Member Since: 16/01/2008
Band Website: http://www.spnm.org.uk/?page=shortlist/composer.html&id=
277
Band Members: http://www.soundandmusic.org/node/389
Influences: Romantic, lush orchestration, rhythmic, pulsating, energetic, generally tonal or chromatic.John Adams, Barber, Bernstein, Britten, Copland, Debussy, Delius, Faure, Jerry Goldsmith, Bernard Herrman, Honegger, Knussen, Mahler, Frank Martin, Martinu, Maxwell Davies, Messiaen, Milhaud, Tobias Picker, Poulenc, Prokofiev, Puccini, Ravel, Scriabin, Steve Reich, Shostakovich, Sondheim, Richard Strauss, Stravinsky, Szymanowski, Tippett, Michael Torke, Judith Weir, Vaughan Williams, Walton, John Williams, Zemlinsky.
Sounds Like: 'Towards the Gates of Heaven' was once described by Anthony Gilbert as 'Aldeburgh meets La Trinite'.That pretty much sums my music up if you add a little french impressionism and turn of the century (last) chromaticism into the mix.
Record Label: http://www.icewhole.com/nicolaskingmancomposer