Description
Film Fest Gent proudly presents Debbie Wiseman: Music for Film and Television, featuring all-new studio recordings of selected suites and pieces from 2025 World Soundtrack Awards guest of honour Debbie Wiseman's film and television scores, performed by the Brussels Philharmonic and conducted by Film Fest Gent music director Dirk Brosse. This new Film Fest Gent album focuses specifically on her career in film and television. With 200-plus credits to her name, Debbie Wiseman has written iconic themes and scores such as Wilde (nominated for the 1998 Ivor Novello Award for Best Original Film Score), Father Brown and Wolf Hall (winner of the 2016 International Music+Sound Award for Best Original Composition: Television Programme Score). Other highlights recorded for the album include a suite from Lewis Gilbert's Haunted, powerhouse pieces from Jean-Paul Salome's Arsene Lupin and first-time re-recordings from her wonderful scores for Edie and the Roald Dahl and Patricia Neal biopic To Olivia.
The album also contains two previously unreleased pieces: "Accession 2023", written for BBC's coverage The Coronation of TM The King and Queen Camilla and a suite from Andrew Davies's television adaptation of He Knew He Was Right. The cherry on top is Debbie Wiseman's piano solo performance of "Viv and Maurice" from Brian Gilbert's Tom & Viv.
