Andrew's biography

2011-10-18T01:56:00.000-07:00

Andrew Skeet is a composer primarily for television & film and is also much in demand as a conductor and arranger.

Andrew’s career in music began as a child singer appearing at Glyndebourne Opera, The National Theatre and on film soundtracks including Another Country, The Meaning of Life and Yentl.

After completing his studies in composition and piano at The Royal College of Music, Andrew worked as an arranger and orchestrator for acts including George Michael, Suede, Unkle, Sinead O'Connor & Hybrid as well as establishing his own orchestra. In 2004 Andrew also began working regularly with Neil Hannon if The Divine Comedy as musical director and arranger. In this capacity and playing piano Andrew has toured all over Europe and recorded 2 albums.

With former Howie B collaborator Luke Gordon, Skeet established the music 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.

Andrew has orchestrated and conducted scores for many TV & film productions including Desperate Romantics, Upstairs Downstairs and The Awakening. In 2011 he produced an album with the London Philharmonic Orchestra of video game music which has been among the most successful classical releases of recent years and wrote the score for How to Re-Establish a Vodka Empire which premiered in the London Film Festival.

Andrew has also released library albums on Universal’s Atmosphere and Chappell labels which have been used on television and film all over the world.

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Andrew's biography