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Colin Towns
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Colin Towns is an English composer, born in London in 1949, specialising in soundtracks for film, television and commercials. Learning piano as a child, by the age of 13 he was earning money playing at weddings and birthdays in his neighbourhood of the East End of London. He went on to play in numerous dance bands, jazz ensembles and also became a session musician.
In 1976 he was recruited as keyboardist to replace Mickey Lee Soule in the Ian Gillan Band. Over time he developed an increasing interest in composing, and encouraged by Ian Gillan co-wrote many of the songs for succeeding band Gillan. Whilst with the band he used his free time to seek opportunities to compose music beyond the heavy metal direction of Gillan. He submitted a demo soundtrack for the Mia Farrow film Full Circle which received reviews praising the music.
In 1983 Ian Gillan dissolved the band, and Towns decided to pursue soundtrack composing full-time. In that year he won the commission to write the score for the film Slayground. From then on he was in constant demand, particularly in British Television, where his body of work is prolific, and includes Dalziel and Pascoe, Cadfael, Capital City, Between The Lines and Imogen's Face. His film credits include The Puppet Masters (featuring Donald Sutherland), Space Truckers (featuring Dennis Hopper) and Captives (featuring Tim Roth).
Towns' principal musical passion is jazz and has released several albums in this genre and founding the Mask Orchestra.
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