Barrington Pheloung

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Barrington Somers Pheloung (Manly, NSW, Australia, 10 May 1954 - 31 July 2019) was an Australian composer based in England, best known for the theme and incidental music to the Inspector Morse television series. Barrington Pheloung spent his early years a guitarist in a blues band before travelling to London, where he studied composition, guitar, doublebass, and conducting at the Royal College of Music. In 1977, he won a place on the International Course for Professional Composers and Choreographers at Surrey University. In 1979, he was appointed Musical Advisor to the London Contemporary Dance Theatre and toured with the group in the UK and internationally as their Principal Conductor until 1990 Best known and internationally recognized for the theme and incidental music to the Inspector Morse television series, 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. His film work includes Hillary and Jackie for which he was nominated for an Academy Award and Touching Wild Horses. 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 the score for the biopic Nostradamus, the music for Sydney Opera House's Twentieth Birthday Celebrations and he contributed to the music for the film, Truly, Madly, Deeply in which he also appeared. He composed the incidental music for the first series of Bo

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The Essential Inspector Morse Collection Original Soundtrack

Inspector Morse Volume II Original Soundtrack

Inspector Morse Volume III Original Soundtrack

The Magic Of Inspector Morse Original Soundtrack

Lewis

The Passion Of Morse

Pure Moods

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Relaxing Songs

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The Most Relaxing Classical Music in the World...Ever!

Inspector Morse

Broken Sword: Shadow of the Templars - The Director's Cut Original Soundtrack

Endeavour

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