Joe Meek(1929-1967)

Joe Meek was born on 5 April 1929 in Newent, Gloucestershire, England, UK. He was a composer, known for Wristcutters: A Love Story (2006), Fresh (2022) and The Rum Diary (2011). He died on 3 February 1967 in London, England, UK.

Known for

7.2

6.7

6.1

5.6

Eric Freeman Sweet Memories of Newent
Video
- "Telstar"
- producer: "Telstar"
- 2019
Sing and Swing
5.6
- music and lyrics composed by
- musical director (uncredited)
- 1963
Farewell Performance
5.6
- score, orchestrations, and musical direction by
- 1963
The Johnny Leyton Touch
8.3
Short
- composer: song "Can't You Hear the Beat of a Broken Heart?"
- 1962
The Scales of Justice
7.8
TV Series
- music producer: theme (uncredited)
- 1962
Linda
6.2
- music producer: "Linda"
- 1960

Fresh
6.7
- performer: "I Hear a New World"
- writer: "I Hear a New World"
- 2022
Life on Earth?
8.4
Short
- writer: "Telstar"
- 2020
Carmen
6.0
Short
- writer: "I Hear A New World"
- 2017
All These Sleepless Nights
6.5
- performer: "I Hear A New World"
- writer: "I Hear A New World"
- 2016
Love Me Do: The Beatles '62
7.4
TV Movie
- writer: "Telstar"
- 2012
The Rum Diary
6.1
- writer: "Telstar"
- 2011
Wallace and Gromit's World of Invention
7.2
TV Series
- writer: "Telstar" (uncredited)
- 2010
Telstar: The Joe Meek Story
6.5
- performer: "Orbit Around the Moon (aka Husky Team)"
- writer: "Telstar", "Dreams Do Come True", "Been Invited to a Party", "Temptation Baby", "Orbit Around the Moon (aka Husky Team)", "Diggin' My Potatoes", "Bublight"
- writer: "Valley of No Return"
- 2008
Mad Men
8.7
TV Series
- writer: "Telstar" (uncredited)
- 2008
Wristcutters: A Love Story
7.2
- performer: "Telstar (Demo)"
- writer: "Telstar (Demo)"
- 2006
The Prophecy 3: The Ascent
5.4
Video
- writer: "Telstar"
- 2000
À cause d'elle
6.0
- writer: "Telstar"
- 1993
Arena
7.7
TV Series
- writer: "Telstar"
- 1991
Mr. Mike's Mondo Video
4.9
- music: "The Haunting Theme from Mondo Video"
- 1979
Shang-a-Lang
6.7
TV Series
- writer: "Telstar"
- 1975

Trivia
Meek took a single-barrelled shotgun from under his bed at the studio he'd built in a flat above a leather goods shop at 304 Holloway Road in north London and, following a heated argument, shot and killed his landlady Violet Shenton, before turning the gun on himself.