Nic Raine has conducted several orchestras in Europe including the English Chamber Orchestra, Philharmonia Orchestra, Academy of St. Martin’s in the Fields and the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra in London, the Royal Scottish National and Ulster orchestras and the City of Prague Philharmonic, City of Granada Orchestra and Ljubljana Symphony Radio Orchestra elsewhere. He has worked as an arranger of film music with Elmer Bernstein, Maurice Jarre, Gabriel Yared, Michael Kamen, Georg Fenton, Mark Ayres, Stanislas Syrewicz and Stanley Myers on films like “A Passage to India”, Mad Max 3″, “Spies Like Us”, “Castaway”, “High Spirits”, “Top Secret” and “Madame Sousatzka”.
His work for television has included his orchestrations for the Wallace and Gromit animation films “The Wrong Trousers” and “A Close Shave” and the Channel 4 documentary “D W Griffith – Father of Film”.
Nic Raine has had particularly fruitful relationships with two of the most prolific film composers of recent times, John Barry and Carl Davis. John Barry’s name is synonymous with the Bond films and Nic Raine has been a regular collaborator with him since their first meeting in 1984 when his work on “A View to Kill” and “The Living Daylights” enhanced Nic’s growing reputation within the film industry. He also works regularly on projects with Carl Davis that have included feature films such as “The Trial”, “Frankenstein Unbound” and Ken Russell’s “The Rainbow” as well as over ten silent movie scores for Thames TV that included “The General” and “The Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse”.
He has also conducted more than 40 CD’s for Silva Screen that include titles such as “The Classic John Barry”, “The Essential James Horner”, “The Essential James Bond” and “The Essential Jerry Goldsmith” and music by Dimitri Tiomkin, Alfred Newman, Max Steiner, Basil Poledouris, Jermone Morosse, Vangelis and Alan Silvestri. In addition to his film and recording work he works with contemporary artists having arranged tracks for Maire Brennan (Clannad), Duran Duran (a View to a Kill), Aha (the Living Daylights) and songs for the singer Desree and group Texas which were performed at the recent Net Aid Concert.
Born in London, Nic Raine studied the piano, organ, double bass and classical guitar. He worked for Boosey and Hawkes, Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra and London Symphony Orchestra, and it was during that time of intense music copying and arranging he was to develop a love of orchestration based on what he describes as “the sound of an orchestra”. When not working in concert halls and studios Nic Raine lives with his family in the depths of the Sussex countryside in England.
April 2001
NIC RAINE FILM & TV ORCHESTRATION CREDITS
| COMPOSER | Work |
|---|---|
| Mark Ayres | The Innocent Sleep |
| John Barry | A View to a Kill The Living Daylights Charlie Enigma Swept from the Sea The Scarlet Letter Mercury Rising Playing by heart Movieola The Beyondness of Things |
| Elmer Bernstein | Spies Like Us |
| Peter Bernstein | Ewoks – Caravan of Courage |
| Shaun Davey | David Copperfield |
| Carl Davis | The Pied Piper Girl in a Swing The Accountant Covington Cross Scandal Separate but equal The Rainbow Frankenstein Unbound Widows Peak The Thames Silents The Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse The Mysterious Lady The General Safety Last Kid Brother One Week Speedy Wings Hotel du Lac Silas Marner A Very Polish Practice The Voyage The Trial Return of the Native Fire and Ice Crucifer of Blood Fragments of Isabella The Secret life of Ian Fleming |
| George Fenton | High Spirits |
| Gerald Gouriet | A Question of Attribution Madam Sousatzka |
| Maurice Jarre | Passage to India Tai-Pan Mad Max beyond Thunderdome Top Secret |
| Michael Kamen | Seinfeld From the Earth to the Stars The Iron Giant |
| Stanley Myers | Robin Hood Castaway |
| Jullian Nott | The Four Lieutenants The Wrong Trousers A Close Shave A Man of No Importance Chest My Mother’s Courage A Respectable Trade |
| Stanislas Syrewicz | True Blue Shooting Fish Evil Streak The Clandestine Marriage |
| Bernard Taylor | Wuthering Heights – The Musical |
| Rob Warr | Best of British |