Composer George Fenton (Dangerous Liaisons, Groundhog Day, The Blue Planet, Anna and the King, Hitch) is reuniting with director Ken Loach on the upcoming drama The Old Oak. The film starring Dave Turner, Ebla Mari and Debbie Honeywood centers on the owner of a pub threatened with closure after the arrival of Syrian refugees, when […]
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George Fenton Scoring Ken Loach’s ‘The Old Oak’
Posted: April 24, 2023 by filmmusicreporter in Film Scoring AssignmentsTags: George Fenton, Ken Loach, The Old Oak
‘The Angels’ Share’ Digital Soundtrack Album Released
Posted: June 2, 2022 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music AlbumsTags: George Fenton, Ken Loach, score, Soundtrack, The Angels' Share
Shogun Music has released a digital version of the soundtrack for the 2012 comedy drama The Angels’ Share directed by Ken Loach, written by Paul Laverty and starring Paul Brannigan, John Henshaw, Gary Maitland and William Ruane. The album features the film’s original score composed by Academy Award nominee George Fenton (Dangerous Liaisons, Groundhog Day, Anna […]
George Fenton Scoring Ken Loach’s ‘Sorry We Missed You’
Posted: April 17, 2019 by filmmusicreporter in Film Scoring AssignmentsTags: George Fenton, Ken Loach, Sorry We Missed You
Composer George Fenton (Dangerous Liaisons, Groundhog Day, Hitch, The Blue Planet) is reuniting with director Ken Loach on the upcoming drama Sorry We Missed You. The film starring Kris Hitchen, Debbie Honeywood, Katie Proctor and Rhys Stone explores the issue of hardship in modern-day Britain through the story of a young couple scraping to get by […]
Ken Loach’s ‘I, Daniel Blake’ to Feature Music by George Fenton
Posted: April 28, 2016 by filmmusicreporter in Film Scoring AssignmentsTags: George Fenton, I Danie Blake, Ken Loach
George Fenton is reteaming with director Ken Loach on the upcoming drama I, Daniel Blake. The film stars Dave Johns in the title role, alongside Hayley Squires. The movie follows a middle aged carpenter who requires state welfare after injuring himself, and is joined by a single mother in a similar scenario. Paul Laverty (The […]
George Fenton Scoring Ken Loach’s ‘Jimmy’s Hall’
Posted: April 3, 2014 by filmmusicreporter in Film Scoring AssignmentsTags: George Fenton, Jimmy's Hall, Ken Loach
George Fenton is reuniting with director Ken Loach on the upcoming drama Jimmy’s Hall. The movie stars Barry Ward in the title role, alongside Simone Kirby, Jim Norton, Brían O’Byrne and Andrew Scott. The movie is set in 1932 and follows Irish communist leader James Gralton who returns from a decade in New York to re-open the dance hall he built […]
‘The Angel’s Share’ Soundtrack Details
Posted: April 1, 2013 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music AlbumsTags: George Fenton, Ken Loach, score, Soundtrack, The Angels' Share
Quartet Records has released a soundtrack album for Ken Loach’s comedy drama The Angel’s Share. The album features the film’s original score composed by the director’s regular musical collaborator George Fenton (Gandhi, The Fisher King, Groundhog Day). Also included are two songs featured in the film by by The Proclaimers and Deadmau5. The soundtrack is […]
George Fenton Scoring Ken Loach’s ‘The Spirit of ’45’
Posted: January 19, 2013 by filmmusicreporter in Film Scoring AssignmentsTags: George Fenton, Ken Loach, The Spirit of '45
George Fenton has reunited with director Ken Loach to score his upcoming feature-length documentary The Spirit of ’45 about a new socialism that emerged in the U.K. as World War II came to an end in 1945. The British director used footage from Britain’s regional and national archives, alongside sound recordings and contemporary interviews, to […]
George Fenton Scoring Ken Loach’s ‘The Angels’ Share’
Posted: March 10, 2012 by filmmusicreporter in Film Scoring AssignmentsTags: George Fenton, Ken Loach, The Angels' Share
George Fenton is reuniting with director Ken Loach on the upcoming comedy drama The Angels’ Share. The film starring John Henshaw, William Ruane, Gary Maitland, Roger Allam,Paul Brannigan, Siobhan Reilly and Jasmin Riggins follows a new father who narrowly avoids a prison sentence and starts a whisky distillery. Frequent Loach collaborator Paul Laverty (The Wind […]