their third album (he was prevented from doing so because his other band, Hardbody, was under contract with

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). Whilst he was known to sing at some concerts (including a rendition of " This Guy's In Love With You"), the only official Belle & Sebastian release with Cooke on lead vocals is "The Monkeys Are Breaking Out of The Zoo", from the charity compilation '' Colours Are Brighter''. Cooke also plays in the

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band The Amphetameanies and appeared on the 2007 Idlewild album, ''Make Another World''. He has worked as an arranger for artists such as Franz Ferdinand, Phil Cunningham, and

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.Fisher, Mark (2013)
Belle and Sebastian’s Mick Cooke on scoring Cannibal Women of Mars
, ''

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'', 30 June 2013. Retrieved 16 November 2013 He is said to have had an influence on other Scottish-based bands, including Franz Ferdinand (who incidentally were given a bass guitar by Mick, leading to the formation of the band), whose members appeared in Belle & Sebastian's enigmatic early promotional photographs. Cooke now composes music for films, theatre, and animations. He worked as composer on ''

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'' for CBeebies, and on ''

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'' for Nick Jr. His theatre work includes the score for ''Cannibal Women Of Mars'' which played at the

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in 2013.

References

External links

Mick Cooke's website
{{DEFAULTSORT:Cooke, Mick 1973 births Living people Scottish trumpeters Male trumpeters Belle and Sebastian members British indie pop musicians People educated at Harris Academy