John Elton Keane (born 17 April 1952[1]) is a British BAFTA and BFI Award-winning film and television composer.
Keane quickly established himself in the film and television music industry in 1987, when he scored The Kitchen Toto, directed by Harry Hook.
[citation needed] 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, 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".
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.
[citation needed] His recent credits include the BBC crime drama series Case Histories and Inspector George Gently.