George Richard Ian Howe Fenton (1949–2026) was an English composer who was known for writing film scores and music for television. He frequently collaborated with the directors Richard Attenborough, Nora Ephron, Alastair Fothergill, Stephen Frears, Nicholas Hytner, Ken Loach, Andy Tennant, Neil Jordan and Terry Gilliam.

Film scores Year Title Director Studio(s) Notes 1971 Private Road Barney Platts-Mills 1977 A Lustful Lady Hal E. Woode Short film 1978 Me! I'm Afraid of Virginia WoolfStephen FrearsTelevision film Doris and Doreen The Waterloo Bridge Handicap Ross Cramer Short film 1979 Afternoon OffStephen Frears Television film1980 Bloody Kids Hussy Matthew Chapman First Run Features Rain on the Roof Alan Bridges Pennies From Heaven Ltd. Television film The Tumour Principle Arthur Ellis NFTS Short film Dead End Alan Birkinshaw 1981 No Country for Old Men Tristram Powell Television film1982 Gandhi Richard Attenborough Columbia Pictures Walter Stephen Frears Television film Parole Michael Tuchner 1983 Walter and June Stephen Frears Runners Charles Sturridge Saigon: Year of the Cat Stephen Frears Television film An Englishman Abroad John Schlesinger 1984 The Company of Wolves Neil Jordan ITC Entertainment 1985 Past Caring Richard Eyre Television film 1986 Clockwise Christopher Morahan Universal Pictures 1987 84 Charing Cross Road David Jones Columbia Pictures Billy the Kid and the Green Baize Vampire Alan Clarke ITC Entertainment Cry Freedom Richard Attenborough Universal Pictures White Mischief Michael Radford Columbia Pictures 1988 A Handful of Dust Charkes Sturridge New Line Cinema High Spirits Neil Jordan Palace Pictures Dangerous Liaisons Stephen Frears Warner Bros. Pictures The Dressmaker Jim O'Brien Euro American Pictures 1989 We're No Angels Neil Jordan Paramount Pictures 1990 Memphis Belle Michael Caton-Jones Warner Bros. Pictures The Long Walk Home Richard Pearce Miramax Films White Palace Luis Mandoki Universal Pictures 1991 The Fisher King Terry Gilliam TriStar Pictures 1992 Final Analysis Phil Joanou Warner Bros. Pictures Hero Stephen Frears Columbia Pictures 1993 Groundhog Day Harold Ramis Born Yesterday Luis Mandoki Hollywood Pictures Shadowlands Richard Attenborough Savoy Pictures 1994 China Moon John Mailey Orion Pictures Ladybird, Ladybird Ken Loach Samuel Goldwyn Company Mixed Nuts Nora Ephron TriStar Pictures 1995 Land and Freedom Ken Loach Gramercy Pictures 1996 Mary Reilly Stephen Frears TriStar Pictures Heaven's Prisoners Phil Joanou New Line Cinema Multiplicity Harold Ramis Columbia Pictures Carla's Song Ken Loach Universal Pictures The Crucible Nicholas Hytner 20th Century Fox In Love and War Richard Attenborough New Line Cinema 1997 The Woodlanders Phil Agland 1998 Dangerous Beauty Marshall Herskovitz Warner Bros. Pictures20th Century Fox The Object of My Affection Nicholas Hytner 20th Century Fox My Name Is Joe Ken Loach Artisan Entertainment Ever After Andy Tennant 20th Century Fox Living Out Loud Richard LaGravenese New Line Cinema You've Got Mail Nora Ephron Warner Bros. Pictures 1999 Entropy Phil Joanou Grey Owl Richard Attenborough 20th Century Fox Anna and the King Andy Tennant 2000 Bread and Roses Ken Loach Lionsgate Center Stage Nicholas Hytner Columbia Pictures Lucky Numbers Nora Ephron Paramount Pictures 2001 Summer Catch Mike Tollin Warner Bros. Pictures The Navigators Ken Loach 2002 Sweet Sixteen Icon Film Distribution Sweet Home Alabama Andy Tennant Touchstone Pictures 2003 Imagining Argentina Christopher Hampton Arenas Entertainment Deep Blue Alastair FothergillAndy Byatt Miramax Films 2004 Ae Fond Kiss... Ken Loach Icon Film Distribution Stage Beauty Richard Eyre Lionsgate2005 Hitch Andy Tennant Columbia Pictures Tickets Ermanno OlmiAbbas KiarostamiKen Loach Valiant Gary Chapman Buena Vista Pictures Bewitched Nora Ephron Columbia Pictures Mrs Henderson Presents Stephen Frears PathéThe Weinstein Company 2006 Last Holiday Wayne Wang Paramount Pictures The Wind That Shakes the Barley Ken Loach PathéIFC First Take The History Boys Nicholas Hytner Fox Searchlight Pictures 2007 Earth Alastair FothergillMark Linfield Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures It's a Free World... Ken Loach 2008 Fool's Gold Andy Tennant Warner Bros. Pictures 2009 Looking for Eric Ken Loach Icon Film Distribution 2010 The Bounty Hunter Andy Tennant Columbia Pictures Route Irish Ken Loach Sixteen Films Why Not Productions Wild Bunch 2011 One Life Michael GuntonMartha Holmes Magic Light Pictures 2012 The Angels' Share Ken Loach Entertainment One 2013 The Spirit of '45 Muhammad Ali's Greatest Fight Stephen Frears HBO Films The Zero Theorem Terry Gilliam Stage 6 Films 2014 Bears Alastair FothergillKeith Scholey Disneynature Jimmy's Hall Ken Loach Entertainment One 2015 Absolutely Anything Terry Jones Lionsgate The Lady in the Van Nicholas Hytner TriStar Pictures 2016 I, Daniel Blake Ken Loach eOne Films Wild Oats Andy Tennant The Weinstein CompanyRADiUS-TWC 2017 Woman Walks Ahead Susanna White A24DirecTV Cinema 2018 Red Joan Trevor Nunn Lionsgate 2019 Cold Pursuit Hans Petter Moland Summit Entertainment Sorry We Missed You Ken Loach 2020 The Secret: Dare to Dream Andy Tennant 2021 The United Way Mat Hodgson Ad Hoc Films Cantilever Media Embankment Films Ingenious Media Maddem Films The Duke Roger Michell Pathé Ingenious Media Neon Films Screen Yorkshire 2022 Allelujah Richard Eyre Pathé Ingenious Media BBC Films DJ Films Redstart Media Elizabeth: A Portrait in Parts Roger Michell Ingenious Media Free Range Films 2023 The Old Oak Ken Loach Le Pacte StudioCanal 2024 Unit 234 Andy Tennant Brainstorm Media 2025 The Choral Nicholas Hytner Sony Pictures Classics 2026 Up Against It Trudie Styler Final film score

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