Debbie Wiseman
| Debbie Wiseman | |
|---|---|
| Born |
10 May 1963 London, England |
| Genres | Film and television |
| Occupation(s) | Composer, broadcaster |
| Website | debbiewiseman |
Debbie Wiseman MBE (born 10 May 1963) is a British composer for film and television, known also as a conductor and a radio and television presenter.
One of the UK's most successful female music ambassadors, Debbie Wiseman was born in London. She studied at Trinity College of Music Junior Department, and then piano and composition at the Guildhall School of Music and Drama studying piano with James Gibb, and composition with Buxton Orr.
Wiseman is a Visiting Professor at the Royal College of Music, and regularly gives lectures to schools and colleges about the art of composing music for picture. In 2008 she composed a new Young Person's Guide to the Orchestra called Different Voices which was premiered by the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra as part of their 60th birthday celebrations, and the work is now frequently performed by school and youth orchestras across the country.
In 2004 she was awarded an MBE in the 2004 New Year Honours List for services to the film industry and has been awarded Honorary Fellowships at both colleges where she studied, Trinity College of Music and the Guildhall School of Music and Drama.
Wiseman's film music credits include Tom and Viv (Nominated for two Academy Awards and the Alexander Korda Award for Outstanding British Film, 1994); Haunted; Wilde (Nominated for Best Original Film Score, Ivor Novello Awards, 1997); Tom's Midnight Garden; The Guilty; Before You Go; Arsène Lupin (Winner of Best Score for a Foreign language film and nominated for Score of the Year, Movie Music UK Awards, 2005); Flood (Nominated for Best Score for a Horror/Thriller, IFMCA Awards, 2007); and Lesbian Vampire Killers (Nominated for Best Score for a Comedy, IFMCA Awards, 2009).
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