Deborah Mollison

Deborah Mollison (born 29 May 1958) is a British composer and songwriter, Her work includes the score for the 1999 film East is East. Life and Education Mollison began composing at the age of seven, having received free music lessons at school. From the age of thirteen, she studied composition, piano and flute at the Royal Academy of Music where she won the Else Cross Prize for pianoforte. Whilst undertaking a Master’s degree at Lancaster University, she was inspired and mentored by the composer Elisabeth Lutyens. She then went to UCLA to study with Don Ray, Gerry Immel, Jerry Goldsmith after which she returned to UK to Middlesex University where she received her PhD in music. She has composed for commissions from the London Philharmonic Orchestra and the Britten Sinfonia. * Earth Story (1998) TV documentary mini-series * Simon Magus (1999) * Secrets of the Ancients (1999) TV documentary mini-series * East Is East (1999) * The Thing About Vince (2000) TV mini-series * What the Romans Did for Us (2000) TV documentary series * The Boys of Sunset Ridge (2001) * Landscape Mysteries (2003) * Souli (2004) * Too Much Too Young (2005) * Violin concerto: Ocean Witness * Horn concerto: Globa