Guy Farley

Biography

Guy is an award-winning film composer whose outstanding body of work includes over 40 feature films, flagship television series and collaborations with multi-platinum selling artists. Guy’s recent and most notable works include That Good Night, starring John Hurt and Charles Dance; additional music on Netflix’s The Crown (composed by Hans Zimmer, Rupert Gregson Williams and Lorne Balfe); Anthropoid (nominated for best music in the 2017 Evening Standard Film Awards) directed by Sean Ellis and starring Jamie Dornan; Friedrich Moser’s award-winning documentary feature A Good American (nominated for best film score at the 2017 Austrian Film Awards); Bear Grylls’ sold out 2016 arena tour, Endeavour; and Academy Award winning Peter Fudakowski’s film of Joseph Conrad’s Secret Sharer.

In addition to The Crown, Guy’s television scores include BBC’s Planet Earth series Growing Up Wild and Nature’s Miracle Orphans; the multi award-winning feature documentary Faberge: A Life Of Its Own; and History Channel’s South Africa: A Miracle Rising. Guy also arranged and produced channel Four’s multi-award winning We Are The Superhumans for the 2016 Paralympics and produced music for both seasons of the series True Justice for Voltage Pictures.

Guy has also achieved great success collaborating with artists and producers, producing and arranging music for the likes of Emeli Sande, Eliza Doolittle, Paloma Faith, Amy Winehouse, Tokio Myers, Petite Meller, Fiona Bevan, Mica Paris and Stephen Fretwell.

Placements

News

  • Guy Farley Releases 'Legacy' The Bader Suite

    Guy Farley Releases 'Legacy' The Bader Suite

    30th October 2019

    Guy Farley has today released 'Legacy' The Bader Suite. Orginially used to accompany the performances of Bader's Bus Company - the first disabled air display team - the suite of music was inspired by the extraordinary life of Second World...

  • Sylvia Plath: Inside The Bell Jar Scored By Guy Farley

    Sylvia Plath: Inside The Bell Jar Scored By Guy Farley

    7th August 2018

    Guy Farley has composed music for new BBC Two documentary Sylvia Plath: Inside The Bell Jar Scored By Guy Farley, which airs on August 11th. Bringing to life that 'queer sultry summer' of 1953, this is the first film to unravel the story...

  • Music Sales Nominated For Music+Sound Awards 2018

    Music Sales Nominated For Music+Sound Awards 2018

    29th June 2018

    The finalists for the 2018 Music + Sound Awards have been announced, including three nominations for Music Sales. Volker Bertlemann's score for the BBC historical drama Gunpowder has been short-listed for Best Original Composition in the...

  • Waitrose Christmas Ad Wins British Craft Arrows Award

    Waitrose Christmas Ad Wins British Craft Arrows Award

    23rd May 2018

    The 2017 Waitrose Christmas Ad, Snowed In, has won a Silver Arrow in the Re-Record category at the 2018 British Craft Arrows. The music for the ad – a reworking of festive favourite ‘Carol Of The Bells’ – was scored by Music Sales composer...

  • Guy Farley Co-Scores The Real Football Fan Show

    Guy Farley Co-Scores The Real Football Fan Show

    1st May 2018

    Guy Farley and Craigie Dodds have co-written the music for new Channel 4 series The Real Football Fan Club. Hosted by Robbie Lyle, the series provides supporters with the chance to air their views on the latest twists and turns in the...