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About William Goodchild

Hear William's music on Into the Still Point

 

 

William Goodchild composes and produces music for film and television and is in demand for his dramatic and expressive scores. His composing portfolio includes original music for natural history and history documentary, and radio drama.

Recent broadcast commissions include' Lobo - the Wolf that Changed America' (2008) - a Natural World production for BBC and Thirteen/WNET (New York) narrated by David Attenborough; ‘Humpbacks - from Fire to Ice' (2008) for ABC (Australia) and National Geographic narrated by David Attenborough; ‘Athens - the Truth about Democracy' (2007) - a two-part History Feature for Channel 4 produced by Lion TV and presented by Bettany Hughes; ‘Bearman' (2008) - a Natural History Feature for Channel 5 and National Geographic produced by Aqua Vita Films; and ‘Peter Scott - a Passion for Nature' (2006) produced by Available Light Productions for BBC2.

 

William works regularly with a number of international and national orchestras including the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, the BBC Concert Orchestra and the London Metropolitan Orchestra. As conductor and orchestrator he has undertaken numerous projects for the BBC including several major natural history series such as ‘Wild China' (2008), ‘Ganges' (2007), ‘Europe - a Natural History' (2005), ‘Journey of Life' (2004) and ‘Wild New World' (2002) and has recorded for Sony Classical, Universal Classical and Jazz, and CBS Records.

He has collaborated with international soloists as diverse as guitarist John Williams (with whom he has recorded a number of albums), Andy Sheppard, members of the Maggini Quartet, Natalie Lomeiko, Alasdair Malloy, O-Duo and Tom Jones.

In Bristol, William is guest conductor with the Emerald Ensemble - Bristol's professional chamber orchestra, and the BMCO, performing regularly at the Colston Hall and St George's Bristol.