Orchestrator

As a busy orchestrator for the film & TV industry as well as for composers of concert music, Anthony works particularly closely with composers Jóhann Jóhannsson (Theory of Everything), Tarik O'Regan, Michael Price & David Arnold (Sherlock), Rael Jones (Suite Francaise), Peter Gregson (A little Chaos) and Gabriel Prokofiev. Here are some recent highlights:

In January 2015, the music for the widely acclaimed film Theory of Everything (starring Eddie Redmayne and Felicity Jones), orchestrated and conducted by Anthony and recorded at the legendary Abbey Road Studios, won a Golden Globe for Best Original Score and nominations for an Oscar and BAFTA in the same category. This score was the product of a first time collaboration with Icelandic composer Jóhann Jóhannsson, and Anthony has now arranged a piano book of music from the film, published by Hal Leonard, to be released shortly. In February 2015 Anthony also orchestrated and conducted Jóhann Jóhannsson ’s score to Sicario (a Lionsgate film starring Emily Blunt and Josh Brolin directed by Denis Villeneuve), recording at East Connection Studios in Budapest with the Budapest Art Orchestra. Sicario was officially selected for the 2015 Cannes Film Festival, and is now in cinemas across the world.

Released in 2014, Suite Française, a Weinstein company / BBC Films feature starring Michelle Williams, Kristen Scott Thomas and Sam Riley, directed by Saul Dibb. Based on the novels by Iréne Némirovsky, the story is set in France during the German occupation. Anthony orchestrated and conducted this wonderfully evocative and romantic score by Rael Jones.

Future orchestration projects include Anthony’s continual work on the Emmy award winning music for BBC TV series Sherlock (Benedict Cumberbatch, Martin Freeman), orchestrating Michael Price and David Arnold’s score, with a Christmas special episode due in 2015 and series 4 later. The Sherlock Suite for Orchestra, arranged and orchestrated by Anthony, has now received many performances; at The Bridgewater Hall, Manchester with the City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra, the Royal Festival Hall, London with the Philharmonia Orchestra, The Queen Elizabeth Hall, London with The London Philharmonic Orchestra, and as far afield as Singapore, with many more performances promised in the near future, including a BBC recording and broadcast. Later in 2015, Anthony will also be working on a brand new 10-part series for ITV. Visit Anthony’s page on IMDB.com for more details of his work in film and TV including Doctor Who, Another Me (Sophie Turner), The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen (Sean Connery), The Inbetweeners 2, Wild Target (Bill Nighy, Emily Blunt, Rupert Grint), Horrid Henry (Richard E. Grant, Angelica Houston), Cheerful Weather for the Wedding, Kula Shaker frontman Crispian Mills' directorial debut A Fantastic Fear of Everything (Simon Pegg) and ITV's Lightfields.

Anthony also regularly works with composers outside of the film industry, orchestrating and often expanding their works for the concert hall. In 2012 he orchestrated an orchestral suite from Tarik O’Regan's opera Heart of Darkness, which has recently been performed by both the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra (Samuel West as narrator) and BBC National Orchestra of Wales (Simon Callow as narrator), and broadcast on BBC Radio 3. Following this success, Tarik engaged Anthony to orchestrate an showpiece for amplified oud and orchestra Corsair, premiered by the Holland Symfonia at the 2014 Souk festival in the Concertgebouw, Amsterdam.