
Person
Gary Yershon
Sound · Born 1954-11-02 · London, England, UK
Biography
Gary Bernard Stewart Yershon (born 2 November 1954) is an English composer. His works include music for theatre, radio, television, film, and dance. He is an Associate Artist of the Royal Shakespeare Company. Born in London, he began his career as an actor. He also worked as writer/translator (e.g. Ruslan and Lyudmila for the BBC) and as musical director for Phyllida Lloyd's 1994 production of The Threepenny Opera at the Donmar Warehouse and for Mike Leigh's 1999 film Topsy-Turvy. He subsequently composed the scores for several of Leigh's films: Happy-Go-Lucky, Another Year, Mr. Turner, Peterloo and Hard Truths. Description above from the Wikipedia article Gary Yershon, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
Known for

Happy-Go-Lucky
Original Music Composer

Mr. Turner
Original Music Composer

Another Year
Original Music Composer
Tender Loving Care
Original Music Composer

Hard Truths
Original Music Composer

Topsy-Turvy
Pianist in Brothel

Peterloo
Original Music Composer

A Running Jump
Original Music Composer

23 Walks
Music

Julius Caesar
Original Music Composer
Filmography
- 2026Tender Loving CareOriginal Music Composer
- 2024Hard TruthsOriginal Music Composer
- 202023 WalksMusic
- 2018PeterlooOriginal Music Composer
- 2018Julius CaesarOriginal Music Composer
- 2014Mr. TurnerOriginal Music Composer
- 2012A Running JumpOriginal Music Composer
- 2010Another YearOriginal Music Composer
- 2008Happy-Go-LuckyOriginal Music Composer
- 2000Mike Oldfield - The Millennium Bell, Live in BerlinHimself
- 1999Topsy-TurvyPianist in Brothel
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