Biography
Adrian Johnston (born 1961) is an English musician and composer for film and television, who resides in London and Samois-sur-Seine. Born in the county of Lancashire, Johnston attended the University of Edinburgh, studying English. He has been a drummer in bands including Moles for Breakfast, The Waterboys, the Wanglers, Combo Zombo, and The Mike Flowers Pops. During his twenties, he travelled the world providing music accompaniment to silent films at film festivals. He later scored productions for the Royal National Theatre and the Royal Shakespeare Company.
Johnston's first film score was for the 1996 Thomas Hardy adaptation Jude. He has also composed original scores for The Turn of the Screw (1999), Becoming Jane, a 2007 film about Jane Austen, and the 2008 adaptation of Evelyn Waugh's Brideshead Revisited. In 2008, he was awarded a BAFTA for the score of the BBC film Capturing Mary.Johnston's score for Charles Sturridge's mini-series Shackleton won a 2002 Primetime Emmy. In 2009, he scored the British science-fiction procedural TV series Paradox. He composed the theme music for the BBC detective series Zen, which won him a 2011 RTS Awards; the World War II drama The Sinking of the Laconia; Stephen Poliakoff's acclaimed 2013 TV series Dancing on the Edge; and the drama The 7.39. Johnston won another RTS award in 2014 for scoring The Tunnel.
Filmography
all 89
Movies 70
TV Shows 19
Director 1
The Union (2024)
Made in England: The Films of Powell and Pressburger (2024)
Four Lives (2022)
Responsible Child (2019)
Giri/Haji (2019)
Summer of Rockets (2019)
Eden (2019)
The Child in Time (2018)
The Strangers: Prey at Night (2018)
I Am Not a Serial Killer (2016)
Rush Hour (2016)
News from Planet Mars (2016)
Churchill's Secret (2016)
Marvellous (2014)
Common (2014)
Scintilla (2014)
Klondike (2014)
The 7.39 (2014)
The Politician's Husband (2013)
Dancing on the Edge (2013)
The Scapegoat (2012)
Astonish Me (2011)
The Sinking of the Laconia (2011)
The Road to Coronation Street (2010)
On Expenses (2010)
Moving to Mars (2009)
Glorious 39 (2009)
Red Riding (2009)
Red Riding: The Year of Our Lord 1974 (2009)
Dustbin Baby (2008)
Brideshead Revisited (2008)
Capturing Mary (2007)
My Boy Jack (2007)
A Real Summer (2007)
Joe's Palace (2007)
Sparkle (2007)
Becoming Jane (2007)
The Trial of Tony Blair (2007)
Coup! (2006)
Lassie (2005)
Gideon's Daughter (2005)
Isolation (2005)
Kinky Boots (2005)
Friends & Crocodiles (2005)
Faith (2005)
The Mighty Celt (2005)
Sherlock Holmes and the Case of the Silk Stocking (2004)
Piccadilly Jim (2004)
Perfect Strangers (2004)
If Only (2004)
The Mayor of Casterbridge (2003)
Byron (2003)
The Mayor of Casterbridge (2003)
The Lost Prince (2003)
Byron (2003)
Tipping the Velvet (2002)
Flesh and Blood (2002)
White Teeth (2002)
Lawless Heart (2002)
Sinners (2002)
Crime and Punishment (2002)
Crime and Punishment (2002)
Sunday (2002)
Shackleton (2002)
This Is Not a Love Song (2002)
Me Without You (2001)
Never Never (2000)
The House of Mirth (2000)
Some Voices (2000)
7 Up 2000 (2000)
About Adam (2000)
The Darkest Light (2000)
The Suicide Club (2000)
The Turn of the Screw (1999)
All the King's Men (1999)
With or Without You (1999)
The Debt Collector (1999)
The Last Yellow (1999)
Divorcing Jack (1998)
The Tribe (1998)
I Want You (1998)
Food of Love (1997)
Welcome to Sarajevo (1997)
Broken Glass (1996)
Jude (1996)
Death of a Salesman (1996)
Enter Achilles (1996)
Measure for Measure (1994)
La Terre (1921)
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GenderMale
Birthday1961-01-01 (63 years old)
Birth PlaceCumbria, United Kingdom
CitizenshipsUnited Kingdom
AwardsEmmy Award
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