Barrington Pheloung

Barrington Somers Pheloung (10 May 1954 – 1 August 2019) was an Australian composer. He lived in England. He is one of the most prolific television and movie composers in the UK, known for his wide range of compositional genres.

Best known for the theme and incidental music to the Inspector Morse, for which he was nominated for 'Best Original Television Music' at the British Academy Television Awards in 1991, the sequel  Lewis, and the prequel Endeavour. He has also composed for dance companies, such as the London Contemporary Dance Theatre, and for events, including the opening night of the Millennium Dome.. Pheloung also wrote the theme music for the BBC television series Dalziel & Pascoe.

His film work, includes Hillary and Jackie, based on the life of the cellist Jacqueline du Pré, for which he was nominated for the 'Anthony Asquith Award for Film Music' at the 52nd British Academy Film Awards.  Other works include A Previous Engagement, The Little Fugitive, Shopgirl, Touching Wild Horses, Twin Dragons, Shopping and The Mangler. He also made the music to Revolution Software's adventure games In Cold Blood and the first two Broken Swords.

Pheloung's other work includes music for the Sydney Opera House's Twentieth Birthday Celebrations and he contributed to the music for the movie, Truly, Madly, Deeply in which he also appeared. He composed the incidental music for the first series of Boon.

In 2009 he composed the music for 1983, the concluding episode of the acclaimed Channel 4 drama series Red Riding.

He died in August 2019 at the age of 65 of respiratory failure.

 Discography 
 Red Riding, 2009
 Lewis, Music from Series 1 & 2, 2008
 And When Did You Last See Your Father? 2007
 Shopgirl, 2006
 The Magic of Inspector Morse, 2000
 Inspirations, 2001
 Hilary and Jackie, 1998
 The Passion of Morse, 1997
 The Essential Inspector Morse Collection, 1995
 Shopping, 1994
 Nostradamus, 1994
 Days of Majesty, 1993
 Inspector Morse Vol. 3, 1992
 Inspector Morse Vol. 2, 1992
 Inspector Morse Vol. 1, 1991

 Credits 
 Endeavour, 2012
 Red Riding, 2009
 Incendiary, 2008
 And When Did You Last See Your Father? 2007
 Lewis, 2006 -
 Shopgirl, 2005
 Touching Wild Horses, 2002
 Hilary and Jackie, 1998
 Twin Dragons, 1996
 The Saint-Exupery Story, 1995
 The Mangler, 1994
 Nostradamus, 1994
 Truly Madly Deeply, 1991
 Friendships’s Death, 1987
 Inspector Morse, 1987 - 2000

 References 

 Other websites 
 Official website

 http://www.inspectormorse.co.uk/ 
 http://www.itv.com/Drama/copsandcrime/Lewis/default.html 

Category:Musicians from Sydney
Category:1954 births
Category:2019 deaths
Category:Movie score composers
Category:Australian composers