Stephen Deutsch
| Stephen Deutsch | |
|---|---|
| Born |
June 30, 1946 Brooklyn, New York, United States |
| Genres | Electronic music |
| Occupation(s) | Film score composer |
| Years active | 1976–present |
| Associated acts | Peter Barnes |
Stephen Deutsch (June 30, 1946) is an American film score composer who has composed over 30 scores for film, theatre, radio and television. His many collaborations with the playwright Peter Barnes include Jubilee (2001), the Olivier Award-winning play Red Noses (1985) and the feature film Hard Times (1994). He has significant expertise in the fields of electronic music (including sampling and synthesis), 20th Century music techniques, the composer in the marketplace, and issues relating to film, television, broadcasting and related subjects.
Career
Deutsch has had his concert music performed by eminent artists, including the Medici Quartet, David Campbell, The Gaudier Ensemble, Andrew Ball, The London Mozart Players and many others.
He has also been active os a sound designer/composer on two films, "Wild South" and "Postcards from, Applecross", which he also directed.
He has published one novel about music: "Zweck"
He was editor of "The Soundtrack" and "The New Soundtrack" journals from 2007-2018
Prof. Deutsch was educated initially in the United States (initial training - Juilliard Preparatory Division; BMus - SMU; MA - San Francisco State College). After settling in Britain he attended the Royal College of Music where he was engaged in electro-acoustic composition under the direction of Tristram Cary. In 1971 he and two partners established Synthesizer Music Services, Ltd., an electro-acoustic studio in London.
At Bournemouth University, he is Professor of Post-Production. In 1992 he founded the University's PGDip/M.A. in Electro-Acoustic Music for Film and Television (Later called Composing for the Screen). This course, which was the first of its kind in Europe, was designed to equip postgraduate professional composers with the skills necessary to engage in writing music for film, television, radio, and other multi-media packages. He was also Senior Tutor in Screen Composition at the National Film and Television School.
Within both institutions he has trained over 60 composers, some of whom have since provided music for feature films, theatre, television and computer games.
Views
In April 2016, Deutsch was one of 82 members and supporters of the Labour Party and of Jeremy Corbyn's leadership who wrote an open letter to The Guardian stating that they "do not accept that antisemitism is 'rife' in the Labour party" and that "these accusations are part of a wider campaign against the Labour leadership, and they have been timed particularly to do damage to the Labour party and its prospects in elections in the coming week."[1]
References
- ↑ "Labour, antisemitism and where Jeremy Corbyn goes from here". The Guardian. 29 April 2016. Retrieved 1 June 2018.