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May 10, 1963

 This is how Who's Who writes up composer Debbie Wiseman, with minor reformatting.



Wiseman, Debbie 

OBE 2018 (MBE 2004)

Born 10 May 1963; d of Paul Wiseman and Barbara Wiseman; m 1987, Tony Wharmby

composer and conductor, film and television scores, since 1984

Education

Henrietta Barnett Sch.; Trinity Coll. of Music, London (Saturday Exhibnr); Kingsway-Princeton Morley Coll., London; GSMD (GGSM 1984). FRCM 2020

Career

Film scores include: Tom and Viv, 1994; Haunted, 1995; Wilde, 1997; Lighthouse, 1998; Tom’s Midnight Garden, 1999; Before You Go, 2002; Freeze Frame, Arsène Lupin, 2004; The Truth About Love, 2005; Middletown, 2006; Flood, 2007; Lesbian Vampire Killers, The Hide, 2009; Edie, 2018; television scores include: The Good Guys, 1992–93; Warriors, 2000; Judge John Deed, 2001–06; My Uncle Silas, 2001; Othello, 2001; He Knew He Was Right, 2004; 


The Man-eating Leopard of Rudraprayag, 2005; 


Beaten, 2005; The Inspector Lynley Mysteries, 2005; Johnny and the Bomb, 2006; Jekyll, 2007; The Passion, 2008; Stephen Fry in America, 2009; Land Girls, 2009–11; Joanna Lumley’s Nile, 2010; The Promise, 2011; Fry’s Planet Word, 2011; Joanna Lumley’s Greek Odyssey, 2011; Lost Christmas, 2012; Father Brown, 2013; WPC 56, 2013; A Poet In New York, 2014; Wolf Hall, 2015; The Coroner, 2015; Dickensian, 2016; The Queen’s 90th Birthday Celebration, 2016; Shakespeare and Hathaway Private Investigators, 2017; theatre: Feather Boy: the musical, NT, 2006; Sweet Bird of Youth, Chichester Fest. Th., 2017; The Deep Blue Sea, Chichester Fest. Th., 2019. Vis. Prof., Composition for Screen course, RCM, 1998–. Composer in Residence, Classic FM, 2016–; Composer, Royal Windsor Pageant, 2020. President: Vaughan Williams Fest., 2018–; Making Music, 2019–. Patron, Soundabout, 2019. Hon. FTCL 2006; Hon. FGSM 2007; Hon. DMus Sussex, 2015

Recreations

swimming, table tennis, snooker


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