Christopher Gunning(1944-2023)

Composer
Music Department
Actor

Christopher Gunning was born on 5 August 1944 in Cheltenham, Gloucestershire, England, UK. He was a composer and actor, known for La Vie En Rose (2007), Poirot (1989) and Middlemarch (1994). He was married to Svitlana Sainko and Annie Farrow. He died on 25 March 2023 in Hertfordshire, England, UK.

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Won 4 BAFTA Awards
- 7 wins & 3 nominations total

Known for

La Vie En Rose

7.5

Composer

2007

Poirot

8.6

TV Series

Composer

Middlemarch

7.4

TV Mini Series

Composer

1994

Porterhouse Blue

7.6

TV Mini Series

Composer(as Chris Gunning)

Credits

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Composer

Christopher's Music
- Composer
- 2016
Grace of Monaco
5.7
- Composer
- 2014
The House and Everything
6.1
Short
- original score
- 2013
Bloom
8.4
- Composer
- 2011
La Vie En Rose
7.5
- Composer
- 2007
Rosemary & Thyme
7.6
TV Series
- Composer
- 2003–2006
Lighthouse Hill
5.7
- Composer
- 2004
Poirot
8.6
TV Series
- Composer
- 1989–2004
Pollyanna
7.6
TV Movie
- Composer
- 2003
Wild Africa
8.0
TV Mini Series
- Composer
- music composed by
- 2001
The Innocent
6.1
TV Movie
- Composer
- 2001
Nova
8.7
TV Series
- music
- 1999
The Last Train
7.1
TV Mini Series
- Composer
- 1999
The Cater Street Hangman
6.9
TV Movie
- Composer
- 1998
The Life and Crimes of William Palmer
6.5
TV Mini Series
- Composer
- 1998

Music Department

Grace of Monaco
5.7
- conductor
- 2014
Poirot
8.6
TV Series
- composer: Poirot theme
- Poirot Theme
- composer: theme music
- 1990–2013
Bloom
8.4
- composer: theme music
- 2011
Rosemary & Thyme
7.6
TV Series
- composer: title music
- 2004–2006
When the Whales Came
6.1
- conductor
- music arranger
- orchestrator (uncredited)
- 1989
Dramarama
6.7
TV Series
- music
- music composed by
- 1985–1988
First Tuesday
TV Series
- music
- theme music (as Chris Gunning)
- 1984–1987
East Lynne
6.8
TV Movie
- conductor
- 1982
The Day of the Triffids
7.3
TV Mini Series
- conductor
- 1981
Amin: The Rise and Fall
6.0
- conductor
- 1981
A New Age for Railways
Short
- conductor
- 1979
A Deadly Game
6.7
TV Movie
- conductor
- 1979
The Bawdy Adventures of Tom Jones
4.2
- arranger: songs and dances
- conductor: songs and dances
- 1976
Omnibus
7.2
TV Series
- musical director
- 1974
Helen: A Woman of Today
7.9
TV Series
- composer: theme music
- 1973

Actor

Personal details

Official sites
- BFI
- Chandos
Alternative name
- Chris Gunning
Born
- August 5, 1944
- Cheltenham, Gloucestershire, England, UK
Died
- March 25, 2023
- Hertfordshire, England, UK(kidney cancer)
Spouses
Children
Other works
Composed start of day music used by Yorkshire Television (UK) 1982-1988, and still in use today as signature tune to the regional news programme "Calendar".