Biography

Brian Cope

Originally a rock band drummer, Brian decided to put away the sticks for a while to pursue a music degree with the ultimate aim of composing music for film. He graduated with a Bachelor of Music Honours Degree from the University of Edinburgh in 1999 and for the past 15 years has been working as a composer, music educator and consultant.

His composition work spans a wide range of activities including composing for concert hall, film, multi-media installation and theatre.  He has studied with two-time Emmy-award winning film composer Hummie Mann and recently completed a course in Cinematic Orchestration at thinkspaceonline under the tutelage of Robin Hoffmann. He is currently doing a PhD in Composition at Edinburgh Napier University under the supervision of Kenneth Dempster.

His credits include scoring music for a variety of film projects including the award winning animation Nocturne in Sea Shark, Beginning Ending, Ten Dead Men, Conversations with Dead Men, Salt of the Earth, A Stately Suicide and Christmas Hear Kids  

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