George Fenton
Known for: Sound
Born: October 19, 1949
Place of birth: Bromley, Kent, England, UK
George Richard Ian Howe Fenton (born October 19, 1949) is an English composer primarily known for writing music for film and television. He has had longstanding collaborations with many directors including Ken Loach, Stephen Frears, Nicholas Hytner, Neil Jordan, Richard Attenborough, Andy Tennant, and Nora Ephron.
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Filmography
121 movies · 19 TV shows, newest first
6.5
The Choral
2025
6.0
Unit 234
2024
7.2
The Old Oak
2023
5.2
Allelujah
2023
8.2
Wild Isles
2023
5.6
Elizabeth: A Portrait in Part(s)
2022
6.0
Beat the Devil
2021
6.9
The Duke
2021
7.0
The United Way
2021
7.3
The Secret: Dare to Dream
2020
7.3
Sorry We Missed You
2019
5.9
Cold Pursuit
2019
6.6
Red Joan
2018
6.8
Woman Walks Ahead
2018
7.7
I, Daniel Blake
2016
6.1
Wild Oats
2016
6.4
The Lady in the Van
2015
5.9
Absolutely Anything
2015
6.7
Jimmy's Hall
2014
NR
The Voysey Inheritance
2014
7.4
Bears
2014
6.4
Muhammad Ali's Greatest Fight
2013
6.1
The Zero Theorem
2013
8.0
National Theatre Live: People
2013
6.9
The Angels' Share
2012
8.4
Frozen Planet
2011
7.5
One Life
2011
6.0
Route Irish
2011
5.9
The Bounty Hunter
2010
8.4
Life
2009
6.5
Looking for Eric
2009
5.8
Fool's Gold
2008
7.6
Earth
2007
6.6
It's a Free World...
2007
8.6
Planet Earth: The Future
2006
6.6
The History Boys
2006
7.3
The Wind That Shakes the Barley
2006
8.6
Planet Earth
2006
7.3
Last Holiday
2006
6.7
Mrs. Henderson Presents
2005
5.1
Bewitched
2005
6.5
Tickets
2005
5.7
Valiant
2005
6.6
Hitch
2005
6.6
Stage Beauty
2004
6.5
Ae Fond Kiss...
2004
6.1
Pride
2004
5.7
Imagining Argentina
2003
6.9
Deep Blue
2003
6.4
Sweet Home Alabama
2002
7.0
Sweet Sixteen
2002
6.9
The Navigators
2001
8.4
The Blue Planet
2001
5.4
Summer Catch
2001
5.2
Lucky Numbers
2000
6.3
Bread and Roses
2000
6.9
Center Stage
2000
6.8
Anna and the King
1999
5.9
Entropy
1999
5.7
Grey Owl
1999
6.7
You've Got Mail
1998
6.0
Living Out Loud
1998
7.5
EverAfter
1998
7.3
My Name Is Joe
1998
5.8
The Object of My Affection
1998
7.0
Dangerous Beauty
1998
5.1
The Woodlanders
1998
5.9
In Love and War
1996
6.6
The Crucible
1996
6.8
Carla's Song
1996
4.3
August
1996
5.8
Multiplicity
1996
5.3
Heaven's Prisoners
1996
5.8
Mary Reilly
1996
7.3
Land and Freedom
1995
6.8
The Madness of King George
1994
5.4
Mixed Nuts
1994
7.4
Interview with the Vampire
1994
6.1
China Moon
1994
7.2
Ladybird Ladybird
1994
6.9
Shadowlands
1993
8.3
Life in the Freezer
1993
5.3
Born Yesterday
1993
7.6
Groundhog Day
1993
6.3
Hero
1992
5.8
Final Analysis
1992
7.3
The Fisher King
1991
7.6
The Long Walk Home
1990
7.5
102 Boulevard Haussmann
1990
6.6
White Palace
1990
8.4
Trials of Life
1990
9.2
The Trials of Life
1990
6.7
Memphis Belle
1990
6.2
We're No Angels
1989
7.2
Dangerous Liaisons
1988
4.6
The Dressmaker
1988
5.8
High Spirits
1988
6.1
A Handful of Dust
1988
6.7
Talking Heads
1988
6.1
White Mischief
1987
7.0
Cry Freedom
1987
7.2
84 Charing Cross Road
1987
NR
Past Caring
1986
6.0
Call Me Mister
1986
7.7
The Monocled Mutineer
1986
6.2
Clockwise
1986
6.0
Song of Experience
1986
6.1
Billy the Kid and the Green Baize Vampire
1985
7.1
Screen Two
1985
6.3
The Company of Wolves
1984
6.5
The Jewel in the Crown
1984
6.1
An Englishman Abroad
1983
5.3
Saigon: Year of the Cat
1983
NR
The Ghost Writer
1983
5.4
Runners
1983
6.7
Walter and June
1983
7.6
Gandhi
1982
5.9
Walter
1982
9.0
Easter 2016
1982
7.0
Play for Tomorrow
1982
7.5
Going Gently
1981
4.1
The History Man
1981
10.0
Dead End
1980
4.9
Hussy
1980
6.5
Bloody Kids
1980
6.5
Fox
1980
7.7
Shoestring
1979
7.0
All Day on the Sands
1979
5.3
One Fine Day
1979
NR
Afternoon Off
1979
5.4
The Old Crowd
19798.0
The Waterloo Bridge Handicap
1978
6.5
Doris and Doreen
1978
10.0
Me! I'm Afraid of Virginia Woolf
1978
7.8
Out
1978
7.0
A Visit from Miss Prothero
1978
10.0
Last Summer
1977
5.5
A Day Out
1972
6.1
Private Road
1971
5.2
BBC Play of the Month
1965