Stephen Deutsch (July 17, 1945) is a filmmaker, professor, and

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who has composed over 30 scores for film, theatre, radio, and television. His many collaborations with the playwright Peter Barnes include ''Jubilee'' (2001), the Olivier Award-winning play ''Red Noses'' (1985) and the feature film ''Hard Times'' (1994).

Career

He was a sound designer/composer on two films, ''Wild South'' and ''Postcards from, Applecross'', which he also directed. He has published one novel about music: ''Zweck.'' His second novel, ''Champion'', was set in France and Germany in the 1930s was published in July 2020. He was editor of ''The Soundtrack'' and ''The New Soundtrack'' journals from 2007-2018. Deutsch was educated initially in the United States (initial training - Juilliard Preparatory Division; BMus - SMU; MA -

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). After settling in Britain, he attended the

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where he was engaged in electro-acoustic composition under the direction of Tristram Cary. In 1971, he and two partners established Synthesiser Music Services, Ltd., an electro-acoustic studio in

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. At

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, he was

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of Post-Production. In 1992, he founded the University's PGDip/M.A. in Electro-Acoustic Music for Film and Television (later called Composing for the Screen). He was also Senior Tutor in Screen Composition at the

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Deutsch, Stephen 1945 births Living people American people of Jewish descent Academics of Bournemouth University American film score composers American male film score composers People from Brooklyn San Francisco State University alumni Juilliard School Pre-College Division alumni Alumni of the Royal College of Music Southern Methodist University alumni Labour Party (UK) people