Andrew Quin

Professional

Composer/Lyricist:	Composer
Genre:	Media
Website:	www.andyquin.co.uk

Biography

Born in London, Andy started playing the piano at the age of four and aspired to be a concert pianist. He had given his first radio and TV broadcasts by the age of eleven, however in his early teens, an  interest in composition sparked a change of direction and although continuing classical studies, he developed his skills in rock, jazz and popular music. Having turned down a scholarship to the RCM, he studied at Keele University graduating with a degree in Music and Electronics. Andy studied composition and studio techniques with the late Tim Souster. He also worked with Peter Dickinson and Roger Marsh, whilst pursuing an nterest in jazz with Professor Cecil Lytle from the Juilliard School of music.

After graduating, Andy started writing for the De Wolfe Production Music Library. His first album ‘Mirage’ brought worldwide acclaim and he was soon sought after as a composer for TV and advertising. During the Eighties Andy composed music for many ITV series and some of the UK’s best known advertising campaigns including the ‘Oxo Family’ with Linda Bellingham, ‘Websters Bitter’ with Cleo Rocos, ‘Birds Eye Menu Masters’, and the classic ‘After Eight’ ad where Albert Einstein and Marilyn Monroe are entertained by Liberace. He worked with leading directors and producers such as Mike Figgis and Terence Donovan, on projects for clients including BA, Slazenger, Wimbledon LTA, Lynx, Volkswagen, Nissan, Hyundai, CIS and many others. Central Television made a short documentary film about Andy’s work at this time.

After great success in the American TV and film market during the early Nineties, in order to spend more time with a growing family, Andy decided to move to the countryside and to concentrate on production music at his purpose built private studio. However an interest in World Music saw him writing and producing a number of tracks for the international best selling album ‘One World’ which achieved No.3 in the UK charts. He also contributed music to the Imax natural history Film ‘Wolves’ that grossed over $5M in 1999.

Andy’s expertise in a huge variety of musical styles has involved him in a great diversity of projects. Recent work includes period music on the Academy Award nominated documentary feature ‘My Architect’,the mambo title music to the ITV series ‘It Shouldn’t happen to a….’, and a song on a top 20 album in Sweden. Recent commercials include; Scholl ’Party Feet’, ‘Terry’s Chocolate Orange’ with Dawn French, and ‘Fairy’ cleaner with Ainsley Harriot.

Currently working on his 60th album for De Wolfe, and with thousands of broadcasts every year in all continents, Andy is probably one of the most successful production music composers in the world. However he would love to return to doing more specially commissioned music ’to picture’ and is very much interested in creative collaboration and artistic merit.

For a full discography, video and audio samples and recent news and projects, please see his website at www.andyquin.co.uk

Important Works		Performances
Mirage 1985 The Cutting Edge 1987 Four Minus One 1988 The Piano Trio 2003 Children's Magical World 2004		None added