Natalie Holt
| Natalie Holt | |
|---|---|
| Born | Natalie Ann Holt |
| Nationality | British |
| Occupation | Composer |
| Known for |
Paddington Wallander The Honourable Woman About Time The Impossible |
| Website | http://natalieholtmusic.com |
Natalie Holt is an Ivor Novello Award winning British television and film composer. She trained at the Royal Academy of Music and the National Film and Television School and had a career as a classical violist before becoming a film composer.
Composer
Holt scored the final series of Wallander starring Kenneth Branagh in 2016 and worked with Hans Zimmer on Woman in Gold. Working as part of Mearl Music with Martin Phipps she co-scored the BBC production of Great Expectations, which was nominated for a BAFTA award, and The Honourable Woman which won the 2015 Ivor Novello Award for best television soundtrack.,[1] and most recently on hit ITV drama Victoria starring Jenna Coleman. She composed a modernist score for the avant-garde Spanish feature film Animals (directed by Marcal Fores) and also composed additional music and orchestration for Heyday Film's Paddington. She recently completed the score Adrian Shergold’s Sunday night drama for BBC1 My Mother And Other Strangers, and is currently scoring two further BBC1 dramas Three Girls with Swallows and Amazons director Philippa Lowthorpe, and Irish drama Redwater.
Violinist
Holt has played with orchestras touring the world, as a soloist with the English Chamber Orchestra at the Royal Albert Hall and at the closing ceremony of the 2012 Summer Olympic Games in London. As a performer Holt has worked with artists Kasabian, Madness, The Last Shadow Puppets, The Libertines, Ed Sheeran, Alt-J, Nicola Benedetti, Ellie Goulding, Lady Sovereign, Gwen Stefani, Elbow, Andrea Bocelli, George Micheal, Echo and the Bunnymen, Take That, and with song writer Guy Chambers.
In 2007, she formed RaVen Quartet, a London-based string quartet that performed arrangements of rock tracks.[2][3][4] The quartet performed with Madness during the 2012 London Olympics closing ceremony.[5]
In the 2013 final of Britain's Got Talent, Holt was performing in the backing orchestra of finalists Richard and Adam. During their performance she walked on stage and threw eggs at judge, Simon Cowell (see "egggate").[6]
Other works
She worked with Secret Cinema coordinating music for live film events. She is currently working with Nick Jenkins, founder of the Moonpig.com greeting card company, on an app to help children learn about music. Previously Holt worked as an orchestrator and copyist whilst studying at NFTS on films such as Matthew Vaughn's Stardust and Hannibal Rising. She also worked alongside Goldie, Guy Chambers, Cerys Mathews, Lady Dynamite and Soweto Kinch to help talented youngsters write songs to be performed in front of Prince Harry at Buckingham Palace which was shown on BBC2.
References
- ↑ Jonze, Tim (May 21, 2015). "Ivor Novello awards 2015: Clean Bandit and Hozier triumph". The Guardian. Retrieved 28 May 2015.
- ↑ "Raven - The String Quartet That Rocks". Retrieved 9 June 2013.
- ↑ Interview: RaVen Quartet, M Magazine, 31 October 2012
- ↑ "Raven: 400 years of music in 40 minutes". BBC Breakfast. 22nd September 2012. Retrieved 11 June 2013. Check date values in:
|date=(help) - ↑ "The Raven Quartet, Elgar Room, Royal Albert Hall". Big Issue. Retrieved 17 June 2013.
- ↑ "Natalie Holt profile: Who is Britain's Got Talent final egg-thrower?". The Mirror. Retrieved 17 June 2013.