Nicholas Hooper is one of Europe’s leading composers, having written and produced music for over 250 films, dramas and documentaries since 1990. He has developed a reputation for producing music that is original, inspiring and always colourful.
His scores have received several major accolades. He’s won two BAFTAs for Best Original Score, one in 2007 for ITV’s Prime Suspect VII and another in 2004 for The Young Visiters (as well as being nominated for State of Play in the same year). He was nominated for a 2006 BAFTA for his score to The Girl In The Café, and prior to this was BAFTA nominated for The Way We Live Now. In 1998 he won the coveted Golden Panda Award for Land of the Tiger, a major BBC documentary series on India. The following year he won again (having been nominated for three separate scores), making him the first composer to win the award consecutively. He has received many other accolades for his feature films including the period feature The Heart Of Me, starring Helena Bonham Carter and Olivia Williams, and The Tichbourne Claimant (a quote from Variety: “Nicholas Hooper’s alert symphonic score rates a major bow, adding shape and atmosphere to the labyrinthine tale”).
Nicholas scored Philip Martin’s feature, Einstein and Eddington, starring David Tennant as Sir Arthur Eddington and Andy Serkis as Albert Einstein for Company Pictures/HBO, and Belonging for BBC Wales Drama. He also scored Enid for Carnival/BBC, Mo for C4, and Yes Virginia, a CBS animated film for Christmas 2009.
Nicholas has received great critical acclaim for his stunning scores to both Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix for Warner Bros, (“Let there be no doubt – Hooper’s reputation is cemented with this work, and his career just shifted gears.” Daniel Champion, Music from the Movies, July 2007), and Harry Potter and the Half Blood Prince, nominated for a 2010 Grammy for Best Film Score. He most recently completed recording two wonderful scores to the Walt Disney Pictures feature releases, African Cats and Chimpanzee.
Credits
| THE ESCAPE ARTIST | BBC Directors: Brian Welsh Producers: Hilary Bevan-Jones Starring: David Tennant, Sophie Okenedo | |
| NORTH AMERICA | Silverback Films Directors: Sarah Kass, Max Salomon, Laura Fravel, James Manfull Producers: Adam Chapman Starring: Tom Selleck | |
| CHIMPANZEE | Walt Disney Pictures Directors: Mark Linfield, Alistair Fothergill Producers: Mark Linfield, Alistair Fothergill, Alex Tidmarsh | |
| AFRICAN CATS | Walt Disney Pictures Directors: Keith Scholey, Alistair Fothergill Producers: Jane Hamlin, Keith Scholey | |
| HARRY POTTER AND THE HALF BLOOD PRINCE | Warner Bros Director: David Yates Producer: David Heyman, David Barron | Grammy Nomination 2010: Best Film Score Classic FM Film Music of the Year Award 2010 |
| HARRY POTTER AND THE ORDER OF THE PHOENIX | Warner Bros Director: David Yates Producers: David Heyman, David Barron | |
| YES VIRGINIA | J Walter Thompson / CBS Director/creator: Wayne Best Producer: Kate Schwerin Executive Producers: Robin Feldman, Mick Ebeling | |
| ENID | Carnival/BBC Director: James Hawes Producers: Lee Morris, Sally Woodward Gentle | |
| DCI BANKS | Left Bank Pictures Director: James Hawes Producers: Francis Hopkinson | |
| MO | Granada/C4 Director: Phillip Martin Producer: Lisa Gilchrist | |
| EINSTEIN AND EDDINGTON | HBO Director: Philip Martin Producer: Mark Pybus Starring: David Tennant, Andy Serkis | |
| PRIME SUSPECT VII THE FINAL ACT | TV Director: Phillip Martin Producers: Andrew Benson, Rebecca Eaton, Andy Harries Starring: Helen Mirren | BAFTA Award 2007: Best Original TV Music |
| THE CHATTERLEY TRIAL | BBC Director: James Hawes Producer: Karen Lewis | |
| MY FAMILY & OTHER ANIMALS | BBC Director: Sheree Folkson Producer: Simon Lewis Starring: Imelda Staunton | |
| THE GIRL IN THE CAFE | Tightrope Productions Director: David Yates Producer: Hilary Bevan Jones, Julie Gardner Executive Producer: Richard CurtisStarring: Bill Nighy | BAFTA Nomination 2006: Best Original Music |
| MESSIAH III | BBC/Paramount Director: David Drury Producer: Sanne Wohlenberg, Sophie Gardiner Starring: Ken Stott | |
| THE YOUNG VISITERS | BBC Film Director: David Yates Producer: Christopher Hall Starring: Jim Broadbent | BAFTA Award 2004: Best Original Music IVOR NOVELLO Award 2004: Best Original Music |
| STATE OF PLAY | BBC Director: David Yates Producer: Hilary Bevan Jones Starring: Bill Nighy; John Sim | BAFTA Nomination 2004: Best Original Music |
| THE HEART OF ME (Feature Film) | Martin Pope Productions/BBC Films Director: Thaddeus O’Sullivan Producer: Martin Pope Starring: Helena Bonham Carter, Olivia Williams, Paul Bettany | |
| THE WAY WE LIVE NOW | Deep Indigo Productions/BBC Director: David Yates Producer: Nigel Stafford-Clark Starring: David Suchet | BAFTA Nomination 2002: Best Original Music |
| TIGER SPECIAL | BBC | Winner GOLDEN PANDA award 2000 |
| ELEPHANTS OF THE SAND RIVER | BBC | Winner GOLDEN PANDA award 2000 |
| WARRIOR MONKEYS | BBC | Winner GOLDEN PANDA award 2000 |
| THE TICHBORNE CLAIMANT | Bigger Picture Company Director: David Yates | |
| LAND OF THE TIGER | BBC | Winner GOLDEN PANDA award 1998 Finalist RTS award 1998 |