Paul Englishby is a prolific, versatile and award-winning composer for film, television, theatre, concert hall and dance. His best-known work includes five series of the BBC’s Luther (BAFTA-nominated soundtrack); Emmy Award-winning music for David Hare’s Page Eight; An Education, starring Carey Mulligan (for which he received an ASCAP Award); box office and critical hit The Inheritance, directed by Stephen Daldry (London and Broadway, for which Englishby was nominated for both Tony and Olivier Awards); and his numerous scores for the Royal Shakespeare Company, with whom he has been an associate artist since 2018.
Recent scores include Lang Lang Plays Disney for Disney+; the big band charts for Apple TV+’s Masters of the Air; and vocal and jazz arrangements for Daniel Levy’s debut feature Good Grief. Other TV credits include Queens of Mystery (Acorn TV) and Together (BBC Two) starring Sharon Horgan and James McAvoy. Englishby’s ballet Imminent had its world premiere at Birmingham Royal Ballet in 2021, with further performances at Sadler’s Wells. An earlier ballet score was Pinocchio for the National Ballet of Canada, choreographed by Will Tuckett. Other recent theatre work includes Jack Absolute Flies Again at the National Theatre and Richard III and Cymbeline for the Royal Shakespeare Company.
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