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Tony Britten is a British composer, best known for adapting the music and writing the text of the UEFA Champions League Anthem.〔(UEFA Champions League anthem ) UEFA.com. Retrieved March 6, 2011〕〔(Media, democracy and European culture ) p.129. Intellect Books, 2009. Retrieved March 6, 2011〕 ==Career== Britten is a graduate of the Royal College of Music. He spent the first few years of his career in theatre as a musical director, including working for Cameron Mackintosh as music supervisor on many shows including ''Godspell'', ''The Rocky Horror Show'' and ''Oliver!''. After that he worked at the National Theatre as arranger/musical director. He then moved into film and television as a conductor on productions such as ''Robocop''. He also worked for director Clive Donner. In 1992, UEFA commissioned Britten to arrange an anthem for the UEFA Champions League which commenced in November 1992. Britten borrowed heavily from George Frideric Handel's ''Zadok the Priest'' (one of his Coronation Anthems), and the piece was performed by London's Royal Philharmonic Orchestra and sung by the Academy of St. Martin in the Fields.〔 In 1994, he composed the music for ''Mole's Christmas'', 30 minute animated film and in 1999 he wrote and directed ''Bohème'', a film based on the Puccini opera, which was broadcast by Five and Artsworld. In 2007 Britten adapted and directed a film version of Oliver Goldsmith’s comedy ''She Stoops to Conquer'' for Sky Arts. He has also directed a number of films, including the documentary ''Benjamin Britten: Peace and Conflict'' (2013). 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「Tony Britten」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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