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Joby Talbot (born 25 August 1971) is a British composer.〔(Last.fm )〕 He has written for a wide variety of purposes and an accordingly broad range of styles, including instrumental and vocal concert music, film and television scores, pop arrangements and works for dance.〔(Joby Talbot - Bio ), Chester Novello (The Music Sales Group).〕 He is therefore known to sometimes disparate audiences for quite different works. Prominent compositions include the a cappella choral works ''The Wishing Tree'' (2002) and ''Path of Miracles'' (2005); orchestral works ''Sneaker Wave'' (2004), ''Tide Harmonic'' (2009), ''Worlds, Stars, Systems, Infinity'' (2012) and ''Meniscus'' (2012); the theme and score for the popular BBC Two comedy series ''The League of Gentlemen'' (1999-2002); silent film scores ''The Lodger'' (1999) and ''The Dying Swan'' (2002) for the British Film Institute; film scores ''The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy'' (2005), ''Son of Rambow'' (2007) and ''Penelope'' (2008).〔(Joby Talbot - Works ), Music Sales Classical (The Music Sales Group).〕 Works for dance include ''Chroma'' (2006), ''Genus'' (2007), ''Fool's Paradise'' (2007), ''Chamber Symphony'' (2012), ''Alice's Adventures in Wonderland'' (2011, revived 2012 and 2013) and ''The Winter's Tale'' (2014), the latter two being full-length narrative ballet scores commissioned by The Royal Ballet and the National Ballet of Canada.〔 Talbot premiered his first opera in January 2015 with Dallas Opera. A one-act work entitled ''Everest'' and with a libretto by Gene Scheer, it follows the three of the climbers involved in the 1996 Mount Everest disaster.〔http://dallasopera.org/season/everest/〕 ==Background== Talbot was born in Wimbledon, London in August 1971. He grew up in Mitcham, south London, and attended King's College School, Wimbledon, on a music scholarship from the age of eight. Talbot played the piano and oboe,〔'Prom King', Friday 20 August 2004 (The Guardian )〕 studied composition privately with Brian Elias and after receiving a Bachelor of Music from Royal Holloway University of London, he completed a Master of Music (Composition) at Guildhall School of Music and Drama under Simon Bainbridge.〔(About Joby ), Joby Talbot website.〕 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「Joby Talbot」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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