Guy Michelmore
Born
Guy Alford Michelmore

August 1957 (age 66)
EducationSt John's School, Leatherhead
Alma materPembroke College, Oxford
Occupation(s)Film and television composer, television news presenter
EmployerBBC
Notable workEyewitness
About Anglia
Newsroom South East
Parents
Websiteguymichelmore.com

Guy Alford Michelmore (born August 1957) is an English film and television composer and former television news presenter.

Early life

Guy Alford Michelmore was born in August 1957.[1] Michelmore is the son of BBC presenters Cliff Michelmore[2] and Jean Metcalfe. His mother Jean was the presenter of Family Favourites and Woman's Hour. His father Cliff was best known for the BBC television programme Tonight. Cliff once interviewed himself, and asked whether either his son or daughter had shown any interest in television – Cliff answered by saying that ten-year-old Guy was "at that point where he is fascinated and interested in all things... even his father's job!"

Michelmore was educated at the independent St John's School in Leatherhead, Surrey and Pembroke College, Oxford.

News presenter

Michelmore began reporting on Anglia TV's About Anglia before joining the BBC programme Newsroom South East in 1993. He left the programme to be replaced by Tim Ewart from ITN.

Michelmore famously spilt his drink all over himself and his desk before going into a live link on Newsroom South East. The incident was shown on the BBC's Auntie's Bloomers outtakes show.

Composer

Michelmore is a composer of music for film and television. He is best known for his work with Eyewitness composing the main theme; and for Marvel which includes eight animated feature films and a number of TV series, including Avengers: Earth's Mightiest Heroes, Iron Man: Armoured Adventures and The Super Hero Squad Show. He scored the puppet feature film Jackboots on Whitehall in 2010.[3] His other work includes The Jungle Book, Growing Up Creepie, for which he received an Annie Award nomination, and scores for Emmy Award winner Tutenstein, The Woodlies and The DaVincibles, among others. He worked extensively scoring natural history films and was nominated for an Emmy Award for his score to "The Queen of Trees" for the Nature series on PBS.

Selected filmography

Film

Television

Training courses

Michelmore is CEO and founding member of the online education provider ThinkSpace Education,[4] which trains composers for jobs in music for visual media. ThinkSpace Education was the world's first online postgraduate degree provider in composition for film, games and television.[5]

ThinkSpace Education's YouTube channel is hosted by Michelmore, where he performs scoring demonstrations and teaches compositional techniques.

References

  1. ^ "Guy Alford MICHELMORE personal appointments - Find and update company information". gov.uk. Archived from the original on 2 January 2024. Retrieved 22 October 2023.
  2. ^ BBC News – "Cliff Michelmore's son pays tribute", 17 March 2016 Archived 11 February 2017 at the Wayback Machine. Retrieved 18 March 2016
  3. ^ Accorder Music – Guy Michelmore Archived 15 April 2016 at the Wayback Machine. Retrieved 18 March 2016.
  4. ^ "Meet the Team | ThinkSpace Education". thinkspaceeducation.com. Archived from the original on 29 August 2020. Retrieved 17 February 2020.
  5. ^ "ThinkSpace Education Film Scoring School". thinkspaceeducation.com. Archived from the original on 3 February 2020. Retrieved 17 February 2020.

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