Composer / Arranger / Conductor

Educated Corpus Christi College, Cambridge,
graduated in Music and History

©AMPAS®, BAFTA

″ Academy Award® Nomination: Best Score A Touch of Class

″ Emmy Award® Nomination: Best Score for A Miniseries/Drama Special The Path to 9/11

″ New York Drama Desk Award: Best Orchestration Les Miserables

″ National Broadway Theatre Award: Best Score Les Miserables

″ Olivier Award Nomination: Best New Musical Zorro the Musical (John Cameron Co-Composer)

One of the most versatile composers in Britain today, John is primarily known for his screen and recording work. He recently received an Emmy nomination for his score for the ABC miniseries Path to 9/11 (with Harvey Keitel) and his film credits include the Oscar nominated music score for A Touch of Class (with Glenda Jackson and George Segal) and the scores for over 40 feature and TV films. Others include the British classic Kes, The Ruling Class, Black Beauty, The Mirror Crack'd, To End All Wars, the mini-series Jack the Ripper (Michael Caine) and ABC's Little House on the Prairie.

John created the orchestral score for every version of Les Misérables from the original Robert Hossein production in 1980 through the RSC Broadway, tour and concert versions. He won the New York Drama Desk Award for Les Mis in 1986 and the National Broadway Theatre Award in 2002. John's orchestrations are featured in the current hit version of Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat. Other shows he has arranged/supervised include Honk! (Olivier Award Best Musical) and Spend, Spend, Spend (Evening Standard Award Best Musical).

Right now, John's time is totally taken up with the score for Zorro The Musical, for which he has collaborated with The Gipsy Kings. The production has recently completed a tour in the UK prior to the West End opening at the Garrick Theatre on 15th July 2008.

Other composing for the theatre includes the music for Alfie-The Musical, Becket, Faust Parts I and II (RSC) and the National Theatre's production of Hamlet with Simon Russell Beale in the title role.

John has worked with artists as diverse as José Carreras, Ella Fitzgerald, Donovan, Hot Chocolate and Heatwave. 'If I Thought You'd Ever Change Your Mind', 'Sweet Inspiration' and 'Tap Turns on the Water' are just three of his songwriting hits. John's concert output includes his Cantata, Missa Celtica (written for various Celtic soloists, the Choir of New College Oxford and the English Chamber Orchestra) and major contributions to the New College Choir's bestselling Agnus Dei albums.