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Matthew Strachan ( or ; born 11 December 1970) is an English composer and singer-songwriter. His best known work is the music for the television game show ''Who Wants to Be a Millionaire?'' written with his father Keith, and the BBC Radio 4 World War I drama series ''Home Front''.〔(''Home Front'' page at BBC website )〕〔(Interview with Matthew Strachan about ''Home Front'' at the BBC website )〕 He has also contributed music to film and television productions such as ''Extract'',〔(''Extract'' soundtrack listing at IMDb )〕 ''The Detectives'',〔(''The Detectives'' IMDb Credits )〕 ''Question Time'', ''Winning Lines'',〔(''Winning Lines'' IMDb Credits )〕 jingles for several television commercials, and scores for stage musicals.〔(Whatsonstage interview with Matthew Strachan )〕 As a singer-songwriter Strachan is regarded as having a bittersweet style, often employing satire and characterisation to make political points about unusual subjects such as social networking〔(remotegoat.co.uk review of Strachan live show )〕 and the media.〔(The Public Reviews review )〕 He has remarked of his style that he is "somewhere on a spectrum somewhere between Dr. John and Richard Stilgoe".〔 He has also noted that he is out of step culturally. "My sensibilities are retro-fitted. It took me a decade to realize U2 were a good band ... I was sitting in a hotel and said to my wife of a record, 'mark my words, that track is going to be big.' It had been a hit across Europe for weeks."〔(IMDb quotes )〕 As a composer of stage musicals he is noted for writing songs with a complete narrative arc.〔(Guardian review of ''Next Door's Baby'' )〕 Strachan has won twelve awards from ASCAP (American Society of Composers Authors and Publishers) and in 2012 received the ASCAP Hall of Fame Award in recognition of ten consecutive wins for the soundtrack of ''Who Wants to Be a Millionaire?''〔(ASCAP, London 2012 Special Awards )〕 He is also the creator of the comic fictional 1970's composer Klaus Harmony. ==Biography== Strachan began writing songs as a teenager and his first professional job was to write five songs for the BBCTV drama ''Boogie Outlaws''.〔(Screened Music Interview )〕〔(''Boogie Outlaws'' IMDb Credits )〕 After training at Dartington College of Arts and Goldsmiths College, University of London, he worked as a soundtrack composer throughout the 1990s creating music for television, radio and theatre productions〔 until concentrating on songwriting in Nashville, Tennessee where he collaborated with songwriters Don Henry, Tom Kimmel, Fred Knobloch, and Thom Schuyler.〔(Mary James Music Publishing website catalogue page )〕 Following two years in America he created score and lyrics for the stage musicals ''About Bill''〔(Broadway World ''About Bill'' feature )〕 and ''Next Door's Baby''.〔(''Next Door's Baby'' entry at London Theatre Database )〕 In 2012 he announced the creation of a comedy oratorio based on the life of the ''Coronation Street'' character Ken Barlow for inclusion in his live shows.〔(Ken Barlow oratorio feature in ''The Stage'' )〕 In 2012 Nono Records released ''25 Year Songbook'', an album of Strachan performing a selection of songs from his back catalogue. The second volume, ''25 Year Songbook Part II'', was released later in 2012.〔(''25 Year Songbook'' entry at MusicBrainz )〕〔(''25 Year Songbook Part II'' entry at MusicBrainz )〕 A new studio album by Matthew Strachan titled ''Perfect World Now Possible'' was released by Nono Records in September 2014.〔(''Perfect World Now Possible'' entry at MusicBrainz )〕 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「Matthew Strachan」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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