John Du Prez
| John Du Prez | |
|---|---|
| Birth name | Trevor Jones |
| Born |
14 December 1946 Sheffield, England |
| Genres | Film composer, classical, pop, salsa |
| Occupation(s) | Composer, musician, conductor |
| Instruments | Trumpet |
John Du Prez (born Trevor Jones; 14 December 1946 in Sheffield, England) is a musician, conductor, and composer. Du Prez was a member of the 1980s multi-hit Salsa-driven pop band Modern Romance and has since written several film scores including Oxford Blues (1984), Once Bitten and the final Carry On film, Carry On Columbus (1992). He contributed to The Wild (2006) soundtrack.
Du Prez originally hails from Sheffield, England. He received his MA (Oxon), B.Mus., ARCM, and was a Trevelyan Scholar at Christ Church, Oxford. In 1976 he joined the staff of the London University's Music Department before becoming a full-time composer. He would then begin a 30-year working relationship with Eric Idle.
Du Prez has often worked with Eric Idle for the music for Monty Python, most notably the score for Monty Python's The Meaning of Life as well as with John Cleese on A Fish Called Wanda. He acted as music arranger on the Terry Jones film Monty Python's Life of Brian (1979) and on the Terry Gilliam film Time Bandits (1981), the latter starring Sean Connery, and he also co-wrote the music for the stage musical Spamalot, as well as the music and the intro theme of the British series Captain Star. In 1986, Du Prez contributed songs to the soundtrack of the Madonna and Sean Penn movie Shanghai Surprise: "The Hottest Gong In Town" and "Zig-Zag" (both sung by the film's executive producer George Harrison).
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