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Colin William Towns (born 13 May 1948) is an English composer and keyboardist. He was noted as playing in bands formed by ex-Deep Purple singer Ian Gillan, and later worked extensively in composing 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 neighborhood of the East End of London. He went on to play in numerous dance bands, jazz ensembles and also became a session musician.
(2004)
(Original Music Composer)
(2004)
(Original Music Composer)
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Birth name Colin William Towns
Nationality United-kingdom
Birth 1 january 1949 (75 years) at Greater London (United-kingdom)
Nationality United-kingdom
Birth 1 january 1949 (75 years) at Greater London (United-kingdom)
Colin William Towns (born 13 May 1948) is an English composer and keyboardist. He was noted as playing in bands formed by ex-Deep Purple singer Ian Gillan, and later worked extensively in composing 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 neighborhood of the East End of London. He went on to play in numerous dance bands, jazz ensembles and also became a session musician.
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Ghostboat (2006)
, 2h13Directed by Stuart Orme
Origin United-kingdom
Genres Drama, Thriller
Themes Seafaring films, Transport films, Submarine films, Ghost films, Political films
Actors David Jason, Ian Puleston-Davies, Tony Haygarth, Julian Wadham, Crispin Bonham-Carter, Jonathan Cullen
Rating64%
HMS Scorpion, a British submarine that had gone missing in the Baltic Sea during World War II, surfaces in the path of a Russian freighter in 1981. The vessel is returned to British custody. Naval Intelligence is interested in the case because it seems that, for the first time, a ship has returned from "the Devil's Triangle of the North". The submarine opens its own hatch to let the investigating team in, where they find the vessel in a state of perfect preservation, but find no sign of the crew.
The Wind in the Willows (2006)
, 1h39Directed by Terry Jones, Arthur Rankin Jr., Jules Bass, Rachel Talalay
Genres Drama
Themes Children's films
Actors Matt Lucas, Mark Gatiss, Lee Ingleby, Bob Hoskins, Michael Murphy, Imelda Staunton
Rating63%
Matt Lucas comme un crapaud merveilleux, Mark Gatiss comme un rat hérissés, Lee Ingleby comme une taupe nerveux, et Bob Hoskins comme un vieux grincheux Badger faire un casting de classe à l'intérieur une autre version du livre classique de Kenneth Grahame.
Red Mercury (2005)
, 1h53Origin United-kingdom
Genres Drama, Thriller, Action, Crime
Actors Stockard Channing, Pete Postlethwaite, Juliet Stevenson, Ron Silver, David Bradley, Nigel Terry
Roles Music
Rating49%
The film is a thriller about a terrorist kidnapping. Three terrorist bomb-makers get a tipoff that their safehouse is about to be raided;
Double zéro (2004)
, 1h30Directed by Gérard Pirès
Origin United-kingdom
Genres Comedy, Action, Adventure
Themes Spy films, La provence
Actors Éric Judor, Ramzy Bedia, Édouard Baer, François Chattot, Didier Flamand, Rossy de Palma
Roles Original Music Composer
Rating41%
La DGSE est sur les dents : un missile vient d'être dérobé et il semblerait qu'il y ait une taupe dans la maison. Pour récupérer l'arme nucléaire (un M51 en bonne et due forme), les dirigeants engagent deux civils aux personnalités particulières : Will et Ben, qui serviront de couverture aux vrais espions. Se sentant investis d'une lourde responsabilité, ils se prennent au jeu, et de Paris à la Jamaïque, ils affrontent le Mâle secondé par la sublime Natty Dreads et son armée de top models.
My Angel (2004)
, 1h34Directed by Serge Frydman
Origin France
Genres Drama
Actors Vanessa Paradis, Vincent Rottiers, Eduardo Noriega, Éric Ruf, Claude Perron, Jean-Benoît Ugeux
Rating63%
Colette, une femme amoureuse, reçoit en pleine nuit un appel téléphonique. Une inconnue lui demande un service en forme d'appel au secours : aller chercher son petit garçon et le lui amener. Mais ce garçon, un dénommé Billy, dont Colette se retrouve à aller prendre livraison, navigue aux frontières de cette période dite ingrate, celle où l'on recherche avidement le contact, poussé par un désir vague et l'inconnu de l'avenir. Avenir d'autant plus incertain que Billy ne va pas tarder à devenir orphelin et Colette à ne plus savoir comment se débarrasser de cet obstacle qui l'a déviée de sa route, celle qui menait droit à l'amour.
, 1h40Directed by Olivier Dahan
Origin France
Genres Thriller, Action, Crime
Themes Films about religion
Actors Jean Reno, Benoît Magimel, Christopher Lee, Johnny Hallyday, Camille Natta, Serge Riaboukine
Roles Original Music Composer
Rating59%
After a body is found in the walls of a French monastery, Commissioner Niemans, played by Jean Reno, teams up with Detective Reda, played by Benoit Magimel, who is already investigating a murder of his own. As with the first movie, the pair's investigations intertwine and soon they are looking at a giant conspiracy involving a secretive group of monks on amphetamines led by Heinrich von Garten, played by Christopher Lee, searching for a treasure hidden by King Lothair II somewhere near the Maginot Line. Reno and Magimel are joined by a religious specialist called Marie, played by Camille Natta.
Not Only But Always (2004)
, 1h40Origin United-kingdom
Genres Drama, Biography, Comedy
Actors Rhys Ifans, Aidan McArdle, Jodie Rimmer, Camilla Power, Richard Durden, Alan Cox
Roles Music
Rating72%
Hot Money (2001)
, 1h30Origin United-kingdom
Genres Crime
Actors Caroline Quentin, Georgia Mackenzie, Melanie Hill, Gerard Horan, Cliff Parisi, Jay Simpson
Roles Original Music Composer
Rating72%
The drama tells the story of three workers at the Bank of England incinerating plant in Essex. The trio, led by Bridget (Caroline Quentin), hatch a plan to steal thousands of pounds by stashing the notes in their underwear.
Directed by Stephen Whittaker
Genres Drama, Comedy-drama
Actors James D'Arcy, Sophia Myles, Charles Dance, Tom Hiddleston, Abigail McKern, Lee Ingleby
Rating74%
En Angleterre, Nicholas Nickleby, jeune homme sans fortune, essaye de se frayer un chemin dans la cruelle et injuste société victorienne. Son physique avenant, sa gentillesse et ses manières de gentleman sont des qualités appréciables, mais ces atouts seront-ils suffisants pour l'aider à affronter ce qui l'attend ?
Essex Boys (2000)
, 1h42Origin United-kingdom
Genres Thriller, Action, Crime
Actors Sean Bean, Alex Kingston, Charlie Creed-Miles, Tom Wilkinson, Holly Davidson, Larry Lamb
Roles Original Music Composer
Rating59%
The film is based loosely around events in December 1995 that culminated in the murders of two top drug barons and their driver in Rettendon, Essex, UK. On 6 December 1995, Patrick Tate, Craig Rolfe and Tony Tucker, three drug dealers well known to the police, were lured to Workhouse Lane, Rettendon on the pretext of a lucrative drug deal. There they were killed by shotgun blasts to the head while sitting in their Range Rover. The bodies were found the following morning.
Maybe Baby (2000)
, 1h44Directed by Hugh Laurie, Ben Elton
Origin United-kingdom
Genres Thriller, Comedy, Comedy-drama, Romantic comedy, Romance
Actors Hugh Laurie, Joely Richardson, Matthew Macfadyen, Adrian Lester, Joanna Lumley, Emma Thompson
Roles Music
Rating55%
Sam Bell (Laurie) and wife Lucy (Richardson) are a married couple struggling for a baby, having tried everything they can think of to improve their chances of conceiving. At the same time, Sam begins to find his job (as a commissioning editor of drama at the BBC) increasingly unfulfilling. While he resolves to write his own screenplay, he begins to suffer writer's block. The idea dawns upon him to write about his own predicament, something to which Lucy objects strongly. He uses her diary entries to help him achieve authenticity, and the film is a success. Lucy finds out about the film and, shocked, leaves Sam. Eventually they reconcile and at the end of the story are still trying for a baby.
Complicity (2000)
Directed by Gavin Millar
Genres Thriller, Romance
Actors Jonny Lee Miller, Brian Cox, Keeley Hawes, Bill Paterson, Paul Higgins, Stephen McCole
Roles Original Music Composer
Rating58%
Faeries (1999)
, 1h30Origin United-kingdom
Genres Fantasy, Adventure, Animation
Themes Children's films
Actors Kate Winslet, Jeremy Irons, Dougray Scott, Charlotte Coleman, Jane Horrocks, June Whitfield
Roles Music
Rating54%
While waiting for their new home to be renovated, Nellie and her younger brother George are sent to a farm in the countryside, much to George's delight and Nellie's disgust. However, the farmhouse and the surrounding area are teeming with fairy creatures, and first the two children encounter is a hobgoblin named Broom who is (more or less) secretly looking after the farm.
Guest House Paradiso (1999)
, 1h29Directed by Ade Edmondson
Origin United-kingdom
Genres Comedy
Actors Rik Mayall, Ade Edmondson, Vincent Cassel, Bill Nighy, Kate Ashfield, Simon Pegg
Roles Original Music Composer
Rating61%
Richard "Richie" Twat and Edward "Eddie" Elizabeth Ndingombaba (Rik Mayall and Adrian Edmondson) run the worst guest house in the United Kingdom ("You're not in any of the guidebooks. Nobody for miles around - an oasis of calm. Even the peasants in the village denied its existence."), neighbouring a poorly maintained nuclear power station. The chef is not only unable to cook, but is both an idiotic drunkard and an illegal immigrant and eventually leaves due to not being paid ("Have you seen Pascal? Oh, damn. I'll have to phone the psychiatric hospital, he's probably checked himself in again!"). The guests (one of them played by Bill Nighy) are thoroughly dissatisfied by the poor service, and all decide to leave, except for one "Mrs Foxfur" (Fenella Fielding) who lives there.
The Wind in the Willows (1996)
, 1h27Directed by Terry Jones, Arthur Rankin Jr., Jules Bass, Rachel Talalay
Origin United-kingdom
Genres Drama, Comedy, Fantasy, Adventure
Themes Films about animals, Children's films
Actors Steve Coogan, Bob Hoskins, Eric Idle, Mark Gatiss, Terry Jones, Matt Lucas
Rating62%
Mole's (Steve Coogan) underground home is knocked in when the field above it is bulldozed by the Weasels; the field was owned by Mr. Toad (Terry Jones), who has sold it to finance his latest fad: caravanning. Mole flees to the river and meets the Water Rat (Eric Idle), who is preparing to embark on a picnic. Seeing Mole's distress, Rat decides to take Mole to see Toad. Toad encourages them to travel with him on the open road, in his newly bought canary-coloured cart. Disaster strikes when a pair of joyriders in a motor car knock over the cart. Rat calms Toad's horse instead of Mole. Toad, however, instantly discards the cart and becomes obsessed with motoring. He is a reckless driver, however, and ends up needing more money from the Weasels. Their volatile Chief (Antony Sher) tries to persuade him to sell Toad Hall.