Poirot Theme Music
The soundtrack to Agatha Christie's Poirot, featuring the haunting main theme and many variations thereon over the nearly 30 years of production, will forever be associated with David Suchet as Poirot.
Television Theme Music of Agatha Christie's Poirot.
YouTube, uploaded by Prodromos Michailidis. Accessed August 12, 2023.
In total, there are 70 episodes produced over 13 Poirot series.
The 13 series
The following is a list of episodes for the British crime drama Agatha
Christie's Poirot, featuring David Suchet as Poirot, which first aired on ITV from 8 January 1989 to 13 November 2013. In total, 70 episodes were produced over 13 series.
Miss Marple Theme Music
Miss Marple Main Theme, with Joan Hickson as Miss Marple.
This is a celebration of the music for Agatha Christie's Miss Marple starring Joan Hickson. Composed by Ken Howard and Alan Blaikley, the music is from CD released in 1993, performed by Video Symphonic. YouTube, uploaded by writebrobp. Accessed June 3, 2019. Ken Howard is an English songwriter, lyricist, author and television director. Alan Blaikley is also a songwriter and composer.
Poirot Theme Music Composers
The music from series 1 to 9 was composed by Christopher Gunning. Stephen McKeon Composed the music for series 10 and 11. The music for series 12 and 13 was composed by Christian Henson.
Christopher Gunning wrote the distinctive theme tune of Poirot theme music, and the operning titles designed by Pat Gavin. In most people's
eyes, music is a vital element of the series. In fact, Gunning composed the music for nearly all of the Poirot TV films starring David Suchet, and worked on all three series of Rosemary and Thyme featuring Felicity Kendal and Pam Ferris. Gunning's film and TV compositions have received many awards, including the 2007 BAFTA Award for Best Film Music for La Vie en Rose, as well as three additional awards for Agatha Christie's Poirot, Middlemarch, and Porterhouse Blue. He also has won three Ivor Novello Awards, for the TV miniseries Rebecca, and the film scores for Under Suspicion, and Firelight. His other film scores include Goodbye Gemini, Hands of the Ripper, Ooh... You Are Awful, the film version of Man About the House, In Celebration, Rogue Male, Charlie Muffin, Rise and Fall of Idi Amin, When the Whales Came, Lighthouse Hill and Grace of Monaco.
Stephen McKeon is an Irish composer of film and television soundtrack music. He is a multi-instrumentalist whose work covers a wide spectrum from large orchestral scores to ambient guitar based music such as that written for the Scottish BAFTA winning film Summer. He has received two Irish Film and Television Awards and was previously nominated for Blind Flight, Savage and the children's animated feature Niko 2 - Little Brother, Big Trouble. His other works include: The Nephew and Borstal Boy. He scored the 2011 biopic Hattie. McKeon has written the scores of over 80 films, plus a number of Hercule Poirot TV movies, as well as many TV drama series.
Christian Henson is a British composer, primarily working on television and film soundtracks. Henson has also soundtracked video games, and is the co-founder of Spitfire Audio with fellow composer Paul Thomson. Henson's work has been nominated for a BAFTA and an Ivor Novello Award.The music from series 1 to 9 was composed by Christopher Gunning. Stephen McKeon Composed the music for series 10 and 11. The music for series 12 and 13 was composed by Christian Henson.
Christopher Gunning wrote the distinctive theme tune of Poirot theme music, and the operning titles designed by Pat Gavin. In most people's
eyes, music is a vital element of the series. In fact, Gunning composed the music for nearly all of the Poirot TV films starring David Suchet, and worked on all three series of Rosemary and Thyme featuring Felicity Kendal and Pam Ferris. Gunning's film and TV compositions have received many awards, including the 2007 BAFTA Award for Best Film Music for La Vie en Rose, as well as three additional awards for Agatha Christie's Poirot, Middlemarch, and Porterhouse Blue. He also has won three Ivor Novello Awards, for the TV miniseries Rebecca, and the film scores for Under Suspicion, and Firelight. His other film scores include Goodbye Gemini, Hands of the Ripper, Ooh... You Are Awful, the film version of Man About the House, In Celebration, Rogue Male, Charlie Muffin, Rise and Fall of Idi Amin, When the Whales Came, Lighthouse Hill and Grace of Monaco.
Stephen McKeon is an Irish composer of film and television soundtrack music. He is a multi-instrumentalist whose work covers a wide spectrum from large orchestral scores to ambient guitar based music such as that written for the Scottish BAFTA winning film Summer. He has received two Irish Film and Television Awards and was previously nominated for Blind Flight, Savage and the children's animated feature Niko 2 - Little Brother, Big Trouble. His other works include: The Nephew and Borstal Boy. He scored the 2011 biopic Hattie. McKeon has written the scores of over 80 films, plus a number of Hercule Poirot TV movies, as well as many TV drama series.
Resources:
Agatha Christie's Poirot Soundtrack. Agatha Christie Fandom. Accessed September 15, 2019.
Agatha Christie's Poirot Soundtrack. Agatha Christie Fandom. Accessed September 15, 2019.
Christian Henson. en.wikipedia.org.
Christopher Gunning. en.wikipedia.org.
List of Agatha Christie's Poirot Episodes. en.wikipedia.org
Miss Marple. en.wikipedia.org
Miss Marple - Complete Music Score from BBC TV Series. YouTube, uploaded by British Music Archive. Accessed June 3, 2019. (From the BBC archives.......Ken Howard's score from the 1984-1992 BBC Miss Marple series starring Joan Hickson. YouTube, uploaded by writebrobp. Accessed September 15, 2019.)
Stephen McKeon. en.wikipedia.org
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