Leigh Haggerwood

Leigh Haggerwood
BornEngland
Occupation(s)Singer, songwriter, record producer, musician
Instrument(s)Vocals, keyboards, piano
Websitewww.ukcomposer.com, www.florinstreet.com

Leigh Haggerwood is a contemporary composer based in London, UK. He specializes in songwriting, keyboards, singing, music production, audio engineering and sound-to-picture scoring. His credits include music for numerous TV shows and commercials which are broadcast around the world.[1]

Along with chef Jamie Oliver, Leigh Haggerwood was a founding member of the band Scarlet Division, which released the single, "Sundial", in October 2000 through Sony Music.[2]

Haggerwood also wrote several songs for Jamie Oliver's live shows which included the YouTube hit "Lamb Curry – Give It to Me Hot",[3] "The Kiss of Summer and "Fish Stew". His TV credits include the ITV Text Santa Theme and incidental musical,[4] Oliver's Twist (Just the Start, the theme song), Trinny and Susannah, Jamie's School Dinners, Petrolheads on BBC Two and TV Land's High School Reunion.

  1. ^ "The British Academy of Songwriter's, Composers and Authors". BASCA. 14 December 2010. Archived from the original on 20 July 2012. Retrieved 13 February 2012.
  2. ^ "BBC News". BBC News Online. 17 December 2000. Retrieved 13 February 2012.
  3. ^ "London Evening Standard". London Evening Standard. 1 December 2007. Archived from the original on 5 May 2013. Retrieved 13 February 2012.
  4. ^ "ITV Text Santa". ITV1. 19 December 2011. Retrieved 19 December 2011.