Howard Goodall
Howard Goodall CBE is a composer of musicals, TV and film scores, orchestral and choral music, and a music historian and broadcaster.
His TV and film work include Mr Bean, Blackadder, Red Dwarf, Q.I., Johnny English, and The Vicar of Dibley.
Howard's TV and film work include Mr Bean, Blackadder, Red Dwarf, Q.I., Johnny English, and The Vicar of Dibley. His score for the HBO film Into the Storm won him a Primetime EMMY award for Original Dramatic Score in 2009. His music has been commissioned to mark many national ceremonies and memorials and his choral works The Lord is my Shepherd and Love divine are amongst the most performed of all sacred music, featuring on several platinum-selling CDs. His Eternal Light: A Requiem has had over 700 live performances throughout the world since its première in 2008 and won him a Classical BRIT Award for Composer of the Year. His 2009 Enchanted Voices, a setting of the Beatitudes, was no.1 in the Specialist Classical CD chart for 6 months, winning him a Gramophone award. In June 2012 his Rigaudon formed part of the New Water Music that accompanied Queen Elizabeth II on her Diamond Jubilee Regatta and he was musically responsible for Rowan Atkinson’s memorable performance at the Opening Ceremony of the 2012 London Olympics. On 4th August 2014 his choral work Sure of the Sky-Des Himmels sicher, specially commissioned for the occasion, was performed by an Anglo-German choir at the St Symphorien Military Cemetery to mark the start of the First World War. Other large scale choral works include Every Purpose Under the Heaven: The King James Bible Oratorio (2011), Invictus: A Passion (2017), Never to Forget (2020-1), for the London Symphony Chorus, paying tribute to health and social care workers who have died in the covid-19 pandemic, and Unconditional Love: A Cantata of Gratitude & Remembrance (2021), which received its world première in Houston, Texas in November 2021 and its UK & European première by the BBC Singers on 13th February 2022, both conducted by the composer. In the past 20 years Howard has written and presented his own TV documentary series on the theory and history of music. For these he has been honoured with a BAFTA award, an RTS Judges’ Prize for Outstanding Contribution to Education in Broadcasting and over a dozen other international broadcast awards. In recent years he has been England’s first ever National Ambassador for Singing and Classic FM’s Composer-in-Residence.
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| The King's Singers, Watching The White Wheat: Folksongs Of The British Isles - Star Of The County Down EMI Records | Composer | 1990-01-01 |
| Days of Hope Oxford Stage Company and Hampstead Theatre, UK Tour, Revival at The King's Head Theatre | Composer | 1990-01-01 |
| Royal Television Society Award for Education, nominated for a BAFTA & International Rose d'Or. | Howard Goodall's 20th Century Greats | 2004-01-01 |
| Silas Marner The Salisbury Festival, Revived by the City of Birmingham Touring Opera & The London College of Music | Composer | 1993-01-01 |
| Girlfriends Oldham Coliseum, The Playhouse Theatre, London, The Arts Theatre London, Rockville Maryland, Arlington Virginia | Composer | 1986-01-01 |
| The Kissing-Dance The Brighton Festival, The Edinburgh Festival, The Lyric Theatre, Hammersmith and ROH Covent Garden Linbury Studio | Composer | 1998-01-01 |
| Q.I. BBC2 | Guest | 2003-01-01 |
| Red Drawf | Composer | 1988-01-01 |
| BBC Proms BBC | Various | 2005-01-01 |
| Tesco Tesco | Composer | 1995-01-01 |
| Blackadder BBC | Composer | 1983-01-01 |
| 2.4 Children BBC | Composer | 1991-01-01 |
| Q.I. Talkback/BBC | Composer | 2003-01-01 |
| Dime Bar Dime Bar | Composer | 1995-01-01 |
| Cadbury's Time Out | Composer | 1995-01-01 |
| Pinky Malinky Netflix | Composer | 2018-01-01 |
| The Thin Blue Line BBC | Composer | 1995-01-01 |
| The Hired Man Nuffield Theatre Southampton, Leicester Haymarket, Astoria Theatre London, Theatre Royal Northampton, 42nd Street Theatre New York, Walnut Street Theater Philadelphia, Wexford Opera House, National Ballet of Flanders (tour), Salisbury Playhouse | Composer | 1984-01-01 |
| Salisbury Canticles | Choral Works | 2000-01-01 |
| How Music Works | Presenter / Writer | 2006-01-01 |
| Mr Bean (TV series) ITV | Composer | 1990-01-01 |
| Our Daughter Holly ITV1 | Composer | 2004-01-01 |
| Operatunity Channel 4 | Presenter | 2003-01-01 |
| Pot Noodle Pot Noodle | Composer | 1995-01-01 |
| Marlborough Canticles | Choral Works | 1995-01-01 |
| We are the burning fire | Choral Works | 2000-01-01 |
| The Gathering Storm HBO/BBC | Composer | 2002-01-01 |
| The Vicar of Dibley TAP/BBC | Composer | 1994-01-01 |
| Sony Discman Sony Discman | Composer | 1995-01-01 |
| BAFTA Howard Goodall's Big Bangs | Winner | 2001-01-01 |
| Composer of the Year | Classical Brits 2009 | 2009-01-01 |
| The Adventure of English ITV1 | Composer | 2002-01-01 |
| Tetley Bitter Tetley Bitter | Composer | 1995-01-01 |
| The Catherine Tate Show TAP/BBC | Composer | 2005-01-01 |
| Fuji Quicksnap Fuji Quicksnap | Composer | 1995-01-01 |
| The Borrowers BBC/Working Title | Composer | 1992-01-01 |
| Young Musician of the Year BBC | Presenter | 2006-01-01 |
| Walker's Crisps Walker's Crisps | Composer | 1995-01-01 |
| Mr Bean's Holiday Steve Bendelack | Composer | 2007-01-01 |
| Howard Goodall's Big Bangs | Presenter / Writer | 2000-01-01 |
| Timebank/BBC 'Turned Tables' BBC | Composer | 1995-01-01 |
| 12 Books that changed the world ITV | Composer | 2006-01-01 |
| Sainsbury's Choir of the Year BBC | Presenter | 1998-01-01 |
| TMA Awards Best Musical - The Hired Man | Winner | 2006-01-01 |
| Howard Goodall's Great Dates | Presenter / Writer | 2002-01-01 |
| Howard Goodall's Organ Works | Presenter / Writer | 1997-01-01 |
| Four Goes to Glyndebourne Channel 4 | Composer | 1996-01-01 |
| Young Choristers of the Year BBC Radio 2 | Presenter | 2003-01-01 |
| Nintendo Game Boy Nintendo Game Boy | Composer | 1995-01-01 |
| Barclaycard Featuring Rowan Atkinson | Composer | 1995-01-01 |
| 'New Horizons' (Aled Jones) - Agnus Dei | Composer | 2009-01-01 |
| Johnny English (theme) Universal Pictures | Composer | 2003-01-01 |
| Mr Bean Animated Series (52 Episodes) ITV1 | Composer | 2003-01-01 |
| Howard Goodall - Saturday Classics Classic FM | Presenter | 1995-01-01 |
| Howard Goodall's 20th Century Greats | Presenter / Writer | 2004-01-01 |
| South Bank Show: Musical Nation ITV1 | Presenter / Writer | 2004-01-01 |
| Blackadder Back And Forth BBC/NMEC - Skyscape | Composer | 2000-01-01 |
| Romance Of The Angels For the BBC Singers | Choral Works | 2000-01-01 |
| Remember Bethlehem ASV Records, Metronome | Choral Works | 2000-01-01 |
| Howard Goodall's Big Bangs Chatto & Windus & Vantage | Writer | 2000-01-01 |
| Johnny English Strikes Again Universal Pictures | Composer | 2018-01-01 |
| 'What sweeter music' - Romance of the Epiphany | Composer | 2006-01-01 |
| We are God's Labourers Christ Church, Oxford | Choral Works | 2003-01-01 |
| King Cotton The Lowry, Salford | Composer | 2007-01-01 |
| Love Story Minerva, Chichester | Composer | 2010-01-01 |
| Two Cities Salisbury Playhouse | Composer | 2006-01-01 |
| A Winter's Tale The Sage Gateshead | Composer | 2005-01-01 |
| In Memoriam Anne Frank For the Voices Foundation, | Choral Works | 1995-01-01 |
| Bend it like Beckham Phoenix Theatre | Composer | 2015-01-01 |
| Illuminare: Carols for a New Millennium BBC Worldwide | Composer | 2000-01-01 |
| A Country Parish/A Seaside Parish/An Island Parish TAP/BBC | Composer | 2003-01-01 |
| Winter Lullabies Christ Church Cathedral Oxford & Harp | Choral Works | 2006-01-01 |
| Bryn Terfel - Song Featured: Psalm 23, Deutsche Grammophon | Composer | 2003-01-01 |
| Dover Beach For Cantamus Girls' Choir | Choral Works | 1996-01-01 |
| To See Another Sun Patronal Festival, St Mary's, Barnes | Choral Works | 2003-01-01 |
| I Believe In The Sun National Holocaust Memorial Day Anthem | Choral Works | 2001-01-01 |
| I Am Not I For the 1885 Singers, All Saint's Church, Putney | Choral Works | 2002-01-01 |
| Agnus Dei For Aled Jones' CD New Horizons | Choral Works | 2009-01-01 |
| Festival Jubilate Deo For the Choir of St. David's Cathedral, | Choral Works | 2002-01-01 |
| Howard Goodall's Story of Music BBC 2 / Tiger Aspect Productions | Presenter | 2013-01-01 |
| Love Divine The Choir Schools' Association Millennium Commission | Choral Works | 2000-01-01 |
| The Oxford Stage Company - The Tempest Globe Theatre, Tokyo | 1991-01-01 | |
| Howard Goodall's Classical Connections (3 series) BBC Radio 2 | Presenter / Writer | 2003-01-01 |
| The Lord Is My Shepherd (Psalm 23) Theme from 'The Vicar of Dibley' | Choral Works | 2002-01-01 |
| Missa Aedis Christi For the Choir of Christ Church Cathedral, Oxford | Choral Works | 1993-01-01 |
| Sgt Pepper's Musical Revolution with Howard Goodall BBC 2 / Huge Films | Presenter | 2017-01-01 |
| All The Queen's Horses For the BBC Proms 2002: The 'Orianna Project' | Choral Works | 2002-01-01 |
| One Step Away VE Day Commemoration Heads of State Ceremony, Hyde Park | Choral Works | 1995-01-01 |
| The Dreaming The Linbury Studio at Covent Garden Royal Opera House and UK tour | Composer | 2001-01-01 |
| Bean - The Ultimate Disaster Movie Tiger Aspect/Working Title/Universal Pictures | Composer | 1997-01-01 |
| PEABODY Award for Journalism & Mass Communication in the USA Howard Goodall's Big Bangs | Winner | 2001-01-01 |
| O Lord God of Time and Eternity Commissioned by the Choir of St Paul's Cathedral London | Choral Works | 2003-01-01 |
| Schola Cantorum of Oxford, Faber NewChoral Works - The Marlborough Canticles Faber Music, FM 19 | Composer | 2009-01-01 |
| British Television Advertising Craft Award for Best Original Music | Timebank/BBC Turned Tables' Advertisement. | 2001-01-01 |
| nominated for a 2003 BAFTA award (Best Original Music) | Howard's score for the BBC/HBO film The Gathering Storm | 2003-01-01 |
| The King's Singers, Annie Laurie: Folksongs Of The British Isles - Scarborough Fair EMI Classics | Composer | 1991-01-01 |
| Waterford International Festival of Light Opera in the Republic of Ireland Best Overall Production - The Hired Man | Winner | 2001-01-01 |
| nominated in the Arts category of the Montreux Television Festival and the UK's Indie TV awards | Howard Goodall's Great Dates | 2002-01-01 |
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