Jocelyn Pook (/ˈdʒɒslɪn ˈpʊk/, rhyming with "book") (born 14 February 1960)[1] is an English composer who is known for her scores for many films, including Eyes Wide Shut, The Merchant of Venice and The Wife.
[2] Pook took part in the band ABC's Lexicon Of Love World Tour and appeared in the Julian Temple/ABC movie Mantrap, continuing with a period of recording and performing with artists including Massive Attack, PJ Harvey, Peter Gabriel and as a member of The Communards for their three-year life.
The Electra Quartet recorded, arranged and performed with many artists including Jools Holland,[4][5] Mark Knopfler,[6] The Stranglers,[7] The Cranberries,[8] This Mortal Coil,[9] Nick Cave, Divine Comedy, Paul Weller,[10] Ryuichi Sakamoto,[11] Michael Nyman and Laurie Anderson,[12][13] and in 1991 appeared in Derek Jarman's film Edward II.
In 2018, she composed the soundtrack for The Wife[21] starring Glenn Close, Jonathan Pryce and Christian Slater, which won the 2019 Music & Sound Award for Best Original Composition in a Feature Film.
[28] In December 2012 her symphonic song cycle "Hearing Voices", exploring experiences of mental illness, featuring Melanie Pappenheim with Charles Hazlewood conducting the BBC Concert Orchestra was premiered at the Queen Elizabeth Hall.
[30] In June 2014 she composed music for English National Ballet's Glastonbury Festival debut on the Pyramid Stage, performing Akram Khan's First World War-themed Dust, broadcast on BBC2.
[36] In November 2019, along with other public figures, Pook signed a letter supporting Labour Party leader Jeremy Corbyn, describing him as "a beacon of hope in the struggle against emergent far-right nationalism, xenophobia and racism in much of the democratic world" and endorsed him in the 2019 UK general election.