MIKE MORAN C.V.
		Mike Moran is one of the United Kingdoms best known musicians. Since graduating from London’s Royal College of Music he has had a distinguished  career in many different areas of the music business. As a keyboard player, arranger, musical director and producer, he has worked with many of the world’s superstars including, Sir Paul McCartney, Stevie Wonder, Paul Simon, George Harrison, Robert Plant, Sir Cliff Richard, Julio Iglesias, Placido Domingo, Jose Carreras, Dionne Warwick, Ashford and Simpson, Kate Bush, Montserrat Caballe, Ozzy Osbourne, Oliver Nelson, Jack Jones, Wayne Shorter, Ringo Starr, Carly Simon, Dusty Springfield, Gladys Knight, Rod Stewart, George Michael, Extreme, Joe Cocker, Lemar and Queen. Mike has been a member of many bands, including Blue Mink, Stone The Crows (later the Maggie Bell Band) and Gillan. Other live engagements have been as Piano/Musical director and conductor to Leo Sayer, Lulu, Elaine Paige, Russell Watson, Rod Stewart. A songwriting collaboration with Lynsey de Paul in 1977 led to Mike and Lynsey representing the UK in that year’s Eurovision Song Contest.

Mike worked a great deal with the late Freddie Mercury and their major collaboration was the album Barcelona which features Montserrat Caballe and Freddie together. Mike and Freddie wrote all the material (Sir Tim Rice co-wrote lyrics on three tracks) and the album was co-produced by Mike and Freddie. Queen also recorded tracks written by Mike and Freddie.

Mike’s credits as a record producer include four albums for Elaine Paige. Other recordings include work for/with Gino Vanelli, Extreme, Heart, Survivor, Montserrat Caballe, George Harrison, Freddie Mercury, Queen, Placido Domingo, Georgie Fame, Lemar, The Hollies, Martine McCutcheon, Lulu, The Celtic Tenors and a number of theatre and movie soundtrack albums.

As a Filmscore composer, Mike wrote and orchestrated a number of motion picture scores for George Harrison’s company Handmade Films including the cult film Time Bandits directed by Terry Gilliam, The Missionary and Water.

Other film credits include Deathwish 3, The Bitch, The Greek Tycoon, Top Secret, Betrayal, Whoops Apocalypse, Sherlock, ‘Blessed-pick a life…any life’ and soon to be released, an animation film entitled A Fox’s Tale. Future film projects include A Fox’s Tale 2, Whisky Robber and Colorado Kid.
He has composed original music for over 100 networked productions including Harry’s Game, Taggart, Sharman, Sex, Chips and Rock n’ Roll, El Cid, Chandler and Co, The Scarlet Pimpernel, The Contract and Bombmaker. Documentaries include This England and Never and Always for Denis Mitchell, and Colossus for Jacques Cousteau .

In Musical Theatre, Mike’s credit’s include Production Musical Director on the rock musical Time at the Dominion starring Sir Cliff Richard and Sir Laurence Olivier. He continued working with Sir Cliff as Production Musical Director on Heathcliff. Mike produced the London cast album of the King & I for Warner Records, following an earlier success with Piaf, both starring Elaine Paige.

Conducting credits include concerts and recordings with the London Symphony Orchestra, the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, the B.B.C. Concert Orchestra, the Utah Symphony Orchestra, the Tokyo Philharmonic, the Sydney Symphony Orchestra, the Adelaide Symphony Orchestra, the Wellington Symphonia and the Budapest Philharmonic.

Mike recently was musical director for ‘One Night With Rod Stewart” at the Royal Albert Hall. Also last year he completed two world tours as musical director/conductor and pianist for Russell Watson and Elaine Paige.

Mike has currently just finished composing the score for ‘Blessed’ a film by Storm Pictures starring James Nesbitt which goes on general distribution in 2008 and latest credits include scoring a new production for Touchpaper films titled Octavia, a screenplay based on a Jilly Cooper novel and scheduled for network transmission in 2008.

Mike is Professor of Jazz Piano at the Royal College of Music in London and 2007 finished with him being awarded the Gold Badge of Merit from the British Academy of Songwriters and Composers.

Nov 2008

Contact:
Music Bureau
Tel: +44 1494 890694
Mob: +44 7785 302939
Email: mike@music-bureau.com

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