Larry Ashmore; Composer, Arranger and orchestrator of Film scores, Ballets and Concert works.

Is an arranger and orchestrator based in London but also working extensively in Los Angeles and Europe.

His main area of expertise is in Film Orchestrations (In 2001 working on "Gosford Park”  and   “Bridget Jones's Diary”

whilst in 2002 completing an animated French feature “Kaena”.2003 saw Larry working on, amongst other projects, Mel Gibson's Biblical epic “The Passion of the Christ”.

2004 involved projects ranging from “Nouvelle France” by Oscar winning director Regis Wargnier to “Man to Man” directed by Jean Boudin; both pictures with music composed by Patrick Doyle.

2005 saw the completion and release of “Nanny McPhee” for production company Working Title which premiered in March and “Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire" for Warners, directed by Mike Newell.

Towards the end of 2005 larry completed work on Kenneth Branagh's new Shakespearean picture ,“As you like it”. which will premiere in Spring 2006.

Larry also arranges and composes music for Television and the Theatre including many Ballet and Concert pieces.

At the end of 2008, Larry decided to take semi-retirement having been writing on and off since the mid 1960s. Since then, with his wide reputation as an Orchestrator, he has been giving occasional Master Classes with advanced students. At the beginning of 2009 he was asked to Mentor a young, 16 year old composer, Lloyd Coleman, who, whilst still a student at Chethams Music School, had been commissioned to write a large work on the theme of 'Overcoming Adversity' ( a pretty good theme, too). As a partially disabled person himself, he was the perfect choice for such a commission. They have been consulting together since June 2009 and the work must be ready to coincide with the Olympics in 2012.

For full biography and credits see the links on the left.

Should you wish to contact Larry, you can e-mail him here   ashmoremusic