John Charles (composer)

John Charles
Born(1940-11-04)4 November 1940
OriginWellington, New Zealand
Died7 May 2024(2024-05-07) (aged 83)
GenresFilm scores
Occupation(s)Composer, conductor, pianist
InstrumentPiano
Years active1979–2004

John Charles (4 November 1940 - 7 May 2024) was a New Zealand film composer, conductor, and orchestrator. He created a number of musical works for the New Zealand cinema of the 1980s, 1990s and 2000s, including compositions for films such as Goodbye Pork Pie, Utu, The Quiet Earth, A Soldier's Tale or Spooked.[1]

  1. ^ Portrait of John Charles in: Sounz, accessed 22 May 2022