Andrew Skeet
| Andrew Skeet | |
|---|---|
| Birth name | Andrew John Skeet |
| Born | 1969 |
| Origin | Croydon, United Kingdom |
| Genres | Film, classical, video game, electronic, chamber pop |
| Occupation(s) | Composer, orchestrator, conductor |
| Years active | 2000s to present |
| Associated acts | Luke Gordon, Roxbury Music, Imogen Heap, The Divine Comedy |
| Website | Andrew Skeet: Composer and Orchestrator [1] |
Andrew John Skeet (born 1969 in Croydon) is a British musician, composer and music producer. He has written scores for television and film and worked with many well-known composers and artists as an arranger, orchestrator and conductor.
Andrew Skeet attended Trinity Boys School in Croydon where, as a boy singer, he appeared on soundtracks such as Monty Python's The Meaning of Life, Barbra Streisand's Yentl and Another Country starring Rupert Everett as Guy Bennett and Colin Firth as Tommy Judd. Skeet then studied music at the University of East Anglia and at The Royal College of Music in London.
With former Howie B collaborator Luke Gordon, Skeet established the production company Roxbury Music and their music has been used extensively on British television. Programmes which have featured music by Roxbury include The Apprentice, Dispatches, Banged Up Abroad, Britain's Lost World, Freaky Eaters, What Katy Did Next, Gumball's 3000 Miles, Kali, a collaboration with Mike Figgis for the London Film Festival and Locked Up Abroad. Their music has been heard all over the world with tracks released on a series of library albums for Universal on The Atmosphere label, Chappell and Bruton.
Skeet has scored the upcoming feature-length documentary from Optimistic Productions directed by Daniel Edelstyn How To Re-establish A Vodka Empire and, with the London Philharmonic Orchestra, released a concert and album of music from hit video games.
Skeet is a sometime member of Neil Hannon's The Divine Comedy and has worked as an arranger and orchestrator for artists such as George Michael, Sinéad O'Connor, Suede & James Lavelle's Unkle. With Neil Hannon he has toured regularly as MD and keyboard player of The Divine Comedy following the departure of Joby Talbot and has appeared on two albums as arranger and conductor; Hannon's ninth album Victory for the Comic Muse, released in June 2006, and 2010's Bang Goes the Knighthood.
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