Other notable film scores include Brick Lane directed by Sarah Gavron, a piece for the soundtrack to Gangs of New York directed by Martin Scorsese, and a full score for The Wife by Björn Runge, starring Jonathan Pryce, Glenn Close, and Christian Slater.
Pook wrote the film score to Michael Radford’s The Merchant of Venice with Al Pacino, which featured the voice of countertenor Andreas Scholl and was nominated for a Classical Brit Award. She then embarked on a period of touring and recording with artists such as Peter Gabriel, Massive Attack, Laurie Anderson and PJ Harvey and as a member of the Communards. Pook graduated from the Guildhall School of Music and Drama in 1983, where she studied the viola.
Often remembered for her film score to Eyes Wide Shut, which won her a Chicago Film Award and a Golden Globe nomination, Pook has worked with some of the world’s leading directors, musicians, artists and arts institutions – including Stanley Kubrick, Martin Scorsese, the Royal Opera House, BBC Proms, Andrew Motion, Peter Gabriel, Massive Attack and Laurie Anderson. She has established an international reputation as a highly original composer winning her numerous awards and nominations including a BAFTA, Golden Globe, Olivier and two British Composer Awards. Jocelyn Pook is one of the UK’s most versatile composers, having written extensively for stage, screen, opera house and concert hall. Recent premieres include Memorial, a large-scale music theatre work with music by Pook and performed by her ensemble at Adelaide Festival, Brisbane Festival and London’s Barbican Theatre and the world premiere of the final part of her mental health trilogy, Hysteria, at Hoxton Hall, London.
Recent projects include the film score to Björn Runge’s The Wife (2018) with Glenn Close and the score to true crime documentary The Staircase by Jean-Xavier de Lestrade, both released as digital albums in 2018. Pook tours extensively with the Jocelyn Pook Ensemble, performing her own repertoire, music from her albums and film scores. Pook graduated from the Guildhall School of Music and Drama in 1983, where she studied viola. She has established an international reputation as a highly original composer winning her numerous awards and nominations including a BAFTA, Olivier ( King Charles III), Golden Globe ( Eyes Wide Shut), and two British Composer Awards ( Speaking in Tunes, DESH).
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