BBC and Netflix composer Thomas Farnon up for national award
Composer Thomas Farnon has been nominated for an Ivors Composer Award for his work on the documentary 'David Frost Vs...'. Farnon, who works from Guernsey, has previously contributed scores to BBC and Netflix productions.
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The nomination highlights the growing trend of remote work in the creative industries and the increasing recognition of documentary scoring as a distinct art form.
Share Save Add as preferred on Google Jake Wallace Guernsey Thomas Farnon Thomas Farnon has been nominated for an Ivors Composer Award A composer whose work has featured on the BBC and Netflix says he is "really humbled" to be nominated for a national award.
Thomas Farnon, from Guernsey, whose credits include the BBC's Mammals, narrated by Sir David Attenborough, and Netflix's Our Planet II, has been nominated for an Ivors Composer Award.
His score for David Frost Vs... is shortlisted in the Best Original Documentary Score category at the awards, which recognise composers for their contribution to contemporary culture.
Farnon, whose grandfather was also a composer, said the Ivors had inspired him since childhood after seeing one on his grandfather's shelf but believing one of his own was "out of reach".
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