Tony Britten

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Tony Britten is a British composer , conductor and director .

During the football season 1992/93, UEFA commissioned Britten to compose the anthem for the UEFA Champions League , with which Britten was musically based on the opening choir from Georg Friedrich Handel's coronation hymn " Zadok The Priest ".

Britten was the composer in the following television series

  • Grushko (1994)
  • Hancock (1991)
  • Burndown (1990)
  • Joyriders (1989)
  • Echoes (1988)
  • "Lost Belongings" (1987)
  • What Mad Pursuit? (1985)
  • "The Irish RM" (1983)

Films that he has been instrumental in

  • RoboCop (1987) (conductor)
  • John and Yoko: A Love Story (1985) (TV) (Music Director)
  • Lace II (1985) (TV) (conductor) (Orchestrator)
  • Wetherby (1985) (conductor) (musical arranger)
  • Charles Dickens' Christmas Story (1984) (TV) (Conductor)
  • The Scarlet Pimpernel (1982) (TV) (conductor)
  • Oliver Twist (1982 / I) (TV) (conductor)

In recent years he has also worked as a director:

  • She Stoops to Conquer (2008) (TV)
  • Peter Warlock: Some Little Joy (2005) (TV)

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