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Colin Towns is an
English composer, born in
London in
1949, specialising in
soundtracks for
film,
television and
commercials. Learning piano as a child, by the age of 13 he was earning money playing at weddings and birthdays in his neighbourhood of the East End of
London. He went on to play in numerous dance bands, jazz ensembles and also became a
session musician.
In
1976 he was recruited as keyboardist to replace
Mickey Lee Soule in the
Ian Gillan Band. Over time he developed an increasing interest in composing and Ian Gillan credits the Towns-penned 'Fighting Man' as pointing the direction in which Gillan should go. Gillan dissolved The Ian Gillan Band, with its jazz-rock leanings, and retained only Towns, putting together the rockier
Gillan. Encouraged by
Ian Gillan, Towns co-wrote many of the songs for the new band. Whilst with the band he used his free time to seek opportunities to compose music beyond the
Heavy Metal direction of Gillan. He submitted a
demo soundtrack for the
Mia Farrow film
Full Circle which received reviews praising the music.
In
1983 Ian Gillan dissolved the band, and Towns decided to pursue soundtrack composing full-time. In that year he won the commission to write the score for the film
Slayground. From then on he was in constant demand, particularly in British Television, where his body of work is prolific, and includes
Dalziel and Pascoe,
Cadfael,
Capital City,
Pie In The Sky,
Between The Lines and
Imogen's Face. His film credits include
The Puppet Masters (featuring
Donald Sutherland),
Space Truckers (featuring
Dennis Hopper) and
Captives (featuring
Tim Roth).
Towns' principal musical passion is
jazz and has released several albums in this genre and founding the
Mask Orchestra.
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