George Fenton Bio, Family, Age, Blue Planet, Planet Earth And Awards

George Fenton Biography

George Fenton (Real name- George Richard Ian Howe) is an English composer best known for writing film scores and music. Fenton was born on 19 October 1949, Bromley, Kent, London, England. He has written scores for over 100 films and collaborated with some of the most influential filmmakers making him one of the UK’s most successful composers.

In 1990 George Fenton composed the score for the BBC Natural History series, Trials of Life, which became his first collaboration with Alastair Fothergill with whom he has maintained a creative relationship that has spanned over 20 years. He has written other film scores and music for the BBC such as The Blue Planet, Planet Earth and Frozen Planet series.

Fenton sang in church choirs as a boy where he first interacted with the electric guitar which won his heart aged just 7. He attended St Edward’s School in Oxford where he learnt music from Peter Whitehouse. Apart from that he has no further training in music.

George Fenton Family

George Fenton was born to a mechanical engineer (father), and a former dancer and dance teacher who later became a nurse during the war (mother). His mother played the piano and his father the drums even though they weren’t professional musicians. However, his great grandfather on his father’s side was a conductor, and as a child had been a chorister and had even sung at the funeral of the first Duke of Wellington.

George Fenton Age

Born on 19 October 1949, London, England, George Fenton is 69 years old as of 2018.

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George Fenton Blue Planet

The Blue Planet is a British nature documentary series which premiered on 12 September 2001 in the UK. It was created and produced by the BBC. Alastair Fothergill was the documentary’s executive producer and the music was composed by George Fenton. It was narrated by David Attenborough.

The documentary took almost five years to make and was aired in eight 50-minute episodes. It examines a different aspect of marine life. The underwater photography included creatures and behaviour that had previously never been filmed thus earning the description of “the first ever comprehensive series on the natural history of the world’s oceans”. The series won a number of Emmy and BAFTA TV awards for its music and cinematography.

George Fenton Planet Earth

Planet Earth is a British television series which premiered on the BBC’s channel on 5 March 2006. Planet Earth was released as a follow-up to The Blue Planet which had received massive success in terms of high viewing figures, audience appreciation ratings, and many awards. It was produced by the BBC Natural History Unit.

The documentary took five years to make and it became the most expensive nature documentary series ever commissioned by the BBC. It was also the first to be filmed in high definition (HD). Like it’s predecessor, The Blue Planet, the series received multiple awards, among them four Emmy Awards, a Peabody Award, and an award from the Royal Television Society.

By June 2007, Planet Earth had been shown in 130 countries. It was narrated by David Attenborough and comprises of eleven episodes. At the end of every fifty-minute episode there’s a ten-minute behind-the-scenes view at the challenges of filming the series.

George Fenton Fool’s Gold Legend And Main Title

George Fenton composed the music played in the 2008 American adventure-romance film from Warner Bros, Fool’s Gold. It’s plot is about a recently divorced couple who rekindle their love while searching for a lost treasure. It was directed by Andy Tennant and stars Matthew McConaughey and Kate Hudson.

George Fenton Miss Shepherd’s Waltz

Miss Shepherd’s Waltz is a sound track written by George Fenton and played by the BBC  the London Symphony Orchestra. It featured in the comedy-drama film The Lady in the Van.

George Fenton Truly Madly Deeply

Truly madly deeply is a soundtrack played in the 2008 American adventure-romance film from Warner Bros, Fool’s Gold. It was written by George Fenton.

George Fenton Love And Affection

George Fenton’s Love And Affection is a soundtrack used in the film Fool’s Gold from the album Fool’s Gold.

George Fenton Awards

Academy Awards, USA

Golden Globes, USA

Primetime Emmy Awards

BAFTA Awards

20/20 Awards

Academy of Science Fiction, Fantasy & Horror Films, USA

BMI Film & TV Awards

DVD Exclusive Awards

European Film Awards

Grammy Awards

International Film Music Critics Award (IFMCA)

George Fenton Over The Rainbow lyrics

Somewhere over the rainbow, way up high
There’s a land that I’ve heard of once in a lullaby.
Somewhere over the rainbow, skies are blue
And the dreams that you dare to dream,
Really do come true.

Someday I’ll wish upon a star
And wake up where the clouds are far behind me.
Where troubles melt like lemon drops,
High above the chimney tops,
That’s where you’ll find me.

Somewhere over the rainbow, blue birds fly
Birds fly over the rainbow
Why then, oh why can’t I?
If happy little bluebirds fly beyond the rainbow
Why, oh why can’t I?

Somewhere over the rainbow, way up high
There’s a land that I’ve heard of once in a lullaby.
Somewhere over the rainbow, skies are blue
And the dreams that you dare to dream,
Really do come true.

Someday I’ll wish upon a star
And wake up where the clouds are far behind me.
Where troubles melt like lemon drops,
High above the chimney tops,
That’s where you’ll find me.

Somewhere over the rainbow, blue birds fly
Birds fly over the rainbow
Why then, oh why can’t I?
If happy little bluebirds fly beyond the rainbow
Why, oh why can’t I?

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