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Francis Monkman (born 9 June 1949, in Hampstead, North London, England) is an English rock, classical and film score composer, and a founding member of both the progressive rock band Curved Air and the classical/rock fusion band Sky. ==Career== He was a pupil at Westminster School where he studied organ and harpsichord, later studying at the Royal College of Music, winning the Raymond Russell prize for virtuosity on the harpsichord and becoming a member of the Academy of St. Martin in the Fields. In the late 1960s, he founded the rock band Sisyphus, which evolved into the pioneering band Curved Air. He played on their first three albums, leaving after the release of ''Phantasmagoria'' (1972) and returning briefly for the tour which resulted in the release of the album ''Live'' (1975). He contributed to the Renaissance album ''Prologue'' (1972), worked with Al Stewart including contributing to the album ''Past, Present and Future'' (1973) and toured with The Shadows on their 20 Golden Greats Tour (1977). Also in 1977, he collaborated with Phil Manzanera and Brian Eno on the project 801. In 1978, he played all keyboards on Brian Bennett's solo album Voyage. In the late 1970s, he recorded music for television. In 1978, together with guitarist and composer John Williams he founded the classical/rock music fusion band called ''Sky'' with whom he stayed until 1980. In 1980, he resumed classical performances and recordings including the soundtrack to the British film, ''The Long Good Friday''. The album ''Energism'' included the electronic "Achievements of Man", from which extracts were used as the theme to the BBC programme Think Again.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Think Again clip )〕 He also composed the piece "Current Affairs", used by Channel 4 as the introduction to their "Engineering Announcements" segment, provided by the IBA.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Private Parts - Meldrum Home Page (MHP) )〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Francis Monkman」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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