Adrian Johnston
Adrian Johnston (* 1961 in Carlisle, Cumbria, United Kingdom) is an English musician and film composer.
Life
Born and raised on a farm in Carlisle, Adrian began early to play the piano and writing his own compositions. He also dabbled in pop music and played the drums for Mike Scott's band Another Pretty Face, which eventually became The Waterboys, The Mike Flowers Pops and at; he was involved in the production of Christmas hits Wonderwall ( an easy-listening version of the Oasis classic ) part of 1995. So far, this single sold more than half a million copies worldwide.
1996 fell on Johnston Michael Winterbottom, because he played the violin straw on the set of Jude the Obscure. This led to Adrian's first film score for these same and collaborations in five films as Welcome to Sarajevo, With Or Without You and I want you. He also worked frequently with Stephen Poliakoff together, for example in Friends & Crocodiles and Gideon 's Daughter.
Adrian's style is very versatile. He wrote music for both horror and action films, as well as for romantic movies, comedies, silent films and literary adaptations.
He has over 70 pieces for theater company composed, including the Citizens Theatre in Glasgow and the National Theatre in London. In addition, he was also involved in various dance projects such as Strange Fish and Enter Achilles, Touched and Birds.
Besides gold for Wonderwall he also won an Emmy in 2008 for Shackleton. In addition, he was nominated for his music for The Lost Prince, Tipping the Velvet, Perfect Strangers and Our Mutual Friends for a BAFTA Award.