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Neville Farmer

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Neville Farmer
Lighting Up Lives was commissioned by Sunderland AFC as part of their bid to be a venue for the 2018 World Cup. It was conceived, written, produced and directed by Neville Farmer for DAYtime Entertainment in 2009 and features the music of Dave Stewart, which he gave permission to use for free in support of his hometown, Sunderland.   The six minute film was designed to promote the facilities and landscape of the North of England but most importantly, the passion of the people for the Beautiful Game. It stars six young football academy players in the strip of the participating teams. The film helped push Sunderland to the top of the list of venues chosen, should England have won the right to stage the cup.
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Neville Farmer has been an internationally respected producer, composer, performer and commentator on music for over 30 years. As a producer / musical director, he has worked on over 20 albums and 100 television programs and films. In the early 1990s his work on the Globe Trekker, Lonely Planet and Treks In A Wild World series broke the mold in television music production. This resulted in the successful Globe Trekker CD series and attracted collaborations with many of the world's most interesting composers, including Emmy-winner, Martyn Swain, Roger Waters' producer, Ian Ritchie and Grammy nominated Simon Emmerson. His compositions have been released by artists in Canada, Japan, Hungary, Norway and the UK.

Neville earned his expertise in combining different musical cultures from some years working for Peter Gabriel's Real World Company, which publishes some of his music. His other musical collaborations have included Robert Plant, XTC, Nigel Kennedy, Dave Edmunds, John Otway and Karl Wallinger.

This led him to be employed as Musical Director on Television productions for National Geographic, Discovery Channel, BBC, ABC1 (Aus) and channels in over 50 countries. His theatrical work has included producing the music for the stage show, "Stormforce" and writing and producing the play, "The Devil's Interval" about the composer, George Fridrich Handel and rock guitarist, Jimi Hendrix.

As a writer on music and the music industry, he has been employed by Beatles producer, Sir George Martin, Peter Gabriel, Andy Partridge, The Bert Kaempfert Organisation, Abbey Road Studios and international titles such as Billboard, Music Week, Pro Sound News and Mix Magazine. He was commissioned to write the history of German composer, Bert Kaempfert for the Songwriters Hall of Fame Museum in New York and the story of the music of British cult band, XTC for Disney's Hyperion Books.

As a musician, composer, producer, writer and director, Neville Farmer is a media renaissance man, who commands respect worldwide.
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      • 2023
      Globe Trekker (1994)
      Globe Trekker
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      Paranormal Egypt (2007)
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      • Globe Trekker (1994)
        Globe Trekker
        8.6
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        • musical director
        • 1994–2008
      • Grand Designs (1999)
        Grand Designs
        8.5
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        • music producer
        • 2001–2002

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      • Festival Oaxaca (2023)
        Festival Oaxaca
        Short
        • director
        • 2023

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        Book: "XTC - Song Stories". New York. Hyperion Books. Author. ISBN-10: 0786883383

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