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'''Alastair King''' (born 1967) is a [[UK|British]] composer, perhaps best known for his music for film and television.
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'''Alastair King''' (born 1967) is a British composer and conductor, perhaps best known for his musical contributions to film and television. He frequently collaborates with composers [[Charlie Mole]], [[Geoff Zanelli]], [[Nicholas Hooper]] and [[Rupert Gregson-Williams]] by either conducting for them or acting as an orchestrator or both.
He studied music at [[Bath College of Higher Education]], graduating in 1991. He then undertook postgraduate study at [[Birmingham University]] and the [[University of Kansas]].

==Biography==
King studied music at [[Bath Spa University|Bath College of Higher Education]], graduating in 1991. He then undertook postgraduate study at [[Birmingham University]] and the [[University of Kansas]].


His work ''Hit the Ground (Running, Running, Running)'' was the only European entry in the final of the composing competition Masterprize 2001.
His work ''Hit the Ground (Running, Running, Running)'' was the only European entry in the final of the composing competition Masterprize 2001.


In addition to his concert works, King has composed music for various films, including ''[[Shrek]]'', ''[[Chicken Run]]'', and ''[[Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince (film)|Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince]]'' and television programmes, including the [[FIFA World Cup]] 2002, ''[[The Last Detective]]'', ''[[Second Nature]]'' and ''[[William and Mary]]''.
In addition to his concert works, King has composed music for various films, including ''[[Shrek]]'', ''[[Chicken Run]]'', and ''[[Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince (film)|Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince]]'' and television programmes, including the [[FIFA World Cup]] 2002, ''[[The Last Detective]]'', ''[[Second Nature (TV series)|Second Nature]]'' and ''[[William and Mary (TV series)|William and Mary]]''.

King's most recent roles include conducting and orchestrating on [[Doctor Who]] for [[Murray Gold]] and [[Segun Akinola]]. He replaced [[Ben Foster (orchestrator)|Ben Foster]] after his departure in 2015 and took on the full role for [[Doctor Who (series 10)|Series 10]]. He left the show after the 2017 Christmas special ''[[Twice Upon a Time (Doctor Who)|Twice Upon a Time]]'', then returned in 2021 for [[Doctor Who (series 13)|Series 13's]] ''[[The Vanquishers]]'', the finale of the six-part ''Flux'' arc, as well as the [[Doctor Who (2022 specials)|final three specials]] of [[Jodie Whittaker]]'s era as the [[Thirteenth Doctor]] in 2022.

==Filmography==
{| class="wikitable"
|-
! style="background:#B0C4DE;" | Year
! style="background:#B0C4DE;" | Title
! style="background:#B0C4DE;" | Composer(s)
! style="background:#B0C4DE;" | Notes
|-
|2001
|''[[Shrek]]''
|[[Harry Gregson-Williams]]<br />[[John Powell (composer)|John Powell]]
|Music Assistant
|-
|rowspan=3|2002
|''[[Thunderpants]]''
|[[Rupert Gregson-Williams]]
|Conductor and Orchestrator
|-
|''[[The Heart of Me (film)|The Heart of Me]]''
|[[Nicholas Hooper]]
|Conductor
|-
|''[[Plots with a View]]''
|rowspan=2|Rupert Gregson-Williams
|rowspan=2|Conductor and Orchestrator
|-
|2003
|[[What a Girl Wants (film)|''What a Girl Wants'']]
|-
|rowspan=3|2004
|''[[Agent Cody Banks 2: Destination London]]''
|Mark Thomas
|Music Preparation
|-
|[[King Arthur (2004 film)|''King Arthur'']]
|[[Hans Zimmer]]
|Music arranger: Choral
|-
|''[[Hotel Rwanda]]''
|Rupert Gregson-Williams
|Additional score arranger
|-
|rowspan=8|2005
|[[The Magic Roundabout (film)|''The Magic Roundabout'']]
|Mark Thomas
|Conductor: Choir
|-
|[[Kingdom of Heaven (film)|''Kingdom of Heaven'']]
|[[Harry Gregson-Williams]]
|Orchestrator
|-
|''[[Guy X]]''
|[[Charlie Mole]]<br />[[Hilmar Örn Hilmarsson]]
|Conductor and Orchestrator
|-
|[[The Island (2005 film)|''The Island'']]
|[[Steve Jablonsky]]
|Conductor: Choir
|-
|''[[Spirit Trap]]''
|[[Guy Fletcher]]
|Orchestrator
|-
|''[[Wallace & Gromit: The Curse of the Were-Rabbit]]''
|[[Julian Nott]]
|Composer of Additional Music
|-
|[[BloodRayne (film)|''Blood Rayne'']]
|[[Henning Lohner]]
|Conductor
|-
|''[[The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe]]''
|Harry Gregson-Williams
|Conductor: Choir(uncredited)
|-
|rowspan=5|2006
|''Goose on the Loose''
|Charlie Mole
|rowspan=3|Conductor and Orchestator
|-
|[[Curious George (film)|''Curious George'']]
|[[Heitor Pereira]]
|-
|[[Over the Hedge (film)|''Over the Hedge'']]
|Rupert Gregson-Williams
|-
|''[[Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest]]''
|Hans Zimmer
|Conductor: Choir
|-
|[[Fade to Black (2006 film)|''Fade to Black'']]
|Charlie Mole
|Conductor and Orchestrator
|-
|rowspan=5|2007
|''[[Mr. Bean's Holiday]]''
|[[Howard Goodall]]
|Orchestrator
|-
|''[[Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix (soundtrack)|Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix]]''
|Nicholas Hooper
|rowspan=2|Conductor and Orchestrator
|-
|''[[Bee Movie]]''
|Rupert Gregson-Williams
|-
|''[[Fred Claus]]''
|[[Christophe Beck]]
|Conductor
|-
|[[St Trinian's (film)|''St Trinian's'']]
|Charlie Mole
|Orchestrator
|-
|rowspan=3|2008
|''[[Made of Honor]]''
|rowspan=4|Rupert Gregson-Williams
|rowspan=2|Conductor(uncredited) and Orchestrator
|-
|''[[You Don't Mess with the Zohan]]''
|-
|[[Bedtime Stories (film)|''Bedtime Stories'']]
|Orchestrator
|-
|rowspan=5|2009
|''[[The Maiden Heist]]''
|rowspan=3|Conductor and Orchestrator
|-
|[[Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince (film)|''Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince'']]
|Nicholas Hooper
|-
|[[Dorian Gray (2009 film)|''Dorian Gray'']]
|Charlie Mole
|-
|[[Harry Brown (film)|''Harry Brown'']]
|{{plainlist|* Martin Phipps
* [[Ruth Barrett (composer)|Ruth Barrett]]
* [[Pete Tong]]
* [[Theo Green]]
* Paul Rogers
}}
|Orchestrator
|-
|''[[St Trinian's 2: The Legend of Fritton's Gold]]''
|Charlie Mole
|Conductor and Orchestrator
|-
|rowspan=2|2010
|''[[Prince of Persia: The Sands of Time]]''
|Harry Gregson-Williams
|Orchestrator(uncredited)
|-
|[[Grown Ups (film)|''Grown Ups'']]
|rowspan=3|Rupert Gregson-Williams
|rowspan=3|Orchestrator
|-
|rowspan=5|2011
|''[[Just Go with It]]''
|-
|[[Zookeeper (film)|''Zookeeper'']]
|-
|''[[Stella Days]]''
|Nicholas Hooper
|Conductor and Orchestrator
|-
|''[[Beneath the Darkness]]''
|[[Geoff Zanelli]]
|Conductor
|-
|[[Jack and Jill (2011 film)|''Jack and Jill'']]
|Rupert Gregson-Williams<br />[[Waddy Wachtel]]
|Orchestrator
|-
|rowspan=6|2012
|[[Red Lights (2012 film)|''Red Lights'']]
|Victor Reyes
|Conductor
|-
|''Should've Been Romeo''
|Geoff Zanelli
|Conductor and Orchestrator
|-
|[[That's My Boy (2012 film)|''That's My Boy'']]
|Rupert Gregson-Williams
|rowspan=2|Orchestrator
|-
|[[Total Recall (2012 film)|''Total Recall'']]
|Harry Gregson-Williams
|-
|''[[Song for Marion]]''
|[[Laura Rossi]]
|Conductor and Orchestrator
|-
|''[[Here Comes the Boom]]''
|Rupert Gregson-Williams
|Orchestrator
|-
|rowspan=3|2013
|''[[Dead Man Down]]''
|[[Jacob Groth]]
|Conductor and Orchestrator
|-
|''[[Grown Ups 2]]''
|Rupert Gregson-Williams
|Orchestrator
|-
|[[Gravity (2013 film)|''Gravity'']]
|[[Steven Price (composer)|Steven Price]]
|Orchestrator(uncredited)
|-
|rowspan=5|2014
|''[[Vampire Academy]]''
|[[Rolfe Kent]]
|rowspan=3|Orchestrator
|-
|''[[Winter's Tale]]''
|Hans Zimmer<br />Rupert Gregson-Williams
|-
|[[Blended (film)|''Blended'']]
|rowspan=2|Rupert Gregson-Williams
|-
|''[[Postman Pat: The Movie]]''
|Conductor and Orchestrator
|-
|''[[Exodus: Gods and Kings]]''
|[[Alberto Iglesias]]
|rowspan=2|Orchestrator
|-
|rowspan=5|2015
|''[[The Scorpion King 4: Quest for Power]]''
|Geoff Zanelli
|-
|[[Mortdecai (film)|''Mortdecai'']]
|Geoff Zanelli<br />[[Mark Ronson]]
|Conductor and Orchestrator
|-
|''[[Paul Blart: Mall Cop 2]]''
|Rupert Gregson-Williams
|rowspan=3|Orchestrator
|-
|[[The Martian (film)|''The Martian'']]
|Harry Gregson-Williams
|-
|''[[The Ridiculous 6]]''
|Rupert Gregson-Williams<br />Elmo Webber
|-
|rowspan=6|2016
|[[Dad's Army (2016 film)|''Dad's Army'']]
|Charlie Mole
|Conductor and Orchestrator
|-
|[[Altamira (film)|''Altamira'']]
|[[Mark Knopfler]]<br />[[Evelyn Glennie]]
|rowspan=2|Orchestrator
|-
|''[[The Do-Over]]''
|rowspan=2|Rupert Gregson-William
|-
|[[The Legend of Tarzan (film)|''The Legend of Tarzan'']]
|Conductor and Orchestrator
|-
|[[Masterminds (2016 film)|''Masterminds'']]
|Geoff Zanelli
|Orchestrator
|-
|''Winter Thaw''
|Nicholas Hooper
|Conductor and Orchestrator
|-
|rowspan=3|2017
|''[[The Ottoman Lieutenant]]''
|Geoff Zanelli
|rowspan=2|Orchestrator
|-
|''[[Sandy Wexler]]''
|rowspan=2|Rupert Gregson-Williams
|-
|[[Wonder Woman (2017 film)|''Wonder Woman'']]
|rowspan=2|Conductor and Orchestrator
|-
|rowspan=4|2018
|''Swimming with Men''
|Charlie Mole
|-
|[[Skyscraper (2018 film)|''Skyscraper'']]
|Steve Jablonsky
|Conductor
|-
|''[[The Meg]]''
|Harry Gregson-Williams
|Orchestrator
|-
|[[Aquaman (film)|''Aquaman'']]
|Rupert Gregson-Williams
|Conductor and Orchestrator
|-
|}


==References==
==References==
{{reflist}}
*[http://www.composer.co.uk/composers/king.html Composers.co.uk profile]
*[http://www.composer.co.uk/composers/king.html Composers.co.uk profile]
*[http://www.sibeliusmusic.com/index.php?sm=account.details&uid=1749 Sibelius Music profile]
*[http://www.sibeliusmusic.com/index.php?sm=account.details&uid=1749 Sibelius Music profile]
*[http://www.musicnow.co.uk/composers/pdf/king-bio.pdf Music now biography in PDF]
*[http://www.musicnow.co.uk/composers/pdf/king-bio.pdf Music now biography in PDF]


==External Links==
==External links==
*[http://www.chesternovello.com/default.aspx?tabId=2434&Archive=true&State_2912=2&newsId_2912=35 Chester-Novello bio]
*[http://www.chesternovello.com/default.aspx?tabId=2434&Archive=true&State_2912=2&newsId_2912=35 Chester-Novello bio]
*{{IMDb name|1071859}}
*[http://www.imdb.com/name/nm1071859/ Alistair King at IMDb]

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Latest revision as of 00:41, 24 December 2022

Alastair King
Born1967 (age 56–57)
GenresFilm score, Classical music
Occupation(s)Conductor, Composer, Orchestrator

Alastair King (born 1967) is a British composer and conductor, perhaps best known for his musical contributions to film and television. He frequently collaborates with composers Charlie Mole, Geoff Zanelli, Nicholas Hooper and Rupert Gregson-Williams by either conducting for them or acting as an orchestrator or both.

Biography[edit]

King studied music at Bath College of Higher Education, graduating in 1991. He then undertook postgraduate study at Birmingham University and the University of Kansas.

His work Hit the Ground (Running, Running, Running) was the only European entry in the final of the composing competition Masterprize 2001.

In addition to his concert works, King has composed music for various films, including Shrek, Chicken Run, and Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince and television programmes, including the FIFA World Cup 2002, The Last Detective, Second Nature and William and Mary.

King's most recent roles include conducting and orchestrating on Doctor Who for Murray Gold and Segun Akinola. He replaced Ben Foster after his departure in 2015 and took on the full role for Series 10. He left the show after the 2017 Christmas special Twice Upon a Time, then returned in 2021 for Series 13's The Vanquishers, the finale of the six-part Flux arc, as well as the final three specials of Jodie Whittaker's era as the Thirteenth Doctor in 2022.

Filmography[edit]

Year Title Composer(s) Notes
2001 Shrek Harry Gregson-Williams
John Powell 		Music Assistant
2002 Thunderpants Rupert Gregson-Williams Conductor and Orchestrator
The Heart of Me Nicholas Hooper Conductor
Plots with a View Rupert Gregson-Williams Conductor and Orchestrator
2003 What a Girl Wants
2004 Agent Cody Banks 2: Destination London Mark Thomas Music Preparation
King Arthur Hans Zimmer Music arranger: Choral
Hotel Rwanda Rupert Gregson-Williams Additional score arranger
2005 The Magic Roundabout Mark Thomas Conductor: Choir
Kingdom of Heaven Harry Gregson-Williams Orchestrator
Guy X Charlie Mole
Hilmar Örn Hilmarsson 		Conductor and Orchestrator
The Island Steve Jablonsky Conductor: Choir
Spirit Trap Guy Fletcher Orchestrator
Wallace & Gromit: The Curse of the Were-Rabbit Julian Nott Composer of Additional Music
Blood Rayne Henning Lohner Conductor
The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe Harry Gregson-Williams Conductor: Choir(uncredited)
2006 Goose on the Loose Charlie Mole Conductor and Orchestator
Curious George Heitor Pereira
Over the Hedge Rupert Gregson-Williams
Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest Hans Zimmer Conductor: Choir
Fade to Black Charlie Mole Conductor and Orchestrator
2007 Mr. Bean's Holiday Howard Goodall Orchestrator
Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix Nicholas Hooper Conductor and Orchestrator
Bee Movie Rupert Gregson-Williams
Fred Claus Christophe Beck Conductor
St Trinian's Charlie Mole Orchestrator
2008 Made of Honor Rupert Gregson-Williams Conductor(uncredited) and Orchestrator
You Don't Mess with the Zohan
Bedtime Stories Orchestrator
2009 The Maiden Heist Conductor and Orchestrator
Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince Nicholas Hooper
Dorian Gray Charlie Mole
Harry Brown
Orchestrator
St Trinian's 2: The Legend of Fritton's Gold Charlie Mole Conductor and Orchestrator
2010 Prince of Persia: The Sands of Time Harry Gregson-Williams Orchestrator(uncredited)
Grown Ups Rupert Gregson-Williams Orchestrator
2011 Just Go with It
Zookeeper
Stella Days Nicholas Hooper Conductor and Orchestrator
Beneath the Darkness Geoff Zanelli Conductor
Jack and Jill Rupert Gregson-Williams
Waddy Wachtel 		Orchestrator
2012 Red Lights Victor Reyes Conductor
Should've Been Romeo Geoff Zanelli Conductor and Orchestrator
That's My Boy Rupert Gregson-Williams Orchestrator
Total Recall Harry Gregson-Williams
Song for Marion Laura Rossi Conductor and Orchestrator
Here Comes the Boom Rupert Gregson-Williams Orchestrator
2013 Dead Man Down Jacob Groth Conductor and Orchestrator
Grown Ups 2 Rupert Gregson-Williams Orchestrator
Gravity Steven Price Orchestrator(uncredited)
2014 Vampire Academy Rolfe Kent Orchestrator
Winter's Tale Hans Zimmer
Rupert Gregson-Williams
Blended Rupert Gregson-Williams
Postman Pat: The Movie Conductor and Orchestrator
Exodus: Gods and Kings Alberto Iglesias Orchestrator
2015 The Scorpion King 4: Quest for Power Geoff Zanelli
Mortdecai Geoff Zanelli
Mark Ronson 		Conductor and Orchestrator
Paul Blart: Mall Cop 2 Rupert Gregson-Williams Orchestrator
The Martian Harry Gregson-Williams
The Ridiculous 6 Rupert Gregson-Williams
Elmo Webber
2016 Dad's Army Charlie Mole Conductor and Orchestrator
Altamira Mark Knopfler
Evelyn Glennie 		Orchestrator
The Do-Over Rupert Gregson-William
The Legend of Tarzan Conductor and Orchestrator
Masterminds Geoff Zanelli Orchestrator
Winter Thaw Nicholas Hooper Conductor and Orchestrator
2017 The Ottoman Lieutenant Geoff Zanelli Orchestrator
Sandy Wexler Rupert Gregson-Williams
Wonder Woman Conductor and Orchestrator
2018 Swimming with Men Charlie Mole
Skyscraper Steve Jablonsky Conductor
The Meg Harry Gregson-Williams Orchestrator
Aquaman Rupert Gregson-Williams Conductor and Orchestrator

References[edit]

External links[edit]


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