Barrington Somers James Pheloung was an Australian composer based in the United Kingdom.
11 Facts About Barrington Pheloung
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Barrington Pheloung composed several television theme tunes and music, particularly for Inspector Morse and its follow-up series, Lewis, and prequel Endeavour.
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Barrington Pheloung was born to father John Pheloung who was of Irish and English descent, and mother Adel Pheloung who was of German and Spanish descent.
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In 1972, aged 18, Barrington Pheloung moved to London where he studied guitar, double bass, and composition at the Chiswick Music Centre, then part of Chiswick Polytechnic, before proceeding to the Royal College of Music to study composition with John Lambert and guitar under John Williams and Julian Bream.
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Barrington Pheloung is best known for the theme and incidental music to the Inspector Morse television series, for which he was nominated for Best Original Television Music at the British Academy Television Awards in 1991; the sequel Lewis, and the prequel Endeavour.
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Barrington Pheloung composed for dance companies such as the London Contemporary Dance Theatre, and for events including the opening night of the Millennium Dome.
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Barrington Pheloung wrote the theme music for the BBC television series Dalziel and Pascoe.
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Barrington Pheloung composed the scores to Revolution Software's adventure games In Cold Blood and three Broken Sword video games.
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Barrington Pheloung composed the incidental music for the first series of Boon.
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Barrington Pheloung later married Heather Lovejoy, with whom he had two more children.
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Barrington Pheloung died in August of 2019 at the age of 65, survived by his second wife and his four children.