John E. Keane

Keane studied composition at the Guildhall School of Music and Drama with Edmund Rubbra, and piano with Geraldine Peppin. He went on to study sound recording and film music at the National Film and Television School. While there, he scored many graduation films, and his successful career as a composer was launched with his score for Careless Talk, which won the BAFTA Short Film Award in 1986. Keane quickly established himself in the film and television music industry in 1987, when he scored The Kitchen Toto, directed by Harry Hook.{{cite web ==Film and TV==

Keane's first television commission was for the serial A Very British Coup for director Mick Jackson. The show received many awards, including an International Emmy for Best Drama, five BAFTA Awards, a BAFTA nomination for Best Music, and Best Drama Series from the Broadcasting Press Guild. Since then, Keane has written music for a host of television dramas, including Selling Hitler, Tales from the City, A Pinch of Snuff, Faith, Hearts and Minds, Kavanagh QC, Plotlands, Far from the Madding Crowd, Pure Wickedness, Wives and Daughters, The Last of the Blonde Bombshells, Monsignor Renard, Anna Karenina, The Russian Bride, Gunpowder, Treason & Plot, Mansfield Park, the Emmy Award-winning Hornblower, and Heroes and Villains: "Shogun and Cortes". Keane has also written music for a number of documentary series, including Molly Dineen's BBC The Ark, winner of a BAFTA Award, and The House, about London's Royal Opera House. He has also written music for a number of feature films, including four directed by Gilles McKinnon: Small Faces, Trojan Eddie, Hideous Kinky, and Tara Road. His recent credits include the BBC crime drama series Case Histories and Inspector George Gently. ==Credits==

Television 2014 • Inspector George Gently – Blue for Bluebird • Inspector George Gently – Gently Between the Lines 2013 • Case Histories 2012 • Inspector George Gently – Gently in the Cathedral • Inspector George Gently – The Lost Child 2008 • Sleep with Me • ''Gently's Last Case'' 2007 • Mansfield Park • Who Gets the Dog? • Inspector George Gently – Gently Go Man 2006 • Perfect Day (The Funeral) 2005 • Wallis & Edward • Uncle Adolf • ''Tom Brown's Schooldays'' 2004 • Gunpowder, Treason & Plot • The Brief • Sparkling Cyanide • A Line in the Sand 2002 • Bait • Night Flight 2001 • The Russian Bride • Hornblower (series 1,2,3) 2000 • Monsignor Renard (4 episodes) • The Last of the Blonde Bombshells • Anna Karenina 1999 • Kavanagh QC Series V • Pure Wickedness • Wives and Daughters (1 episode) 1998 • Far from the Madding Crowd • Kavanagh QC Series IV 1997 • Plotlands (6-part serial) • Stone Scissors Paper • Kavanagh QC Series III 1996 • Kavanagh QC Series II 1995 • Killing Me Softly • Mrs Hartley & the Growth Centre • ''I'll Be Watching You'' 1994 • Faith • A Pinch of Snuff 1993 • Circle of Deceit • Tales of the City • Maigret (2 episodes) • Love and Reason (3 episodes) 1992 • Force of Duty • The Last of His Tribe • The Count of Solar • The Hummingbird Tree 1991 • The Gravy Train Goes East • Selling Hitler • ''One Man's War'' 1990 • Murder East Murder West • Stolen • The Gravy Train 1988 • Defrosting the Fridge • A Very British Coup • Leaving 1985 • Careless Talk Feature films 2005 • Tara Road 1998 • Hideous Kinky 1997 • A Further Gesture 1996 • Letters from the East • Trojan Eddie • Small Faces 1990 • Windprints 1989 • Chattahoochee • Resurrected 1987 • The Kitchen Toto 1986 • Nanou Documentaries 2008 • Heroes and Villains – Cortes • Heroes and Villains – Shogun 2006 • Wolf 2003 • Out of the Ashes 2002 • Princess to Queen 2001 • The English Civil War 1996 • The House 1994 • True Brits: The Foreign Office 1993 • ''English Women's Garden'' • The Ark 1991 • Billy – A Violent Mind 1989 • ''EastEnd GP's'' • Landshapes 1986 • Movie Masterclass ==References==