Nick Ingman

United Kingdom • b. 1948-04-29

Biography

Nicholas Ingman (born 29 April 1948) is an English arranger, composer and conductor in the commercial music field. He has collaborated with artists including Paul McCartney, and Björk and contributed scores to the British X-factor. Born and educated in London, Ingman moved to the US at the age of seventeen to study at the Berklee College of Music and the New England Conservatory, both in Boston. After returning to London, he took a postgraduate course at the Guildhall School of Music and Drama. His first job was as assistant arranger with record producer Norrie Paramor. While there, here worked with Cliff Richard, the Shadows, Sacha Distel, and many more. During this time, he composed many library music tracks and the theme tune to BBC TV series Keeping Up Appearances. Ingman was the originator and arranger of the 1973 album Moody, a set of instrumental covers of then popular songs such as "While My Guitar Gently Weeps" and "You Are the Sunshine of My Life" released under the name The Gentle Rain, which became a cult classic. In 1974, Ingman produced and arranged the six shortlisted songs for the UK's Eurovision Song Contest entry, performed by Olivia Newton-John. He conducted the orchestra for the song chosen by viewers "Long Live Love" at the contest staged in Brighton, UK, where it placed 4th. After going freelance in the mid-1970s, Ingman worked with such artists as Diana Ross, Enrique Iglesias, Queen, and Tina Turner. He was also employed by a large number of American radio stations to provide easy listening tracks for their networks, scoring over 300 tracks every year. Ingman went on to work with major acts such as Pet Shop Boys, Radiohead, Oasis, Annie Lennox, Björk, David Bowie, Elton John, Eric Clapton, and Atticus Ross with whom he toured around the USA. Ingman worked regularly with the London Symphony Orchestra and the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra. In 1987, Ingman was invited by the Royal Academy of Music to create the Commercial Music Course, the first

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