Full Name Mark Russell Occupation Composer Name Mark Russell | Alma mater University of York Years active 1990–present Role Composer Books Film Music | |
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Nominations British Academy Television Craft Award for Best Original Television Music Music director Saving Grace, Summer things, Castles in the Sky, Event 15, The Bad Mother's Handbook Similar People Mike Bullen, Craig Ferguson, Michel Blanc, Josiane Balasko | ||
Mark Russell (born May 23, 1960) is a British composer whose works include music for the television series Cold Feet, Murder City, The Bill and Kingdom. He presented Mixing It with Robert Sandall on BBC Radio 3 from 1990 to 2007, when the programme ended. His score for Cold Feet was nominated for a BAFTA Award for Best Original Television Music in 1999, though lost to Ben Bartlett's score to Walking with Dinosaurs. In 2012 his score for the BBC series Leonardo was nominated for an Ivor Novello Award in the Best Television Soundtrack category.http://www.digitalspy.co.uk/music/news/a382203/the-ivor-novello-awards-2012-winners-in-full.html
Born in London, Russell graduated from the University of York in 1982 with a degree in music; he was a presenter on University Radio York but was "thrown out ... for laughing while reading the news".