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Jim Parker(1934-2023)

  • Composer
  • Music Department
  • Soundtrack
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Jim Parker was born on 18 December 1934 in Hartlepool, County Durham, England, UK. He was a composer, known for The History of Tom Jones, a Foundling (1997), The Fortunes and Misfortunes of Moll Flanders (1996) and Girl Shy (1924). He was married to Pauline George and Sonia Levy. He died on 28 July 2023 in the USA.
BornDecember 18, 1934
DiedJuly 28, 2023(88)
BornDecember 18, 1934
DiedJuly 28, 2023(88)
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  • Won 4 BAFTA Awards
    • 4 wins & 1 nomination total

Known for

Max Beesley and Samantha Morton in The History of Tom Jones, a Foundling (1997)
The History of Tom Jones, a Foundling
7.7
TV Mini Series
  • Composer
The Fortunes and Misfortunes of Moll Flanders (1996)
The Fortunes and Misfortunes of Moll Flanders
7.6
TV Mini Series
  • Composer
  • 1996
Nola Luxford, Dorothy Dorr, Judy King, Priscilla King, Harold Lloyd, and Jobyna Ralston in Girl Shy (1924)
Girl Shy
7.6
  • Composer(1992)
  • 1924
To Play the King (1993)
To Play the King
8.3
TV Mini Series
  • Composer

Credits

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Composer

  • Midsomer Murders: 25 Years of Mayhem (2022)
    Midsomer Murders: 25 Years of Mayhem
    7.9
    TV Special
    • Composer
    • 2022
  • Annette Badland, Neil Dudgeon, and Nick Hendrix in Midsomer Murders (1997)
    Midsomer Murders
    7.9
    TV Series
    • Composer
    • music composed by
    • 1997–2021
  • Michael Kitchen in Foyle's War (2002)
    Foyle's War
    8.6
    TV Series
    • Composer
    • 2002–2008
  • Betjeman's West Country (2006)
    Betjeman's West Country
    TV Series
    • Composer
    • 2006
  • The Booze Cruise II: The Treasure Hunt (2005)
    The Booze Cruise II: The Treasure Hunt
    6.7
    TV Movie
    • Composer
    • 2005
  • Born and Bred (2002)
    Born and Bred
    7.6
    TV Series
    • Composer
    • 2002–2005
  • The Booze Cruise (2003)
    The Booze Cruise
    7.0
    TV Movie
    • Composer
    • 2003
  • Reputations (1994)
    Reputations
    6.7
    TV Series
    • Composer
    • 2001
  • Dirty Tricks (2000)
    Dirty Tricks
    6.7
    TV Movie
    • Composer
    • 2000
  • The Law
    6.4
    TV Movie
    • Composer
    • 2000
  • Murder Rooms: Mysteries of the Real Sherlock Holmes (2000)
    Murder Rooms: Mysteries of the Real Sherlock Holmes
    7.9
    TV Mini Series
    • Composer
    • 2000
  • Lost for Words (1999)
    Lost for Words
    8.0
    TV Movie
    • Composer
    • 1999
  • A Rather English Marriage (1998)
    A Rather English Marriage
    7.8
    TV Movie
    • Composer
    • 1998
  • Rachel Weisz, Des Lynam, and Neil Morrissey in My Summer with Des (1998)
    My Summer with Des
    6.8
    TV Movie
    • Composer
    • 1998
  • Storm Over 4
    TV Movie
    • music by
    • 1998

Music Department

  • Annette Badland, Neil Dudgeon, and Nick Hendrix in Midsomer Murders (1997)
    Midsomer Murders
    7.9
    TV Series
    • title music
    • 2019–2025
  • Midsomer Murders: 25 Years of Mayhem (2022)
    Midsomer Murders: 25 Years of Mayhem
    7.9
    TV Special
    • title music
    • 2022
  • Changing Rooms (2021)
    Changing Rooms
    6.8
    TV Series
    • theme composer
    • 2021
  • Our Friend Victoria (2017)
    Our Friend Victoria
    8.2
    TV Series
    • musical director (uncredited)
    • 2017
  • Michael Kitchen in Foyle's War (2002)
    Foyle's War
    8.6
    TV Series
    • title music
    • composer: title music
    • 2010
  • Bill Owen, Peter Sallis, and Brian Wilde in Last of the Summer Wine (1973)
    Last of the Summer Wine
    7.1
    TV Series
    • composer: additional music
    • 2008
  • Betjeman's West Country (2006)
    Betjeman's West Country
    TV Series
    • title music
    • 2006
  • Late Flowering Lust (1994)
    Late Flowering Lust
    7.2
    TV Movie
    • conductor
    • 1994
  • Julian Glover, Jane Asher, Kate Buffery, and Suzanna Hamilton in Wish Me Luck (1987)
    Wish Me Luck
    7.7
    TV Series
    • conductor
    • 1989–1990
  • Bernard Cribbins, Rosemary Leach, Patricia Routledge, Prunella Scales, Peter Vaughan, and Timothy West in When We Are Married (1987)
    When We Are Married
    8.2
    TV Movie
    • Music Composed & Arranged By
    • 1987
  • Death Is Part of the Process (1986)
    Death Is Part of the Process
    TV Movie
    • music
    • 1986
  • Season's Greetings (1986)
    Season's Greetings
    8.0
    TV Movie
    • conductor
    • 1986
  • Remember the Lambeth Walk
    TV Movie
    • musical arrangement
    • musical director
    • 1985
  • The Bank Manager's Wife (1983)
    The Bank Manager's Wife
    6.9
    TV Movie
    • incidental music
    • 1983
  • Play for Today (1970)
    Play for Today
    7.8
    TV Series
    • conductor
    • music composed by
    • 1981–1982

Soundtrack

  • Clancy Brown, Lori Alan, Rodger Bumpass, Mary Jo Catlett, Bill Fagerbakke, Tom Kenny, Carolyn Lawrence, and Mr. Lawrence in Kamp Koral: SpongeBob's Under Years (2021)
    Kamp Koral: SpongeBob's Under Years
    3.7
    TV Series
    • music: "Bassoon 4" (uncredited)
    • 2023
  • Annette Badland, Neil Dudgeon, and Nick Hendrix in Midsomer Murders (1997)
    Midsomer Murders
    7.9
    TV Series
    • writer: "Midsomer Murders" (Theme Song)
    • writer: "Midsomer Murders" (Signature Theme)
    • writer: "Main Theme" ...
    • 1997–2023
  • Midsomer Murders: 25 Years of Mayhem (2022)
    Midsomer Murders: 25 Years of Mayhem
    7.9
    TV Special
    • writer: "Midsomer Murders" (Theme Song)
    • 2022
  • Bill Fagerbakke in The Patrick Star Show (2021)
    The Patrick Star Show
    3.6
    TV Series
    • music: "Silver Sovereign"
    • music: "Bassoon 4" (uncredited, uncredited)
    • 2021
  • Kyle Kallgren in Brows Held High (2011)
    Brows Held High
    8.2
    TV Series
    • writer: "Francis Urquhart's March"
    • 2014
  • Gintberg på kanten (2011)
    Gintberg på kanten
    6.9
    TV Series
    • writer: "Midsomer Murders" (uncredited)
    • 2012
  • Michael Kitchen in Foyle's War (2002)
    Foyle's War
    8.6
    TV Series
    • writer: "Foyle's War theme"
    • 2002
  • Bill Owen, Peter Sallis, and Brian Wilde in Last of the Summer Wine (1973)
    Last of the Summer Wine
    7.1
    TV Series
    • writer: "Last Of The Summer Wine"
    • writer: "The Last Of The Summer Wine" (uncredited, uncredited)
    • 1981–2000
  • Top of the Pops (1964)
    Top of the Pops
    6.9
    TV Series
    • writer: "Captain Beaky"
    • 1980

Personal details

  • Born
    • December 18, 1934
    • Hartlepool, County Durham, England, UK
  • Died
    • July 28, 2023
    • USA(Long illness)
  • Spouses
      Pauline George1969 - July 28, 2023 (his death, 2 children)
  • Other works
    Andrew Sachs and his play, "Made in Heaven," was performed in a Chichester Festival Production at the Chichester Festival Theatre in Chichester, West Sussex, England with Patricia Routledge, Michael Bates, Tony Robinson, Patrick Macnee, Kenneth Nelson, and Jeremy Sinden in the cast. Wendy Toye was director.

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    Father of Claire Parker.

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