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John Charles (born 4 November 1940) is a New Zealand film composer, conductor, and orchestrator. He created a number of musical works for the New Zealand cinema of the 1980s, 1990s and 2000s, including compositions for films such as Goodbye Pork Pie , Utu , The Quiet Earth , A Soldier's Tale or Spooked .
In 1996 Charles joined the Australian Film Television and Radio School, as composer in residence, where he taught screen composition for over a decade. He continued to play piano in different bands for many years. John Charles died on 7 May 2024. He was 83. Profile updated on 17 May 2024. Sources include.
Feb 10, 2023 · John Charles. John Charles has composed distinctive scores for some major New Zealand movies, including Goodbye Pork Pie, Utu, and The Quiet Earth. He’s an arranger, pianist, freelance composer – and was the pianist with BLERTA for a time. He has also been a TV director, head of entertainment programmes for TV One (New Zealand), producer of ...
John Charles. Composer: The Quiet Earth. Born in Wellington in 1940, New Zealand composer John Charles began as an arts degree student at Victoria University of Wellington at 18, but at the same time played regularly with the University Jazz Club.
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Ryan Smith talks with Bryan Crump about the contribution of composer John Charles to Aotearoa's film music. Charles died in early May at the age of 83, and is particularly remembered for his collaborations with film director Geoff Murphy, composing soundtracks to such iconic NZ movies as Goodbye Pork Pie, Utu and The Quiet Earth.
Feb 22, 2010 · John Charles is a composer who has otherwise done very little, though h... Here's a suite from the superb score for the 1985 sci-fi thriller, "The Quiet Earth".
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John Charles, Composer John Charles worked for New Zealand television before moving to the Australian Broadcasting Commission in Sydney. He wrote the film music for The God Boy , Goodbye Pork Pie , Utu , The Quiet Earth and many others.
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